Inane ponderings of personality test quzzy things.

[kiya]

So I went and had a look at this elemental personality test that I saw referenced by netbard and keshwyn. Elemental symbolism is one of My Pet Obsessions, after all.

Jehosephat, what a godawful test. "Let's pick the bog-standard symbolisms and arrange them always in the same order so as to make it obvious to anyone with the slightest familiarity with the elements as addressed in ceremonial magic will find the entire thing completely bloody transparent."

When the first question is a pick one of: "thoughts, reason, intellect, memory, knowledge, freedom", "emotions, feelings, intuition, insight, fertility, divination", "stability, strength, warmth, comfort, animals, farming, harvest", "passion, enthusiasm, desire, courage, force, lust, fertility, virility" and the second one is, essentially, "Wands, Cups, Swords, or Rocks, which one gets you going?" . . . words elude me.

Yes, let's assemble all of these transparent answers and, what, tot up whichever one has higher numbers of 'Pick me!' answers? Ugh.

Someday I should teach myself enough cgi to do this test right, which would mean doing questions that would, for example, get a positive answer from earth and water, say, and a negative one from fire and air, and totting them up with nuance. Might even get some interesting answers that way.

(I think as this test came out I had about even numbers of obviously-earth, obviously-fire, and obviously-water answers, and wound up with water as a result. I think I'd want, also, in the 'doing it right' category, to see if I can come up with something for people with Obvious Dominances of more than one element. . . .)

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[kiya]

Sweeeeeeeeet.

Was it difficult to learn how to do the code end of it? oneironaut suggested that gtst and I should learn to do this stuff together at some point so that we can harp on each other when one of us is lagging. (Hey, it seems to work for writing novels!)

I think the only conclusion the test that set off this bitch-fest can come to sensically is 'Well, she's not an air.'