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== Personality List Discussion ==


'''Brad Dowdy:''' We have to cover this, right? Like, this turned out to be the Brad wants to talk about the theme system journal to Brad wants to talk about all the things in one episode, which, you know, sometimes gets us in trouble with time. But I don't even care. Like, we got a lot of stuff. So, good friend Anthony at UK Fountain Pens did a post that I was sent multiple times by readers called The 15 Types of Pen Addict. And I'm going to read this to you, Myke. I'm going to read the entire thing because it's not that long. So, you're just going to have to deal with me. And then you're going to have to think about what type of pen addict are you? Do you fall into these categories? This list is very accurate. So, we'll have a link in the show notes. You can play along at home. So, Anthony's header to this post says, After careful research, I present a true and accurate dissection of our community. Number one, the curator carefully explores the pen landscape, buys one of everything, and tracks it all in a ridiculously detailed spreadsheet. Number two, the crazy cat lady.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I would like to request an amendment of the crazy cat person. Yeah. Uh-huh. That would just be my amendment.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, yeah, yeah. The name. Mm-hmm. Yes, agree. Why have one Kaweco sport when you can have 50?

'''Myke Hurley:''' It's like me. I'm the crazy cat retro 51 person.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Right, right, right. So, number three, the archaeologist. Believes that anything made after 1950s is junk. Lies trays of old pens at car boot sales and antique shops and hasn't quite gotten around to restoring them. Has incredibly inky fingers. It's super accurate. Number four, the magpie. Always chasing the latest releases, especially the limited editions with sparkles and shimmer inks.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I am a crazy cat magpie, I think.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' That's where I am in my life. Number five is Mr. Status. Only buys Montblancs and Montegrappas dusted with precious metals. Never inks them. Number six, Otaku-san. Lives in Surbiton, surrounded by Nakayas and bottles of rare ink you can only buy from a tiny village in rural Japan. I've been a little bit seen by that one.

'''Myke Hurley:''' That one's kind of, that one is kind of incredible. Like, Surbiton is a neighborhood of Southwest London. Okay. So, it's like, it's just a kind of like a, yes, I, yes, I feel kind of triggered by that a little bit.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' You say it, you say it, when you say Surbiton, you say it in kind of like a high and mighty kind of way. Oh, I live in Surbiton.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Oh, I live in Surbiton. Yeah. And yeah, and Otaku is a Japanese term for people of obsessive interests. Yes. Particularly in anime.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's the obsessive. Yep. So, number seven is El Minimalissimo. Through sheer force of will, only owns a single Lamy 2000 and one bottle of black ink. Reads pen forms every day just for the thrill of fighting the temptation.

'''Myke Hurley:''' God, this is so good.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Number eight, The Mad Professor. Every pen is a Frankenpen. Desk is covered in nibs and tools and ink spatters. Can't leave anything alone. Voids warranties with a single glance. I love that. Number nine is The Bargain Hunter. Only buys pens from China for less than two pounds each, including shipping, a converter, and a free side of intellectual property theft. Ouch.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Number 10 is Mr. Ordinary. Teetering at the top of a slippery slope, Mr. Ordinary has a few moderately priced pens that he enjoys using for work and letter writing. Number 11, The Hipster. Number 12 is The Goldfish. Buys a new pen. Gets bored. Sells it again in a matter of weeks. Rinse and repeat, sometimes with the exact same pen. God, that is, I have seen that. That one I don't get, but that is super true. Number 13 is The Big Game Hunter. Sets his heart on a true grail pen as obtainable, as unobtainable as possible. Researches its territory, its habits. Searches tirelessly for years, tracking it down pace by pace. It's an all-consuming passion. Then once he gets it, the hunt begins anew. Number 14 is The Hoarder. Buys any penny, seize. Never sells anything. Lives surrounded by huge Visconti boxes. Living off Tesco value baked beans. Number 15 is The Naive Enthusiast. Has no idea what they want. Backs awful Kickstarter projects with gay abandon. Asks perfectly Google-able questions on Fountain Pen Facebook groups, but too cheerful to be mean to. I think that covers it, right? It's very good. What are we missing? I don't think we're missing.

'''Myke Hurley:''' I feel like I'm somewhere in the realm of the Magpie and Otaku-san. I think that's kind of where I sit personally.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah, I think we're about the same, I would say. A lot of them are definitely not me. I'm getting close to hoarder status. It's not quite that bad.

'''Myke Hurley:''' Also, it may be a sighting of hipster for me a little bit. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. We need to turn this into like the Enneagram test. Are you familiar with that?

'''Myke Hurley:''' I don't think so.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' It's basically like a personality test. Right. And it finds your classification for you by the list of questions you've answered, right?

'''Myke Hurley:''' Someone should make a shortcut for this. Yeah.

'''Brad Dowdy:''' Yeah. So, we'll have a list of questions you answer, then it says, you're Mr. Ordinary or, you know, whatever. Yeah. So, anyway, thank you, Anthony, for creating this list. We will get a lot of enjoyment from it.