# Motherfucking Mensa (A geek tragedy) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 27, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535 "2001-11-27T16:45:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pennylane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@pennylane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pennylane)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535/21 "2001-11-28T10:30:21Z")
What I hate is the way Mensa is made out to be some sort of genius organisation. According to movies and T.V. shows, members of Mensa are supposed to spend their time discussing high-brow topics in language far too sophisticated for the average person to understand. I always thought members of Mensa were of the highest class of genius. And now I find out that anyone who got a 1250 on their SAT before 1994 is eligible to join Mensa! That means almost everyone I know could be a member of Mensa! And those few who couldn’t certainly wouldn’t consider someone a genius for getting 1250 on the SAT. It’s a good score, I guess… but criteria for genius? Not to mention the fact that most of the tests which they accept can be taken multiple times. So practically anyone could join Mensa if they wanted to badly enough. Is this a common misperception of Mensa or am I the only one who was thus deceived? ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535/22 "2001-11-28T12:43:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by pennylane \* > **And now I find out that anyone who got a 1250 on their SAT before 1994 is eligible to join Mensa!** Same with the GRE. I can’t imagine a native speaker of English getting through college and not being able to beat that. ---
**Author:** ![Chef\_Troy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/85f322/32.png) [@Chef\_Troy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chef_Troy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535/23 "2001-11-28T19:30:39Z")
Why don’t you JOIN Mensa and start getting your puzzles published in their books? If your ego smarts at the thought of joining up, think of yourself as a fifth columnist working to bring the whole corrupt highbrow regime down from within. ---
**Author:** ![filthy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@filthy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filthy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535/25 "2001-11-28T20:48:04Z")
Hey Slim, I rather doubt that Gomez is stupid enough to post not yet copywrited, original material on the web just to please you. f ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535/26 "2001-11-28T22:37:16Z")
\*\*_Originally posted by gobear_ > [@](#): > > \ > D. Learn your craft.Your post, if it is representative of your writing style, is poorly written and riddled with elementary spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors. In order to be a competent writer,let alone a great one, you must learn the mechanics of English composition. \\*\* Sorry, **gobear** , but **filthy** is blowing this theory out of the water.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2001, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535/27 "2001-11-28T22:50:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gomez \* > **some scroteclamp from Mensa has a fucking brainfart they publish it and Mensa makes a million.** If I remember correctly, all Mensa does is license their name for the cover of the books–they have nothing to do with the preparation. So you might want to contact the book publisher and find out if you could be their next scroteclamp. ---
**Author:** ![Gomez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d78d45/32.png) [@Gomez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gomez)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2001, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535/28 "2001-11-29T03:29:37Z")
Sorry Slim, I aint publishing my manuscript on the net. If you want I can e-mail some of my puzzles to you but this site has just got too much exposure. P.S. Gobear, if you’re still interested in this thread, what do you think of the story I linked to? ---
**Author:** ![Reuben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@Reuben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reuben)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2001, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535/29 "2001-11-30T16:57:46Z")
Phew, someone banned that twit! **Gomez** , could you send a puzzle or two this way? Fiendish as you like! I love puzzles. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motherfucking-mensa-a-geek-tragedy/95535.md?page=1)