Everything you ever wanted to know about me but really didn't care all that much

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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As is customary with one’s 100th post, I’m dedicating it to telling the forum a little about myself. I chose MPSIMS because mundane pointless stuff seems to pretty much describe me perfectly.

First, my SN. EnderW stands for Ender Wiggin, a character from the book Ender’s Game which I highly recommend to everyone. 23 is my age. oooh aaaah.

About me. What can I say? I’m a member of Mensa if that makes any difference to anyone here. Frankly it doesn’t make much difference to me. My experience has been that I’m paying $45 a year to stay a member of an organization whose only redeeming value has been to allow me to put “member of Mensa” on my resumes. Hmm…$45 for eternal happiness? No, I think I’ll be happier with my $45.

I love to be sarcastic. I’ll be flippant to whomever I think I can get away with it. I’m a jokester. I’m trying to join into an improv comedy troupe here in town. A year in training and I finally find out later this week if I make it. Keep your fingers crossed. I’m a debater. I love to argue. It’s fun to provoke conflict. My postings will always be truthful, but truth, in itself, is relative. If one can be convinced that their arguments are the truth, then they become the truth.

I also pride myself on my language skills. You will occasionally find a spelling mistake or an incorrect use of grammar in my posts. I ain’t perfect. You’ll find that in anyone’s. But let’s face it. Online, the ONLY way to judge someone is through the written word. If that’s bad, you can’t help but lower your opinion of that person and I think you have every right to do so.

I bring to this forum opinions and ideas on a wide range of topics. Sometimes I post to enlighten, sometimes to enflame, sometimes to just make people laugh. I hope I succeed. What I’ll never do is post to get my post count up. It will go up by itself when I have something to say.

I can’t ever take myself completely seriously. Often times you’ll hear words like “I’m BSing my way through this but…” or something to that effect. I will never claim to be an authority on anything, I’m just giving my opinion, right or wrong. But…since it’s my opinion, it’s always right. :slight_smile:

Since you made it this far, here’s a joke: How many flies does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
Two…but how the hell did they get in there?

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Loved Ender’s Game, and an into improv, too.

See? We care!

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Enderw23 said:

You seem to have yourself confused with me.

So you’re an Orson Scott Card fan, eh? (Notice how I gently slide that in, rather than saying “Hey, you forgot to mention the author of *Ender’s Game!”*Am I a nice guy, or what?)

Anyway, happy hundred.

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Ender, you never need to admit spelling mistakes unless you do it repeatedly. Just claim they’re typos…

How’s Card doing on the screenplay?

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Say, I have a question… do you think the Mensa thing might also work to your disfavor, on a resume?

I wonder sometimes what the public impression of MENSA is. It’s possible that some employers would feel threatened by the smarts (though that’s a damned good red flag you wouldn’t want to work there). Might they think that being a member DOES mean something to you, and make misconceptions about your humility?

I’m not being argumentative. I just thought, when you said it was the only benefit of membership, was maybe that might not be a benefit after all. Just wondered.

I go through the same thing with my Phi Beta Kappa key. My boss thinks it’s the bees knees, that she has several Phi Beta Kappa members on her staff. Others don’t give a rat’s hind end, and I have one friend who thinks it’s obnoxious and arrogant to wear the key. (I don’t think I’d qualify for MENSA, BTW)

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Just another Ender’s Game fan checking in (and probably only did so because of your user name if I’m to be honest). Hope you stick around.

I qualify for Mensa but personally think it’s all a bit of a wank - no offence intended.

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Laurang, glad you like improv, come see the show! I don’t care where you live, come see it!

MysterEcks, yes, I should have mentioned OSC in my OP ASAP, but now I’m SOL. You are a nice guy (notice how I said that instead of “you’re a dumb ass mofo goat licking wanker”).

Lurkernomore, I have no idea how it’s coming along. I just wish it were out in movie theatres already! Actually, I’ve read the first ten pages of the screenplay and it seems very good. Jake Lloyd, from SW1:PM is set to be Ender. I’m not too sure about that one, but time will tell. Oh, and my entire OP was a typo.

Crankyasanoldman, yes, it most certainly could work against me. In fact, I was talking with the HR director of the company I used to work for and she said that Mensa is one of the two red flags on resumes that decides whether to bring them in for an interview or not. She says that Mensans have, collectively, “no fucking common sense whatsoever.” Don’t know how I got the interview, but she said I got the job because she was so refreshingly impressed someone could willingly admit that they were such a lazy bastard, they would be as efficient as possible just to avoid work.

DPR, yup, it’s kind of a wank. I did like the activities, how few of them I went to, but it just wasn’t worth the investment, IMO.

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My opinion is always the one that’s right.

Thought I’d clear this up for you.

I envision a “Is Mensa a Wank” thread starting before I get back from work. If I had the time I could fulfill my own prediction.

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Enderw23 said:

And don’t think I don’t appreciate it. I appreciate it so much, in fact, that I will refrain from pointing out it should be “dumb-ass” (or, more informally, “dumbass”) and “goat-licking.”

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Happy 100, mensaman!

I mean Enderw23.

I mean enderw23, mensamember.

Oh, just happy 100. Enjoy!

Scotti

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obligatory posting for #100???

I gotta get on that mailing list.

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