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nialv7@lemmy.world 1 day agoWhat’s mensa like? What do you do there? I’ve always been curious. Surely there will be some interesting conversations/ideas?
Jumbie@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Joining was fun. I hit the ceiling on the test so they invited me down south for an invigilated test. Then I sat another one because I hit the ceiling on that one too. My final score was high 170s, which made me feel really good about myself.
After that, it was downhill. I only ever went to one annual meeting. It was predominantly white men who think scoring in an abnormal range on certain standardised tests makes them somehow better than everyone else - the sense of entitlement was through the roof. I came home early.
I stayed in the society, I subscribed to a couple of special interest group mailing lists for a few years. Then I cancelled.
I occasionally got letters for a few years afterwards inviting me to rejoin, saying I don’t need to take a test again, then they gave up.
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 20 hours ago
mensa always sounded like it was just a scam for people who think they’re smart
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
It was started as a eugenics dating club. There’s a reason that Mensa and Σ4 are primarily white dudes.
shneancy@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
i never joined mensa, though i had the option to. and yeah you just confirmed all the reasons why i hadn’t lol. entitled dudes who believe so hard that results of a test make them better than others that they are approaching actual delusions of superiority, having to sit among people like that would make my blood boil
well, i suppose it’s a logic puzzle skills test, not an emotional intelligence test.
i despise how IQ is almost revered by the overall society, and i hate how, despite everything, that stupid result does make me feel good about myself, tempting me to feel better than others