[Niamh.]

http://helloquizzy.okcupid.com/tests...l-are-you-test

Not an intellectual
I like to type "LOL" but sometimes forget how to spell it

If you describe yourself as an "intellectual" within any context, you may wish to change this self-assessment by qualifying it: "I sometimes call myself an intellectual, but actually am not an intellectual; I merely ascribe this label to myself because I enjoy the way it sounds, or the idea of other people thinking of me as an intellectual." You may be a reasonably intelligent person and even a reasonably cultured person, but you do not pursue knowledge and wisdom the way a syphilitic person pursues antibiotics. Even so, thank you for taking my test, and take comfort in knowing that you are not too much troubled by life's "big questions." Perhaps, ultimately, you will be happier that way, knowing that ignorance is bliss.

[Glenn.]

Dedicated intellectual
A true believer

You are a true intellectual: Someone who sees learning and knowledge not merely as a means to an end, but an end in itself. Since you are probably arrogant and like to feel superior to others, you can congratulate yourself on being objectively better than other people. Now when you talk to other people, you don't have to merely say "I think I'm better than you;" you can say "I <I>am</I> better than you." Aren't you glad you took this test?


Damn right

[King Gizzard]

all these are about reading, you don't have to read lots to be intellectual But i'd guess i'm not very intellectual

[Josy]

Originally Posted by Nathan

all these are about reading, you don't have to read lots to be intellectual But i'd guess i'm not very intellectual

That's basically the point of the first question though isn't it?

[King Gizzard]

all the questions are basically about reading i was just saying ''how intellectual are you'' can't just be measured by how much you read

[Josy]

Cultured "normal" person

Standard upper-middle-class citizen

You probably come from a well-to-do family and were made to read a handful of "serious" books while you were growing up, but you got out of the habit of pursuing serious culture when you became an adult and were able to make your own life's decisions. You may still go to an occasional symphony-orchestra concert and read the occasional non-genre piece of literature, but you are basically a "normal" middle-class person with a modicum of culture. You are not an intellectual, but you are not an ignoramus either. Enjoy your life knowing that you are not an abject failure of humanity.

[Ammi]

Dedicated intellectual

A true believer

You are a true intellectual: Someone who sees learning and knowledge not merely as a means to an end, but an end in itself. Since you are probably arrogant and like to feel superior to others, you can congratulate yourself on being objectively better than other people. Now when you talk to other people, you don't have to merely say "I think I'm better than you;" you can say "I <I>am</I> better than you." Aren't you glad you took this test?

[Kizzy]

It does say if you were intellectual you wouldn't waste time on silly tests.... So I didn't.

[Josy]

But yet you wasted time double posting didn't you

[Kizzy]

Originally Posted by Josy

But yet you wasted time double posting didn't you

-something intellectual-

[Niamh.]

-Bets Kizzy secretly did the test anyway-

[King Gizzard]

if serious debates and news stories is anything to go by i don't want to be intellectual

[Chuck]

Dedicated intellectual
A true believer

You are a true intellectual: Someone who sees learning and knowledge not merely as a means to an end, but an end in itself. Since you are probably arrogant and like to feel superior to others, you can congratulate yourself on being objectively better than other people. Now when you talk to other people, you don't have to merely say "I think I'm better than you;" you can say "I <I>am</I> better than you." Aren't you glad you took this test?

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Nathan

if serious debates and news stories is anything to go by i don't want to be intellectual

Actually i should probably move this thread to Serious Debates

[Kizzy]

Wow, I had no idea there were so many intellectuals on this forum!
I'm in good company eh?