# New Guy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 8, 2013, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536 "2013-01-08T21:08:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8491ac/32.png) [@Fool\_in\_the\_Rain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fool_in_the_Rain)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/61 "2013-01-11T00:02:06Z")
> [@Shagnasty](#): > > He didn’t say he is smart. He said he has an IQ \> 150. I don’t know how much greater but if it is close to 150, that still qualifies for Guest admission but not the higher ranks of our elite circle. It takes an IQ of \> 200 and 5 years of excellent posting history to qualify for the rank of Charter Member for example. The best **Harv24jg** can shoot for is Cub Member after 7 years with an overall average of \< .01% spelling errors and \< .0025 grammatical errors per post. It is all the same family though. > > \ Wow, I didn’t realize the level of difficulty here. I am so screwed… :eek:☹ ---
**Author:** ![Uber\_the\_Goober](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/58956e/32.png) [@Uber\_the\_Goober](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uber_the_Goober)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/62 "2013-01-11T02:29:58Z")
Good-at-taking-IQ-tests-guy says what?!? ---
**Author:** ![stui\_magpie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stui_magpie/32/11010_2.png) [@stui\_magpie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stui_magpie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/63 "2013-01-11T03:50:00Z")
See, this is why I don’t introduce myself. I just stroll in the room, grab a beer and join in. Usually trying to not piss everyone off all at once.😛 ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/64 "2013-01-11T22:03:06Z")
All these people asking you questions, and you never checked back? Man, those Mensa board meetings can go on for days! Haaaaarv… Come back, Haaaaaarv… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/65 "2013-01-11T22:23:39Z")
I think Withstanding of the Snark is our true initiation ritual. I don’t think he passed. ---
**Author:** ![I\_Like\_Pie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9f8e36/32.png) [@I\_Like\_Pie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Like_Pie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/66 "2013-01-11T22:31:24Z")
Who is Stephen Hawkins…? I have an IQ of eleventynine. I can has accolades? ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/67 "2013-01-11T23:15:44Z")
Hmmm. Somehow I got board membership (I have since let it lapse to “guest”) without taking an IQ test. How does the SDMB verify my cerebral credentials? Is it the honor system? ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/68 "2013-01-11T23:36:23Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > I think Withstanding of the Snark is our true initiation ritual. > > I don’t think he passed. I don’t think I would either!☹ ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/69 "2013-01-11T23:41:40Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > You buried the lede here. [He’s gained 10 IQ points since Friday!](http://www.experienceproject.com/stories/Admire-Wit-And-Intelligence/2846647) At this rate he’ll learn how to type whole words any day now. Is it really okay to do searches on people and copy comments from other message boards? I realize EP isn’t an actual message board but it might as well be. It just seems so catty to play this on a new poster even if he doesn’t come off as the most socially adept creature. No wonder he never came back. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2013, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/70 "2013-01-11T23:56:23Z")
Yeah, I’m wondering if we did lay it on a little thick. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/71 "2013-01-12T00:01:47Z")
it’s not possible to lay it on too thick with someone who introduces himself by bragging about his IQ. such people need to be sqooshed. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/72 "2013-01-12T00:07:53Z")
but… what if he was right? Now we’ll never know… he could have been the next **Diogenes**. ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/73 "2013-01-12T00:23:33Z")
Really, this is a pretty rotten welcome., and I played my part in it. Sorry Harv24jg I think the opening post came off as kind of bragish to a lot of people and it’s the nature of this board to pick up on any flaw. But the piling on went over the top here. If you still decide to post here I don’t think you will get any more scrutiny then anyone else. Which is still quite a lot, but at least the topics wouldn’t be about you. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/74 "2013-01-12T00:49:09Z")
> [@Bob Ducca](#): > > You’re in the right place, everybody here has an IQ over at least 175. Just ask them. How does everyone around here know what their IQ is (I always read those threads for some reason). I have no clue what mine is, and don’t know that I’ve ever been tested. Are IQ tests regularly administered for some reason? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/75 "2013-01-12T00:59:54Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > How does everyone around here know what their IQ is (I always read those threads for some reason). I have no clue what mine is, and don’t know that I’ve ever been tested. Are IQ tests regularly administered for some reason? What, you didn’t get one during the initiation [del]ritual[/del] ceremony? That _was_ what that was, right? ---
**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:** [January 12, 2013, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/76 "2013-01-12T02:42:10Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > it’s not possible to lay it on too thick with someone who introduces himself by bragging about his IQ. such people need to be sqooshed. What this very intelligent fellow said. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 12, 2013, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536/77 "2013-01-12T03:32:34Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > How does everyone around here know what their IQ is (I always read those threads for some reason). I have no clue what mine is, and don’t know that I’ve ever been tested. Are IQ tests regularly administered for some reason? I think a lot of kids who are in consideration for ‘‘gifted and talented’’ programs have IQ tests. On the reverse side, kids with issues in school may also be subject to an IQ test. I’m betting the vast majority of people who have had IQ tests had them as children. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-guy/646536.md?page=3)