Comments by "oneoflokis" (@oneoflokis) on "Mensa u0026 Narcissism? | How Anyone Can Get Into Mensa" video.
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Hmm. I don't know what the point of this video is, unless it's for he Mensa-curious. (Or Mensa-jealous. 😏)
Incidentally: *you can stay in indefinitely without re-testing: AS LONG AS you continue to pay your membership fee! * If you drop out for a while, you must be re-tested to rejoin. 😏
I was a member many years ago: but let my membership lapse eventually after I'd moved to a more remote part of the UK, couldn't yet drive or afford a car, and there weren't that many meetings in my area anyway. This was before proper Internet and World Wide Web, never mind before social media. So there wasn't really any point for me any more, on a limited budget. Being a smart doesn't make you rich. It certainly didn't prior to the internet. 😏
I enjoyed their meetings when I lived in London, though. 🙂
I think you are making a lot of this up/making a meal of it, Todd. 😏
You are overcomplicating the Mensa test process. 😏
I passed my test first time, at the age of 19, and landed a score in the top 1%. I did not "prepare" for it in any way, as there weren't yet millions of books and sites as to how to improve your test score. And the ones there were,I couldn't find or afford.
The test itself did NOT cost lots! It was probably cheaper than a driving test.
As I recall, in the late 80s, the test in the UK consisted of two main parts: one testing verbal, mathematical and logical reasoning, which I believe I aced because of my good work at school. 🙂 The second part was completely different, and I believe the literature said it had been introduced more recently, to allow for "visual" thinkers and to try to eliminate cultural differences. It actually was all these horrible ugly little abstract graphics (that did not resemble mathematical solids or geometry - goodness knows who invents shit like that) that we were supposed to perceive "patterns" in. 😏🤢 I think THAT part of the test brought my score down a bit! 😏
There are NOT a million alternative tests: either you are lying, or US Mensa is just weird! (They probably do have another test for minors though.)
Incidentally: I found your analogy with the "tell people how intelligent you are only when you see them messing with electricity" to be, frankly, ridiculous! 😁
It would most likely be a kid or a teen doing that; so you would be far better advised, to use your authority as an adult, to tell them to STOP doing that. "Why?" They whine. "Because it's DANGEROUS and I say so!"
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With regard to the "organic chemist" authority. That might work if for some reason, you have to live in some impoverished area; and some idiot for some reason boasts to you they know how to make crack or crystal meth. 😏
Him: "You take this, and put it in that, and do a shake and bake.."
You: You're more likely to create an explosion and burn your face off!"
Him: "How d'YOU know?"
You: "I have a degree in chemistry. But better yet , why don't you research stories like that on the Internet? Plenty of cautionary tales there!"
Him: Either goes away for a Google, or decides to ignore you. Stupids gonna stupid!!🤷
As to "never telling people you have a high IQ, or are a Mensa member" - what's that all about? 🤔
You would often make it known, if you have a membership of a professional organisation, if you have a professional qualification like a degree, or if you ever got into any kind of "hall of fame"!
So why not if you're a Mensan? 🙂 There are always going to be jealous people. Ignore them! 🙂👍 They DESERVE to be ignored. They would certainly be laughed at for being jealous of a professional or even a gifted amateur sportsperson! Or of resenting a rock star.
I think it's time to shame the jealous dummies, if anything!🙂 We don't need more dummies in society. We need more confident smart people! 🙂👍
You shouldn't be trying to "shame" us high IQs!! No, no: I think it's time for us Mensa-level IQs to be out and proud! After all, in a way, we're as "different from the majority , as are trans people; or those on some kind of "spectrum" such as Asperger's. And it can be a disability: a sort of a social disability, when you're a child, and you get teased by other children, for having a much bigger vocabulary than they do. Or just them not understanding where you are coming from, because they are *thick*. 😏
I cite that I passed the Mensa test quite frequently on Twitter, even though I am no longer a member. There are a lot of bullshitters on Twitter , and also bullies who frequently ask one for one's qualifications. I find that standing by my IQ score and sticking to my guns, generally drives them off!
But I'm not surprised you say that lots of people will be jealous if you tell them. After all, you live in a country that elected both Bush and Trump! You are therefore intimidated because of living in Dummy Central!
Lol. 😁
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