I used to be in Mensa. My mom thought it'd be a good thing or something. I only held my membership for a year.
I'm considering getting back into it in order to actually talk to real people who might understand me. I don't like the idea of buying friends, but seriously, I feel pretty damn lonely most of the time, even when I'm around all kinds of people. I haven't had a real geek friend since highschool, and while he's only a two hour drive away, he's changed so much that we don't get along any more. He works at Jiffy Lube and has no ambition for anything but games. His latest addiction is WoW, but he's also crazy about role playing and collectible card games (Magic, etc.). After I failed out of Saint Leo University from over-gaming, I came to the conclusion that I'm alive for life, not to waste it all on fantasy, so I've done everything in my power to avoid games since then. It sucked at first, but now that I've broken free, I've gotten myself quite a few more practical (or at least real) interests: philosophy, mathematics, astrophysics, music, engineering, computers, and, above all, CARS. God I love cars, but I can't find anybody who understands them well enough to talk about the relevance of block material or about the Eulerean buckling of a tube chasis.
I did find one guy, and to give you an idea about his intelligence, his IQ is 174. He's in a few local car clubs. He's an art major, but it seems that he can keep up with anybody on any subject. I'll have to hang out with him more, but I can't always get in touch with him.
Cliff notes: Should I restore my Mensa membership?
I'm considering getting back into it in order to actually talk to real people who might understand me. I don't like the idea of buying friends, but seriously, I feel pretty damn lonely most of the time, even when I'm around all kinds of people. I haven't had a real geek friend since highschool, and while he's only a two hour drive away, he's changed so much that we don't get along any more. He works at Jiffy Lube and has no ambition for anything but games. His latest addiction is WoW, but he's also crazy about role playing and collectible card games (Magic, etc.). After I failed out of Saint Leo University from over-gaming, I came to the conclusion that I'm alive for life, not to waste it all on fantasy, so I've done everything in my power to avoid games since then. It sucked at first, but now that I've broken free, I've gotten myself quite a few more practical (or at least real) interests: philosophy, mathematics, astrophysics, music, engineering, computers, and, above all, CARS. God I love cars, but I can't find anybody who understands them well enough to talk about the relevance of block material or about the Eulerean buckling of a tube chasis.
I did find one guy, and to give you an idea about his intelligence, his IQ is 174. He's in a few local car clubs. He's an art major, but it seems that he can keep up with anybody on any subject. I'll have to hang out with him more, but I can't always get in touch with him.
Cliff notes: Should I restore my Mensa membership?
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