Ne vs Ni in real life 

I'm an INTJ, best friend is an ENTP. This video accurately depicts the pattern of every conversation we've ever had.

Ni: *Makes a clear pattern and focusses on the subject* Ne: *Links it with other patterns and changes the subject, constantly* Ni: *What was I talking about again? Thanks a lot*

My apologies for every argument I’ve had with someone I actually agreed with…

This is by far the best representation of Ni vs Ne that's concise and yet artistically explains so much in so little time. I cannot begin to explain how on point the skit is. Thank you.

"Nobody ever talks about the chicken? Why the chicken?" Precisely, my dominant Ni wants to know the symbolism behind the chicken, and why it was chosen in the first place.

This is actually a great representation of Ne Kristin, I can't speak for Ni because I do not have it. But while it is funny to over exaggerate the chaotic nature of Ne, this is a more realistic depiction of how we Ne users usually talk. Also, something I have noticed on my Ne, that is shown here, not explicitly tho. Is that Ne tends to be more of a reactionary function. What I mean, is like in the example given here about chicken and the Ne user thinking about ordering some chicken. Unlike some people believe Ne ideas doesn't come out of nowhere, they come from a connection made from something someone said. So if you talk about the color orange, I might think about the fruit, and then talk about how vitamin C is very important. People might think I pulled the topic out of my ass, but no it was all connected. Because of that I tend to be a very funny person, my mind makes weird connections and I am always making people laugh.... However, because they come from somewhere, I can't simply think of something funny if I was given nothing. So when people tell me, you are a funny guy, tell a joke... my mind goes blank. If I try to be funny, it also goes blank, I can't force Ne, it just happens. In contrast, I have seen that Ni users tend to be more talkative about their ideas. Because they have processed them further, so they have more to talk about them. While the Ne user might just be bouncing and saying several things. The Ni user will take the ideas more seriously while the Ne user will be more casual about it. So the Ne user can talk for hours, but only if they are given something as well. Ne needs something external to spark the ideas, while the Ni user can talk about them even without anything external. So while Ne so random is funny, I appreciate you taking a more realistic approach to this Kristin. Of course, the Ni user might have been a bit exaggerated, maybe I would need an Ni user to give input of how realistic it seemed to them. But at least for me, that is how Ne works.

Ne has a reputation for being “the quirky random function”, but it doesn’t feel random to Ne users, because it actually isn’t random at all. It does see actual thematic similarities. My Ne connects things in ways that feel really self-evident to me, even though those things may not be commonly seen as connected. I also don’t see it as “making” connections, because the connections feel like they were always intrinsically there. Instead, it feels more like “discovering” connections. And once I’ve discovered a connection, I can’t unsee it.

Being an introverted intuitive type is an agonizing existence. You have a ton of analysis and observations bottled up in your head waiting for one opportunity to flood a conversation with someone, but there’s so much that you ultimately drown out the other person with all of it, and you’re no longer seen as good for future conversations

Those times when you only describe one of the possible perspectives on something and others automatically consider it as your opinion :'') ~ intp

"No, no tangents, I'm not done" 😂😂 Perfectly sums up the difference and the conversations between me and my ENFP best friend 😄❤️ Great job Kristin 😁👍

I like how Ni can respond to Ne switching "channels/topic" and goes back to the main point of discussion immediately lol (except the end when she lost her train of thoughts) and Ne just jumping in and out (like she's listening but she just wants to add more into the convo that Ni doesn't really care about lmao) of the topics discussed/very distracted Edit: Hmm after seeing what I typed, I basically liked how they portrayed themselves so well lol

ENTP looking for "different perspectives": Watched this video for 1 minute, found it very relatable and then immediately dived into the comment section looking for other people’s opinions.

My loved ones: "Agree with me." Me: "Where's the fun in that?"

As an Ni dom with adhd this was like watching a conversation between myself and myself lol.

"No tangents! I'm not done" 😂👏 ENFP here. Heard this my whole life.

"No, no tangents, I'm not done" but the Ne was actually making the best point in the discussion. Ni just wasn't actually willing to listen.

As an INFJ, how you represented Ni is just spot on❤️

That's too relatable like it's so true. I am an ENTJ and this is like every debate i have with my girlfriend who is an ENTP. Usually Ni and Ne users are prone to arguments like that but studying Mbti and psychology allowed us greater understanding of each other and we enjoy these debates because of our different ways of thinking instead of fighting in arguments over the ways we prefer to think.

I'd love to see a "day in the life of the 16p" - as in daily structure (or lack thereof, speaking as an enfp), when they wake up, if the have routines (I actually have a skincare routine and am sticking to it for 4 months now - what a new way of life lol), if they eat regularly etc. It would be soooo interesting :D

ENFP here: totally accurate. This video made me realise: if you wanna avoid us going on tangents, just be sure we're doing something else when you're talking. It is a guilty joy to look as if we are not paying attention,yet still making relevant comments. Yes, that is the only way we stay focused somehow.

@1:17 - Ni - "No. No tangents. I'm not done". I laughed SO LOUD. omg I'm such an Ni.

for the most part i'm Ne, but I can sound like Ni at times too. -INTP

I'm an INFJ and my wife is an INFP, this is a pretty damn good representation of some of our discussions.

This is actually very interesting. I identify a lot with NI here, and NE could seem very frustrating from our perspective, like they dont really care. But they actually have a point by pointing out that there are many different perspectives to judge something. i always have this on mind. When someone deliberately decides to choose another criteria or prefference is the end mark for me. I think the judjing functions can help someone being more or less open to other perspetives.

*"My perspective is the one that's relevant right now"* is 98% of my INTJ existence.

Well played and subtle. Ni demands an answer of "Why?" while Ne "What if...?"

I can definitely relate to what the Ni user is saying. Sports can be interesting but I don't really care about teams, mainly because I can barely distinguish between them besides colors or weird mascots. It would be even harder to remember the members

This is basically an Intj having a discussion with an Entp.

The amount of times my ENFP mum told me "it's just a tv show, it doesn't have to make sense"...now I know why.

😂 This conversation got way more heated than the Se vs Si hair brushing video, lol !!! This might actually explain why I'm not much of a sports fan. I have dominant Ni, so I'm always looking for the deeper meaning. I think the stuff Ne Kristin said is typically why fans follow a team. Sometimes it's just about having fun! But us Ni doms always gotta over analyze things! 😂 And great acting as always Kristin !

I have Ni but I have to agree with Ne on this one. But I do understand where she’s coming from. Also, the railing cry for Ni users should be, “we are the knights who have Ni!!”

Dude, this is me and my sister every day lol! She's an INFJ, with Ni dominant, and I'm an INFP, with Ne second. She's CONSTANTLY taking me along extremely extensive trains of thought about whatever the matter at hand is, and usually I'm trying to give her different perspectives that she usually shuts down, and then I'm getting distracted from getting drained by staying on the same topic for too long. Then I'll try and give a change of topic, like what book I'm reading or writing, and she'll say exactly that: "I'm not done!" Lol, nailed it Kristen

2 more episodes to go :D, can't wait for the judging functions

I'd love to see your take on 2 Ne doms having a conversation because man, they can get wild. I can't get enough of my hours-long tangent-filled convos with my favorite ENTP. Sincerely signed (because my comment wasnt tangent-y or essay-ish enough for this to be evident already), ENFP

Where did you get footage of me and my INTJ friend?! 😂 (Also the “no tangents I’m not done”- I feel that pain sm- I have an annoyingly amount of XSXJ’s in my family who say that all the time and then I get bored and leave)

Love how this is almost 3 times as long as the one with the sensors.

You need to do this for all the functions this is GENUINELY so helpful. I think in "Okay but a need a straight example in real life" to many of the functions descriptions, because they can be very vague and I don't fully understand them unless I have an example to draw connections from. (Don't know what that function is but apparently I use it so!) I have now determined I am a Ne user most likely. Edit: A year later and I realized I'm in fact an INTJ I just also have ADHD. But I do think at the heart of it I'm an Ni user.

I'm ESFP, inferior Ni, yet I've related SO MUCH to Ni because my conversations with my ENFP are a lot like this?? Didn't realize that when I get annoyed by how they seem to be always contradicting me is actually a Ne-Ni clash lmao, I thought of it more of a Se vs Ne, but, of course, there's no Ni without Se and vice-versa. Thank you! It was funny!

See, ugh, I'm confused!!! I feel like when I'm listening to other people, I act like the Ne does here. But when I'm trying to understand something, or communicate my own feelings, I act like the Ni!!! Aside from my own weirdness, thanks for these Kristin!! It really helps me to make sense of the functions a lot better to see them in action and contrasted like this. You're the best!!

Your Ni dom. death stare is so powerful that even an Ne user in the video looks like sleepy or scatterbrained INTJ.

I'm an infp and the Ne in this video was exactly right. everything from the random "i could go for some chicken." to Ne forgetting her phone is pure brilliance. My mom's an ENTJ, so she has auxillary Ni and I have auxillary Ne. even though these aren't our dominant functions, this perfectly encapsulates how our conversations usually work. 10/10 !!

Totally, we try to find the substance ! Different perspectives, and lost the train of thoughts ! So right.

Ne is me 100%. I get scared of some strong views and just don't say anything if I don't know them well enough lol

I’m an INFP and my mom is an ISFP and sometimes we have conversations where my mom is venting about something and I’m like “maybe xyz” and my mom gets really mad at me because she thinks I’m criticizing her, and I know that it’s literally not Introverted intuition but this helped me see the other side of that really well. It was also really funny to realize how accurate this is even outside of introverted intuitives

Great video, as always Kristen! But as an INFJ, I'm more confused than ever, since I totally resonate with NI and the need for meaning and purpose, but I also take a lot of time to understand other people's perspectives before coming to conclusions. Insights, please?!

There is something to be said about some of the descriptions of MBTI that are less well reasoned. In this case, I'm an INTP, and according to (some) MBTI concepts my Ni function would be called "critic". And in that case, the description of what that means fits perfectly: Ni is the reason I "don't allow myself nice things" etc, because (almost) every time I make a decision like buying something stupid, I have an inner Ni Dom criticizing that decision. And of course that voice may be present in many other situations. But it RARELY ever will be observable by someone else, so mostly it's self-critisism, because that would be rude, actually it's mostly an inner discussion between Ni and Ne, with inconclusive resolution. To the outside I will mostly behave Ne like. Devils advocate, generating perspectives like crazy.

As an INFP, I feel like I have bipolar fluctuating between both of these. Like sometimes with Ne I’m like “well I mean, I might not agree with that, but if you think why they would picture it that way…” and then other days Fi Ni Si comes in like “SCREW ALL OF YOU LUKE SKYWALKERS A GOOD PROTAGONIST I DON’T CARE THAT THE SEQUELS SUCKED” and then my ENTP brothers like Jesus bro calm down and I’m like naw. Mostly I’m chill tho.

"No, no tangents I'm not done" And that's when I check out of the conversation ;)

Definitely Team Ne over here. Go team.

This seems more Ti. Lots of judging going on. Less perception and imagery focus. This convo is simply about the two’s perspectives on what makes sense and what is wrong/right or not.

I'm an ENTJ and my brother is ENTP. This is basically every day lol

I think it's interesting that Si and Ne go together. The sensing skit portrays the Si as focused, but this Ne comes off as loosey-goosey.

*''Or...''* is what Ni never wants to hear

Sums up pretty well the conversations between my sister (INTJ) and me (INTP) 😂 I always wondered about the lack of perspectives and that extreme infatuation with just one single possible version of a scenario of whatever we were talking about... Usually the debate ended at me convincing her to see the different variables leading to the outcome we could see.

The observation about the team's songs reminds me of Weird Al's "Sports Song." A classic.

As an ENTP I felt so seen ❤️

as an INTP I didn't realize how accurate this was until like halfway through when it all came together, the bit about just trying to give different perspectives is spot on

She did Ni so good

What an amazing representation of my inner dialogues lol

OH this is the best series for clarifying functions, the way i was nodding along to everything Ni was saying and started to get annoyed with Ne even though I’m not really in the skit 😭

As an INTJ, my Ni applies a 'how other people see the world' lens to appreciate the 'why' of most human-related systems/phenomena, so my reasoning sounds more like the Ne in this conversation, but my focused communication style is like that of the Ni.

That is simply beautiful. Sometimes I have doubts as to if I really am an Ni-dom, but after watching such a skit they vanish completely. Thanks!

I'm an ISTP, and this video made me realize how similar Ne and Ti can look in a conversation. Might sound weird but hear me out: An Ne user might take an idea that is being discussed and start talking about a topic that seems disconnected or irrelevant to the conversation, but internally the user has found some abstract connection between the two things. (This is my basic understanding of it; my understanding of intuition is limited since my mind favors sensing greatly). Well, when I am in a conversation with someone, something similar happens: we may be talking about the solar system (as one does, obviously) and while talking about it, I'll suddenly say something like "did you know that Venus is the hottest planet in the solar system due to its thicker atmosphere, and not because of its proximity to the sun?", and then I'll start talking about Venus or about misconceptions of the Solar System (Yes I am a huge nerd for astronomy). The thoughts seem disconnected, but there is a more clear link between them made by some logical explanation or fact. However, in a real conversation, it might also feel like it came out of nowhere to the other person.

When you made a big stink about it being all about your perspective, and then couldn't remember what you were even talking about...You nailed it!

Ni is so heavy and complicated sometimes, but I wouldn’t have it any other way in my head🤷‍♀️😅😂🤣

my 2 demons going at it in my brain 24/7

I have been doubting always about Ni and Ne in thought process. I had a talk with a Ne aux friend and was nearly this Thanks for making me realize im a Ni dom again

As an ESTP this was wild to watch lol. I have Ni in 4th place lol, so I just kept bouncing between who I agree with. Like, "Oooh yeah she (Ni) has a point", and then also "but like honestly just chill out about it man, you're overthinking it" haha

That is very close to how conversations between me (INTJ) and my INFP sister tend to go. Except, neither of us are sports fans.

The fact that my mind instantly went KFC bucket when the chicken mascot was mentioned clearly shows which function I lean more towards😂

Hahaha I get so immersed, sometimes I forget that this two Kristin are the same Kristin. Good job!

Me as an ENTJ with my ENFP sister....

I've been arguing like the Ni type since I was a kid. No one ever really seems to get it.

It also sounds like Te vs Fe, Te being channeled by the Ni user and Fe being channeled by the Ne user. One focuses on justification and competency, the other focuses on community

Omg the Ni was soooo on point xD as an Ni dom this was an amazing representation of how i see things ! And ''losing the thought when interrupted'' is 100% spot on xD it always happens to me

thank you kristin i was literally waiting for this video, i hope you continue this series! ❤

THIS IS SO GOOD!! INFJ married to INTP and towards the end it was totally us 😂. Lots of ENFP vibes in that character for me though. You totally nailed the depth and the whys, the “agree with me!!” and the thanks I lost my train of thought 🙄

“No tangents” The amount of times I’ve heard as much…

This explains every conversation I’ve ever had with my sister

This is so true as a Ne dom, I always find connections to the most random (and sometimes disturbing) things in a conversation And the other person forgetting what theyre talking about from this is so relatable as well lol

Very interesting as always! Haha I will say though, as an Ni dom myself, there have been plenty of times where I supported a team just because I thought the logo looked cool or they had a cooler color theme than the opposing team. Sometimes life really can be that simple…sometimes. 😂

I've been trying to really grasp the difference between these two for a while (myself being an Ne user) and just had an epiphany that I think explains it in a way that feels concrete and experiential for me vs. abstract. Both Ne and Ni want to understand the generalized rules or "concepts" behind things. They want to understand how the specific thing they're perceiving (event, object, information etc.) fits into the larger scheme of the world. What is it an "instance" of? For both Ne and Ni, things are only meaningful when they're "an instance" of a particular pattern or framework. When they exemplify a particular concept. I never resonated with the description of intuition as "pattern recognition", because my own Ne never felt that way to me - I never felt like I was going out "looking for a bunch of patterns", and if you asked me to tell you about some patterns I saw in the world, I couldn't tell you anything. But if I reframe "recognizing patterns" to mean that every time I come across something, I try to understand "what concept it's an instance of" (i.e. where it fits in my framework of the world), then that makes perfect sense, and it's something I feel myself doing all the time. Now, both Ne and Ni are trying to understand what concepts the things they're seeing and experiencing are "instances of". The difference is where they focus their attention. For an Ni, they focus on the concept and hold that as their constant. So they're looking for many "instances" of one concept. Information is meaningful to then when it can be applied to that one concept, which they often hold as a universal truth. So the way they use "pattern recognition" is by finding as many instances of their one concept, and using those instances as data points to refine their concept. Ne's, on the other hand, focus on the "thing", and hold that as their constant. So instead of trying see how many "instances" fit into one concept, they're trying to see how many concepts fit into this one instance. They want to know how many different angles they can take to look at something, and what they can learn about what this instance "means" from each of those angles. So they use "pattern recognition" by finding as many concepts for their one thing, and using those concepts to highlight and illuminate different aspects of that thing. So to conclude, Ne and Ni are both applying generalized concepts to the things they perceive in order to understand them. But Ne's just care about the thing that's right in front of them, and want to understand that thing as thoroughly as possible by applying different lenses to it (which gives them a strong structural understanding of things, for those of you who are familiar with socionics), while Ni's care about understanding some deeper truth about the nature of the universe, and use the things they see or experience as tools to refine that truth or vision.

I was a little late in watching this one! I have to say that is so accurate, as a Ni-dom my my train of thought completely breaking after the Ne tangent interrupts! This has happened a lot between me and a Ne-tertiary in my life who then doesn't understand why I can no longer explain what it was I was trying to explain.

This is so accurate lmaooo i'm totally ne 😭

In the Ne's defense... The Ni kept asking "why?" The Ne was only giving a reasonable explanation. --ENTP

my dad's an ENTJ and i'm an INFP and this is how almost every single conversation we have goes, with the added flavoring of completely opposite dominant functions! talking is fun. real fun.

ISTP, and really relate with everything Ni here lol. This is how my conversations go with INTPs.

"No tangents I'm not done" I should use that on my ENXP friends.

"No tangents, I'm not done" basically sums up the entire video 😂

Love these in real life interactions! Really helps to flesh out the concepts!

Literally saw a school mascot yesterday and thought "why a crow?" - INTJ

Ni in this video perfectly sums up how i think

I actually perceived the ENTJ vibe there. I think the Te is talking the most instead of Ni but it's kind of obvious both functions were trying to expose this problem and to delve into the origin of the reasons why things are like they are. And somehow, I'm with the Ne Dom. Man, people are just simple sometimes. Not all the actions must have a deeper meaning behind.

As an INFJ, I SOO understand where the Ni in this is coming from! AND the Ne sounds like the ENTP best friend in my life.

Gaddamn!!!😂 Ni dom here and I'll say this spot on! 🎩

INFJ here, this video is like I ever talked to you about a matter that I have thought over and over again 😂

Pst… there are so many great MBTI RU-vidrs, but you’re my favorite

ENFP here... Thank you Kristin, I'm very likely ordering chicken for dinner tonight when I watch game 4 of the World Series

I feel like I relate to both at the same time!! so confusing I don't think I know what type I am anymore D:

I’m definitely Ne, and I’ve actually researched mascots before 😂 (ENFP)