What, exactly, is the point of Mensa?

RevolutionaryActs

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:28 PM
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What, exactly, is the point of Mensa?

I mean is just a club for brainy people? Do they have pot-lucks and stuff? :shrug:

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Sandpiper

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:29 PM
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1. It's a club where people with High IQ's and Low Self Esteem

Get together to feel like they're better than everyone else.

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iconoclastic cat

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:30 PM
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2. To plan the perfect murder, of course!

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amazona

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:30 PM
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3. they collect dues

They told us we were all genuises and, er, we could join for x number of dollars apiece. Yeah right.

I was told I had an IQ of 177!!!! Whew! I'm smarter than Einstein!

"King of the HIll" had a cute segment about Peggy Hill being taken by a similar albeit more ambitious scam.

The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
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Guy Fawkes

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:34 PM
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4. Admitedly, they do one fun activity:

they get together every year with boardgames that have yet to come out and they rate them. You can take some home afterwards. We got a few unreleased games that were pretty good, and should have come out.

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Pithlet

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:34 PM
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5. Now, that is cool.

I would love that.

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cags

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:37 PM
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6. All you have to do to get in is have an IQ over 140 I think

I've always wondered if the people with an IQ of 150 think that they are smarter than the people with 140. Are there social ranks within Mensa? I don't know

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Born in the Maze

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:57 PM
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9. I think it's like Richter readings...

Each extra point is a power of ten larger than the previous one. LOL

I have a teacher who keeps telling us he is in Mensa and has an IQ higher than (he names whatever person we were discussing).

It's come to be a joke with us: "What did you bring for lunch?" "Macaroni-and-cheese." "Well, Mr. B's IQ is higher than than cheese's."

I have to share some of the things I've learned here about Mensa with my friends tomorrow.

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JohnKleeb

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:38 PM
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7. A place where I won't get to go and I dont care

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KT2000

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Fri Jan-21-05 07:38 PM
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8. So the rest of us

can marvel at the number of geniuses in the world who have created one hell of a fucked up place.

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housewolf

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Fri Jan-21-05 08:01 PM
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10. It's a social club

Each city or state has it's own group, each group has different activities every month. Some are as simple as getting together and going to the movies together or meeting for happy hour or play games. Some do other things like have their own Toastmasters' Clubs or sponsor volunteer events. It's just a structure for people to get together and meet other people to do stuff with. You just have to be able to pass their iq level.

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AlienGirl

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Fri Jan-21-05 08:03 PM
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11. About the same as the Little People of America

Mensa is a social club. Like the LPA it helps people who perceive themselves/are perceived by others as very different from the norm to meet each other and socialize. Often this includes finding dates.

Tucker (not a member of either)

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Hillary08

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Sat Jan-22-05 01:23 AM
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12. Americas most unsuccessful place to pick up girls!

All geeks, no hunks, 'nuff said.

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The conservation movement is a breeding ground of communists
and other subversives. We intend to clean them out,
even if it means rounding up every birdwatcher in the country.
--John Mitchell, US Attorney General 1969-72