Sexy Peak, Idaho Superthread

[phillyfan26]

Our senior class' president and valedictorian? You guessed it. Asian. Real nice guy. Also the editor of the school paper and lead actor in the school play. So, there's that.

My class' valedictorian spot will come under controversy. The current No. 1 is this genius kid who skipped eighth grade, so he's a year younger than us and is supposed to be a sophomore, not a junior.

 

[Axver]

Dyslecixs untie!

I hate to break it to you, Maj., but THERE IS NO DOG.

 

[major_panic]

This is too funny!

It's also oh-so-true. My Specialist Maths classes in Year 12... Oh, the Asians. (except for me, I think I might've been disqualified from the Asian race)

 

[phillyfan26]

I'm a closet smart guy. Most people on this site wouldn't guess it. I'm in the top 25 of my 375 person high school class.

 

[Axver]

See the thing is, I save it for special occasions. When you hear me say that, either I'm making a point, or fairly angry.

When I'm really angry though, all swear words just disappear. Then you know it's time to get out into the old bomb shelter.

Yeah, I've got to admit, those people I know who rarely use 'fuck' make their point loud and clear when they do use it. I, of course, would argue that ANY word would have the same effectiveness if they clearly only used it in specific contexts.

 

[major_panic]

Our senior class' president and valedictorian? You guessed it. Asian. Real nice guy. Also the editor of the school paper and lead actor in the school play. So, there's that.

Whoah, genetic freak. Us Asians usually just stay in libraries and never appear until the final exams.

True story, my year had 360-odd people in it, and I thought I knew all of them by sight. Then, the final year comes along, and I see 20 or so Asian guys that I'd never seen before in my life! Apparently they'd all been at the school for the same time as the majority of us, too...

My only remark was "so they were just hiding in the library, emerging for classes huh?"

 

[Axver]

I'm a closet smart guy. Most people on this site wouldn't guess it. I'm in the top 25 of my 375 person high school class.

No, I'd believe it. You write well, your points are logically constructed, and if I didn't already know your age, I'd think you're in your young 20s, not 17.

Incidentally, this post and a comment on your LJ makes me curious: what's your IQ?

I, for the record, generally get a result around 165. (And you, Maj.?)

 

[major_panic]

I'm a closet smart guy. Most people on this site wouldn't guess it. I'm in the top 25 of my 375 person high school class.

Nah, that's a fair call. You do seem a lot more intelligent than a lot of the people on this board (although that being said, it's not entirely difficult sometimes...).

For example, I've always been able to read your posts, and usually find them pretty good.

 

[phillyfan26]

No, I'd believe it. You write well, your points are logically constructed, and if I didn't already know your age, I'd think you're in your young 20s, not 17.

Incidentally, this post and a comment on your LJ makes me curious: what's your IQ?

I, for the record, generally get a result around 165. (And you, Maj.?)

Similar to that. It's somewhere between 160 and 180.

 

[Axver]

It's also oh-so-true. My Specialist Maths classes in Year 12... Oh, the Asians. (except for me, I think I might've been disqualified from the Asian race)

My school must've been a weird exception. Maths C is the highest level of mathematics offered in Queensland, and all of the top students were white. There were only two Asians in the class and neither were particularly good.

 

[major_panic]

No, I'd believe it. You write well, your points are logically constructed, and if I didn't already know your age, I'd think you're in your young 20s, not 17.

Incidentally, this post and a comment on your LJ makes me curious: what's your IQ?

I, for the record, generally get a result around 165. (And you, Maj.?)

I don't think that IQ's a really great indicator of anything, but last I checked mine was between 125 and 130, but not on a proper test. I haven't done a proper IQ test since, well, they went out of fashion a while back.

 

[major_panic]

Similar to that. It's somewhere between 160 and 180.

I wish there was a tortoise smiley, or something that indicates stupidity well. Instead, I'll just go with... for myself compared to you guys.

 

[Axver]

Yeah. Once I get back to uni and we start hanging out, hopefully that'll help too.

That, or one of our brains'll explode.

Will the uni be able to handle our theological musings ...? DUN DUN DUN!

I'm really looking forward to it.

 

[major_panic]

Will the uni be able to handle our theological musings ...? DUN DUN DUN!

I'm really looking forward to it.

I'm not worried about the uni being able to handle it, I'm worried about our intellectual capacities (mine mostly) being overwhelmed.

And yeah, I'm really looking forward to it to. Terrorism won't know what hit it, ha.

 

[phillyfan26]

The one Asian in my English class is the most epic failure of a person I've ever seen. The kid's bright. But he's the laziest, most annoying fucking dick I've ever met. He sits in class sleeping or pissing off the teacher, he smokes cigarettes because he thinks it's cool, he goes around lunches stealing people's food and pretending it's just a joke. Man, I hate that guy.

 

[Axver]

I don't think that IQ's a really great indicator of anything, but last I checked mine was between 125 and 130, but not on a proper test. I haven't done a proper IQ test since, well, they went out of fashion a while back.

Yeah, I generally consider IQ tests to be fairly worthless, and my original phrasing of the question was more sarcastic, but I couldn't quite get it to make sense. Pee Fan will know what I'm referencing in his LJ that made me curious.

If you're going to invest meaning in the number though, 125-130 is pretty good all the same. Really, beyond 150, I think it becomes fairly meaningless anyway. I'm not about to feel inferior if somebody comes along and says "oooh, I'm 181, take that!"

 

[phillyfan26]

It's about how you use it that matters. Currently, most of mine's not being used well, so what's the difference?

 

[Axver]

I'm not worried about the uni being able to handle it, I'm worried about our intellectual capacities (mine mostly) being overwhelmed.

And yeah, I'm really looking forward to it to. Terrorism won't know what hit it, ha.

Heh, you study the stuff, so I fully expect you to own me. I'm just casually interested! I'm not even THAT widely theologically read. Much of it is just my own trains of thought, bouncing around off the tracks.

 

[major_panic]

If you're going to invest meaning in the number though, 125-130 is pretty good all the same. Really, beyond 150, I think it becomes fairly meaningless anyway. I'm not about to feel inferior if somebody comes along and says "oooh, I'm 181, take that!"

"It's all about the drooms"...

 

[Axver]

It's about how you use it that matters. Currently, most of mine's not being used well, so what's the difference?

I fully relate to the position you're in though, especially now that I know your IQ is roughly mine. It does provide helpful context in that sense.

I'd say I hope you at least find some fulfillment in university, but Australian universities have struggled to satisfy me as it is, and American universities sound like they'd send me insane ...

 

[major_panic]

Heh, you study the stuff, so I fully expect you to own me. I'm just casually interested! I'm not even THAT widely theologically read. Much of it is just my own trains of thought, bouncing around off the tracks.

I, ah, don't read much theologically. I prefer to reach my own conclusions before referencing others. That being said, I do learn stuff in lectures...

 

[phillyfan26]

Well, I'm a bit more social than you are, so American universities should do me alright.

 

[Axver]

That being said, I do learn stuff in lectures...

My point exactly. And you probably have more of a grasp on theoretical matters than I do. I stumble around for terminology sometimes too ...

 

[Axver]

Well, I'm a bit more social than you are, so American universities should do me alright.

I mean in their academic structure. It sounds maddening. Some of it sounds like just an extension of high school. No wonder you guys refer to it as 'school'. I hate when Americans ask me how 'school' is going. I want to snap back that "I FINISHED SCHOOL IN 2004, HOW OLD DO YOU THINK I AM?!"

 

[major_panic]

I fully relate to the position you're in though, especially now that I know your IQ is roughly mine. It does provide helpful context in that sense.

I'd say I hope you at least find some fulfillment in university, but Australian universities have struggled to satisfy me as it is, and American universities sound like they'd send me insane ...

Do what Ax and I do, and find fulfillment in debating over the internet. It's one of the only places you'll be able to find people who'll match your intellectual capacity.

I know for sure that in my circle of friends, I'm just about the only one who actually thinks things through carefully, and thinks long and deep about theology, life and philosophy. So it's kinda hard to talk about it to anyone.

University people are a bit meh, I've found that everyone already has friends and the weird Asian guy just gets ignored.

 

[major_panic]

My point exactly. And you probably have more of a grasp on theoretical matters than I do. I stumble around for terminology sometimes too ...

I will admit, I love being able to say things like "proselytise" and "glossolalia" and having people go "what?" in reply.

 

[phillyfan26]

I think the reference to "school" is because college has become more and more of a requirement now. It's not as big a deal to go to college, it's expected more than it used to.

I think there are a number of things Americans are wrong on. I don't think them referring to university as school is one of them.

 

[major_panic]

Well, I'm a bit more social than you are, so American universities should do me alright.

If they're anything like what the movies portray, I'd rather hang myself with a series of tied-together and reinforced rubber bands whilst downing a bottle of sleeping pills.

 

[major_panic]

I think the reference to "school" is because college has become more and more of a requirement now. It's not as big a deal to go to college, it's expected more than it used to.

You mean it wasn't actually a requirement for serious professional work before? *horrified*

 

[major_panic]

Way to slow down on posting, guys.