Mensa

[jrandom]

you haven't talked to mein offschpringervergolksen...

If one's offschpringervergolksen do not consider one annoying, one has failed in one's mission.

[Hitcher]

If one is both stupid and an arsehole, is one therefore an ignoranus?

[Str8 Jacket]

If one is both stupid and an arsehole, is one therefore an ignoranus?

Or maybe a Starsehole?

[Hitcher]

Rene Descartes walks into a bar. He orders a glass of wine and drinks it. The bartender says, "Would you like another?" Descartes replies, "I think not." And leaves.

[vifferman]

If one is both stupid and an arsehole, is one therefore an ignoranus?

Ignoranus = dumbarse.

[Hitcher]

Top Mensa Pick Up Lines

1. "This is your brain. This is your brain on my naked thigh. Any questions?"

2. "Could you help me get this tie tack out of my hand?"

3. "Towards what end does a substantially empathetic demoiselle such as yourself inhabit a locus such as this?"

4. "What say we skip this nerd-fest and hit an all-night symposium on Euclidean Geometry?"

5. "Perchance, would you be inclined to participate, at my domicile, sans apparel, in a modicum of copulation?"

6. "It doesn't take a genius to see how gorgeous you are, but if it did, I'd be overqualified."

7. "You'll have to excuse me -- Your presence excites me beyond all capacity for cognitive discourse."

8. "Vini, Vici, Va-va-va-voom!"

9. "You must be tired, because you've been running quadratic equations through my mind all night."

10. "That tape on your glasses really sets off your eyes."

11. "According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Mechanics, we may already be making love right now."

12. "If I were to mention to you that you have a bellus corpus, would you hold it against me?"

13. "I bet your brain stem reaches almost down to your gluteus maximus."

14. "Ooohh, your IQ is 145? I like 'em dumb and strong!"

15. "By visually measuring the wrinkles in the front of your pants, calculating your body mass based on your height and weight, and dividing that number by your waist size -- I conclude that you have absolutely nothing in your pocket and are, in fact, glad to see me."

16. "Baby, I'll have you barking like a Canis familiaris."

[vifferman]

Shouldn't #8 be "Vidi, Va-va-voom, vini vini vini"?

[idb]

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.

Haha...fell right into your clever trap!!!

[idb]

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

Ah yes, the internet is the wonder-world where Artifically Assisted Pedantry and the Google University beats Real Learning every time.
What a waste those months of school were.

[idb]

Men would be more inclined to respect a woman for her mind if it jiggled slightly when she walked.

[Mikkel]

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.

So true! I'd write a book on it if I just could be arsed...

Consistent effort and a strong work ethics will beat raw intellect hands down every time.
And what is this intelligence worth anyway. How often do you actually gain anything by having an IQ above 120 - unless you were a human code breaker back in the early days?

As for mensa - I don't care too much for any group of people that sits down and pats eachother on the back to confirm that they ok and superior, whether it's based on IQ measurements, occupational similarities or dick sizes.
But good on them for recognising that bright kids needs more stimuli than your average elementary school can provide - wish they'd been there when I was bored shitless and got used to never having to do anything to get by.

[jrandom]

Consistent effort and a strong work ethics will beat raw intellect hands down every time.

Absolutely!

How often do you actually gain anything by having an IQ above 120...

A high IQ, like a high sex drive, is a curse.

... unless you were a human code breaker back in the early days?

Plenty of PhD theses still to be written on cryptanalysis.

wish they'd been there when I was bored shitless and got used to never having to do anything to get by.

I used to pass the time fantasising about riding motorcycles...

[MisterD]

But good on them for recognising that bright kids needs more stimuli than your average elementary school can provide - wish they'd been there when I was bored shitless and got used to never having to do anything to get by.

Very true - University was shock to the system. Work? Wtf is that?

[vifferman]

I used to pass the time fantasising about riding motorcycles...

... and dreaming of the day when there'd be something just like KiwiBiker where you could waste time writing all sorts of crap about not very much at all...

[Pancakes]

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.

Dunno about the look at me class, I was only stoner in the accellerate class it high school and got the most detentions ever. I like thinking about things and experimenting, building amps and speakers. Designing things with a few friends who are inventors or prototype developers but don't really give a shit about progessing at work and doubt I'd have the self control to get a university education.

Did you get infracted for asking the question cos I did for answering!

CLEVER, bit of a dirty word. The only one of "those" words I wouldn't take as an insult might be " insightful" or something. Some people have too much to prove.

Hitcher, #11 maybe misrepresents Heisenberg's ideas somewhat but I don't blame you, the spulling hints at some cut and paste?

It's not a mutual admiration society, just helps kids not feel like freaks and gives adults access to all kinds of inferesting shit (My mum is a human biology lecturer for them and kids as young as 4 can disect hearts and eys and stuff) things that kids the same age wouldn't be interested enough in to do in a mixed class. Once a family member is elligable the whole family is in and they can do stuff with thier siblings and bring friends to lots of the events too. Hey, I'm going bald at 28 and I don't blame anyone for that. I have access to some interesting stuff by a fluke of nature. I won't complain either. Most of the people are normal but some of the parents are freaks and expect their kids to grow up too fast, it's good to have people let the kids just be kids too.