Actually, having scored in the top 2% of a standardized test, I'm in Mensa. I have to tell you, virtually everyone in Mensa needs to be on here and pay for sex or they would never get laid. It is hard to find a collection of uglier and more socially awkward people than at a Mensa gathering. They are open to prospective members, so go see for yourself but prepared to be bored.
Originally Posted by Jewish Lawyer
I have to second this statement. I went to one, count them, ONE mensa meeting. Have you ever gone into a room with a bunch of self-aggrandizing, stereotypical nerds sitting around trying to do 'smart' things? Ugh. Total mental masturbation--"I'm awkward and trying to prop myself up by acting smart." kinda thing. I'm probably not being fair to all the chapters, but I never went to another meeting. It was just disturbing.
I don't think it was because they were so smart they couldn't relate (there is a marked tendency for super-high IQ to be unable to fit in with societal norms). I think it was just because they were some really awkward people. I think you have to be past High Genuis to really start to see behavioral problems, but maybe someone more familiar with that area can speak up--I'm sure we have some psychologists and psychiatrists hiding amongst us here, even if only at the bachelor level!
Honestly, if I recall the entrance requirements (and please pardon my memory if I err--this was probably 25 years ago!) you only have to be in the top 2% as Jewish Lawyer mentioned above--which comes out to only 130ish on the standard IQ tests (depending on the version used). Not that hard.
In answer to the original topic, I find discretion is very important. Not that I would care particularly if I got outed--most of my friends and family would probably just roll their eyes and move on--but I dislike the social drama. I consider courtesy one of the more fundamental and necessary social agreements, and don't kiss and tell is really high on the list. Put another way . . . courtesy and manners go a long way towards me being interested in a lady--if someone is known to out others, I consider that unutterably rude, and makes me very unlikely to see them.
Of course, maybe I'm just an odd duck after all--and I can blame it on my IQ! lol