0. Is there anything that may affect the way you answer the questions? For example, a stressful time, mental illness, medications, special life circumstances? Other useful information includes sex, age, and current state of mind.

Nah, I'm just kind of bored and curious. At most I have a minor stomachache, but that's not like excessive stress or anything like that. Also am mid 20s guy, like most of Reddit.

1. Click on this link: Flickr: Explore! Look at the random photo for about 30 seconds. Copy and paste it here, and write about your impression of it.

I'm just going to pick a random photo among the first few ones for convenience's sake, assuming this is the correct link. I like this one. It has an owl and an owl chick, they're cute. Yay, cute birds. I don't think there's 30 seconds worth of contemplation in this, though.

2. You are with a group of people in a car, heading to a different town to see your favourite band/artist/musician. Suddenly, the car breaks down for an unknown reason in the middle of nowhere. What are your initial thoughts? What are your outward reactions?

• Why am I in a car with a group of people, this never happens, at most it's just one other person. And we're meeting at the location, not traveling together.
• Why am I going to a different town, I live in Singapore, what am I doing, going to Kuala Lumpur? This also never happens, too troublesome to go through customs for just one event.
• I don't have a favourite band/artist/musician, when did I acquire one?
• This is Singapore, there is no such thing as 'middle of nowhere', it's like half an hour from end to end driving. Any more than that and you're either in the ocean or another country.
• Am I literally dreaming?
• Maybe I should wake up?

3. You somehow make it to the concert. The driver wants to go to the afterparty that was announced (and assure you they won't drink so they can drive back later). How do you feel about this party? What do you do?

I have actually been to events that have had afterparties / hitting bars afterwards and so on. Usually it's like oh! Okay, cool, have fun by yourself, I'm heading back by Uber or cab or something to get back on the computer. Unless 'afterparty' means 'let's sit around in Starbucks until midnight bullshitting over coffee and fancy drinks', then I am totally up for that.

The one time I went to bars with people it was the most underwhelming thing ever, but I can say I've given it a fair shot and it wasn't my thing. I've also gone to a club before; I stood around and drank orange juice and then got bored and went home.

4. On the drive back, your friends are talking. A friend makes a claim that clashes with your current beliefs. What is your inward reaction? What do you outwardly say?

That's totally dependent on:

• What is the actual claim
• How much do I give a shit about this belief, is it actually important to me
• How much do I care about friend
• How drama is friend
• How tired am I
• How bored am I
• How much do I actually feel like debating or talking
• Like a bunch of other stuff, including 'were they just bullshitting / why did they even make that claim' / 'how much did I expect them to say that kind of thing' and so on

Reactions can range anywhere from inwardly 'that's nice, you do you' and outwardly sleeping, to inwardly 'no hey fuck you and your stupid face that is wrong' and outwardly 'no hey fuck you and your stupid face that is wrong'.

5. What would you do if you actually saw/experienced something that clashes with your previous beliefs, experiences, and habits?

See answer to 4, i.e. it depends on the situation and claim and how I feel at the time and whether I know the person or not and who's watching etc. There IS no general answer or reaction, it varies too much. I usually wouldn't bother arguing or anything (since most of my views and beliefs come with 'it depends, this is only in general, of course exceptions exist' applied automatically to them) unless whoever is clashing is with me is making some oversight in judgement, in which case I'd probably correct them - the person, not my views.

6. What are some of your most important values? How did you come about determining them? How can they change?

'Try not to be a dick'.

It used to be 'don't be a dick', but then I changed my mind and figured no, some people absolutely deserve being a dick to, I am ok with being a dick to them if I think it is justified. I'm totally not a good person at all and not inclined to view myself as one, so there's no like 'oh no but what if this makes you also terrible' crisis or anything of the sort. That's about it, I couldn't really come up with anything else.

It could probably change if someone convinces me that either lots of people are worth being dicks to (unlikely) or that I should strive not to be a dick at all under any circumstance (even more unlikely).

7. a) What about your personality most distinguishes you from everyone else? b) If you could change one thing about your personality, what would it be? Why?

a) Not much really. I think I'm pretty normal all things considered! I used to be loud and dramatic and whiny when I was younger but chilled out considerably around college, which is nice.

b) Don't really know how to answer this, probably nothing really - if I wanted something changed I'd just work on it or attempt to somehow. Probably try to overthink stuff less, that might be helpful.

8. How do you treat hunches or gut feelings? In what situations are they most often triggered?

I tend to just overthink stuff. You can't call it a gut feeling if you've already spent half an hour working through a variety of possibilities about it, that's like a full blown mental investigation. And then after that it's just 'okay so what is the likelihood of any of this happening, just act on whichever one is the most likely'. They're triggered... all the time, I guess? 'I bet this tastes good based on how it smells' is a gut feeling, and 'I think they're nice they seem cool' is a common hunch. After a while you just get on with life because thinking too much wastes time.

9. a) What activities energize you most? b) What activities drain you most? Why?

a) Sleeping.

b) Exercising.

I mean, that's what they do.

10. What do you repress about your outward behavior or internal thought process when around others? Why?

IT DEPENDS like every other variable question on who the people are and how much I like them or trust them and so on, obviously the more I like and trust someone the less I would repress around them - but in some cases if I really do not like someone at all I wouldn't repress that either.

If I repress anything more often than not it's just laziness, talking through things takes too long and most people aren't really interested in it either, so there's no point. If I'm not repressing then I'm probably either having fun or feeling vindictive and petty.