To build off of this, MBTI isn't actually public domain any more than the Hogwarts Houses The copyright on the official MBTI is held by the Centre for Applications of Psychological Type, run by the Myers-Briggs Foundation It's a big business that charges people a LOT of moneyhttps://twitter.com/EmeryLeeWho/status/1292119992289304577 …
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You, yourself, may have just taken a free knockoff test online and joke about it with your friends and never given them a cent, sure Just like it's perfectly possible to do a Hogwarts House quiz and never give JKR a cent of your money But you're still supporting the brand
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To a very great extent the MBTI people profit directly from free marketing All the talk random Internet people do about your Myers-Briggs type like it's a real, accepted and commonly known thing is free advertising for them
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It's the whole reason some HR manager or career counselor whoever will think it's worth it to pay these people the abusively inflated cost of a *real official MBTI testing session*, people will get jobs as real official licensed MBTI analysts by paying even more, etc
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It's like I almost feel obligated to proactively talk shit about MBTI when it comes up, because these particular rent-seeking mofos suck and they're walking in the footsteps of this lady who sucked and was a racist and it really does need to stop
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I mean look I don't have very positive feelings about astrology either Nor about people whose whole profession is horoscopes, especially when they present themselves as being able to give truly pertinent information to desperate struggling people, and they charge a lot of money
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But at least astrology is public domain No one is using the IP system to hold a monopoly over it and charge tiny little bits of rent from everyone else who wants in on the grift That part just offends me
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Same with how if Hogwarts Houses were a pure Internet meme it wouldn't matter that it's an annoying overused meme and some people take it way too seriously But the issue is the longer Hogwarts stuff stays cool, the more money a TERF makes off her royalties and residuals
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