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.

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

[Anonymous Coward]

someone might join MENSA because they like talking about physics -- or even crossword puzzles -- with people who are like themselves.

Well then they should join a physics or a crossword/word-games society.
I'm sure there are plenty of people who don't "qualify" for MENSA membership, but who could run circles around most MENSA members when discussing physics.

To me, joining MENSA is like joining a society for "black people", "people with blonde hair", or "bald people". It says nothing about one's needs, interests, or personality; only one's genes (and in the case of MENSA, probably familial wealth too).