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scimitar ([info]scimitar) wrote in [info]otf_wank,
@ 2010-08-18 00:25:00


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Entry tags:elitism, otf_wank's thoughts on mensa

Mensans v Non-Mensans
Jill, at Feministe, makes a blog post ridiculing a comment that uses Mensa membership to validate a fondness for the Cathy comic strip.

The first comment starts off with a defense of Mensa and an earnest explanation of what it means to be a genius. But soon comments erupt criticizing all standard tests, defending standardized tests and Mensa, along with accusations of ableism, lamenting the loneliness and social ostracization that is the lot of smart people and horror at Jill's very appalling anti-intellectualism.

SweetMachine nicely rounds up the kerfuffle: Way to fight the good fight, Mensa lovers! Put that genius to work!



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[info]rosehiptea
2010-08-19 04:38 am UTC (link)
That doesn't stop every other car I see from having a picture of Calvin peeing stuck to the back window.

I always suspected Watterson wasn't getting any money out of that.

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[info]lindentreeisle
2010-08-19 05:33 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, those are all bootleg. I think Watterson was once quoted as saying something like, "Obviously I vastly underestimated people's desire to see Calvin urinating on the Ford logo."

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