Is Mensa any fun?

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Would I be right in saying that Mensa use an inflated IQ scale? I.e. mensa iq=149 means binet iq=110... Take my word for it, being a genius sucks, doesnt mean sh*t, and gives you an overinflated idea of your own worth. Zarathustra (Binet iq=Sky High)

I am loving this thread. Those of you who are saying that mensa is not really that exclusive, that the members are insecure people out to prove something, that the organization is pointless-- I entirely see where you're coming from and don't doubt your observations in the least.

Still, enough people have posted in this and other threads about their positive experiences to make it seem worthwhile at least to try it out for a year. I just got my oficial score report, and I more than qualify for membership. It will be worth 50 bucks to see what the local chapter is like. Wish me luck

Am I too late?

I'm a MENSA member, and I don't use it for social activity, I mostly like the games we play, and I get to design one for the next RG!! !

I still don't fit in there, but at least I do a more so than in other communities. This month alone I've had 4 communities gang up on me.

One was because I asked "what's your zombie plan?" I thought it was fun to play "what if" games, apparently the Cheapassgamer.com off topic forum didn't think so. (everyone got all hung up on if zombies were possible...)

Anyway, its better than a lot of other places, and there are a lot of aspies in my area so it makes it more comfortable for me.

IP

Geez, Pixie, you should try that at sjgames.com! Lots of 'em have multiple zombie plans, depending on whether they're classic Romero shamblers, 28 Days Later-style runners, or some other category - and they'll even discuss the categories...

Whether Mensa is fun depends on which chapter you're looking at, when you're doing it, and which events you attend. When I first joined, in the Seattle area, the chapter was mostly focused on being all serious and considering Grand World Problems - but then again, this was during the Ford Misadministration.

Later, during the Reagan era, I wound up with San Diego Mensa, and while the local gatherings could be a bit dull, the SIG meetings were interesting - especially the Pseudo-Cynics, who hosted such annual parties as the September Back-To-School Beer-and-Cheese-Tasting Party, the February Make Him Sleep On the Wet Spot party, the July Let's Rejoin the British bash, and (my favorite) the December White Elephant Party. (The point of the last was to give the worst white-elephant presents you could come up with - they were assigned randomly - and, of course, to have fun. I gave out a Christmas-light string that had been chewed in half, and received in exchange an electric blanket with no cord. They would also decorate a dead tree, with an award for the worst ornament. The last year I was there, the perennial favorite, a fake eyeball in a plastic tube, was displaced by a mummified fish with a Santa hat glued on.)

So, as you can see, the best answer to the question is, "It depends." It helps if you can get to hang out with people who aren't insecure about their intelligence - they seem to feel the least need to "prove" how "smart" they are.