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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

On here really get me going

something about a woman with a high iq that sends me crazy...anybody else find this? And girls what do you prefer brains or brawn

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Saphiophile here

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I love substance and surface but not in equal measure though.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Saphiophile here

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By *iver2015Woman over a year ago

middlesbrough

I prefer men with a bit of character. Somebody who can outwit and challenge me.

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By *uzy444Woman over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

depth over breadth

and a sense of humour

nah self awareness does it every time for me..x

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

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By *uzy444Woman over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

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its ok, i got both types

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

It's the terminology I used I'm not on here looking for any members of mensa

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

its ok, i got both types

That's the spirit

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The men I chat to, all have a high level of intelligence and wit. Seduce my mind, and my body may surely follow

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"The men I chat to, all have a high level of intelligence and wit. Seduce my mind, and my body may surely follow

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By *uzy444Woman over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

its ok, i got both types

That's the spirit "
im a smart arse cant you tell ?

yeah i got spirit to ima complete angel...chuckles

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I prefer someone with common sense and life experience over intelligence

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By *uzy444Woman over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

It's the terminology I used I'm not on here looking for any members of mensa

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why not?

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By *igeiaWoman over a year ago

Bristol

Having brawn doesn't mean someone lacks brains, especially considering the double meaning of the word. As for brains I do like a quick mind as a key facet of an attractive personality. On its own it doesn't do anything for me and neither does brawn.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

OP do you define smart and intelligent differently?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Something I'm yet to find

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By *eaded_BazMan over a year ago

Truro

"Saphiophile here

I'm not sure if this was a test or sarcasm or maybe I'm not intelligent enough to understand but do you mean sapiophile ?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

intelligent fence, always. That's why my username is SeduceMyMind.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I don't know about all that. I'm just a simple country boy. But I do know I like fluffy kittens

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I reckon you'd love to meet an intelligent woman, believe me, they can teach you a thing or two.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Interestingly that was the subject of one of the interviews I had for Oxford Uni

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Interestingly that was the subject of one of the interviews I had for Oxford Uni"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"intelligent fence, always. That's why my username is SeduceMyMind."

Is an intelligent fence like a smart motorway?

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By *eaded_BazMan over a year ago

Truro

"I don't know about all that. I'm just a simple country boy. But I do know I like fluffy kittens

I can see your country estate from here

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I prefer people who aren't dicks.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Intelligence or knowledge doesn't turn me on. I like hearing about people's lives; what they have done, where they have been and their dreams of the future.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Something I'm yet to find

Thanks

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Interestingly that was the subject of one of the interviews I had for Oxford Uni

I didn't get in but I gave it a whirl to see what would happen. At 18 I had bugger all to put on an application form so decided that the fact I got in to MENSA when I was 12 was something to write down.

The guy obviously picked up on it. Still a conversation that I remember today.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Intelligence or knowledge doesn't turn me on. I like hearing about people's lives; what they have done, where they have been and their dreams of the future. "

I love hearing about people's ambitions or about how they've got to where they are now. It's something I admire in a person

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

Having a high iq is the last thing id base my meets on. Someone who can hold my interest, make me laugh and is compatable with me sexually holds more interest to me.

If they have all that and a high iq thats fine,

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By *eliWoman over a year ago

Intelligence and ambition are a turn on for me because I'm arrogant enough to believe I have both and I like that mental stimulation but I don't think it necessarily has to be without brawn - there are all sorts of intelligence and they manifest in a variety of ways, the two aren't opposing poles. Oh and passion for a subject however obscure is hot. Stream of consciousness for the win.

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By *uzy444Woman over a year ago

in the suffolk countryside

"Intelligence and ambition are a turn on for me because I'm arrogant enough to believe I have both and I like that mental stimulation but I don't think it necessarily has to be without brawn - there are all sorts of intelligence and they manifest in a variety of ways, the two aren't opposing poles. Oh and passion for a subject however obscure is hot. Stream of consciousness for the win."

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Not really. I'm pretty thick so intelligence is a bit too much for me to cope with

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By *aucy tiggerWoman over a year ago

Back where I belong

I love a sense of humour xx

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I could be intelligent if my brain wasn't dragging it's arse in the gutter

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By *ohnaronMan over a year ago

london

"The men I chat to, all have a high level of intelligence and wit. Seduce my mind, and my body may surely follow

I hope you don't mind me saying but we would all love to fck your brains out.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I prefer someone with a pulse and a bit of life about them

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By *uckOfTheBayMan over a year ago

Mold

I like to have a stimulating conversation, before, sometimes during, and after sex

The brain is the largest erogenous zone

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I prefer people who aren't dicks. "

......shit.

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

Off the grid

"The men I chat to, all have a high level of intelligence and wit. Seduce my mind, and my body may surely follow

I hope you don't mind me saying but we would all love to fck your brains out.

Speak for yourself, I'm straight!

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Intelligence or knowledge doesn't turn me on. I like hearing about people's lives; what they have done, where they have been and their dreams of the future.

I love hearing about people's ambitions or about how they've got to where they are now. It's something I admire in a person "

Im gonna be an astronaut

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

Off the grid

I'm greedy, they have to have a cheeky personality, a certain level of intelligence and some muscle.

It's why I never have meets. Can't find it.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I love a sense of humour xx"

Yes sense of humour is very important

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

Am I bovver'd?

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By *iamondjoeMan over a year ago

Glastonbury

Handsome and dumb is juuuuust fine

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Am I bovver'd?

Lool

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By *isaB45Woman over a year ago

Fabville

"Handsome and dumb is juuuuust fine

Tart! Xxx

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I'm greedy, they have to have a cheeky personality, a certain level of intelligence and some muscle.

It's why I never have meets. Can't find it.

*puts hand in the air*

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

You can be highly intelligent but have absolutely no common sense...

I prefer people who have had interesting life experiences as that is what makes them interesting to me

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

No one likes a smart arse.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Well, I don't like men with too many muscles.

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

Off the grid

"You can be highly intelligent but have absolutely no common sense...

I prefer people who have had interesting life experiences as that is what makes them interesting to me "

Oh I like the ones who are clever with no common sense. It's kinda cute. Pass them my way, would you?

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By *eliWoman over a year ago

"No one likes a smart arse. "
I quite like one when it's been flogged a few times.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I'm greedy, they have to have a cheeky personality, a certain level of intelligence and some muscle.

It's why I never have meets. Can't find it.

*puts hand in the air*

*spits coffee everywhere*

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No one likes a smart arse. "

What about a clever clogs

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By *ohnaronMan over a year ago

london

"You can be highly intelligent but have absolutely no common sense...

I prefer people who have had interesting life experiences as that is what makes them interesting to me "

My life has been so fckn interesting I don't know the difference between PTSD and STDs.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I like someone with their head screwed on.

And by that I mean...NOT thick as shit.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"No one likes a smart arse.

What about a clever clogs

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I'm greedy, they have to have a cheeky personality, a certain level of intelligence and some muscle.

It's why I never have meets. Can't find it.

*puts hand in the air*

*spits coffee everywhere*

I knew you'd like that one lool

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By *igeiaWoman over a year ago

Bristol

"You can be highly intelligent but have absolutely no common sense...

I prefer people who have had interesting life experiences as that is what makes them interesting to me "

You can also be highly intelligent, have common sense, interesting life experiences and not take yourself and your intellect seriously. Like I said previously, I value cleverness. But other traits are equally important in making a person I want to spend time with one on one. Too often on here I see intelligence being portrayed as something to avoid for NSA meets since it invariably draws the 'but they have no common sense, aren't emotionally intelligent, are boring, lack social skills, think they're better than anyone else' type comments. Or accusations of elitism. Which in my experience patently isn't true.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You can be highly intelligent but have absolutely no common sense...

I prefer people who have had interesting life experiences as that is what makes them interesting to me

Oh I like the ones who are clever with no common sense. It's kinda cute. Pass them my way, would you?"

Next time I have a tutorial I'll round up a couple for you

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

You can be intelligent but not so smart.

But if you're smart you'll most likely be very intelligent.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I wouldn't necessarily say it's intelligence that I look for but somebody who can hold a decent conversation and knows about stuff..wether that be rocket science or their own trade.

My current crush is currently doing a masters degree and is very vocal and clued up and passionate about his subject which I just love!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Interestingly that was the subject of one of the interviews I had for Oxford Uni

The guy obviously picked up on it. Still a conversation that I remember today."

Fucking pretentious Oxford interviews! I went through two lots of interviews each two years running - didn't get in but the last interview lasted nearly 4 hours and was conducted like a KGB grilling! Seriously! Tiny room! Prof in sunglasses behind desk, assistant stood blocking out the little light coming through the small window and the only light from a desklight positioned to only light up the bit of desk underneath it. It was a gloomy bloody day too! Abd fuck was it a grilling! Prof was one of the truly rudest people I've ever met. I later learnt that he had a reputation for reducing candidates to tears. On one occasion he had reduced one girl to a blubbering wreck so frogmarched her straight to Oxford station and put her on the first train that entered the station. When she eventually realised she was going to the completely wrong end of the country she managed to change trains till she got home, only to realise her bags were left behind in the Prof's study!

I should think the bastard's dead now! He wouldn't survive behaving like that now I hope! Oh yes, btw his subject was... music!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I'm always told I'm a dope.I'm fecked so!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

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By *ohnaronMan over a year ago

london

"You can be highly intelligent but have absolutely no common sense...

I prefer people who have had interesting life experiences as that is what makes them interesting to me

As one of the classical authors put it "Please Hermes let my wife be less intelligent than me"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Actually, I mustn't talk him up - he was a a senior lecturer or reader - not a Prof thank God!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

And yes, intelligence is sexy, knowledge is fascinating and beauty is, well, absolutely enchanting!

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By *igeiaWoman over a year ago

Bristol

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

Sorry, I'm not trying to sound smart. I just like words. Actually, I'm not sorry for that. Words are fucking great. And they don't mean someone is intelligent, just that they read a lot and have a good memory.

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

Off the grid

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

I failed my PhD. *sob*

(true story)

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No one likes a smart arse.

What about a clever clogs

My mam warned me about them too.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

Intelligence is a skill that is trained by expanding knowledge. So in some way yes you are intelligent for knowing them

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

Hey **hands up**

It wasn't you it was aimed at...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Saphiophile here

I'm not sure if this was a test or sarcasm or maybe I'm not intelligent enough to understand but do you mean sapiophile ? "

Yup. Damn autocorrect

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"And yes, intelligence is sexy, knowledge is fascinating and beauty is, well, absolutely enchanting!

My knowledge of cake is extensive...

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By *ohnaronMan over a year ago

london

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

I don't know why I like books so much, I'm sure my birth certificate says illiterate.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Imagination is key for me... c'est tout... happy swinging...

((I am beginning to wonder if I can post anything this fair evening that won't result in me getting dragged across hot coals....

))

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"You can be highly intelligent but have absolutely no common sense...

I prefer people who have had interesting life experiences as that is what makes them interesting to me

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By *rcticFoxxxWoman over a year ago

Hereabouts

My IQ is fairly high but I'm not intellectual. In fact I'm a bumbling moron. Where do I fit in?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I'm not very intelligent, but I suck a cock rather well. Seems to work for me

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Interestingly that was the subject of one of the interviews I had for Oxford Uni

The guy obviously picked up on it. Still a conversation that I remember today.

I should think the bastard's dead now! He wouldn't survive behaving like that now I hope! Oh yes, btw his subject was... music!

Completely different to my experience. I left thinking I could learn a lot from him. It felt much more of a chat than an interview.

Yours sounded like a right bastard

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I'm not very intelligent, but I suck a cock rather well. Seems to work for me

like a dyson right ?

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By *eliWoman over a year ago

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

I type how I speak because I love language, with little thought to if it will be perceived as being an imitation of intelligence. I don't give too much of a fuck if my lexicon intimidates or bothers people.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"My IQ is fairly high but I'm not intellectual. In fact I'm a bumbling moron. Where do I fit in?

Sure we can find a spot somewhere for you

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

You wouldn't get far with me I can be a bit ditzy at times

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By *ohnaronMan over a year ago

london

"My IQ is fairly high but I'm not intellectual. In fact I'm a bumbling moron. Where do I fit in?

About twenty steps above me, gorgeous.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I have worked with guys with stratospheric IQ/intelligence, but still need their mum to dress them.

For me it's the ability to 'bounce' off other people...be interesting and interested. Vivacious and eloquent is a great combination. And the ability to converse on different levels, with different people-and be quick witted enough for it to be on topic, funny, and intelligently delivered? Ooof

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"You wouldn't get far with me I can be a bit ditzy at times

Hey i wasnt ruling anybody out just highlighting one of the many things that im attracted to

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Intelligent and clever can be poles apart. The clever people who use their knowledge to put other people diwn are a real turn off for me.

I enjoy the company of intelligent people with a good measure of empathy thrown in.

If they are also gorgeous, that is a bonus!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

[backs off]

[backs o... guh!]

**falls off a ledge**

....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Interestingly that was the subject of one of the interviews I had for Oxford Uni

The guy obviously picked up on it. Still a conversation that I remember today.

I should think the bastard's dead now! He wouldn't survive behaving like that now I hope! Oh yes, btw his subject was... music!

Completely different to my experience. I left thinking I could learn a lot from him. It felt much more of a chat than an interview.

Yours sounded like a right bastard"

Well to be fair my others were like yours but that last one was in a league of its own entirely!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I am knowledgable, I'm slightly intelligent, never taken an IQ test, can not regurgitate the dictionary, know big words that are used within my field of interest, common sense? Yeah I have that (sometimes)

All my own opinion, which I'm entitled to.

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By *alcon43Woman over a year ago

Paisley

I do like an interesting and intellectual conversation. It's more stimulating than chit chat.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"No one likes a smart arse. I quite like one when it's been flogged a few times."

So a smart arse gets a smart arse?

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By *eliWoman over a year ago

"No one likes a smart arse. I quite like one when it's been flogged a few times.

So a smart arse gets a smart arse? "

I hope so

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

I failed my PhD. *sob*

(true story)"

I've got eight sets of letters after my name but none is a PhD. I'm leaving that to my next life. This one's way too short!

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

Off the grid

"I have worked with guys with stratospheric IQ/intelligence, but still need their mum to dress them.

Apparently so, but you still refused to meet me.

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By *orny IrishMan over a year ago

Rural Wiltshire

"Something I'm yet to find

Thats because you have not yet met me.

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By *rcticFoxxxWoman over a year ago

Hereabouts

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

I failed my PhD. *sob*

(true story)

I've got eight sets of letters after my name but none is a PhD. I'm leaving that to my next life. This one's way too short!

I have six letters after my name

Sammi ******

Surnames count, right?

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By *risky_MareWoman over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Well said. I am intelligent and prefer to meet intelligent people - nothing wrong with that!

Intelligence is not a function of knowledge or education or intellectualism - it is simply the capacity for logical thought.

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By *risky_MareWoman over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

Oh but I like brawn with brains!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Fuck me this thread...I'm going to start using big words to sound smart....Sorry, I meant to simulate intelligence.

I failed my PhD. *sob*

(true story)

I've got eight sets of letters after my name but none is a PhD. I'm leaving that to my next life. This one's way too short!

I have six letters after my name

Sammi ******

Surnames count, right?

I like that! See, a sharp wit! It's a sign of high intelligence, it makes people laugh and it's both incredibly sexy and endearing! Love it!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Especially when most people measure it via a Facebook quiz

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I like a stimulating mind, a poster in the politics forum earlier got me thinking pwoar.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

Loved some of the replies in here but was in the gym so couldnt really get involved

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By *eanut Butter CupWoman over a year ago

B & M Bargains

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Interestingly that was the subject of one of the interviews I had for Oxford Uni

The guy obviously picked up on it. Still a conversation that I remember today.

I should think the bastard's dead now! He wouldn't survive behaving like that now I hope! Oh yes, btw his subject was... music!

Completely different to my experience. I left thinking I could learn a lot from him. It felt much more of a chat than an interview.

Yours sounded like a right bastard

Well to be fair my others were like yours but that last one was in a league of its own entirely! "

I left my Cambridge interview feeling like a dumbass cos I just blagged my way through the questions

but then I was the only one out of the group of candidates who knew how to navigate our way to the other side of town to the maths building for the next part of the day so I didn't feel so bad

Clever people can really lack common sense

Oh and I got into Mensa but decided not to join cos it sounded so boring.. The exam for that doesn't require intelligence just logic and guesswork

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"IQ isn't really a good measure of intelligence

Interestingly that was the subject of one of the interviews I had for Oxford Uni

The guy obviously picked up on it. Still a conversation that I remember today.

I should think the bastard's dead now! He wouldn't survive behaving like that now I hope! Oh yes, btw his subject was... music!

Completely different to my experience. I left thinking I could learn a lot from him. It felt much more of a chat than an interview.

Yours sounded like a right bastard

Well to be fair my others were like yours but that last one was in a league of its own entirely!

I left my Cambridge interview feeling like a dumbass cos I just blagged my way through the questions

but then I was the only one out of the group of candidates who knew how to navigate our way to the other side of town to the maths building for the next part of the day so I didn't feel so bad

Clever people can really lack common sense

Oh and I got into Mensa but decided not to join cos it sounded so boring.. The exam for that doesn't require intelligence just logic and guesswork

awesome...turned down mensa

love it

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

How do you 'turn down' Mensa?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"How do you 'turn down' Mensa?"

You do the exam - and pay for the privilege, they send you the result and a form for you to join up - and pay for the privilege.

I stayed for a year as there wasn't really anything for me to do.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"How do you 'turn down' Mensa?

You do the exam - and pay for the privilege, they send you the result and a form for you to join up - and pay for the privilege.

I stayed for a year as there wasn't really anything for me to do."

I know that, but being as you pay to sit the test it seems unlikely you'd then turn down membership - initially at least.

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By *harpDressed ManMan over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

"Oh and I got into Mensa but decided not to join cos it sounded so boring.. The exam for that doesn't require intelligence just logic and guesswork

I joined and you're right. It was tremendously tedious - it seemed to be exactly like student politics to me.

However, it was good experience and so I shall forever be glad that the postman mis-delivered next doors Mensa invite...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Oh and I got into Mensa but decided not to join cos it sounded so boring.. The exam for that doesn't require intelligence just logic and guesswork

I joined and you're right. It was tremendously tedious - it seemed to be exactly like student politics to me.

However, it was good experience and so I shall forever be glad that the postman mis-delivered next doors Mensa invite..."

Did you join as Mrs Smith?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"How do you 'turn down' Mensa?

You do the exam - and pay for the privilege, they send you the result and a form for you to join up - and pay for the privilege.

I stayed for a year as there wasn't really anything for me to do.

I know that, but being as you pay to sit the test it seems unlikely you'd then turn down membership - initially at least."

Maybe if you are too cool for school?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Can't fuck a personality but I'd much rather not fuck someone with a brain then fuck someone without a clue.

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Oh and I got into Mensa but decided not to join cos it sounded so boring.. The exam for that doesn't require intelligence just logic and guesswork

I joined and you're right. It was tremendously tedious - it seemed to be exactly like student politics to me.

However, it was good experience and so I shall forever be glad that the postman mis-delivered next doors Mensa invite..."

Lol no way

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By *imiUKMan over a year ago

Hereford

Lolwut?

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By *ccommodating GuyMan over a year ago

Outside

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Lolwut?"

Tl;dr

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"intelligent fence, always. That's why my username is SeduceMyMind.

Is an intelligent fence like a smart motorway? "

Aye,also similar to an innocent cyclepath

Just because I can be a smart arse it doesn't make me smart...then again I'm not the most stupidly stupendous student of stupid stupidity....I always try my best though!

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By *ccommodating GuyMan over a year ago

Outside

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Can I have Halfy halfy - love a man who knows how to work my mind and body and I would like something good to look at and hold onto!!

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By *ccommodating GuyMan over a year ago

Outside

"intelligent fence, always. That's why my username is SeduceMyMind.

Is an intelligent fence like a smart motorway? "

Nope, he's a clever seller of stolen goods !!

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By *harpDressed ManMan over a year ago

Here occasionally, but mostly somewhere else

"Did you join as Mrs Smith?

I still have my initiation dress...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Scary eye

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By *imiUKMan over a year ago

Hereford

I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"Can I have Halfy halfy - love a man who knows how to work my mind and body and I would like something good to look at and hold onto!!

Best of both worlds...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

Yea so do.i

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By *eanut Butter CupWoman over a year ago

B & M Bargains

"How do you 'turn down' Mensa?"

I didn't know what it was, I just got put in an exam without knowing what it was for, then after I got in I asked my dad what you did and he said "puzzles" and I was like no ta

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By *eliWoman over a year ago

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

I think people are explaining their preferences in response to the OP's initial question. Don't worry, there's always brawn to fall back on.

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By *eanut Butter CupWoman over a year ago

B & M Bargains

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

I barely have anything going for me, I need the intelligence of my younger days to brag about

certainly not clever now!

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

I think people are explaining their preferences in response to the OP's initial question. Don't worry, there's always brawn to fall back on. "

Lool your posts are the sort i was referring to

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"On here really get me going

something about a woman with a high iq that sends me crazy...anybody else find this? And girls what do you prefer brains or brawn "

Is it because you're looking for a a teacher?

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

Off the grid

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

Can we have a "I is fick" thread to even it up?

I dunno, MENSA isn't all it's cracked up to be and their IQ tests are dodgy as ****. Not the most reliable test by a long way. They want people to join because they make money from members.

My IQ (tested accurately - the horrors of having a psychologist in the family as a child) is 128, and honestly, all my classmates went to Oxford and Cambridge and I felt thick as f**k.

But I look at their lives now, and they aren't more special than anyone else's. I've been privileged enough to have done some cool, amazing stuff in my life. Some academic and some just randomly cool. Mostly I fucked up the academic stuff though. For reasons.

Being academic/clever/intelligent/a high achiever is an interesting trait. No more and no less.

It can also be incredibly isolating. It's not all good. (Not talking from personal experience as 128 isn't that high, but the really high IQ people do struggle socially.)

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By *icentiousCouple over a year ago

Up on them there hills

How do you know you are intelligent when the last thing to discover water would be fish..

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

I barely have anything going for me, I need the intelligence of my younger days to brag about

certainly not clever now!"

I hear you

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By *ohnaronMan over a year ago

london

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

I think people are explaining their preferences in response to the OP's initial question. Don't worry, there's always brawn to fall back on. "

Brawn, Brisket, Spam, I can't stop thinking of the deli counter now.

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By *imiUKMan over a year ago

Hereford

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

Can we have a "I is fick" thread to even it up?

I dunno, MENSA isn't all it's cracked up to be and their IQ tests are dodgy as ****. Not the most reliable test by a long way. They want people to join because they make money from members.

My IQ (tested accurately - the horrors of having a psychologist in the family as a child) is 128, and honestly, all my classmates went to Oxford and Cambridge and I felt thick as f**k.

Being academic/clever/intelligent/a high achiever is an interesting trait. No more and no less.

It can also be incredibly isolating. It's not all good. (Not talking from personal experience as 128 isn't that high, but the really high IQ people do struggle socially.)"

It's the juxtaposition between having a high IQ and knowing that IQ is a load of old bollocks....

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

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"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

Can we have a "I is fick" thread to even it up?

I dunno, MENSA isn't all it's cracked up to be and their IQ tests are dodgy as ****. Not the most reliable test by a long way. They want people to join because they make money from members.

My IQ (tested accurately - the horrors of having a psychologist in the family as a child) is 128, and honestly, all my classmates went to Oxford and Cambridge and I felt thick as f**k.

Being academic/clever/intelligent/a high achiever is an interesting trait. No more and no less.

It can also be incredibly isolating. It's not all good. (Not talking from personal experience as 128 isn't that high, but the really high IQ people do struggle socially.)

It's the juxtaposition between having a high IQ and knowing that IQ is a load of old bollocks....

Now sir, can I see your licence for using words of that length?

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

Can we have a "I is fick" thread to even it up?

I dunno, MENSA isn't all it's cracked up to be and their IQ tests are dodgy as ****. Not the most reliable test by a long way. They want people to join because they make money from members.

My IQ (tested accurately - the horrors of having a psychologist in the family as a child) is 128, and honestly, all my classmates went to Oxford and Cambridge and I felt thick as f**k.

Being academic/clever/intelligent/a high achiever is an interesting trait. No more and no less.

It can also be incredibly isolating. It's not all good. (Not talking from personal experience as 128 isn't that high, but the really high IQ people do struggle socially.)"

They lack common sense which is one of life's greatest tools In my opinion..I didn't fair well at school but I would like to think I faired well at the school of common sense

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Loved some of the replies in here but was in the gym so couldnt really get involved "

Go on then...I'll say brawn

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"They lack common sense which is one of life's greatest tools In my opinion..I didn't fair well at school but I would like to think I faired well at the school of common sense

Do 'they'? I'm sure I'd be a bit shit at raising a little girl if I lacked common sense and I reckon I'm doing a pretty good job

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

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"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

Can we have a "I is fick" thread to even it up?

I dunno, MENSA isn't all it's cracked up to be and their IQ tests are dodgy as ****. Not the most reliable test by a long way. They want people to join because they make money from members.

My IQ (tested accurately - the horrors of having a psychologist in the family as a child) is 128, and honestly, all my classmates went to Oxford and Cambridge and I felt thick as f**k.

Being academic/clever/intelligent/a high achiever is an interesting trait. No more and no less.

It can also be incredibly isolating. It's not all good. (Not talking from personal experience as 128 isn't that high, but the really high IQ people do struggle socially.)

They lack common sense which is one of life's greatest tools In my opinion..I didn't fair well at school but I would like to think I faired well at the school of common sense

Common sense is a very broad term though. Someone said they had common sense because they found a building others couldn't find. That's spatial skills?

You can be high in some parts of an IQ test and low in others. I was good at spatial but very bad at coding (and yep I'm rubbish at foreign languages).

I've been reading a lot about executive functioning skills.

That's why a lot of high IQ people can still struggle to dress themselves. If your EF skills are shot, you're screwed. Things like motor planning. Cognitive processing speed. All that stuff is crucial.

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"They lack common sense which is one of life's greatest tools In my opinion..I didn't fair well at school but I would like to think I faired well at the school of common sense

Do 'they'? I'm sure I'd be a bit shit at raising a little girl if I lacked common sense and I reckon I'm doing a pretty good job

I'm sure you do a great job...it was merely an observation

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

I find it ironic how common sense is called common sense

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"On here really get me going

something about a woman with a high iq that sends me crazy...anybody else find this? And girls what do you prefer brains or brawn "
mmmmm er oh yeah

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

The 'clever people are stupid at normal stuff' thing is mostly a load of bollocks.

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

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"The 'clever people are stupid at normal stuff' thing is mostly a load of bollocks."

I think there is a subsection that is. I have a very clever sibling. Who's also a bit of an idiot.

I don't think it's true for all exceptionally clever people though.

And everyone is good and bad at a whole variety of things. So it's sort of an extension of that.

Just because someone's a nuclear physicist doesn't mean they are good at ironing. But it stands out more when a "clever person" is bad at something. So it's more memorable.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

But being good at ironing doesn't = genius

Not being able to plug it in does = thicko

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By *imiUKMan over a year ago

Hereford

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

Can we have a "I is fick" thread to even it up?

I dunno, MENSA isn't all it's cracked up to be and their IQ tests are dodgy as ****. Not the most reliable test by a long way. They want people to join because they make money from members.

My IQ (tested accurately - the horrors of having a psychologist in the family as a child) is 128, and honestly, all my classmates went to Oxford and Cambridge and I felt thick as f**k.

Being academic/clever/intelligent/a high achiever is an interesting trait. No more and no less.

It can also be incredibly isolating. It's not all good. (Not talking from personal experience as 128 isn't that high, but the really high IQ people do struggle socially.)

They lack common sense which is one of life's greatest tools In my opinion..I didn't fair well at school but I would like to think I faired well at the school of common sense

Some do, some don't. It's like anything.

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By *isscheekychopsWoman over a year ago

The land of grey peas and bacon

"I do love the number of "I'm dead clever, me" posts that are appearing....

Can we have a "I is fick" thread to even it up?

I dunno, MENSA isn't all it's cracked up to be and their IQ tests are dodgy as ****. Not the most reliable test by a long way. They want people to join because they make money from members.

My IQ (tested accurately - the horrors of having a psychologist in the family as a child) is 128, and honestly, all my classmates went to Oxford and Cambridge and I felt thick as f**k.

Being academic/clever/intelligent/a high achiever is an interesting trait. No more and no less.

It can also be incredibly isolating. It's not all good. (Not talking from personal experience as 128 isn't that high, but the really high IQ people do struggle socially.)

They lack common sense which is one of life's greatest tools In my opinion..I didn't fair well at school but I would like to think I faired well at the school of common sense

Some do, some don't. It's like anything. "

I should of said That I was being unfair by using they where I should of used some....

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Can any one of you smarty pants tell me why my internet is being so slow

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"The 'clever people are stupid at normal stuff' thing is mostly a load of bollocks.

I think there is a subsection that is. I have a very clever sibling. Who's also a bit of an idiot.

I don't think it's true for all exceptionally clever people though.

And everyone is good and bad at a whole variety of things. So it's sort of an extension of that.

Just because someone's a nuclear physicist doesn't mean they are good at ironing. But it stands out more when a "clever person" is bad at something. So it's more memorable."

I'd agree with twistandtwirl on the mostly bollocks aspect.

It irks me how smug people can get with the whole 'I may not be smart but I've got common sense' routine.

But I do like your physicist and ironing example.

I suspect those of you describing people who are intelligent but 'useless' in some areas are referring to people with some sort of developmental/learning disability such as autism/dyslexia/dyspraxia.

I'm on the autism spectrum so I have executive functioning problems and can relate to this, it's frustrating having extreme strengths and extreme weaknesses.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Can any one of you smarty pants tell me why my internet is being so slow

It's the cold weather. Everyone is at home keeping warm, watching internet porn. It's overloading the satellites and slowing everything down

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"Can any one of you smarty pants tell me why my internet is being so slow

It's the cold weather. Everyone is at home keeping warm, watching internet porn. It's overloading the satellites and slowing everything down

Absolutely true! My answer in a nutshell!

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

I never went for Mensa! Don't know why! Probably wouldn't have succeeded but who knows!

Has anyone complained it should be renamed Personsa?

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I never went for Mensa! Don't know why! Probably wouldn't have succeeded but who knows!

Has anyone complained it should be renamed Personsa?

The Mrs was a member of Mensa at one point

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By (user no longer on site) OP over a year ago

"I never went for Mensa! Don't know why! Probably wouldn't have succeeded but who knows!

Has anyone complained it should be renamed Personsa?

The Mrs was a member of Mensa at one point

And there was me joking about not looking for mensa members on here....every days a school day

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By *iamondsmiles.Woman over a year ago

little house on the praire

Funny how everyone started rattling on about intelligence and commonsense.

The op was particularly talking about high iqs.

Im sure we all want people with intelligence and common sense.

I bet most dont even know their iqs

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By *candiumWoman over a year ago

oban

It's the terminology I used I'm not on here looking for any members of mensa

Oh I am.

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By *risky_MareWoman over a year ago

...Up on the Downs

It's the terminology I used I'm not on here looking for any members of mensa

Sod you then!

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By *ee VianteWoman over a year ago

Somewhere in North Norfolk

"I never went for Mensa! Don't know why! Probably wouldn't have succeeded but who knows!

Has anyone complained it should be renamed Personsa?

The Mrs was a member of Mensa at one point

And there was me joking about not looking for mensa members on here....every days a school day

Mensa isn't just for rocket scientist nerds. There are numerous Mensa members on here, and many more who could be but aren't.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"The 'clever people are stupid at normal stuff' thing is mostly a load of bollocks.

I think there is a subsection that is. I have a very clever sibling. Who's also a bit of an idiot.

I don't think it's true for all exceptionally clever people though.

And everyone is good and bad at a whole variety of things. So it's sort of an extension of that.

Just because someone's a nuclear physicist doesn't mean they are good at ironing. But it stands out more when a "clever person" is bad at something. So it's more memorable.

I'd agree with twistandtwirl on the mostly bollocks aspect.

It irks me how smug people can get with the whole 'I may not be smart but I've got common sense' routine.

But I do like your physicist and ironing example.

I suspect those of you describing people who are intelligent but 'useless' in some areas are referring to people with some sort of developmental/learning disability such as autism/dyslexia/dyspraxia.

I'm on the autism spectrum so I have executive functioning problems and can relate to this, it's frustrating having extreme strengths and extreme weaknesses. "

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

God forbid, people might feel proud of being clever or having particular academic achievements. Let's cut them back down to size!

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By *iss.HoneyWoman over a year ago

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"God forbid, people might feel proud of being clever or having particular academic achievements. Let's cut them back down to size!"

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God forbid, people might feel proud of being clever or having particular academic achievements. Let's cut them back down to size!"

you need to find them first

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God forbid, people might feel proud of being clever or having particular academic achievements. Let's cut them back down to size!"

One of those human nature things unfortunately. It's why I didn't want anyone in school to know I'd had my IQ tested. And then came assembly...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God forbid, people might feel proud of being clever or having particular academic achievements. Let's cut them back down to size!

One of those human nature things unfortunately. It's why I didn't want anyone in school to know I'd had my IQ tested. And then came assembly..."

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"God forbid, people might feel proud of being clever or having particular academic achievements. Let's cut them back down to size!

One of those human nature things unfortunately. It's why I didn't want anyone in school to know I'd had my IQ tested. And then came assembly...

I struggled finding my classroom each day.

Not big with smarts me.

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

"I have worked with guys with stratospheric IQ/intelligence, but still need their mum to dress them.

Apparently so, but you still refused to meet me.

You had your chance...

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By *ureTemptationWoman over a year ago

Off the grid

"I have worked with guys with stratospheric IQ/intelligence, but still need their mum to dress them.

Apparently so, but you still refused to meet me.

You had your chance...

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By (user no longer on site) over a year ago

Shit!

I'm fick and ugly....im never going to have sex again am i?

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