Mensa: Is there really any appreciable benefit to joining?

[Tokyo Slim]

The dumb threads IQ thread got me thinking... I could probably pass the MENSA entrance qualifier... but would I want to?

I know there are some discounts on things like insurance, and etc. But aside from that, I hear these stories about a bunch of stuck up nerds getting together trying to one up each other. Maybe thats not accurate, I dont really know.

Anyone a member? Is there any reason that a low wage ex-con laborer like myself with what probably works out to a mid 130's IQ would even want to join? How much social or financial networking goes on? I'd be interested in joining if it might put me in touch with people who could be interested in producing films for example.

Anyone have any real life input?

 

[Connemara]

I couldn't imagine socializing with those people. It seems like a microcosm of an academic department, i.e. hell on earth. Bunch of self-righteous know it all's working on their one-upmanship skills.

Strikes me as incredibly iGent.

 

[Bradford]

Previous thread here that might be of help... http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...ighlight=mensa Personally, I think we might be better off starting an effort to get Tokyo Slim a pardon. Seems a shame that a youthful, harmless, indiscretion is still an issue.

 

[bach]

Originally Posted by Connemara

I couldn't imagine socializing with those people. It seems like a microcosm of an academic department, i.e. hell on earth. Bunch of self-righteous know it all's working on their one-upmanship skills.

This is pretty much what I've heard. Due to the nature of their admission requirements, you would think the members suffer from a combination of insecurity and elitism.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by Bradford

Previous thread here that might be of help...

http://www.styleforum.net/showthread...ighlight=mensa

Personally, I think we might be better off starting an effort to get Tokyo Slim a pardon. Seems a shame that a youthful, harmless, indiscretion is still an issue.

Sorry... search is sort of a pain on my phone.

I'll check that other thread when I get home. A pardon would be nice. Maybe I can talk to my grandfather and he can pull some strings for me.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by bach

This is pretty much what I've heard. Due to the nature of their admission requirements, you would think the members suffer from a combination of insecurity and elitism.

You make it sound like the clothing forum side of SF, but with a test attached

 

[Bhowie]

********** actually doubles in girth.

 

[West24]

i hear they hug a lot. they are very touchy and weird. my mom has a mensa range IQ and shes always trying to hug me. so this is how i make fun of her.

 

[j]

Maybe we should join and do that documentary. Can we get some hidden cameras implanted in nerd glasses?

 

[globetrotter]

Originally Posted by West24

i hear they hug a lot. they are very touchy and weird. my mom has a mensa range IQ and shes always trying to hug me. so this is how i make fun of her.

I have a mensa range IQ, and I hug my kids a lot. I never made the connection.....

 

[gnatty8]

People that belong to Mensa are always very careful about getting the word out that they are members without actually seeming to get the word out themselves.. Pulling this off, which is probaly quite difficult, is a true testament to their, intelligence?

 

[HomerJ]

Is this the thread where we mention that we qualify for Mensa but chose not to join?

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by HomerJ

Is this the thread where we mention that we qualify for Mensa but chose not to join?



As an aside, the Playboy Girls of Mensa spread from the late '80's wasn't bad at all.

 

[Bradford]

Originally Posted by Thomas

As an aside, the Playboy Girls of Mensa spread from the late '80's wasn't bad at all.

LOL - I have that issue.

 

[Tokyo Slim]

Originally Posted by Thomas

As an aside, the Playboy Girls of Mensa spread from the late '80's wasn't bad at all.
I believe I know of at least one adult film star who's a member of MENSA.