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      My grandma died ten years ago. She was cremated and buried somewhere in Florida.

      She still just forwarded me this post.

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    I’ve got an IQ of ninety-six, which is good enough for me. It’s pretty high, just four points off the maximum.

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      It’s funny, because you literally never see people mention that they’re within a standard deviation of the average, even though that’s supposed to be 70% of the people who take the test.

      Everyone’s either bragging about their 140 IQ or accusing someone else of being “room temperature”. Nobody seems to understand 96 is normal human intelligence and normal humans are - by and large - smart enough to get the job done.

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        I actually have no idea what my IQ is. I just say 96 cause it’s the shy side of perfectly average, and no one has any follow-up questions about that, and then the IQ conversation is fizzled out, and we can talk about more interesting things, like the guy who’s currently leaving a shit against my birch tree just outside.

        Fucker better wipe my tree. >:(

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          I actually have no idea what my IQ is.

          I mean, safe bet that it’s within 10 points of 100. Guessing 96 is as valid as any other number in that range.

          Fucker better wipe my tree. >:(

          It’s free fertilizer! You should be thanking him!

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            At the end of the day, I take comfort in recognizing that no one knows me, and that both my contributions and my cringe will be erased from the shore of civilization by the tides of time. I’m not famous, not smart, not special, not a pedophile in charge of the country, I’m just nobody, and that gives me all the power I would ever want.

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        normal humans are - by and large - smart enough to get the job done

        Jury’s still out on that one chief

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    The first time you get tricked by this can be written off as experimentation. It’s the folks that are suckered in over and over again, and take some kind of personal pride in receiving a little “You’re Such A Smart Little Guy” certificate from a random website that have you looking sideways.

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    If the test says you’re very dumb: well, duh, you’re wasting your time for vain reasons online, move along; otherwise: yikes, what a waste of potential, all that grey matter and no bitches/no stacks/no eudaimonia? 🤣

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    when I see people bragging about their high IQ it reminds me of those people who buy sports cars and then take them around to shows on a trailer with 5 miles on the odometer to talk about how it has 750 horsepower and a top speed of 300mph