Your statement is typical of smarter people. They tend to select their friends according to their intellect (people who can understand what the they are saying), and don't want to waste their time in frivolous talk that means nothing. As a result, they tend to have less friends than those of lesser intelligence. And, less friends means less social life.
If your IQ is high enough to be in the upper 2% of the population, and Mensa indicates you are, that means 98 out of 100 people is less intelligent than you. That limits your field of smart people to chose from for meaningful conversation.
I've often said I have a character flaw because I have few friends and don't want an active social life because it wastes my time. Every time the opportunity presents itself, I don't do it. That is the same thing you did with the book club - you quit that.
“I’m a prepper because those who don’t learn from history are bound to repeat it...”
That is exactly why I prep. History says chaos will happen - nothing is static, change always happens and sometimes it is for the better and sometimes it's for the worse. It is for that “worse” that preppers prep.
I would say that high intelligence is difficult to manage because such a person doesn't “fit” comfortably with the majority of people.
The husband of my sister-in-law is a genius and he says people he knows have called him “weird”. He is because he doesn't fit.
Thanks for your post.
I appreciate your reply and understanding. I generally try to smile, be nice and compassionate. My older sister is generally just a short tempered, nasty biotch to people because she can’t suffer the less intelligent. It gets really old trying to make small talk, and make a joke or innuendo no one gets. And then, yes, people think I’m weird and don’t understand me. My ex-husband had a genius IQ, my daughter is near genius. Thankfully, she is patient, kind and tries to get along with everyone. The really important things though are that she has common sense and wisdom.
Working in a teaching hospital, I couldn’t believe the number of doctors that were supposedly the best and brightest that had no common sense. The top student of my nursing class tried to ambulate a double amputee. I’ll take common sense over brains any day. The two should go hand in hand, but they don’t. That hits the core of why to prep. Some of us figured out, that gee, if the truck can’t get through because of snow, flooding, etc, (never mind the apocalypse) it might be a good idea to have stuff on hand because the sheeple will be clearing out the stores.
When we entered the first Gulf War, I said to my dad that it might be a good idea to have some extra food on hand. He cocked his head and thought about it as I pointed out that ration cards were issued in WWII, and who knew where the war would lead. I was bowled over he actually took my advice. Maybe growing up next to farm country with the idea of storing food for the long winter gives one a different perspective. It’s just hard to understand how we got away from that idea in such a short time. How many storms, hurricanes, floods, etc. do we have to go through before people wake up? I guess we have to say “Zombies” to get their attention.