> People obsessed over their IQ
Honestly, there are not much of this in Mensa. It’s a bit pointless - why brag that you’re smart when the other Mensan is statistically just as likely as not to be more smart than you are?
And who is going to engage this person in conversation? It will be a boring event if that is his…

 I ‘infiltrated’ Mensa over 25 years ago as a lonely guy in a new town, looking for friends and wanted to provide a larger perspective of it, in case there are folks who would actually enjoy being members but are put off by the characterization by this article.
To start, is anyone surprised that a comedian/’gonzo…

“The sweetest sounds in the English language to a person are the sounds of his own name.” - Carnegie.
I was just listening to that book on CD this morning.

> their face reminds you of someone you hate
I’ve had noticed that I had problems in the past with
a) People *similar* to myself in that they have have the same faults as I find irritating about myself.
b) People that I see as competition at work.

But after we work through it, we often end up as good friends since we…