# The Insanity Test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 29, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874 "2003-11-29T06:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/1 "2003-11-29T06:54:03Z")
[The Insanity Test](http://www.cthulhulives.org/SanQuiz/SaniTest2.nclk) Your SaniTest™ Results Your score is:133 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 7.47 This score is at the very high end of the middle of the spectrum of madness, and it indicates that you’re quite deranged. Your thought processes are likely to be highly confused, and your personality alarmingly unstable. Although you may enjoy occasional bursts of genius and insight, it may be difficult to follow through. Other notable people who scored at this level include boxer Mike Tyson and popular scientist Carl Sagan. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Chavardz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/91b2a8/32.png) [@Chavardz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chavardz)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/2 "2003-11-29T07:35:49Z")
Your SaniTest™ Results Your score is:138 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 7.85 Thank you for taking the SaniTest™. After careful analysis, your score suggests that you are afflicted with delirium. You seem prone to disordered speech, confusion, and paranoid delusions. (Although president George W. Bush exhibits many of the same symptoms, in his case they indicate immense stupidity rather than actual madness). Other notable people with this condition include Swiss artist HR Giger and British monarch Queen Elizabeth I. ---
**Author:** ![Ms\_Macphisto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Ms\_Macphisto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ms_Macphisto)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/3 "2003-11-29T08:13:58Z")
Your SaniTest™ Results Your score is:115 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 6.13 This score is solidly in the middle of the spectrum of madness, and it indicates that you are a classic lunatic. Lunatics are often highly functional, and even great achievers. But their personal lives are often left in ruins as they attempt to deal with their antic inner demons. Others who scored at this level include comedian/actor Robin Williams and French philosopher Voltaire. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cookie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3da27b/32.png) [@El\_Cookie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cookie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/4 "2003-11-29T10:47:12Z")
Your score is:104 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 5.32 Thank you for taking the SaniTest™. Your score indicates that you are, frankly, disturbing. You seem to radiate a psychic intensity that alarms dogs and small children, and which polite adults attempt to ignore. You may find it interferes with your ability to form personal relationships, even though you otherwise have much to offer. Others who scored at this level include former weatherman Willard Scott and emperor Rudolph of Bavaria. ---
**Author:** ![Profane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47774/32.png) [@Profane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Profane)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/5 "2003-11-29T11:19:24Z")
Your score is:119 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 6.43 Your SaniTest™ score indicates that you are utterly haywire. Your neural circuitry seems to be badly misfiring, with frightening and/or hilarious effects. You may find yourself capable of superhuman strength as a side effect, but don’t count on it. Others who scored at this level include entertainer Wayne Newton and skateboarding legend Tony Hawk. ---
**Author:** ![Chimpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9adbd/32.png) [@Chimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimpy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/6 "2003-11-29T11:21:42Z")
Your SaniTest™ Results Your score is:143 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 8.22 This score is fairly high, and it suggests that you’re what mental health professionals call ‘raving.’ Although this condition approaches the really dangerous end of the madness spectrum, people who score at this level tend to content themselves with writing numerous angry letters. Other notable ‘ravers’ include whimsical cartoonist Edward Gorey and TV evangelist Jimmy Swaggart. ---
**Author:** ![dobbinaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@dobbinaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dobbinaire)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/7 "2003-11-29T11:23:02Z")
Your score is:117 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 6.28 This is a very special score. Although the SaniTest™ cannot provide you with a specific diagnosis, this score just reaches the level commonly referred to as ‘certifiable.’ This means that your family and/or loved ones, if you have any, would be able to have you legally locked away in an asylum at a moment’s notice in order to gain access to your money, your possessions, or just out of revenge for all the annoying things you do. Others who scored at this level include novelist James Joyce, philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche, and none other than **HP Lovecraft**. **!** ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/8 "2003-11-29T11:30:37Z")
OMG. **dobbinaire** is my evil twin. Talk about the exact same score. Whoo! ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/9 "2003-11-29T11:32:59Z")
> [@](#): > > Your score is: 2000#$#@ ERROR > > For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. > > INSANITY INDEX 11#@\*# ERROR According to SaniTest™ assessment algorithms, your mind goes beyond the bounds of human limitations; there is a high probability that you are one of the Great Old Ones. You will attract the attention of lunatic humans, as well as lesser supernatural creatures, who will worship you devoutly. Until you eat them. When the Stars Are Right you will arise to destroy humanity. Some other noted Great Old Ones include the rulers of all spiders Atlach-Nacha, Hastur the Unspeakable, Ithaqua the Wind-Walker, and of course, the great and dread Cthulhu, who lies sleeping in R’lyeh. Wow. I must say, that is one really accurate test. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nightingale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecae2f/32.png) [@Nightingale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightingale)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/10 "2003-11-29T15:06:22Z")
Your SaniTest™ Results Your score is:116 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 6.21 Thank you for taking the SaniTest™. There’s good news and bad news in your score. It indicates that you are non compos mentis. Although that does imply a debilitating level of madness, it also means you have a built-in legal excuse for some of the crazy shit you do. (Please note: the assessments of the SaniTest™ have absolutely no weight in any court of law.) Others who scored at this level include former secretary of state Alexander Haig, beloved Spanish ventriloquist Se–or Wences, and popular physicist Richard Feynman. 😃 This seems to confirm what my friends and family have been telling me for years. . . ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/11 "2003-11-29T15:14:32Z")
Your SaniTest™ Results Your score is:115 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. # INSANITY INDEX 6.13 This score is solidly in the middle of the spectrum of madness, and it indicates that you are a classic lunatic. Lunatics are often highly functional, and even great achievers. But their personal lives are often left in ruins as they attempt to deal with their antic inner demons. Others who scored at this level include comedian/actor Robin Williams and French philosopher Voltaire. I was really beginning to wonder, but the voices told me to shut up, so I did. ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/12 "2003-11-29T15:39:38Z")
Your SaniTest™ Results Your score is:111 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 5.84 There are levels of human madness which science has not yet penetrated, which cannot be conveniently labelled or classified. Your score indicates that you are at such a level. You are, quite simply, mad. A classic case. A feather for every evil, whirling wind that blows. Others who scored at this level include singer/psychic pitchwoman Dionne Warwick and Korean cult leader Rev. Sun Myung Moon. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/13 "2003-11-29T16:33:50Z")
Your score is:122 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 6.66 Your SaniTest™ score suggests that you are quite unhinged. Although some scientists believe this condition is genetic, others theorize that it is induced through exposure to unnatural stress. But these ‘scientists,’ apparently, do not hear the voices. Others who scored at this level include occultist/drug fiend Aliester Crowley and US senator Jesse Helms. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/14 "2003-11-29T17:15:02Z")
Your score is:133 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 7.47 This score is at the very high end of the middle of the spectrum of madness, and it indicates that you’re quite deranged. Your thought processes are likely to be highly confused, and your personality alarmingly unstable. Although you may enjoy occasional bursts of genius and insight, it may be difficult to follow through. Other notable people who scored at this level include boxer Mike Tyson and popular scientist Carl Sagan. That’s ALL? Sheesh. I thought I was crazier than THAT. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/15 "2003-11-29T18:01:09Z")
I was "distempered’. You know, like a dog. My score was 113 ---
**Author:** ![lightingtool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/57b2e6/32.png) [@lightingtool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lightingtool)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/16 "2003-11-29T18:13:17Z")
Your score is:107 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 5.54 Your score falls solidly in the middle of the spectrum of madness, and it suggests that you may be hebephrenic, a condition marked by silliness, delusions, hallucinations, and puerile behavior. While not usually dangerous, it can be annoying as hell to those around you. Others who scored at this level include Joan of Arc and French philosopher Albert Camus. Annoying to all around me? That sounds about right. Evidently I’m so annoying the test didn’t even want to thank me for taking it, like it did for a bunch of other folks in this thread. Hmmm. ---
**Author:** ![maleinblack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maleinblack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maleinblack)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/17 "2003-11-29T20:03:36Z")
Your score is:102 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 5.17 Thank you for taking the SaniTest™. Your score falls solidly in the middle of the dark carnival that is human madness, and it indicates that you are indeed bonkers. That’s a colloquial term for a condition that science simply cannot classify, marked by bizarre behavior, inappropriate verbal outbursts, and an unrealistic world view. Others who scored at this level include former Panamanian drug lord Manuel Noriega and pop sensation Britney Spears. * * * As loony as Britney Spears. Now thats scary! ---
**Author:** ![cadolphin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c37758/32.png) [@cadolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cadolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/18 "2003-11-29T20:46:02Z")
Your score is:94 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 4.57 Your SaniTest™ score suggests that you are melancholic. Although in common usage that word means simply sad, its classic meaning refers to an excess of black bile, one of the four cardinal humors of the body. While the theory of humors has virtually no literal relevance today, the influence of black bile remains metaphorically powerful. Others who scored at this level include Danish prince Hamlet and American novelist/poet Sylvia Plath. ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/19 "2003-11-29T21:01:08Z")
Your SaniTest™ Results Your score is:114 INSANITY INDEX 6.06 This score indicates that you are hysterical. By which we mean subject to overexcitement of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor and visceral functions, coupled with unmanageable fear and emotional excess, and not that you’re particularly funny. Although sometimes loss of those visceral functions is good for a laugh. Others who scored at this level include ex-president Bill Clinton, thrill murderers Leopold & Loeb, and new-age archeologist Graham Hancock. Is that all? I’m sorta… disappointed. Disturbed. Very disturbed. Really upset. _I think I’m gonna have a tantrum!!! Waaaaaaa!!!_ ---
**Author:** ![zephyrine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/35a633/32.png) [@zephyrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephyrine)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874/20 "2003-11-29T21:35:46Z")
Your score is:110 For easier understanding, the HPLHS SaniTest assessment algorithm converts your raw score to a scale of 1 to 10. This number is your INSANITY INDEX. INSANITY INDEX 5.76 Thank you for taking the SaniTest™. Your score suggests that you are psychasthenic. A very interesting condition, it means you lack the capacity to resolve uncertainties, or resist phobias or compulsions even though you know they’re irrational. You may have trouble making decisions, or you may find yourself engaging in self-sabotaging behavior. Others who scored at this level include millionaire Howard Hughes and occultist/heretic Giordano Bruno. I thought it was going to ba joke. I didn’t realise it was true. (But reading above I am worried. Why did I join this message board?) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-insanity-test/215874.md?page=2)