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Posted: 12/19/2014 8:52:35 PM EDT
While cleaning up, I found my WISC III results from when I was in school. Its one of the tests they accept as proof of being smart. Qualifying composite IQ for that test is 130, mine is 147. With all the stupid shit I do all the time; I think I need some proof that I'm actually a certified genius, instead of half retarded.
Waste of time or is it an actual good resource? My interest would mainly be for networking connections. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 9:20:47 PM EDT
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I refuse to join an organization who would have someone like me for a member!
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Posted: 12/19/2014 9:41:03 PM EDT
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Post a redacted pic of your 147 test score.
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Posted: 12/19/2014 9:44:37 PM EDT
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me no read cursive
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Posted: 12/19/2014 9:54:36 PM EDT
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Oh darn, not GD.
Must get Everyone to Notice how Smart I Am |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:21:50 PM EDT
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Oh darn, not GD. Must get Everyone to Notice how Smart I Am Correct, not GD. Hence I asked it where I would, presumably, get less jackassery. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:24:55 PM EDT
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread.
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:26:27 PM EDT
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Coming out, Frank?
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:32:34 PM EDT
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. Why? He should just have to submit the scores he has, no? Looks like the have some sort of special offer through the end of the month, to "review" those scores for free. I guess normally you have to pay somebody to go, "yup, that's a valid test... Yup, that's a qualifying score." http://www.us.mensa.org/join/testscores/qualifyingscores/ |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:35:54 PM EDT
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Why is the vibe I get from MENSA like: "Send us money now, you sexy stud genius and you too can be one of us!....oh...and did we mention send money?"
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:37:13 PM EDT
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They list the tests and the minimum scores that they will accept, don't they?
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:37:48 PM EDT
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Why is the vibe I get from MENSA like: "Send us money now, you sexy stud genius and you too can be one of us!....oh...and did we mention send money?" No. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:41:23 PM EDT
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I once made the mistake of going to a Star Trek club meeting.....I wanted to shower with a belt sander to get the nerd off after I left(and I like Star Trek but WOW, talk about confusing reality with fiction!)......I can imagine a MENSA meeting would require swimming in a vat of H2SO4 to get rid of the stench.
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:43:20 PM EDT
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They list the tests and the minimum scores that they will accept, don't they? Yes, hence the reason the OP knows he has a qualifying score - he explained as much in his OP. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 10:47:14 PM EDT
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Why is the vibe I get from MENSA like: "Send us money now, you sexy stud genius and you too can be one of us!....oh...and did we mention send money?" No. Dues are $70 a year. For that, I better be getting a Blowjob or a pay raise at work. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 11:00:59 PM EDT
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. Like I said, I didnt post this in GD because I wasnt trying to do a look at me type thread. I just wanted to know if there were members here and if they found it useful or not. I dont need to take the proctored test. Thats for folks that dont already have proof of their IQ. But you asked for it, so here it is. Do I still get membership dues?
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Posted: 12/19/2014 11:11:03 PM EDT
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Why is the vibe I get from MENSA like: "Send us money now, you sexy stud genius and you too can be one of us!....oh...and did we mention send money?" All professional societies do that. My IEEE dues are 200 damn bucks a year. IEEE membership is super useful. Hence, me asking about Mensa membership. Wanting to know if that's worth it or not. |
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Posted: 12/19/2014 11:13:33 PM EDT
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My IEEE dues are 200 damn bucks a year. IEEE membership is super useful. That's different. One is a professional association with significant employment considerations(recall my blowjob or pay raise crack above), the other is a glorified club. |
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Posted: 12/20/2014 11:11:35 AM EDT
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You still have to submit your test results for their evaluation.
You will then receive either a thin envelope, or a thick envelope. If you want to join for networking, the answer is yes, but they may figure out that that is the only reason you joined, too. |
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Posted: 12/21/2014 10:51:52 AM EDT
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I qualified years ago. I just let it go. Not of any use for anyone beyond scratching my own ego. In fact my family does not even know my IQ, though my mother and wife have a pretty good idea.
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Posted: 12/21/2014 1:34:31 PM EDT
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Attended a long time ago.
Waste of time. |
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Posted: 12/25/2014 7:56:12 PM EDT
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I joined in the early 90s and went to a meeting.
I applied for a scholarship that qualified me for. Unfortunately the scholarship went to someone with a totally stupid concept but was all touchy feely and politically correct. (We gave it to the quadriplegic that wants to go pre-med so they can be a doctor and the blind person that wants to be a mechanical engineer) Anyways, the meeting was nice people, but mostly a bunch of under achievers whose claim to fame was they have a top two percentile IQ. This meets the definition of genius, but it is not like what most people think of as a genius- the super scary smart 4 or 5 standard deviation above the mean types. My GRE qualified me for some 1% club that did not have a scholarship to apply for and I did not join, but they did seem to be a little more physician, engineer, etc. type professions. I would say pass. |
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Posted: 1/7/2015 12:17:47 AM EDT
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. So, I got this in my email today. Yep I'm a badass, not even blocking out my first name . I'll take a picture of my packet or whatever that they send me in 10-12 business days.
You still gonna paypal me one year's membership? 
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Posted: 1/7/2015 8:00:39 PM EDT
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So, I got this in my email today. Yep I'm a badass, not even blocking out my first name . I'll take a picture of my packet or whatever that they send me in 10-12 business days.
You still gonna paypal me one year's membership? http://s22.postimg.org/np8bh9clt/mensa_acceptance_email.png Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. So, I got this in my email today. Yep I'm a badass, not even blocking out my first name . I'll take a picture of my packet or whatever that they send me in 10-12 business days.
You still gonna paypal me one year's membership? http://s22.postimg.org/np8bh9clt/mensa_acceptance_email.png 
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Posted: 1/7/2015 9:00:48 PM EDT
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For whatever reason, I thought the IQ test was disregarded as being severely flawed for measuring intellect... Much less one for predicting intellectual potential or aptitude
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Posted: 1/8/2015 12:00:05 AM EDT
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So, my last post was after all just a copy/paste from an email. Someone might think, "shop, i can tell by the pixels."
Got this in the mail today, so took a pic... Will post pic of the acceptance package when it gets here in "~ 10 business days." 
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Posted: 1/12/2015 10:11:31 PM EDT
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. PM me and I'll send you my paypal addy. Decorative flowers are my ironing board
Proof of score (IQ), as already posted.
Now official proof of being accepted into MENSA. 
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Posted: 1/12/2015 10:24:09 PM EDT
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PM me and I'll send you my paypal addy. Decorative flowers are my ironing board
Proof of score (IQ), as already posted. http://s27.postimg.org/pebfpi65v/meh.jpg Now official proof of being accepted into MENSA. http://s11.postimg.org/czul1jo8z/20150112_183259.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/jc9qbdrb7/20150112_183346.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/mmy3b9h8j/20150112_183426.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/esxhpv9fn/20150112_183502.jpg Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. PM me and I'll send you my paypal addy. Decorative flowers are my ironing board
Proof of score (IQ), as already posted. http://s27.postimg.org/pebfpi65v/meh.jpg Now official proof of being accepted into MENSA. http://s11.postimg.org/czul1jo8z/20150112_183259.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/jc9qbdrb7/20150112_183346.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/mmy3b9h8j/20150112_183426.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/esxhpv9fn/20150112_183502.jpg My challenge was for you to take the proctored test. That challenge still stands. Are you willing? |
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Posted: 1/12/2015 11:41:09 PM EDT
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My challenge was for you to take the proctored test. That challenge still stands. Are you willing? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. PM me and I'll send you my paypal addy. Decorative flowers are my ironing board
Proof of score (IQ), as already posted. http://s27.postimg.org/pebfpi65v/meh.jpg Now official proof of being accepted into MENSA. http://s11.postimg.org/czul1jo8z/20150112_183259.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/jc9qbdrb7/20150112_183346.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/mmy3b9h8j/20150112_183426.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/esxhpv9fn/20150112_183502.jpg My challenge was for you to take the proctored test. That challenge still stands. Are you willing? Yep, I thought as much. 
Already posted proof from a proctored test. Not only a proctored test, but a much more strenuous test. A test that MENSA, as proven above, qualified me with. Meh whatevs. Welchers gonna welch. |
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Posted: 1/12/2015 11:48:19 PM EDT
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Yep, I thought as much.
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. PM me and I'll send you my paypal addy. Decorative flowers are my ironing board
Proof of score (IQ), as already posted. http://s27.postimg.org/pebfpi65v/meh.jpg Now official proof of being accepted into MENSA. http://s11.postimg.org/czul1jo8z/20150112_183259.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/jc9qbdrb7/20150112_183346.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/mmy3b9h8j/20150112_183426.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/esxhpv9fn/20150112_183502.jpg My challenge was for you to take the proctored test. That challenge still stands. Are you willing? Yep, I thought as much.
Step up and take the challenge like KBaker did. http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_1_5/1559361_Who_here_belongs_to_MENSA___UPDATE__Page_5__UPDATE__2__Page_6.html&page=7 Don't want to take the challenge don't complain about me not paying for your Mensa membership. 
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Posted: 1/27/2015 2:29:49 PM EDT
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You must not be too smart, they just tricked you out of $70.
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Posted: 1/27/2015 2:49:44 PM EDT
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Back in the day, seems like the late 80s, I took the test and passed and went to a few meetings.
It was partying, drinking, BSing and all that. It was just a social thing, no puzzles or real exercise of what made you a member. No fun, I would rather play D&D, chess or write software so I kind of drifted away and did my own thing. I am sure that all the chapters aren't like that, weren't like that, but it kind of seemed pointless with the local crowd. It was a choice between the Computer Club and Mensa, and I am now a pro developer so I feel I made the correct decision. ETA: Maybe things are different now. I will look into it. I have 2 kids that have tested over 130 maybe the girl would be interested. The boy is into coding and doesn't like to spend too much time away from the compiler. Also I married a former mensa member. She quit because it was a sausage fest, she says. |
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Posted: 2/8/2015 8:04:37 PM EDT
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Yep, I thought as much.
Already posted proof from a proctored test. Not only a proctored test, but a much more strenuous test. A test that MENSA, as proven above, qualified me with. Meh whatevs. Welchers gonna welch. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. PM me and I'll send you my paypal addy. Decorative flowers are my ironing board
Proof of score (IQ), as already posted. http://s27.postimg.org/pebfpi65v/meh.jpg Now official proof of being accepted into MENSA. http://s11.postimg.org/czul1jo8z/20150112_183259.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/jc9qbdrb7/20150112_183346.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/mmy3b9h8j/20150112_183426.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/esxhpv9fn/20150112_183502.jpg My challenge was for you to take the proctored test. That challenge still stands. Are you willing? Yep, I thought as much.
Already posted proof from a proctored test. Not only a proctored test, but a much more strenuous test. A test that MENSA, as proven above, qualified me with. Meh whatevs. Welchers gonna welch. I gotta side with Frank on this. He very clearly stated his terms. Your failure to comprehend this  . Did you take very many blows to the head since school?
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Posted: 2/12/2015 12:03:19 PM EDT
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My composite ASVAB score was a 99 back in the day. Retest about 10 years later was 91. My little brother got an 88 between my 2 tests.
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Posted: 2/12/2015 1:29:57 PM EDT
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I gotta side with Frank on this. He very clearly stated his terms. Your failure to comprehend this . Did you take very many blows to the head since school?Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Here's a challenge for you OP. Take a proctored test by MENSA. If you qualify I will PayPal you the cost of the test and one year's membership. You just have to confirm you are taking the challenge and also post your results in this thread. PM me and I'll send you my paypal addy. Decorative flowers are my ironing board
Proof of score (IQ), as already posted. http://s27.postimg.org/pebfpi65v/meh.jpg Now official proof of being accepted into MENSA. http://s11.postimg.org/czul1jo8z/20150112_183259.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/jc9qbdrb7/20150112_183346.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/mmy3b9h8j/20150112_183426.jpg http://s11.postimg.org/esxhpv9fn/20150112_183502.jpg My challenge was for you to take the proctored test. That challenge still stands. Are you willing? Yep, I thought as much.
Already posted proof from a proctored test. Not only a proctored test, but a much more strenuous test. A test that MENSA, as proven above, qualified me with. Meh whatevs. Welchers gonna welch. I gotta side with Frank on this. He very clearly stated his terms. Your failure to comprehend this . Did you take very many blows to the head since school?Thank you. And for the OP -- the offer still stands. Agree to sit for a MENSA proctored exam. http://www.us.mensa.org/join/testing/ I will Paypal you $40 for the test fee. (You will recognize that this is a sweeter deal than my first challenge. Now I'm offering to pay for the testing fee regardless of the result of that test). You MUST post results of that test in this thread regardless of what the score shows. If those results show that you qualify for MENSA membership I will Paypal you the annual fee. Since you already paid it without following the terms of my challenge then you can consider it a reimbursement. P.S. OP -- don't call me welch. Ever. |
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Posted: 2/18/2015 2:13:08 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/18/2015 4:17:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOne of my favorites. It took me 2 years to get it.
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Posted: 2/28/2015 6:14:26 AM EDT
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dbltp...
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Posted: 2/28/2015 6:16:27 AM EDT
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My composite ASVAB score was a 99 back in the day. Retest about 10 years later was 91. My little brother got an 88 between my 2 tests. I was tripping balls and wrote a 77 35 years ago or so. True story. |
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Posted: 3/12/2015 10:17:12 AM EDT
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I qualified based on my ACT score, but that was in 1970.
Doubt I would now. 
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Posted: 6/21/2015 12:05:05 AM EDT
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Why is the vibe I get from MENSA like: "Send us money now, you sexy stud genius and you too can be one of us!....oh...and did we mention send money?" Meh, that's pretty much most groups. I agree about IEEE. Many IEEE standards in computers. Incl. 802.11. |
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Posted: 7/1/2015 1:43:12 PM EDT
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Mensa - a business that makes money by preying on the vanity and over-inflated sense of self worth of its members.
It seems to me, Mensa members are not that smart, after all. |
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Posted: 8/24/2015 11:47:34 AM EDT
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I've always wanted to take the test but always chickened out. I don't want to miss the mark.
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Posted: 8/24/2015 11:52:39 AM EDT
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Long time member. I think I've been to 3 meetings.
Around here most of the group time is spent at local watering holes playing trivia games. About the only meetings I make are the ExComm, since I'm the Asst. LocSec. |
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Posted: 8/24/2015 1:53:06 PM EDT
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Long time member. I think I've been to 3 meetings. Around here most of the group time is spent at local watering holes playing trivia games. About the only meetings I make are the ExComm, since I'm the Asst. LocSec.
Panhandle area? All the emails I get about meetings are at various bars in pcol/fwb/destin. Haven't made it to a meeting yet. |
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Posted: 8/24/2015 2:00:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Panhandle area? All the emails I get about meetings are at various bars in pcol/fwb/destin. Haven't made it to a meeting yet. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Long time member. I think I've been to 3 meetings. Around here most of the group time is spent at local watering holes playing trivia games. About the only meetings I make are the ExComm, since I'm the Asst. LocSec. Panhandle area? All the emails I get about meetings are at various bars in pcol/fwb/destin. Haven't made it to a meeting yet. Alachua area. |
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Posted: 8/24/2015 2:01:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Meh, that's pretty much most groups. I agree about IEEE. Many IEEE standards in computers. Incl. 802.11. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Why is the vibe I get from MENSA like: "Send us money now, you sexy stud genius and you too can be one of us!....oh...and did we mention send money?" Meh, that's pretty much most groups. I agree about IEEE. Many IEEE standards in computers. Incl. 802.11.  It's a good group of people, and opportunities to grow professionally are yours for the taking.As for Mensa, if you qualify and it's in the budget, why not try it. Otherwise you'll be left wondering. I expect that that the experience you get will vary widely by an area's local participants. If you were an 18-ish male in some areas, for example, you might be surprised to find some older women in the group would find you just fascinating. In another group, you might find pretentiousness and intellectual snobbery. In another, ? |
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Posted: 9/13/2015 10:59:12 PM EDT
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I've never seen the point. It has not been my experience that intelligent people to share some camaraderie or bond just by virtue of being smart. If you want to associate with smart people, get involved in some activity or club which you enjoy and which attracts smart people, so you'll have some common interest.
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Posted: 11/8/2015 3:48:12 PM EDT
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Posted: 2/12/2016 7:11:20 PM EDT
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I'm a member, I have been since my mom made me take the test in middle school. Like every group, there are outstanding people in it and some real assholes.
I don't need to have proof of my intelligence, I know where I lack, there are lots of people who use their MENSA membership as a status symbol. Don't be one of those guys
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Posted: 2/13/2016 6:52:12 PM EDT
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I learned a long time ago, IQ doesn't mean squat. I know a few people with high IQ's that can't function in society. A high IQ doesn't help if you don't have the ability or know how to use it.
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