Is that a Scientology test? It seems like it is.

was thinking that too- I think the real testing might be after you contact them. And they eat your brains.

was very Scientology-esque, I think. And there was a serious amount of wrongness

Though quiet on the outside,

no

you are often the hidden hero; someone who rushes in when needed and then after the emergency is over fades back into the woodwork.

I like my accolades.

Because of this sense of duty and honor, you can also on occasion be rigid in your viewpoint and unyielding in the face of other ways of thinking.

sometimes

Usually cynical and rarely trusting of others,

Have you met others? UNTRUSTWORTHY.

you maintain a small set of intimate friends. These bonds are stronger than most.

True, but I also have larger groups of friends.

You are always grounded in the present moment.

Nope.

Your close bonds can also lead to clique-ishness and a tendency to gossip about those who are deemed less worthy.

Okay, I'm busted.

You are an integrative thinker, collecting data from a wide range of sources and applying it to your worldview.

true.

You can become overly task-oriented.

Not overly, but I am task oriented.

In stressful situations you often withdraw from the world to seek peace in contemplation.

Fair.

You often seem cold and withdrawn.

Is that the same as bitchy? If so, yes.

Often you will withdraw rather than verbalize your discontent.

Har. If I'm discontent, you know it. Well, maybe not the person, but I'm bitching to somebody .

So, accurate in some ways, not in others. Typical.

I took that test. Now my eyes are ferwonked. Eventually the throbbing flashes of light will stop, right?

That test was designed to illustrate the Forer effect. So yeah, the results do read like a horoscope; that's the point. Interesting that it's being spread around without that context, though. Where did you see it linked, ita?

What's the Forer effect?

It was on i09...or is 09? A friend linked to it from there.

Forer effect

If that's the point of the test, why the seizure-inducing paranoid graphics?

owned 3 cars before Matt

1 car borrowed for awhile with matt

we've bought 4 together.

but the first two cars I owned lasted maybe a year

and the three we bought together - new - two lasted 10+ years 'till they were hit , one is 6 yrs old , and the other is less than a year old - so car habits have changed

now to take the test

On IO9 it's being touted as a test to drive you insane. That's certainly how I went into it. I found it creepy as hell, and barely read the assessment at all.

Perkins, thanks for the trivia link. We're starting the World's Biggest Trivia Contest here in town on Friday. That site may come in handy.

I know at least one place in Chicago that carries it, so you may be able to find it in LA.

There are a dozen places in the greater Chicago area that sell it but it's not available in LA--at least according to their website.

those questions were silly

how could I even think the conclusion made anysense when the questions made no sense and my answers were random?