Intelligence and KINK?

A question was posed about the link between those with above average intelligence and kinksters... this is my response:


There are many kinds of Intelligence, and many ways to measure it. Independent thinkers learn HOW to think rather then WHAT to think. (what to think and overly vanilla comes from to much TV in formative years IMHO).

Also everyone thinks their parents are vanilla. Maybe they are and maybe they are not. DO you REALLY want the details? for many of us the answer is a resounding NO thank you! but if you come from a very open family, good for you, My daughter shares A lot with me and I honor my role as confidante.

Common sense is NOT so common in any crowd, I find Uber smart, geeky folk to be surprisingly stupid about common sense things. Absent minded professor syndrome... very amusing actually. Intelligence, like common sense has nothing what so ever to do with education! -and Ignorance and intelligence are very different indeed. I know plenty of people with important sounding tiles and degrees that couldn't find their way out of a book long enough to exit a parking garage. And conversely I know entrepreneurs that dropped out, or never even went to high school to live on the streets when their parents abandoned them, or to pursue their own quirky passions and came to pull down six figures a year, or raise amazing kids, or truly make a difference in the quality of life of others.

YES. The average intelligence is only 100. That is true, but that means that HALF the people are dumber then that. ouch. Ever try to have an actual conversation with a vegetable? (I am not talking about folks with mental disabilities who can be very sweet, I mean actually stupid people.) It is actually so painful that at any party or gathering most of us automatically tune them out in favor of a more stimulating query that can at least hold up their end of the discussion. I say "most of us" because as free thinking, consenting adults that have found our way HERE, I believe we must all be above average intelligence just to hold our own and make it this far.

For those above, or well above average intelligence (again different kinds measured different ways), Boredom is a huge and imposing factor of daily interactions with most of society, so we learn to amuse ourselves, and trust our own interpretations rather then those handed to us by well meaning others -unless asked-. And thus we come full circle to Quirky, Kinky, Freaky, Eccentric, Weird, or just plain Mean and Snobby seeming.

sorry if I sound like a self centered bitch. IQ 132, -and not good at math either. But I love people, human behavior and the humanity in us all. <3 blessings to all. Thanks for the rant.