Mensa

[Pancakes]

your not the sharpest tool in the box are you..?

Heard of MENSA boom boom? I'm just a lazy genius, have the paperwork to prove it.

Starts with an A and ends with an A...



i just remembered why you're on my ignore list

Aw bro, I'm on dial-up, sheesh, never read that post until mine went up, and watching TV ATM too. If I'm on your ignore list how come you could read it eow? I won't add you to my ignore list, with a mum like yours you can't be all bad!?


hehehehe

[Cr1MiNaL]

hahahah good response Pangoof.

[limbimtimwim]

Heard of MENSA boom boom? I'm just a lazy genius, have the paperwork to prove it.

Ha ha, Mensa! That's a dating club for people who think they are clever.

[Pancakes]

Ha ha, Mensa! That's a dating club for people who think they are clever.

Hehehehe!

They test your percentile etc, pity they don't test for looks cos it's not really worth taking your eyes off the lessons if ya know what I mean... but then again... I wouldn't have got in either then.

[jrandom]

They test your percentile etc...

Seriously, this interests me.

What motivated you to take the Mensa test and join the society?

[Pancakes]

My kindergarten teacher was also a gifted childrens specialist from the UK and noticed I had high aptitude early on. Being a member as a child helps kids stay interested in learning by presenting challenges and also helping them learn how to learn by being challenged. Picking things up easily can be a curse because once you get to topics that take study you haven't developed systems for study because you haven't had to before. You also notice pretty fast that other kids are different and aren't picking things up the same or thinking about thinks to the same extent.

In regards to percentile etc there is a misconception that a high IQ is about what you know (memory) or your level of achievement in one or more areas (motivation and concentration). Percentile ranks where you are (roughly) in the population. Interestingly the highest acheivers are normally in a mid-high percentile range. Maybe 70-85%. Above that there is typically more personal learing and lateral thought but sometimes not the challenge to create someone who desires academic results.

Bit of a ramble but kinda answers your question I hope?

[jrandom]

Bit of a ramble but kinda answers your question I hope?

So you were a 'gifted' child who was put into the 'look at me' class and have been a Mensa member ever since?

Gotcha.

Agreed re. people with very high percentile IQs often not being high achievers in life. They tend to settle into a rather isolated and static existence, in my experience. Then again, a lot of what people think of as 'achievement' is just shit that keeps you awake at night.

[Str8 Jacket]

I remember being classed as extremely bright..... about 22 years ago. My how things have changed. I blame Uncle Helen.

[jrandom]

I've never met someone who thought they were particularly clever that wasn't an annoying cunt.

[Finn]

I've never met someone who thought they were particularly clever that wasn't an annoying cunt.

How true. You're very clever aren't you?

[jrandom]

How true. You're very clever aren't you?

It had to be you, didn't it?

I actually wrote 'myself included', but deleted it, so that someone's day could be brightened by the pleasure of working with my setup line.

[vifferman]

I've never met someone who thought they were particularly clever that wasn't an annoying cunt.

What about people like me that are just annoying cunts and not particularly clever? :spudwhat:

Mind you, I used to think I was clever.

[jrandom]

What about people like me that are just annoying cunts and not particularly clever?

Ah, you see, you are not an annoying cunt.

Quite possibly because you don't think (even though you're wrong about it) that you're particularly clever.

[Hitcher]

Some of us have learned to disguise our lack of intellect with a subtle mix of guile and low cunning. And a spell checker...

[vifferman]

Ah, you see, you are not an annoying cunt.
Quite possibly because you don't think.

That's not right - normally people who don't think are very annoying, especially if they speak or do something.
Anyway - you haven't talked to mein offschpringervergolksen - I'm sure they'll confirm what an annoying bastid I can be.
"Yeah, Dad's an annoying bastid!"
"Definitely annoying yeah. I wish he'd hurry up and die already."
"Annoying?!? Pffft!! I dunno 'bout that, but he is a cunt."