# Posting Your IQ is the Same as Saying "Please Disregard Me" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 14, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048 "2010-04-14T08:37:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Garula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Garula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garula)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/1 "2010-04-14T08:37:00Z")
If you really are a highly intelligent person, you should realize that I have little reason to believe what you say and much better reason to suspect braggadocio. This is the internet after all. Claiming to be a genius is pretty much the same as an appeal to authority while sitting comfortably with the knowledge that proving those credentials wrong is virtually impossible. You might as well say “and I know I’m right about this because I’m super duper smart.” If you still insist on quantifying your mental acuity numerically, at the very least take a few minutes to learn how the tests are scored, so that maybe you can claim a plausible score in the “rather bright person” range rather than the “super genius” range. If the human race were as smart as it claims to be on the internet, we would have long ago ascended to a higher plane of existence by sheer force of brainpower. As a general rule of thumb, the higher you claim your IQ to be, the more likely I am to suspect you are unfamiliar with the concept of a bell curve. Now I’m off to post in threads about how you should listen to me about celebrity news because I’m tight with a lot of people who you have heard of but I won’t name, about how you should listen to me about scientific matters because I hold several degrees from prestigious universities, and about how my sex advice should be taken seriously because I have regular threesomes with supermodels. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/2 "2010-04-14T08:55:35Z")
Is it OK if I have a room temperature IQ and I’m hung like a flea? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/3 "2010-04-14T08:56:39Z")
My Nobel Prize says the OP is wrong. ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/4 "2010-04-14T09:17:46Z")
I’m not very intelligent but I have lots and lots of money. ---
**Author:** ![ColdPhoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@ColdPhoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ColdPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/5 "2010-04-14T09:57:34Z")
See bottom right chart: > **[Numbers](https://xkcd.com/715/)** > > The typical internet user (who wants to share) has an IQ of 147 and a 9-inch penis. Well, better than the reverse, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/6 "2010-04-14T13:31:40Z")
> [@ColdPhoenix](#): > > See bottom right chart: > [xkcd: Numbers](http://www.xkcd.com/715/) Realistically, one of the possible sources for a graph like this is “people only brag if they have something to brag about”. Aside from the few brave souls who do things like post “I’m average” in threads about penis length or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/7 "2010-04-14T13:41:31Z")
I don’t have anything to say about the OP. I just thought I’d take a moment to remind all of you that my RL nickname is “The Human Tripod.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/8 "2010-04-14T13:43:14Z")
I totally agree with the OP. -tdn, 148 ---
**Author:** ![Neverending\_Elbow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e274bd/32.png) [@Neverending\_Elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neverending_Elbow)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/9 "2010-04-14T13:47:52Z")
Dear Sir, I have an IQ of 2.000.000 and like other people of my intelligence am very smart. I wish to protest in the strongest possible terms terms with the content of the following post. Yours faithfully, etc. Henry J. Squigglebottom, deceased ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/10 "2010-04-14T13:55:50Z")
**23** ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/11 "2010-04-14T13:56:29Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > Realistically, one of the possible sources for a graph like this is “people only brag if they have something to brag about”. Yeah, but bragging is dumb. You would think folks with such high IQs would know that. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/12 "2010-04-14T14:05:59Z")
I decide how intelligent people on line are on the basis of what they say, over time. If they tell me their IQ once, in a conversation about psychometrics, it’s a neutral. Multiple iterations become negatives. The positives are a bit harder to come by. My IQ went up while I was incarcerated in a mental institution, so I always remember that too. Tris ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/13 "2010-04-14T14:09:32Z")
**Garula** , you talk like a fag. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/14 "2010-04-14T14:13:35Z")
> [@Neverending\_Elbow](#): > > Henry J. Squigglebottom, deceased OK, that’s just creepy. About a decade ago, on a different message board, I wrote an angry post and signed it Henry J. Pigglesbottom. It was one of the funniest threads I’ve ever been part of. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/15 "2010-04-14T14:43:20Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > **23** I’m less than a third of that. And yet I still don’t eat my own feet. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/16 "2010-04-14T14:47:01Z")
> [@Inigo\_Montoya](#): > > **Garula** , you talk like a fag. And your shit’s all retarded! ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/17 "2010-04-14T14:52:05Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Yeah, but bragging is dumb. You would think folks with such high IQs would know that. That’s pretty much the OP in a nutshell, innit? I find that the online world is full of that - there are times when it makes sense - e.g., starting a legitimate “Ask the Particle Physicist” thread, or establishing legit credibility when offering input on a real question…but beyond that, I don’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/18 "2010-04-14T14:52:22Z")
> [@Astroboy14](#): > > And your shit’s all retarded! That come’s so naturally after “you talk like a fag” that it is almost like a jingle in my head. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/19 "2010-04-14T14:56:32Z")
Re: Posting Your IQ is the Same as Saying “Please Disregard Me” My 18 gubbledillion IQ points and I disagree with you. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2010, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048/20 "2010-04-14T14:57:06Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Yeah, but bragging is dumb. You would think folks with such high IQs would know that. Analytical smarts don’t always correlate with social grace, after all. > [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > That come’s so naturally after “you talk like a fag” that it is almost like a jingle in my head. Don’t worry, scrote! There are plenty of 'tards out there living really kick ass lives. My first wife was 'tarded. She’s a pilot now. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/posting-your-iq-is-the-same-as-saying-please-disregard-me/536048.md?page=2)