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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is UK still obsessed with class? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 09 Feb 2024, 12:07 am
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cyberdad wrote: Are there still private clubs in the UK?
My late father was a member of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travellers_Club . I'm not sure whether he gave up being a member when he decided to stay in the USA, after his posting as Consul general to Atlanta ended. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is UK still obsessed with class? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2024, 1:05 pm
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| Father- lower middle class upbringing. Scholarship to King Edward's school Birmingham. Short time as army officer. Switched to Foreign office. Took early retirement as diplomatic equivalent of a major general rather than agree to becoming ambassador to the Gabon. Me- prep and public school educated... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is UK still obsessed with class? |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 04 Feb 2024, 7:20 am
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| Father- lower middle class upbringing. Scholarship to King Edward's school Birmingham. Short time as army officer. Switched to Foreign office. Took early retirement as diplomatic equivalent of a major general rather than agree to becoming ambassador to the Gabon. Me- prep and public school educated.... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2024, 10:24 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Thanks all of you. Latest ageist remark- unless older people are removed from high IQ societies then those societies are filled with stupid people. I pointed out that though I'm 67 I hold my own against much younger people even on tests with non age adjusted scores/scores adjusted to age ranges youn... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 01 Feb 2024, 12:55 am
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| I think resilience matters a lot; the ability to cope effectively with the crap that life can throw at you. I see that as a personality thing, rather than a high/average/low IQ thing . Nearly 50 years later,and I'm still struggling to cope with the effects of 'bullying related trauma', and being bor... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2024, 10:15 am
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Replies: 33
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funeralxempire wrote: auntblabby wrote: i will admit that, despite everything else, i wish high iq types would have me. What's their cutoff?
A low level one.
http://hiddensite.mysxl.cn/ |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 31 Jan 2024, 10:00 am
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Replies: 33
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CockneyRebel wrote: Sweet Pea hugs
I don't think you're old and stupid at all.
Thank you. I must be getting quite old, as I found out several days ago I'm over an inch shorter than I used to be. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 30 Jan 2024, 9:06 am
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| quote] It's got to be annoying though, and probably quite isolating, if you're at the top end of intelligence and you want to have a conversation with someone that stimulates you mentally. Like if you were a piano virtuoso and you wanted to play music with people but everyone just wants to play Cho... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 10:35 am
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| ^ I agree. Quite a few of them are 'verbal intelligence isn't real intelligence' zealots. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 5:02 am
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| The FB high IQ community actually has very few narcissists. The main problem with high IQ societies is that many of them become 'ghost societies' rather quickly. That's because merely sharing a very high IQ with others is very often not enough to keep such societies going. I still think it might be... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 4:49 am
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| The main problem with high IQ societies is that many of them become 'ghost societies' rather quickly. That's because merely sharing a very high IQ with others is very often not enough to keep such societies going. Is the idea that it's unsatisfying for people with high IQs to talk to people with le... |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 11:33 am
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Replies: 33
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| The FB high IQ community actually has very few narcissists. The main problem with high IQ societies is that many of them become 'ghost societies' rather quickly. That's because merely sharing a very high IQ with others is very often not enough to keep such societies going. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 8:59 am
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| I'm trying not to. I tend to vehemently deny things on the surface, but internally I go into high anxiety mode over them. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 4:58 am
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| It's a very ageist subreddit. They have a high level of contempt for the FB high IQ community . I've taken part in that community since March 2020. The vast majority of my FB friends come from there. The subreddit has a bad reputation re people cheating on tests. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 12:11 am
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| Someone on the cognitive testing subreddit. |
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Forum: The Haven Topic: Old and stupid |
| firemonkey |
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Posted: 26 Jan 2024, 10:52 pm
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Replies: 33
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| Being told you're rather old and therefore quite unintelligent is very demoralising. |
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