°F Vs °C
More than just Europe. 99 % of the world’s countries use Celcius.
Room temperature IQ is a far bigger insult in Europe than America.
Submitted 2 weeks ago by cynar@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Quilotoa@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 2 weeks ago
if you ain’t american you’re european that’s just how it is.
dontfearthereaper123@ani.social 2 weeks ago
The only reason that is is because of racism nej. By only seeing the world as the places that are filled w white people while I don’t think u mean to at all and its not your fault its the rich peoples fault but the language creates a world view where black and Asian and brown people aren’t people only white people are.
Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Well there is the third world, that’s why it’s called “third” :p
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I use Rankine to confuse everyone.
Objection@lemmy.ml 2 weeks ago
In that case room temperature IQ means you’re by far the smartest person who’s ever lived.
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Esoteric! I dig it
YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 weeks ago
Casuals, I measure in K.
300 iq moment!
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
IQ has been discredited as a measure of capacity for intelligence anyway. The real insult is having a serious belief in that pseudoscientific bullcrap (as opposed to just the colloquial use).
Sincerely, A >175 IQ former MENSA member from England.
Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
My mother told me the murder of the intelligentsia is one of the first steps of a fascist regime and that the Mensa roster is a hit list. Then ten years later she voted for trump.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
Given that IQ is profoundly racist and white people score much higher than any other race, I very much doubt it’d ever be used as a hit list.
Maybe a shit list.
angrystego@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I don’t think people using the phrase as an insult need to believe in IQ.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks ago
as opposed to just the colloquial use
nialv7@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
What’s mensa like? What do you do there? I’ve always been curious. Surely there will be some interesting conversations/ideas?
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 weeks 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.
Jumbie@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
Bridge and tea on Wednesdays.
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
"You've got a room temperature IQ."
"Yeah, so do you, but mine is in Kelvin and yours is in Celsius."
Klear@quokk.au 2 weeks ago
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
Nerds are usually intelligent
lividweasel@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“I don’t think an IQ approaching absolute zero is the brag you think it is”
FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 2 weeks ago
"You might want to look up what room temperature actually is in Kelvin bud, couple dozen standard deviations above average when you translate it to IQ scoring on something like a WISC test. What do I know though? I use Fahrenheit."
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Hond@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
true but murican measurements are an overall bigger insult to humanity
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
For anybody wondering: that’s 70-75 degrees Fahrenheit.
JustAnotherPodunk@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No one was wondering. In the USA we have intelligence quotients that are high enough to convert, even at room temp. Its surprising I know, but room temperature I.Q.'s don’t operate on metric here. It takes a little more effort you see… Very smart.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 2 weeks ago
It seems halfway through your attempted burn you realized I was speaking to non-USians…
BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Not only because of the units
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Unless it’s -40
Bazell@lemmy.zip 2 weeks ago
I suppose that this would be relevant in the Arctic region.
XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
As someone discovering their IQ might be room temperature, I forgot we were talking about room temperature. Maybe there’s arctic mushrooms to back me up? Or an ice fishing bathroom with the door left open
xtools@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
or eastern Europe in winter
wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
It’s a shame that European room-temperature IQs are so prominently visible in the states.
thethunderwolf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I don’t even know the Fahrenheit room temperature
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
MycelialMass@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Few do
chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
72
Grogon@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thats assuming you are applying IQ messurement on the american system and not using AIQ (american intelligence quotient) which is basically the same as IQ, just multiplied by 3.6
AIQ = IQx3.6
But yes, your joke is funny, assuming you used IQ as the messurement and not AIQ
crabArms@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
“American intelligence quotient” does not exist, unless this comment is a joke I’m too room temp to understand.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If it’s supposed to be a joke, it’s a piss poor one. If not, it’s merely the rantings of a delusional nutter. Hard to tell these days.
Formfiller@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
People are proud of being ignorant in the us
macaw_dean_settle@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
This does not make sense since around 20 would be a vegetable.
angrystego@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And? How’s that not a good insult?
psoul@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I hate this insult… if you are going to tell someone they are dumb just tell them they are dumb.
Why do we have to dance around with fancy concepts like temperature and IQ to throw an insult?
What even is temperature?? Little electrons vibrating for some reason and at a macro scale can be sensed as some energy level? I don’t even know but you know who else vibrates? Your mom.
Yeah that’s right, we don’t need science to insult people here.
halferect@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Thanks a lot polish German Dutch scientist that came up with Fahrenheit
blinfabian@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
pls dont give europe credit for fahrenheit. we are not proud of it. just keep blaming the americans :3
someguy3@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
And a corner is much hotter.
tehmics@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It hits harder as an insult in farendheit because it’s not hyperbolic
ceenote@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I would think a room temperature IQ in °C would mean virtually unable to function, much less take an IQ test.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Nah man, not even close…
Besides, at the extremes if either side of the scale the overall number becomes pretty meaningless because the individual scores are going to have high variance.
I did an internship working with people with learning disabilities from “passable” to me having to change adult diapers for clients who were completely nonverbal and thought it was game.
I don’t know where you looked it up, but you’re way off.
But for this:
A normal test only covers 3 standard deviations. So if you’re over 145 or below 65, on a normal you take a specialized test if you want to actually know. There’s just not enough outliers to make the normal test able to cover everyone
angrystego@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Which s perfect for an insult. Insult is better when it’s caricature like.
vrek@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
I sometimes wonder what the kids iq would be… He is 12 physically but I would put at 3 max mentally. Not saying anything negative but being honest.
He can use the bathroom but can’t put his underwear on. He knocks on the door till someone comes put his underwear back on.
Eating a bowl of cereal is 50/50 if he can do it himself.
He likes watching blues clues, Thomas and friends, paw patrol. He yells the answer to most questions but I don’t know if he knows the answer or just knows they say this so I should say that.
He is severely autistic and epileptic among other problems. He is sweet and loving but how to measure what his actual intelligence I have no idea.
Agrivar@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Huh?
shneancy@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
IQ testes only test logic puzzle solving skills (& memory sometimes), so there is no way for you to measure your own actual intelligence, let alone your autistic kid’s
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
It seems to me like if you got 25, you were able to answer some questions at all, some of which you actually got correct
So not vegetative, I don’t think.
But I suppose I’m not exactly an expert on how the tests are administered, so maybe just showing up is enough to get 25.
JohnnyCanuck@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
IQ tests don’t define IQ, they’re a tool to measure IQ. Standard tests have a “floor” (say 70 or 50) below which they don’t give an accurate number, just a general “below the floor” indication. Similarly, they would have a ceiling.
A professionally administered test can maybe identify a more specific IQ at low levels, and would be used for someone who maybe can’t function at the level of taking a standard test.
SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
So you are saying you have a future in goverment.