# Poll: Would you like to Pit @Humans? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 23, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947 "2024-05-23T06:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**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:** [May 23, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/21 "2024-05-23T13:55:07Z")
I don’t want to Pit him. I don’t want to drive away new members of the board. I’m not really bothered by the polls. It’s entirely possible he knows the culture from long-time lurking. ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/22 "2024-05-23T13:59:45Z")
I suspect we’ll start seeing his pro-Russia, incel, misogynist side come out any day now, just like all the other trolls that having been appearing here the last year or so. People should stop feeding him, but damn are Dopers completely incapable of resisting a “tell me what your IQ is” thread. ---
**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:** [May 23, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/23 "2024-05-23T14:04:11Z")
No way we have that many posters with 150+ IQ. There is exactly one person on this board I believe is that smart. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/24 "2024-05-23T14:20:50Z")
Is it me? 🥹 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/25 "2024-05-23T14:23:07Z")
**Just some perspective on IQ:** I think only 1 poster with a 150+ sounds about right, I believe the board has a reasonable number of 130+ and even 140+ posters though. 150+ are 04 in 10000; 99.96th percentile 140+ are 38 in 10000; 99.62th percentile 130+ are 200 in 10000; 98.00th percentile ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/26 "2024-05-23T14:23:37Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > but damn are Dopers completely incapable of resisting a “tell me what your IQ is” thread. I resisted. And pit@humans looks like an email address without a domain. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/27 "2024-05-23T14:36:23Z")
It was pretty easy to resist - I’ve never taken one. And based on what I’ve learned about them to date and how people use them, not interested in what amounts to yet another online dick measuring contest. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/28 "2024-05-23T14:49:04Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > It was pretty easy to resist - I’ve never taken one. Same. I never opened that thread because that is something IDGASA (I don’t give a shit about). ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/29 "2024-05-23T14:49:26Z")
I see people saying similar in the thread but I can’t say I’ve ever seen/heard anyone mention their IQ score outside of very specific circumstances (like a thread asking what it is). It’s like being distantly related to a celebrity: kind of interesting to know about yourself, of minimal interest to most other people, and not something to drop into unrelated conversation unless you want weird looks. People who don’t want/believe in the score seem more invested in it than people who know theirs ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/30 "2024-05-23T14:52:39Z")
I guess? But y’all do you. I’m staying out of it. I’m not interested in yet another interminable thread on intelligence and how (or how not) to measure it started by what is increasingly showing itself to obviously be a trock. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/31 "2024-05-23T14:54:10Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > I suspect we’ll start seeing his pro-Russia, incel, misogynist side come out any day now, just like all the other trolls that having been appearing here the last year or so. bingo. very odd smell about this one. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/32 "2024-05-23T15:02:07Z")
As to the OP, there’s only seven threads to choose from and a few aren’t polls (the orca brain thing and one about what’s the most challenging video game you’ve played) so I reserve judgment and find them to be Mostly Harmless. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/33 "2024-05-23T15:43:34Z")
It seems the best way to handle it would be to direct him to the [Polls only thread.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polls-only-no-discussion/953642/4915). That way he can post whatever he’s interested in without mucking up the message board. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/34 "2024-05-23T15:50:00Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > No way we have that many posters with 150+ IQ. There is exactly one person on this board I believe is that smart. - I’m blushing. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/35 "2024-05-23T16:14:01Z")
Expressing your IQ score=smarmy sneak brag. Not telling=smarter than the average bear. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/36 "2024-05-23T16:35:10Z")
But, and back to the point of the Pitting, it’s been a contentious point on the board in the past, especially with concerns about how it’s applied and tested, without accounting for the exact society it’s testing for and the underlying assumptions, which are now semi-common knowledge. And that’s leaving out the congruence with a number of old and not-so old scientific racism and racial profiling threads that did not go well for anyone reading or involved in the discussion. Yet, a claimed lurker, who says they’ve researched a wide variety of topics on the board prior to creating an account to post picks it as a a subject for a poll and for serious discussion? Remember, Humans has claimed the polls are just for interaction, but they do want to discuss the topics included. Yeah, that’s… not a good sign. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/37 "2024-05-23T16:42:12Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > I don’t want to Pit him. I don’t want to drive away new members of the board. I’m not really bothered by the polls. It’s entirely possible he knows the culture from long-time lurking. I understand that, and it is possible indeed. But what makes me suspicious is that when **Dave88** asks him in the IQ thread > [@Poll: what's your IQ score](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whats-your-iq-score/1001840/8): > > How did you find this site? Why did you decide to post here? his reply is > [@Poll: what's your IQ score](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whats-your-iq-score/1001840/10): > > If you don’t like a thread it’s best not to comment on it. It kinda gives it more visibility when you do that. > > Ignore it and it goes away which looks too clever by half to me. And when in the same thread **Dave88** insists, repeating his question he answers > [@Poll: what's your IQ score](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-whats-your-iq-score/1001840/19): > > I thought you’d get the message when I ignored your prying questions that they wouldn’t get answered. Frankly don’t like the tone and completely Off topic that I won’t justify them with a response > > It basically amounts to “Why are you here”, like you’re in some exclusive club and I’ve socially engineered or hacked my way in it… and now you have to interrogate this person to figure out what’s going on lol > > Site couldn’t be more public, it’s just not popular How can I express it? It looks strange to me that a long term lurker finally enters the conversation and hits the ground running with a barrage of polls (plus the orca thread and the video game thread, as **Jophiel** has pointed out, granted). Plus his reaction to a legitimate question. At least it seemed legitimate to me. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/38 "2024-05-23T16:44:35Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > At least it seemed legitimate to me. It probably should have been modded, to be honest. What did it have to do with the thread? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/39 "2024-05-23T16:47:29Z")
**Dave88** has been modded in the meantime in the IQ thread, with no warning, but not for the questions I just quoted, but for the post that I quoted in the OP. And I took this to the Pit before the modding (!) because it is indeed not thread related. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947/40 "2024-05-23T16:51:21Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > **Dave88** has been modded in the meantime in the IQ thread, Well, there you go. The point is that it wasn’t an appropriate place to ask that question and “he responded defensively to an inappropriate question” is a pretty relatable reaction. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-would-you-like-to-pit-humans/1001947.md?page=3)