Special tests.
Suspiciously familiar people.

I’m Ronald, the maker behind The Anti-Tests. I create the Anti-series under the name Simon Star. Apparently one name was not enough to contain all the reservations.

Some personality quizzes ask for your favorite color and announce that you are a loyal dolphin. Lovely. But the dolphin has never bought storage boxes to organize things it should not have bought in the first place.

The Anti-Tests is for adults who would like their self-discovery with a little more recognition and considerably less motivational wallpaper. These unusual personality quizzes explore everyday habits, social pressure and the stories we tell ourselves to make it all sound intentional.

In The Great Anti-Consumption Test, shopping habits, impulse buying and consumer culture receive the attention normally reserved for a delivery notification. In the Parent Perfectionism Test, the tone is gentler: a little space to notice the pressure to be a flawless parent while being an actual human.

Read a situation. Choose A, B or C. Your answers lead to a personality profile. Expect dry humor, cynical observations, occasional dark humor and the uncomfortable pleasure of thinking, “Unfortunately, yes.” The parenting test brings more warmth than bite; not every subject needs a roast.

Created by Simon Star, this growing collection brings the Anti-series into interactive online quizzes. Fifteen tests are ready now, including Not a Christmas Quiz for people whose festive enthusiasm requires negotiation. The Great Anti-Social Media Test, explores doomscrolling, oversharing and the remarkably demanding business of staying connected. The Great Anti-Routine Test takes on repetitive days, daily habits and the optimistic fiction that next Monday will be different. The Great Anti-Success Test questions hustle culture, achievement pressure and the exhausting need to turn being alive into a measurable accomplishment. The Great Anti-Therapy Quiz takes a cynical look at commercial self-help culture, wellness marketing and the curious discovery that inner peace now comes with a payment plan. The Great Anti-Motivation Test explores productivity pressure, toxic positivity and the radical idea that a quiet afternoon does not need measurable outcomes. The Great Anti-Friend Quiz adapts the friendship book into 15 situations about the people who drive us mad — including the person answering the questions. The Great Anti-Couple Quiz adapts the relationship book into 15 situations about modern love, text messages and the delicate diplomacy of sharing a charger. The Great Anti-Work Quiz turns the workplace book into 15 situations about office habits, corporate language and the lunch break that became a meeting. The Great Anti-Menopause Quiz offers eight light-hearted questions for men about listening and supporting their partners. The subject of the quiz is his response, not her health. The Great Anti-Love Quiz turns eight chapters about desire and heartbreak into a cynical personality quiz for people who can turn one vague message into an entire romantic franchise. The Great Anti-Family Quiz brings fifteen familiar family portraits to the table and asks which part of the chaos you personally supply. The Great Anti-Perfectionism Test explores endless revisions, people-pleasing and the suspiciously movable definition of good enough. This general edition is separate from the parenting test. More are on the way.

Very special tests for very special people. Especially the ones who insist they are perfectly ordinary.