Porcine Personality.
March 6, 2006 3:48 PM   Subscribe

Draw a pig and see what it says about your personality.
posted by Effigy2000 (55 comments total)
 
It says "You are not the kind of person who believes stupid OMG I WILL DESCRIBE YOUR PERSONALITY FROM A SAMPLE OF YOUR ANAL MUCUS sites are worth a damn."

Truly uncanny.
posted by Decani at 4:36 PM on March 6, 2006


That's fantastic.
posted by cillit bang at 4:40 PM on March 6, 2006


absolut crap.
posted by squarehead at 4:48 PM on March 6, 2006


I like the pig-drawing, but the analysis does not impress.
posted by Uccellina at 4:50 PM on March 6, 2006


Well of course it's bullshit. But it's a simple, fun diversion which I think some people will get a kick out of. if you don't, move on. Don't even click on the link. It's that simple.
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:51 PM on March 6, 2006


OMG, this is like, SO TOTALLY grade three.
posted by arcticwoman at 4:53 PM on March 6, 2006


I can't draw with a mouse. My pig, uh, blew goats.
posted by sharpener at 4:53 PM on March 6, 2006


Clearly, you philistines don't recognize the superior pleasure that one derives from the mere act of drawing a hog.
posted by Joey Michaels at 4:54 PM on March 6, 2006


I apologize for pissing on the thread. I'm moving on.
posted by squarehead at 4:54 PM on March 6, 2006


All the descriptions could really apply to anybody. Some of the drawings in the gallery were cool, especially considering how hard it is to draw with a mouse.
posted by martinX's bellbottoms at 4:54 PM on March 6, 2006


I agree, some of the pigs were really impressive.
posted by arcticwoman at 4:56 PM on March 6, 2006


I liked it. And my special pig.
posted by recurve at 4:56 PM on March 6, 2006


Here's my pig. I'm a thoughtless jerk.
posted by Otis at 4:57 PM on March 6, 2006


I enjoyed drawing a pig, as I enjoy drawing many things with my little trackball. Squiggle squiggle squiggle.
posted by davejay at 4:58 PM on March 6, 2006


kinda fun. here's mine
posted by freudianslipper at 5:00 PM on March 6, 2006


I had to do this on paper in a CLE session on stress management a couple of years ago. Maybe it was done tongue-in-cheek, with the expectation that everyone would register it as the silliness it was, but the exercise did not inspire confidence in the lecturer.
posted by dilettante at 5:02 PM on March 6, 2006


Here's the one I did when the site was Monkeyfiltered.
posted by Guy Smiley at 5:07 PM on March 6, 2006


Some of the drawings in the gallery were cool, especially considering how hard it is to draw with a mouse.

While there are many talented mouse-users out there, a relatively high proportion of the more talented artists in general would probably have a graphics tablet on hand to draw with.
posted by rafter at 5:08 PM on March 6, 2006


And yeah, the personality stuff is a joke, but the link is totally worth it just for the pig gallery. I love stuff like this. I would love to see an average of all pigs drawn or something.
posted by rafter at 5:09 PM on March 6, 2006


I love it!

Totally awesome - and I think the personality profile was spot on.

Great post.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 5:14 PM on March 6, 2006


The average pig, statistically speaking.
posted by Otis at 5:14 PM on March 6, 2006


boo
posted by nuclear_soup at 5:14 PM on March 6, 2006


Mine looks drunk
posted by mikeweeney at 5:16 PM on March 6, 2006


okay, yeah, the gallery does make it worth it, and I've already gone back and drawn two more pigs, so I'll eat my words supra. (Although I don't think the descriptions would apply to anybody. Me being the type who remembers birthdays?!?)
posted by squarehead at 5:17 PM on March 6, 2006


This was cute. Here's my pig.

The pig gallery is great.
posted by discokitty at 5:22 PM on March 6, 2006


"The Communications Group.com’s new viral marketing campaign has created 850,000 hand drawn pigs and over 12 million unique visitors...

More about Viral Marketing...


aaarrrgghghlhgg.... *facepalm*
posted by Baby_Balrog at 5:23 PM on March 6, 2006


I did this one a while ago.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 5:24 PM on March 6, 2006


You guys (the first few posts anyway) are wrong: you can tell what people are like from how they draw, godamnit! It's not spot on (surprise surprise) but when you compare yours to others you learn something. Screw you guys :p
posted by Acey at 5:29 PM on March 6, 2006


FWIW, try the house one. It's better.
posted by Acey at 5:30 PM on March 6, 2006


THAT TOTALLY SUCKED!!!
posted by batou_ at 5:30 PM on March 6, 2006


Yeah, you can tell how good of an artist they are 8þ
posted by Citizen Premier at 5:32 PM on March 6, 2006


Cute pigs!
posted by lorrer at 5:35 PM on March 6, 2006


the password is oink.
posted by puke & cry at 5:37 PM on March 6, 2006 [1 favorite]


Well spotted, B_B. But can it really be called viral marketing if it's not actually advertising anything?
posted by Faint of Butt at 5:39 PM on March 6, 2006


Drawing a pig is awesome. The personality test is actually amazingly bad, and managed to guess the complete opposite of my personality on pretty much every single point.

My pig is here, although I got a bit distracted partway through.
posted by xthlc at 5:56 PM on March 6, 2006


mine is pissed
posted by HyperBlue at 6:38 PM on March 6, 2006


Here's my pig. Damn, pig-drawing shrinks psycho babble bs trying to tell me about my sex life based on size of pig's tails, grumble, kvetch, rar....
posted by marxchivist at 6:45 PM on March 6, 2006


The house one is way better. Someone should create a MeFi street.
posted by booksandlibretti at 6:58 PM on March 6, 2006


I just copied in my business card.
posted by Drexen at 7:09 PM on March 6, 2006


My pig says I need a pen and a tablet to draw anything that even remotely resembles a pig.
posted by graventy at 7:24 PM on March 6, 2006


Obviously there's not a lot of serious psychoanalysis in a drawing of a pig, but trees are a whole other issue.

As an actual diagnostic tool, there's not much here, but as a discussion point and a way of gaining insight, this sort of concept is not without its uses. While I was on a cruise one year with my parents, my mother and I sat in on a dendrographology session presented purely for amusement value. The assessment of our trees was right more often than it was wrong, but what was far more interesting was the discussion that resulted.

Her tree indicated that she was, perhaps a bit on the controlling side - something I'd always felt but never given voice to. We had a conversation about it, and I came out of it feeling like I knew and understood her a whole lot better.

My tree indicated I was feeling a significant sense of stress and loss over something, and we had a discussion about what that might be, as well.

So, in short actual conclusions = stupid, making you think about = good.
posted by jacquilynne at 7:24 PM on March 6, 2006


The length of the tail indicates the quality of your sex life.
And again more is better! You did not draw a tail :)


OH SNAP!

It was off the page and/or buried in mud. Now, what that says ...
posted by dhartung at 8:14 PM on March 6, 2006


Hmmm... pig tails in general are small. And I see that most people drew small-ish tails on their pigs. Does that mean we all have terrible sex lives? Or that we just make fairly accurate recordings of reality? Or is my idea of "small" way off?

My pig.
posted by Nice Donkey at 9:08 PM on March 6, 2006


My pig is seated at a table. This makes me insecure and sexless.
posted by I Foody at 9:18 PM on March 6, 2006


That was the most inaccurate internet test I've ever taken.
Mine was also at a table.
posted by Liquidwolf at 9:42 PM on March 6, 2006


I did one in honor of our leader. They resized it though, so my helpful labels (TUSKS, BLOODSHOT EYES, TOP HAT, GOATEE, LEG, GUN) aren't clear.

The goatee means he's evil, pure and simple from the eighth dimension.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 10:08 PM on March 6, 2006


I FAILED THE TEST
posted by TwelveTwo at 11:19 PM on March 6, 2006


re: viral marketing -- Oh but it is advertising, advertising for the people that made it.

I guess it could be worse... recruiting for a dating service, or the Pork council. No difference.
posted by phylum sinter at 2:26 AM on March 7, 2006


my pig, going to the slaughter.
posted by Suparnova at 5:50 AM on March 7, 2006


Nice Donkey: I think if you are drawing an animal, and you put long eyelashes on the animal, it means you are a girl.
posted by Baby_Balrog at 6:16 AM on March 7, 2006


My Pig is a sock puppet.
posted by jaruwaan at 7:43 AM on March 7, 2006


I don't know know about all the rest of the stuff, but I do have a damn good sex life!
posted by Secret Life of Gravy at 8:11 AM on March 7, 2006


Is this science?
posted by OmieWise at 11:48 AM on March 7, 2006


My sex life is WOW, which is amazing for an impotent drunk who hasn't been laid in a decade.
posted by Sparx at 6:53 PM on March 7, 2006




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