My local Mensa chapter is nothing but oldsters.

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For seriously people...I talked to the local organizer on the phone today. He says their second youngest member is 42. I may not even go to the meetings if there's not prospect of meeting people my own age.

What exactly do they do there anyways?

I have no idea what they do. I'm a Gen X'er and I qualify for Mensa. But like many other Gen X'ers who qualify for Mensa, I was too cool to be a "joiner." This is in part why there's not many people of my generation.

Also I've know, a few people my age and younger who joined only to find there's only older people at the meeting, and that made them feel weird. So they stopped going.

Since it's uncool to be smart, I sometimes act stupid so I can fit in. I wouldn't join Mensa because other people wouldn't like it.