My local Mensa hosts a lot of fun events, the cost is minimal, and it replaces a social vacuum left by religious activities for me. A wide variety of people, most very nice, almost all pretty interesting. Also a pretty insular group of folks that doesn’t really ruffle any feathers, so I’ve always been a little unsure why Mensa gets such hate online.
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No but they’ve definitely got their own weird spirituality going on; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Bronner%27s_Magic_Soaps#Activism_and_philanthropy
Most things here seem on the good-ish to neutral side to me
Don’t forget about my boy JB Pritzker
South Park centrism is definitely something I had to grow out of, but it took a lot of additional reading and growing on my part that I’m guessing most people don’t bother with. Why try to figure out the better of two imperfect options when it’s easier to just say both suck?
If you have the time, I highly recommend the book “American Apocalypse” by Matthew Avery Sutton. Really digs into the history of this whole thing and helps you realize just HOW MUCH of this shit is truly self fulfilling prophecy. I’m currently working up the courage to gift it to my highly evangelical family and forcing them to read it.
Dude spoilers! I didn’t know Chloe dies!
Anybody have a link where I can buy those stickers? So I can keep them in a drawer safe and sound, of course.
Link is broken for me
Yeah but the bald eagle in particular has a proclivity towards cowardice and scavenging, despite its size. Red tailed hawk or turkey is a much more admirable bird
Agree with the sentiment, I feel like cybertrucks deserve an exemption though, agree or disagree?
I heard “Traitor Tots” the other day and liked it
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Don’t most special interest clubs have some sort of barrier to entry? Is Mensa different because IQ tests are a touchy subject that has been used incorrectly by bad actors? I can promise you that there is no illusion of superiority amongst the mensans I’ve met, we’re all pretty on board with “we’re just good at the things that IQ tests measure” and if anything it just helps a lot of us apply some additional context and understanding to oftentimes difficult childhood memories. Just my two cents from the other side!