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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

Only meta slaves wear matching hosiery and skirts...

[;)]
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CuriousLord
The average individual here is not very intelligent, contrary to what seems to be the impression of some.  This sort of topic is among the more commonly posted threads on CM.

This is the net.  It's a forum.  Yeah, people who are here likely have a few more brain cells to rub together than those who can't operate computers, are too ADD to find interest in a message board, or are otherwise disinclined to use a discussion board in favor of less stimulating activities (such as getting drunk at bars instead).

There's the common argument that BDSM is more complex than vanilla, so this would correlate to more intelligent practitioners.  Meh.  It's really not that hard.. just a couple ropes or so. 

But it should be pointed out that many of those who are so interested in BDSM as to post here have it as a main point in their life.  Even if more intelligent people are more prone to this lifestyle, they're not here; they're doing more intelligent things, such as, well, you know.. science, largely?

Still, many here have a basic grasp of lenguistics and some can actively contribute some intellectual end, so it's not all bad.  Just not to be overestimated.

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ORIGINAL: VermilionJet

It's tragically ironic that I actually had to state my preference towards the more intellectual individual due to the fact that I have almost gone blind trying to cipher and decode some of the e-mails that I have received here.  It takes every facet of the human spectrum to design any type of faith, credo, race, sentiment or lifestyle, and BDSM has just as many successes as failures, winners as defeated, intellectuals as idiots. 

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ORIGINAL: Ryugen

I'm curious, does anyone think that to have a preference towards BDSM (any of its aspects, as a lifestyle, entertainment, or playground) first requires someone to have (perhaps) an IQ higher than a certain level (I realise that IQ isn't the be-all-and-end-all of a persons intelligence)? Or maybe it's just the knowledge of how to use an internet forum that enables people to claim they're into the lifestyle and post so on these specific forums [8D]

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ORIGINAL: KindLadyGrey

It seems to me that folks with high IQs have a tendency to be more outside the box generally speaking, which may explain why it seems like so many really intelligent people end up in BDSM lifestyles. I once a read a research study that concluded that the higher a level of a woman's education, the more likely she was to be kinky and sexually adventurous. Boys take note: go after the PhDs!

That said, you only need to browse through the profiles here on CM to realize there are plenty of illiterate idiots in the lifestyle too!

Last but not least, I have to know. . .Ryugen, do you have six fingers?

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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

Personally, one of my reasons for preferring M/s to vanilla is simply because it's so easy and haste free!  No arguments or long compromises, figuring out what to do or having to come to agreements.. it's "Do this" and "Yes, Master"; provided my decisions are suitable, what could be easier?

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ORIGINAL: Ryugen

I'm curious, does anyone think that to have a preference towards BDSM (any of its aspects, as a lifestyle, entertainment, or playground) first requires someone to have (perhaps) an IQ higher than a certain level
 
First you need to define, "intelligence" and then compare different types of intelligence;
emotional, mechanical, spatial, etc.
 
(I realise that IQ isn't the be-all-and-end-all of a persons intelligence)?
 
Spend more time around the technically brilliant but socially inept crowd.
 
Or maybe it's just the knowledge of how to use an internet forum that enables people to claim they're into the lifestyle and post so on these specific forums [8D]

Hey, really young humans with little if any training also use the Internet and post
on various sites.
 

Do you think submissiveness or dominance is built into peoples DNA or can it be learnt?

Part of our nature is hard-wired into our psyche; our environment and experiences
determine how we develop our personalities.

For that matter, do you think a preference for Master/slave roles is built into your DNA or can it be learnt? As for both questions, do you think there is a prerequisite in your DNA for the learning of any of those roles? And if there is, does that mean it's built into the DNA to begin with anyway? (We could also apply these questions to a vanilla preference as well).

No

Do you think that a certain amount of life experience is a prerequisite for a preference towards BDSM (again, any of its aspects)?

No

 

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ORIGINAL: Ryugen

So, I've been thinking. While browsing the many posts on this forum it seems that everyone here is pretty smart and pretty on the ball when it comes to life.

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ORIGINAL: justheather

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied
I'm almost mensa now...[:D]

Yeah well you know what they say about "almost".
Talk to me when you've got the card all laminated up and ready for use.

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Pre-mensa, peri-mensa or post-mensa-pausle???

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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

The average individual here is not very intelligent, contrary to what seems to be the impression of some.  This sort of topic is among the more commonly posted threads on CM.

This is the net.  It's a forum.  Yeah, people who are here likely have a few more brain cells to rub together than those who can't operate computers, are too ADD to find interest in a message board, or are otherwise disinclined to use a discussion board in favor of less stimulating activities (such as getting drunk at bars instead).

There's the common argument that BDSM is more complex than vanilla, so this would correlate to more intelligent practitioners.  Meh.  It's really not that hard.. just a couple ropes or so.  Personally, one of my reasons for preferring M/s to vanilla is simply because it's so easy and haste free!  No arguments or long compromises, figuring out what to do or having to come to agreements.. it's "Do this" and "Yes, Master"; provided my decisions are suitable, what could be easier?

But it should be pointed out that many of those who are so interested in BDSM as to post here have it as a main point in their life.  Even if more intelligent people are more prone to this lifestyle, they're not here; they're doing more intelligent things, such as, well, you know.. science, largely?

Still, many here have a basic grasp of lenguistics and some can actively contribute some intellectual end, so it's not all bad.  Just not to be overestimated.

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ORIGINAL: KatyLied

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Pre-mensa, peri-mensa or post-mensa-pausle???

meta-mensa

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ORIGINAL: sexyred1

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ORIGINAL: CuriousLord

The average individual here is not very intelligent, contrary to what seems to be the impression of some.  This sort of topic is among the more commonly posted threads on CM.

This is the net.  It's a forum.  Yeah, people who are here likely have a few more brain cells to rub together than those who can't operate computers, are too ADD to find interest in a message board, or are otherwise disinclined to use a discussion board in favor of less stimulating activities (such as getting drunk at bars instead).

There's the common argument that BDSM is more complex than vanilla, so this would correlate to more intelligent practitioners.  Meh.  It's really not that hard.. just a couple ropes or so.  Personally, one of my reasons for preferring M/s to vanilla is simply because it's so easy and haste free!  No arguments or long compromises, figuring out what to do or having to come to agreements.. it's "Do this" and "Yes, Master"; provided my decisions are suitable, what could be easier?

But it should be pointed out that many of those who are so interested in BDSM as to post here have it as a main point in their life.  Even if more intelligent people are more prone to this lifestyle, they're not here; they're doing more intelligent things, such as, well, you know.. science, largely?

Still, many here have a basic grasp of lenguistics and some can actively contribute some intellectual end, so it's not all bad.  Just not to be overestimated.

With all due respect to your advanced age, may I just say that you are full of crap?

Neither you or anyone else can possibly know the brain power of anyone posting on the forum or of anyone into BDSM. You are making generalizations based on your limited time here between going to your next class.

Next: you think BDSM is not as complex as vanilla; you think it's just a few ropes; fine for you, but for others, it is the psychological nuances of such power exchange and the awareness of how to choreagraph the dance that makes it a bit more complex than SOME vanilla relationships, not ALL, just some.

Next: you say that many who are so into BDSM as to post here have it as the MAIN thing in their lives, as opposed to more intelligent folks who are equally interested in BDSM but do more productive things like "science". Oh, you mean like what YOU are studying in school, junior?

I would venture to say that again, you have no idea what type of lives or how fulfilling those lives might be and again, have thrown out the net of generalizations.

It is ignorant of you to make these statements, but then again, I always note the source.

Oh, by the way, for the purposes of this thread, the word is spelled Linguistics.