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I realized that "Mensa" didn't contain enough numerals to be a phone number, and knew it must be understood that any future member would be able to figure out the next two digits in the sequence. I tried dialling MENSANE, MENSAIL, MENSAFE, and MENSAAB, but got three rebuffs and a fax tone.

From "How I Joined MENSA" by Steve Martin

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[–] [email protected] 73 points 1 day ago (9 children)

It discounts my impression of them.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Same.

The entire concept of mensa always rubbed me the wrong way

It just feels like its only purpose is to be a magnet for narcissists.

You're supposedly one of the smartest people alive, and yet you somehow concluded that a good use of your limited time on Earth is to blow smoke up your own ass with a group of other pretentious jerkoffs who know how to cheese IQ tests

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

It just feels like its only purpose is to be a magnet for narcissists.

I’ve seen a few dating profiles near me with women claiming to be in Mensa. I’m glad they mention it, as it’s a dog whistle for me to move on to another profile that will inevitably ignore me because I just don’t stack up.

~That’s meant to be funny.~

[–] WhyJiffie 6 points 1 day ago

I think that's a red flag, not a dog whistle. the latter is intended by the person publishing it

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