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When somebody creates a thread in the Lounge titled "What's your IQ" - three hundred reply *all* with scores between 145 & 190 .....
Then I come here to the War Forum and discover nothing but a bunch of 'room temperature' IQs ?
Seriously, I feel damned smart when I'm in here.
Alright, folks, continue with your America/Bush bashing while we pretend your country is relevant.
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Welcome to the 'room temperature' IQ group.
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IQ shmycue. This place is at room temprature in CELCIUS dang it!
What I have noticed is that the people who people regard as the smartest 'uns are the ones who are really condesending and arrogant towards others. I mean, they *must* be smart!!
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a
Welcome to the 'room temperature' IQ group.
 I don't know why thats funny... but I had to chuckle. I haven't seen you post in a while, Hawkeye...
Anyway, I would disagree with WY. A lot of the people that come off as smart to me tend to be people who seem to get angry much less than the rest of us, and have more moderate political views. Condescending people (who I shall refrain from naming) don't usually strike me as overly intelligent. And while some of them may well be very intelligent, its meaninless if they're assholes.
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
When somebody creates a thread in the Lounge titled "What's your IQ" - three hundred reply *all* with scores between 145 & 190 .....
Then I come here to the War Forum and discover nothing but a bunch of 'room temperature' IQs ?
Seriously, I feel damned smart when I'm in here.
Alright, folks, continue with your America/Bush bashing while we pretend your country is relevant.
Really? You feel damned smart? Wow.
Edit: So it must really pain you then that calls went out for Canadian assistance, from the US, immediately after Katrina hit? I bet all the people saved by the Canadians that are on the ground there don't question the relevance of other nations.
I would imagine they would question YOUR relevance, however.
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye_a
Welcome to the 'room temperature' IQ group.
Below 'room temperature' to be specific.
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Originally Posted by loki74
I don't know why thats funny... but I had to chuckle. I haven't seen you post in a while, Hawkeye...
Anyway, I would disagree with WY. A lot of the people that come off as smart to me tend to be people who seem to get angry much less than the rest of us, and have more moderate political views. Condescending people (who I shall refrain from naming) don't usually strike me as overly intelligent. And while some of them may well be very intelligent, its meaninless if they're assholes.
Nah one of the most arrogant, condescending, self absorbed prick that posts on this forum - fortunately less and less - seems to be held in high esteem by many.
I'm not talking about Captain Obvious. He could have fit the bill but unlike the other one the Captain is honest in his opinions. Not an asskisser.
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Are you talking about degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit or Kelvin? 
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I must have missed the thread on IQs - or just don't remember.
IQ tests don't take into account the untestable, the intangibles of life and … stuff … like y'know…
(Last edited by moodymonster; Sep 6, 2005 at 10:34 AM.
(Reason:forgot some words))
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Geez people, it's an internet test. Like people aren't fudging their scores by 10-20 points anyway. It's like asking a guy what size his penis is. Good luck getting on to tell you its average or less.
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looks like it went through after all
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
while we pretend your country is relevant.
Whoops, you proved your own point.
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
When somebody creates a thread in the Lounge titled "What's your IQ" - three hundred reply *all* with scores between 145 & 190 .....
What's your point ?
That the liars are in the Lounge, and the idiots here ? 
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Ever gone to Wal-Mart just to improve your self image? Well I haven't gone there JUST to feel good about myself, but it always seems to have that effect. Go in for wiper blades, go in for a pair of shoes, go in for a pair of binoculars, it doesn't matter-there will be someone there (usually in your way) that makes you proud of yourself.
Then there's THIS forum. Some people feel that coming here is a license to be stupid-you can almost always tell this from the first few sentences of their posts. Others come here and try to have worthwhile discussions...but they get all flustered and lose their composure. I often just stay away when I'm not having the greatest of days, just because I know that there's a possibility someone will push my buttons and I'll come off like a raving moron. For example, I saw a thread about Pat Robertson in the Lounge and read it. I should have moved it here (I AM a mod, and that's part of the job), but instead I just replied to it. It is a nice, measured reply, but the point is that I should have kept thinking and moved the thread instead of replying to it.
The intellectual level of this forum fluctuates directly with the self control of the posters. Do the math-it's gonna tank fast sometimes.
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Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy
When somebody creates a thread in the Lounge titled "What's your IQ" - three hundred reply *all* with scores between 145 & 190 .....
Then I come here to the War Forum and discover nothing but a bunch of 'room temperature' IQs ?
Seriously, I feel damned smart when I'm in here.
Alright, folks, continue with your America/Bush bashing while we pretend your country is relevant.
It is sad that you require an explanation...
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Originally Posted by Pendergast
It is sad that you require an explanation...
But that gives us all another chance to vent about something--AND stay on topic! What a bonus!!!
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Originally Posted by ghporter
But that gives us all another chance to vent about something--AND stay on topic! What a bonus!!!
hmmmm...
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*glances around the room as everybody bows before the Spliffmeister*
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I just like to be a jackass every once in a while, and this place is as good as any (when FARK is running crappy headlines, at least).
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