My late mom was invited to join Mensa. She went twice. When I asked her why she stopped going, she said, “Pabianice, they are the most boring people I’ve ever met. All they do is talk about themselves.”
I’d never go to a Mensa meeting... I think you’d have to be a freak to WANT to go to one (your late mother excepted). The whole concept is very creepy.
I had a friend - a British actor who was a wiz at puzzles, a brilliant Bridge player and a member of Mensa. Sadly, he was the stupidest man I have every met in my entire life. Didn’t Christopher Hitchens take that organization down years ago??
I got conned into a date with a Mensa guy once. Oh crikes I thought I would die of boredom before it was over. He talked constantly about himself. I’m more mature now and I realize he did not possess social skills which may be because he was so smart.
Now I am married to a genius but fortunately he’s a really fun date. He has no interest in MENSA. He thinks its boring. :-)
That’s why I quit going. They all kept talking about themselves and wouldn’t listen to me talk about myself.
Seriously, though, you can hardly find a more pretentious and boring bunch.
> My late mom was invited to join Mensa. She went twice. When I asked her why she stopped going, she said, “Pabianice, they are the most boring people I’ve ever met. All they do is talk about themselves.”
I declined their offer for the same reason as your mother.
Also, I’ve never met a group with so many snobs.
My IQ was tested in school as 146, so I qualify for Mensa, yet never felt a need to join. I manage to meet quite a few really smart people at work, so I have no need to go out of my way to go to a Mensa meeting to have smart people to talk to. Then there's FR and other sites which provide a place to discuss politics and philosophy with smart people.
I've met some Mensa people. They strike me as smart people who are to some degree dysfunctional.