Match.com, Mensa Create Dating Site For Geniuses

mpicpp writes in with news about a new dating opportunity for Mensa members. It takes a special person to join Mensa. For one, the elite society only takes individuals with IQ scores in the 98th percentile, meaning just 1 in 50 Americans is eligible. This exclusivity — some might say snobbery — is part of Mensa's lore. Early Mensans in Britain walked around with yellow buttons, organizational publications once referred to non-Mensa members as "Densans," and last year, a top Mensa member and tester called anyone with an IQ of 60 a "carrot." In short, you don't always join Mensa because you think you're smart. You join to be set apart from most people, who are, as one member put it: "mundane." But a new partnership between American Mensa and online dating giant Match.com offers a new, enticing reason to join the society of geniuses: true love. Beginning this week, members of the brainiac group can connect through a separate, exclusive dating service called Mensa Match. In addition, Match.com members can add a special Mensa badge to their profiles, signaling a specific interest in connecting with a single person with a confirmed genius-level IQ score.

Comments

why would I want to hang with a buncha cunts

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm smart, maybe not mensa smart (don't really care either way) but fuck hanging out with other aholes like me!

Re:why would I want to hang with a buncha cunts

[fyngyrz]

Would you call a motorcycle gang "snobs"?

Well, probably not if you want to survive the day...

Re: why would I want to hang with a buncha cunts

[Jane Q. Public]

Then I realized only a fuckhead would join mensa for intellectual validation.

Then I realized I was one of those fuckheads and promptly re-examined my life.

Yep. If you joined MENSA for "intellectual validation", you were indeed a fuckhead. They ADVERTISE that's not what they're all about. so why did you think they were?

Re:why would I want to hang with a buncha cunts

[ArcadeMan]

I once tried to join Mensa. I tried the test me and they told me my brain wasn't good enough. When I asked if a brain transplant would help, they looked at me as if I was an idiot.

Re:why would I want to hang with a buncha cunts

[Enigma2175]

Even in high school, I'd read the textbooks, and then sit in class, kinda bored.
But while most concepts needed explained several times,
Suddenly, not the stops,

You should have read the English book again.

Re:Let's be fair

[Great Big Bird]

You insulted my carrot sir!

Re:Let's be fair

[devnulljapan]

"I think the carrot infinitely more fascinating than the geranium. The carrot has mystery. Flowers are essentially tarts. Prostitutes for the bees. There is, you'll agree, a certain 'je ne sais quoi' oh so very special about a firm, young carrot."

Re:What do they call their members?

[retech]

Aspergers.

Re:What's the big deal?

[Krishnoid]

I mean, imagine you're good looking, would you want to join a club that only lets beautiful people join?

That's the kind of question only a nerd would ask. Seriously, did you even attend high school?

Re:IF..

[AK Marc]

Certainly not while you are there.

Re:What's the big deal?

[Sobrique]

Q: How do you know you're tallking to a mensa member?
A: They'll have already told you.