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05 December 2006

viachicago told me to post this... It's a personality test that you can compare yourself to others with. So, which mechazens are most alike?

post by: kyleg at: 23:30 | 41 comments

So, which mechazens are most alike?

I know I am.

posted by Eideteker 06 December | 00:22

I did it. People can compare to me. :)

posted by youngergirl44 06 December | 00:32

Me too! My username is the same as this name. :)

posted by viachicago 06 December | 00:33

viachicago and I have an overall similarity percentile of 78.21 - see (I am 'you' and viachicago is 'the other person')

posted by youngergirl44 06 December | 01:08

I'm just like anyone else who got bored and quit before finishing.

posted by arse_hat 06 December | 01:29

Done and done.

posted by Specklet 06 December | 01:30

I'm more similar to Specklet than youngergirl, and more similar to youngergirl than via.

My username is boxy.

posted by box 06 December | 01:39

Youngergirl! I had no idea!

posted by viachicago 06 December | 01:47

This thing pegs me as "Nervous and high strung" which I really kinda don't think is accurate.

But box & I have an 80.47% similarity match all the same.

posted by cmonkey 06 December | 02:02

hmmph. the alcohol/depression thing was a little off-putting, as things have changed since the dates/amounts given. Also, Seeing the alcohol and depression links at the end bugged me too. But saying that, in there as this user name... Also, some of the results are screwed against me, but there ya go.

posted by Zack_Replica 06 December | 03:30

I'm tazzle on the test.

So far, I'm most like specklet, at 92.62%, and most unlike cmonkey, at 58.66% (which is what they say is the normal range of similarity and difference).

posted by taz 06 December | 03:38

viachicago: 80%
cmonkey: 72%
youngergirl: 90%
specklet: 94.6%
boxy: 97.4%
Zack_replica: 78.83%

posted by seanyboy 06 December | 03:40

tazzle: 93.67%

I'm a god-damned everyman.

posted by seanyboy 06 December | 03:41

Heh. How do you do that, seanyboy? Are you magic?

posted by taz 06 December | 03:47

I think I must encapsulate the worst in everyone.
Or something.

posted by seanyboy 06 December | 03:50

OK went back.

95.68 tazzle
93.16 viachicago
91.22 specklet
89.65 seanyboy
84.03 Zack_replica
83.95 boxy
75.22 youngergirl
61.22 cmonkey

posted by arse_hat 06 December | 04:32

After the 18 thousandth question about smoking I said to hell with this and closed the window.

posted by iconomy 06 December | 07:38

I'm in there now - same username.

posted by mygothlaundry 06 December | 08:28

I'm not all that much like anyone. Hmmmmm.

77.1 like Zack_replica
74.48 like tazzle
73.22 like arsehat
71.56 like cmonkey
68.61 like boxy
68.33 like seanyboy
61.44 like specklet
54.29 like youngergirl
52.56 like viachicago

posted by mygothlaundry 06 December | 08:35

whoa, this took a while.

arsehat - 95.59
tazzle - 95.08
viachicago - 87.87
specklet - 87.23
seanyboy - 86.88
zack_replica - 81.96
box - 80.64
mgl - 65.7
cmonkey - 52.6

posted by gaspode 06 December | 08:56

box - 79.73
mygothlaundry - 73.23
specklet - 70.57
arse_hat - 65.78
taz - 65.84
viachicago - 61.2
seanyboy - 60.58
gaspode - 58.63
cmonkey - 48.97
zack_replica - 43.91

(interesting results. I'm jonmc there too)

posted by jonmc 06 December | 09:16

Of the dozen or so I checked, I was most like box (91.51%), least like jonmc (57.36%).

My username is fszfk.

posted by Wolfdog 06 December | 10:11

So, can somebody who knows more than I do about psychology and personality testing tell me whether this thing's really accurate, or entirely hokum, or what?

And am I just like seanyboy in that we're both open-minded and introverted, or am I just like seanyboy in that we both like booze, tobacco and caffeine? Or both, or neither, or what?

(Also, I'd love to see a snazzy table that encapsulated all these comparisons.)

posted by box 06 December | 10:54

Box, I'm an expert, and I can tell you it's totally, totally accurate. In fact, I bet you're wearing dark colored socks today... So is seanyboy! Didn't feel like going to work this morning? Neither did seanyboy! You probably haven't even finished your Christmas shopping. You know who else hasn't finished their Christmas shopping? That's right...

Hitler. You are 81.7% like Hitler. It's true.

posted by taz 06 December | 11:23

And how, if it's accurate, can I be 77.71% like zack_replica and yet jonmc, who is 73.23% like me, is only 43.91% like zack_replica? The math is giving me the fantods.

posted by mygothlaundry 06 December | 11:29

How long does it take, anyway?

posted by rainbaby 06 December | 11:35

And how, if it's accurate, can I be 77.71% like zack_replica and yet jonmc, who is 73.23% like me, is only 43.91% like zack_replica? The math is giving me the fantods.

Easy as PIE.

posted by Wolfdog 06 December | 11:49

Done as silverbees.

youngergirl44 - 80.17
viachicago - 68.06
taz - 75.94
specklet - 78.59
cmonkey - 82.33
box - 94.77
zack_replica - 77.08
seanyboy - 89.45
arse_hat - 76.94
mygothlaundry - 69.65
gaspode - 72.74
jonmc - 43.87
wolfdog - 91.87

Some surprises and non-surprises.

posted by deborah 06 December | 11:51

good god, wolfdog. I'm not even ever looking at that page again.

posted by mygothlaundry 06 December | 11:58

Absorbed it all in one glance, eh?

posted by Wolfdog 06 December | 12:00

silverbees - 56.59
youngergirl44 - 40.62
viachicago - 28.59
taz - 34.77
specklet -31.07
cmonkey - 85.22
box - 48.31
zack_replica - 56.47
seanyboy - 41.24
arse_hat - 40.92
mygothlaundry - 76.17
gaspode - 29.56
jonmc - 60.4
wolfdog - 61.38

posted by getoffmylawn 06 December | 12:21

hrmmm well, there's definitely some consistency here.

posted by gaspode 06 December | 12:27

I'm in as rainbaby. High and low are:

cmonkey - 88.57
gaspode - 53.3

posted by rainbaby 06 December | 13:56

btw, my name there is: goml

posted by getoffmylawn 06 December | 19:59

youngergirl44 - 93.4
taz - 82.69
Specklet - 89.33
box - 87.21
jonmc - 76.24
wolfdog - 76.57
cmonkey - 76.27
mygothlaundry - 69.51
gaspode - 69.37
deborah - 77.18

posted by redvixen 06 December | 20:20

So, can somebody who knows more than I do about psychology and personality testing tell me whether this thing's really accurate, or entirely hokum, or what?

I know enough about psychology that I didn't bother taking it.

posted by Eideteker 06 December | 21:21

And by that, I don't mean OMG UR ALL DUM. But take the test for fun; don't go looking for deeper insight into what's probably market research.

posted by Eideteker 06 December | 21:54

It was a pain how long that took!

I am most like Seanyboy and Wolfdog.

posted by Miko 06 December | 23:22

I think I got everybody for my list.

wolfdog - 87.13
deborah - 87.12
box - 85.45
cmonkey - 84.47
seanyboy - 76.87
rainbaby - 72.43
Zack_Replica - 69.92
Miko - 69.47
youngergirl - 67.11
redvixen - 65.31
specklet - 62.62
getoffmylawn - 61.3
taz - 61.29
gaspode - 60.24
mgl - 58.71
arse - 56.44
jonmc - 42.79

and my own girlfriend: via - 44.91

posted by kyleg 07 December | 01:54

I am similar to box 92, arse_hat 91.9 and Miko 91.7.

My low is jonmc at 52.

posted by mullacc 07 December | 02:17

Almost identical to arse_hat and mullacc; also very similar to taz and specklet. A lot like a bunch of other people. Apparently just about nothing in common with goml, though.

posted by tangerine 07 December | 03:55

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