Arielle Popstar Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: Based on a purely non-scientific, non-random reading of the tea leaves, I suspect that there are many others here who could say the same. But won't. 😎 Yep, I got bored with the tests and went out to play with a three -eyed toad to find an alternative reality. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: Based on a purely non-scientific, non-random reading of the tea leaves, I suspect that there are many others here who could say the same. But won't. 😎 I have never done an IQ test, and never been invited to MENSA, so I've sadly never had the opportunity to splutter with laughter while ripping up the invite. Can someone send me one via DM? I'm suddenly feeling under-privileged. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said: Yep, I got bored with the tests and went out to play with a three -eyed toad to find an alternative reality. I'm sorry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arielle Popstar Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Just now, Luna Bliss said: I'm sorry. Oh why, I thought this was the new fad, seeking psychotherapy through psychedelics. It was after all based on the ergot fungi. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Arielle Popstar said: Oh why, I thought this was the new fad, seeking psychotherapy through psychedelics. It was after all based on the ergot fungi. Ergot is very bad for you. Stop eating it NOW! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Trying to parse this, from Russia... Vladimir Putin has expressed his view on the social duty of intelligentsia in modern Russia. We should all be aware of the fact that when revolutionary—not evolutionary—changes come, things can get even worse. The intelligentsia should be aware of this. And it is the intelligentsia specifically that should keep this in mind and prevent society from radical steps and revolutions of all kinds. We've had enough of it. We've seen so many revolutions and wars. We need decades of calm and harmonious development.[27] 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 37 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: 52 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said: Looking up the word "intelligentsia" I came across this: From the article I gather that it has little to do with intellectualism or IQ but rather what we in the west might call a social justice warrior. I think S/L has them yes but whether we need them is a good question. This is . . . highly debatable. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, Rolig Loon said: 20 minutes ago, Sid Nagy said: BTW I had an invitation from Mensa, but I rejected too. Based on a purely non-scientific, non-random reading of the tea leaves, I suspect that there are many others here who could say the same. But won't. 😎 6 minutes ago, Seicher Rae said: Unlike the mouthy (insecure or ego maniacs) who do/have/will! This is why Groucho's motivations are as suspect as my own. Do I tell people I reject Mensa as a way of suggesting I'm better than they are? Do I tell people I reject Mensa because they actually rejected me? ("I hate ice-cream" after dropping my cone on the ground.) Do I claim to be nefarious to get people to think I'm not? Did my father refuse to reveal his IQ with the expectation his reasoning would lead everyone to believe he was brilliant? Get back to me when you have the answers. Be prepared to show your work. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rowan Amore Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 31 minutes ago, Sid Nagy said: IQ alone says very little. I once had a boy in my class with a high tested IQ, but his only interest was the old tractor he and his dad would drive for the fun in the evenings. In the end he became a car mechanic and owns a repair shop now. There are high IQ bus drivers and garbage men. Social capacities are very important as well. BTW I had an invitation from Mensa, but I rejected too. My son is the same way. He tested extremely high but his grades rarely reflected that. He struggled his entire school career with getting his thoughts from his brain to the paper so any essay questions on any tests, he just skipped. Term papers? Not done at all. It was only after he was allowed a scribe when taking test that he really showed his potential. Not everyone can learn the same. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: This is why Groucho's motivations are as suspect as my own. Do I tell people I reject Mensa as a way of suggesting I'm better than they are? Do I tell people I reject Mensa because they actually rejected me? ("I hate ice-cream" after dropping my cone on the ground.) Do I claim to be nefarious to get people to think I'm not? Did my father refuse to reveal his IQ with the expectation his reasoning would lead everyone to believe he was brilliant? Get back to me when you have the answers. Be prepared to show your work. ETA. I'm giving y'all a real time example of what happens to your IQ when you post in memes and gifs... ie ↓ Edited August 17, 2022 by Seicher Rae Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Rhiadra Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 6 minutes ago, Madelaine McMasters said: This is why Groucho's motivations are as suspect as my own. Do I tell people I reject Mensa as a way of suggesting I'm better than they are? Do I tell people I reject Mensa because they actually rejected me? ("I hate ice-cream" after dropping my cone on the ground.) Do I claim to be nefarious to get people to think I'm not? Did my father refuse to reveal his IQ with the expectation his reasoning would lead everyone to believe he was brilliant? Get back to me when you have the answers. Be prepared to show your work. Do you gleefully claim the credit (and blame) for doing nefarious things under the assumption that doing so will cast suspicion away from yourself? Well, yes, you have, and do. The answers to the rest of your questions are apparent by means of the application of analogy and inference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seicher Rae Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 This is taking on the tenor of one of Scylla's "I want to be a SL modal" threads. Not complaining. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Seicher Rae said: This is taking on the tenor of one of Scylla's "I want to be a SL modal" threads. Not complaining. Coincidentally, Maddy's is indeed a "Modal Dialog". In programming terms, this is a message, window, or dialog box that won't let you do anything until you confirm or acknowledge it. @Madelaine McMasters, you're a Pop-up! Edited August 17, 2022 by Love Zhaoying How weaselly! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayashe Ninetails Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, Scylla Rhiadra said: I have never done an IQ test Same. I loathe tests to begin with. There's a reason why I always gravitated to classes that made me write or submit full-on art/design projects for grades. Too many years spent crying during math tests in middle and high school. 😂 I can't do basic math or deal with numbers to save my life, so I doubt I'm getting invited into anything. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 23 minutes ago, Arielle Popstar said: It was after all based on the ergot fungi. Nope, that's just the first historical reference most people learn about in school. Plenty of other psychedelics out there, have been used by other cultures for longer. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ayashe Ninetails said: Too many years spent crying during math tests in middle and high school. 😂 I can't do basic math or deal with numbers to save my life, so I doubt I'm getting invited into anything. And you never thought to make eyes at the Math teacher? The only "maths" teacher I remembered - I almost failed that course because I was using the time to study Computer stuffs instead. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arielle Popstar Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Love Zhaoying said: Nope, that's just the first historical reference most people learn about in school. Plenty of other psychedelics out there, have been used by other cultures for longer. That may be but those weren't the ones I did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayashe Ninetails Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Just now, Love Zhaoying said: And you never thought to make eyes at the Math teacher? The only "maths" teacher I remembered - I almost failed that course because I was using the time to study Computer stuffs instead. Nope. I was too busy being absolutely devastated. I could pull As and Bs in every single class BUT math, so my GPA was always held back, which frustrated me sooooo much. The instant I broke out of high school (lol, like it was a jail or something), my GPA went up over 3.6 and topped off at 4.0. But that's because I could sneak my way around not taking any real math classes. 😂 If being a part of the SL intelligentsia requires working with fractions, I'll happily sit that one out. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luna Bliss Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Just now, Ayashe Ninetails said: If being a part of the SL intelligentsia requires working with fractions, I'll happily sit that one out. No don't think it requires fractions. I think it requires being able to look outside your own perspective...to grab a meta-level perspective with more objectivity. The trouble is, that's very hard to do. And when we think we are objective usually we are not. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) deleted Edited August 17, 2022 by kali Wylder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 3 minutes ago, Ayashe Ninetails said: Nope. I was too busy being absolutely devastated. I could pull As and Bs in every single class BUT math, so my GPA was always held back, which frustrated me sooooo much. The instant I broke out of high school (lol, like it was a jail or something), my GPA went up over 3.6 and topped off at 4.0. But that's because I could sneak my way around not taking any real math classes. 😂 If being a part of the SL intelligentsia requires working with fractions, I'll happily sit that one out. it was Geometry that did me in, those Goddamn "Proofs". I didn't really care about opposite angles and all that. Anyway, the teacher gave me a "D minus minus walking a tightrope without a net" - because she saw potential in me. I didn't have to retake the class, and became a relatively successfully programmer! Shows you, she was smarter than I looked. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 Just now, kali Wylder said: and just because one is paranoid does not necessarily mean they aren't out to get you one . Of course they're not. Everything will be OK. (I hear that's a popular thing to say when soothing people, although it sounds like BS to me!) 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kali Wylder Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 (edited) In answer to the OP, I don't believe there is anything like an intelligentsia in SL but there are quite a few lovers of gossip. ETA: also those overly concerned with their own importance and position. Edited August 17, 2022 by kali Wylder 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katherine Heartsong Posted August 17, 2022 Share Posted August 17, 2022 36 minutes ago, Luna Bliss said: Was anyone else's first reaction to "Not blink"? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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