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Does this worry or depress you? You and your shrew have h...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
Both my kids are bright as fuck, so not worried about it. ...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
They will likely be middle class at best, bright or not.
Geriatric travel guidebook wrinkle
  05/23/18
Nothing wrong with that
apoplectic pungent cruise ship
  05/24/18
I'm not sure if anything else is "better" than mid...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/24/18
If you just have middle class expectations for them then don...
avocado headpube set
  05/24/18
I have high expectations for my kids in a lot of areas, but ...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/24/18
Yeah don't pay 500k for JHU. How will you try to deal wit...
avocado headpube set
  05/24/18
My son is on the opposite end of the introversion/extroversi...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/24/18
sounds more like the type of personality that I associate wi...
umber vigorous coldplay fan cuckold
  05/24/18
Well, you never know. He's into a bunch of boy shit (video ...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/24/18
180
apoplectic pungent cruise ship
  05/24/18
Nice kids, too.
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/24/18
I see my role as parent as selfless. To do my best to provi...
odious institution
  05/23/18
*it is 1950s America* Middling IQ proles live like animal...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
Lol no. A robot will have that job
spruce twisted queen of the night
  05/23/18
Damn.
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
How much are we paying the robot
burgundy volcanic crater
  05/23/18
Robot Teamsters demanding more frequent oiling and sex robot...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/24/18
lol
odious institution
  05/23/18
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This is what the most advanced Chinese warehouse looks like ...
avocado headpube set
  05/23/18
wow
Flatulent Judgmental Principal's Office
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Dashing resort new version
  05/23/18
lol
flirting candlestick maker range
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Doesn’t bother me in the least. Also, if anything, lower IQ...
Pontificating Plaza Crotch
  05/23/18
your poasting has been very strong lately.
Lilac old irish cottage
  05/23/18
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odious institution
  05/23/18
Vanity? You want your children to be happy and succeed, go o...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
yeah the 'high IQ = less happy' flame is some weak flame. an...
Curious goal in life
  05/23/18
At most you could say high IQ people might be more prone to ...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
for example, xoxohth.com.
Lilac old irish cottage
  05/23/18
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obsidian titillating library knife
  05/24/18
Don’t care about them having success or having grandchildren...
Pontificating Plaza Crotch
  05/23/18
"IQ is hardly the downfall of proles. It’s mostly thing...
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
Nah my husband’s extended family is filled with low IQ prole...
Pontificating Plaza Crotch
  05/23/18
"There are a bunch who are cable repairmen or whatever ...
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
I like Nutella and think her parenting advice is generally r...
Flatulent Judgmental Principal's Office
  05/23/18
Exactly. And incidentally, I agree with wanting for your ki...
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
Given the environment and unbringing, it’s unlikely they wil...
Pontificating Plaza Crotch
  05/23/18
"I don’t expect more than something mediocre like compl...
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
Lol, I was thinking of Valen bragging about being a hot shot...
Pontificating Plaza Crotch
  05/23/18
I'm joking, I'm not in compliance. I'll be happy if they ...
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
(Living vicariously through tmf’s and Mandy jr’s V50 biglaw ...
Pontificating Plaza Crotch
  05/24/18
she was wrong about everything she said about proles, of cou...
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sable preventive strike hospital
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i'm on board with nutella
cerebral know-it-all sanctuary toilet seat
  05/23/18
Really? You don't care if your kids are losers?
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
they'll end up worse if i vicariously strive through them
cerebral know-it-all sanctuary toilet seat
  05/24/18
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odious institution
  05/23/18
Nailed it.
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
You are saying this (much like your comment yesterday about ...
Flatulent Judgmental Principal's Office
  05/23/18
And statistically speaking, my children will not be as succe...
Pontificating Plaza Crotch
  05/23/18
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flirting candlestick maker range
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lol @ you play pretending on xo.
Geriatric travel guidebook wrinkle
  05/23/18
citation needed
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  05/23/18
I'm insecure about my intelligence so it will be hard for me...
aquamarine university
  05/23/18
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odious institution
  05/23/18
There's nothing you can do about it though. Unless they're s...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
the kicker is I married high IQ so if the keed ends up kinda...
aquamarine university
  05/23/18
Are you tall at least?
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
I am 5'7, husband is 6'3
aquamarine university
  05/23/18
I'll pray for your sanity if kid grows up to be a 5'10"...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
ty ty ty
aquamarine university
  05/23/18
if you have a dotter she'll be 5'10. i suggest starving stac...
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I hope I never have a dotter
aquamarine university
  05/23/18
We're both short so I hope we only have dotters.
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
good luck
aquamarine university
  05/23/18
You too.
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
lol of course your in therapy. maybe you should take the $ ...
Trip juggernaut trust fund
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pumo wisdom right here
aquamarine university
  05/23/18
cr
Trip juggernaut trust fund
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more wisdom: you're more self absorbed than you are insecur...
Trip juggernaut trust fund
  05/24/18
"boyfriend grade penis" is a 180 turn of phrase
cerebral know-it-all sanctuary toilet seat
  05/23/18
(Your future 110 IQ son posting on /r/incels)
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
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odious institution
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Lol at the supposedly high IQ (but obviously prole) losers I...
shimmering jet-lagged dysfunction abode
  05/23/18
LOL even if you have enough money to let your dumb kid live ...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
There will be outliers along the way, and their job is to re...
shimmering jet-lagged dysfunction abode
  05/23/18
Yeah very important not to let them have all the money at an...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
don't worry OP you'll never reproduce
Soul-stirring Indian Lodge
  05/23/18
Thanks TSINAH.
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
The best way to avoid this is see how your wife's siblings a...
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Curious goal in life
  05/23/18
Looking at my family and my wife's family, no one is fucking...
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
yes, we know you're russian
Rebellious trailer park internal respiration
  05/23/18
I will note that the number of really successful/rich people...
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
We're in an era of assortative mating that seeks out close t...
bateful up-to-no-good puppy chad
  05/23/18
It’s a fundamental principle of genetics. Use Google before ...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
Explain how the mechanism works, then, if it's so obvious.
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
Jfc you aren't really this stupid are you?
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/23/18
You can achieve a 100 median IQ for a population a number of...
bateful up-to-no-good puppy chad
  05/23/18
Check out this older article and, somewhat more interestingl...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
What do you mean? That link only my supports my point.
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
"What mean?" is the key question. The overall hum...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
Sure. But — as you state — there will virtually always be so...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
I guess the only exception would be if the two "high IQ...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
If two high IQ parents mate, the average expected IQ of thei...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
yup guys you can just google this and learn how it works ...
Curious goal in life
  05/23/18
Depends on the prevalence of high-IQ genes in the families. ...
Slap-happy newt
  05/23/18
Assuming chad and Becky are average Americans, they’ll still...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
But when you narrow the groups down further and further (fro...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
Sorry, but there is imo some really severe ignorance on disp...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
I think the post that started this subthread posited that as...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
That seems like a very charitable reading, but I’ll drop it....
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
Clarify, when you say regression to the mean, are you focusi...
bateful up-to-no-good puppy chad
  05/23/18
I’m working under the assumption we have chosen two high IQ ...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
If you can't or don't care to explain the mechanism, you cou...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
The explanation on Wikipedia is fairly clear. Does that not ...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
First, I was responding to the other poaster (unless that's ...
Excitant nowag place of business
  05/23/18
If you actually think like this you probably shouldn't be a ...
Galvanic bronze idiot french chef
  05/23/18
I'd like you to raise 5 down syndrome babies
burgundy volcanic crater
  05/23/18
Is that what regression to the mean is? I guess i misunders...
Galvanic bronze idiot french chef
  05/23/18
Correct. I shouldn't.
Seedy mood gaping
  05/23/18
I am retard-level Chad bigcock with doctor wife, so regressi...
marvelous scourge upon the earth gunner
  05/23/18
ITT: 112 IQmos discuss what life would be like with a 107 IQ...
mentally impaired locus striped hyena
  05/23/18
...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
OP is 100IQ at best
Soul-stirring Indian Lodge
  05/23/18
I have the exact opposite concern, all signs point to my kid...
cyan spectacular fat ankles
  05/23/18
regression to the mean afflicts people whose parents are TTT...
comical milky stock car locale
  05/23/18
there is no way 'Prince Harry's' IQ is over 110, FWIW
buck-toothed black woman
  05/23/18
Yeah, and look at this bullshit and who he just married.
sable preventive strike hospital
  05/23/18
At least 120. They don't let dumbs fly combat helicopters.
avocado headpube set
  05/24/18
Your kids will be precisely the 115 IQ dunces we mock here. ...
Seedy mood gaping
  05/23/18
If you're not IQ smart, you can hustle. Simple as that.
Zippy doctorate
  05/23/18
Surprisingly low IQ thread, lol.
swashbuckling marketing idea faggot firefighter
  05/23/18
Meh. I did the best I could, marrying a woman whose IQ is li...
startling stage incel
  05/23/18
DESCRIBE how smart each of your respective families is.
Seedy mood gaping
  05/23/18
Her family = Ashkenazi Jews. Nuff said. My dad = dumbest ...
startling stage incel
  05/23/18
According to my copy of Excel, the center of IQ gravity is 1...
Seedy mood gaping
  05/23/18
lol iron monkey and wheeling pwning souls here. OP is a lite...
shimmering jet-lagged dysfunction abode
  05/23/18
Great, xo posters’ kids will only revert to 105 mean IQ! Tha...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/23/18
(Guy breeding 6' 150 IQ autists together, taking the numerou...
Exciting yellow keepsake machete
  05/24/18
...
Bearded racy brunch
  05/24/18
lol @ OP’s hubris.
stubborn khaki alpha office
  05/23/18
Mnd should be happy as fuck about this because regression to...
Glittery ungodly school cafeteria
  05/24/18
*5’7”
stubborn khaki alpha office
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Date: May 23rd, 2018 11:43 AM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

Does this worry or depress you?

You and your shrew have high IQ, study and strive, and your kid comes out as some 110 IQ spoiled shit head. How would you feel if this happened?

How does it make you feel to know it's statistically more likely than having a kid like yourself?

Before you reply that your 110 IQ kid will be a fratty jock, remember they'll still inherit your short stature, weak musculature, boyfriend grade penis, and forgettable facial aesthetics.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111484)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:05 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

Both my kids are bright as fuck, so not worried about it.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111619)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 9:25 PM
Author: Geriatric travel guidebook wrinkle

They will likely be middle class at best, bright or not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36115341)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:10 AM
Author: apoplectic pungent cruise ship

Nothing wrong with that

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36117008)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:22 AM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

I'm not sure if anything else is "better" than middle class.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36117026)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:48 PM
Author: avocado headpube set

If you just have middle class expectations for them then don't be too Asian and over invest in their education.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120047)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:29 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

I have high expectations for my kids in a lot of areas, but I don't associate becoming higher social class with being better. Obviously I don't want them to have to scrape by and worry about the basics, but I don't associate typical measures of high achievement with higher life satisfaction.

At any rate, I definitely don't plan on over-investing (financially) in their education.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120750)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:42 PM
Author: avocado headpube set

Yeah don't pay 500k for JHU.

How will you try to deal with the problem of high risk of a mild form of Asperger's among the boys?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120867)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:47 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

My son is on the opposite end of the introversion/extroversion spectrum. We joke that he'll probably become a politician or something. My only worry of that type w/r/t him is that he seems to have that type of personality that I associate with addicts/alcoholics I've known. He's six, and I'm not seriously worried about it, though.

My daughter is much more introverted/shy/timid. It's a shame because she's very talented but doesn't like taking risks or trying things where she might fail.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120901)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:51 PM
Author: umber vigorous coldplay fan cuckold

sounds more like the type of personality that I associate with homosexuals

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120928)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:54 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

Well, you never know. He's into a bunch of boy shit (video games, wrestling, etc.), but that's not necessarily exclusive of homosexuality. I guess we'll find out.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120945)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:09 AM
Author: apoplectic pungent cruise ship

180

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36117005)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

Nice kids, too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120828)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 11:50 AM
Author: odious institution

I see my role as parent as selfless. To do my best to provide each child with tools and opportunities to succeed and the confidence to take risks.

I don't really think a super high IQ is necessary to live a fulfilling life. I would not feel saddened at all in the likely case that either or both of my children has a roughly average IQ.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111526)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 11:58 AM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

*it is 1950s America*

Middling IQ proles live like animals in this country today. Your Joe Average kid isn't going to work at the Ford factory for a wage sufficient to raise a family of his own where he gets decent treatment on the job, paid pension and retirement. He'll be using a piss jug to meet impossible some items per hour goal imposed by faceless corporate overlords at an Amazon warehouse for $11.75/hr, working overtime to pay the rent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111566)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:00 PM
Author: spruce twisted queen of the night

Lol no.

A robot will have that job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111583)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

Damn.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111596)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:44 PM
Author: burgundy volcanic crater

How much are we paying the robot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113298)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 11:56 AM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

Robot Teamsters demanding more frequent oiling and sex robot visits once a week.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36118849)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:02 PM
Author: odious institution

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111597)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 1:55 PM
Author: talking stag film bbw



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112492)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:25 PM
Author: avocado headpube set

This is what the most advanced Chinese warehouse looks like today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QndP_PCRSw

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113171)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:36 PM
Author: Flatulent Judgmental Principal's Office

wow

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113246)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:30 PM
Author: Dashing resort new version



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:27 PM
Author: flirting candlestick maker range

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114395)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:03 PM
Author: Pontificating Plaza Crotch

Doesn’t bother me in the least. Also, if anything, lower IQ people live happier lives.

Having children should not be an exercise in vanity.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111607)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:06 PM
Author: Lilac old irish cottage

your poasting has been very strong lately.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111628)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:06 PM
Author: odious institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111631)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:07 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

Vanity? You want your children to be happy and succeed, go on to have more of their own, not become reproductive dead ends.

The Low IQ = Happy meme is complete flame. The only happier dumb people are ones who have Down Syndrome because it messes with other parts of their brain. XO romanticizes prole life but many of those people are deeply unhappy, and they lack the resources to even try to improve their bad situation.

You notice all the smart people around you who are depressed/drunks/fucked up because they succeed at the margins despite those faults. Dumbs have the same exact issues and the outcomes are even more devastating.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111636)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:12 PM
Author: Curious goal in life

yeah the 'high IQ = less happy' flame is some weak flame. anybody who is actually high IQ knows that this is false. being smart is living life on easy mode, period

dumb people are not happier than smart people. they have all the same problems, just less tools to solve them with

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111673)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:17 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

At most you could say high IQ people might be more prone to some existential rumination, but that pales in comparison to true debilitating mental illness.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111730)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:18 PM
Author: Lilac old irish cottage

for example, xoxohth.com.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111739)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 12:01 AM
Author: obsidian titillating library knife



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36116455)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:47 PM
Author: Pontificating Plaza Crotch

Don’t care about them having success or having grandchildren. Their happiness matters and success and money isn’t tied to that beyond a certain minimum. I’m there to help out with the money part so that reduces a lot of the stress associated with having no money.

IQ is hardly the downfall of proles. It’s mostly things like poor impulse control, poor emotional self regulation etc that result from having shitty genes and being in that sort of environment surrounded by people who make poor choices that leads to a lot of problems and unhappiness. Their IQ isn’t that important.

I worry a lot about mundane things (am I ruining oral hygiene by not brushing molars enough) and important things (how to encourage empathy and kindness), but IQ is not one of them. I do think about emotional IQ because how you interact with and understand people and yourself makes a big difference in life.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111987)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:36 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

"IQ is hardly the downfall of proles. It’s mostly things like poor impulse control, poor emotional self regulation etc that result from having shitty genes and being in that sort of environment surrounded by people who make poor choices that leads to a lot of problems and unhappiness. Their IQ isn’t that important."

(spoken like someone who forgets what interacting with 95-110 IQ proles is like) Low IQ people are legit fucked, even if they're responsible and well-meaning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112813)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:01 PM
Author: Pontificating Plaza Crotch

Nah my husband’s extended family is filled with low IQ proles. The ones who are fucked are those who do shit like buy a boat on credit, get into drug dealing, marry and divorce 3x before 30. There are a bunch who are cable repairmen or whatever with their fat wives and stupid children but otherwise lead normal happy lives.

In any case, none of this stuff is relevant to me or my kids anyway. Just hope my kids don’t be up being writers for slate.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112978)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:18 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

"There are a bunch who are cable repairmen or whatever with their fat wives and stupid children but otherwise lead normal happy lives."

I don't for a second believe that you would be happy with this result.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113111)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:33 PM
Author: Flatulent Judgmental Principal's Office

I like Nutella and think her parenting advice is generally right on. Her heart is in the right place and she wants her kids to have happier childhoods than she did, which is admirable.

I also agree with you that she would not be happy with this -- there's just no way. She has given her kids too much for this to be the outcome.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113217)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:40 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

Exactly. And incidentally, I agree with wanting for your kids to have a better childhood than you did. My parents (mom especially) were super concerned that I would have it too good and not have that hard edge Russians have so they basically made sure I was always stressed as shit. I have no intention of doing that. But I still want them to be really successful.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113269)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 5:04 PM
Author: Pontificating Plaza Crotch

Given the environment and unbringing, it’s unlikely they will end up cable repairman or blue collar workers (though my contractor makes a shitton of money and I’d love that outcome). Much more likely they become slate writers. What’s worse? $50k as cable repairman or slate writer with no health benefits? I’d much prefer a cable repairman to a slate writer. I’d prefer a slightly more respectable outcome, yes, but I don’t expect more than something mediocre like compliance monkey. That’s still shitty, but whatever. Just be a respectable, responsible person. I’m not lying when I say that as long as they’re happy and we have a good relationship, I’ll be pretty satisfied.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113881)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 5:45 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

"I don’t expect more than something mediocre like compliance monkey. That’s still shitty, but whatever."

Omg, I feel like this is you affirming my life choices! Wow!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114083)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:08 PM
Author: Pontificating Plaza Crotch

Lol, I was thinking of Valen bragging about being a hot shot MD in BIGCOMPLIANCE, but all you Russians are the same. Your autism aside, you have a work ethic and practicality that is difficult to replicate in kids from non-commie country upbringings/cultures, and particularly in kids who grow up more privileged as yours will be.

I’m sure you and Mandy want to be hardasses, but your kids may not cooperate. You should be prepared for defeat since the older they get, the more they become their own person and the more their peers influence them and less you.

You should think about why you have a desire to have very successful children. Either you’re projecting onto them your own insecurities and want to feel good about yourself through their success or you’re afraid of feeling shame and blame yourself if they turn out to be losers. Taking the credit and the blame are both unhealthy and ignores the reality that your children are, first and foremost, their own persons, not extensions of you. I urge you to think of this before you have kids. Otherwise you will be severely frustrated when things don’t go as planned, and they never do.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114281)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 9:23 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

I'm joking, I'm not in compliance.

I'll be happy if they grow up to be normal umc wagecucks like us. Of course I'll feel like total failure or success will reflect on us.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36115334)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 5:06 PM
Author: Pontificating Plaza Crotch

(Living vicariously through tmf’s and Mandy jr’s V50 biglaw and Accenture jobs)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36121018)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:39 PM
Author: pea-brained step-uncle's house

she was wrong about everything she said about proles, of course

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112826)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:42 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112850)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:32 PM
Author: hideous garnet temple



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114450)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:44 PM
Author: cerebral know-it-all sanctuary toilet seat

i'm on board with nutella

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112864)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:54 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

Really? You don't care if your kids are losers?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112926)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:27 PM
Author: cerebral know-it-all sanctuary toilet seat

they'll end up worse if i vicariously strive through them

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120738)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 9:25 PM
Author: odious institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36115342)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:35 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

Nailed it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112806)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:32 PM
Author: Flatulent Judgmental Principal's Office

You are saying this (much like your comment yesterday about colleges) from the position of someone who went to an exceptional HS, an Ivy, a top LS, worked at top firms (at one time, anyway...), hit an absolute grand slam with an in-house job (from a fucking Indeed posting!), has a top 0.1% income, lives in what is a dream location for a lot of people, is happily married, and has 1.5 healthy children.

Don't discount what it's like to be on the outside looking in.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113208)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:54 PM
Author: Pontificating Plaza Crotch

And statistically speaking, my children will not be as successfully as me, so why would I stress about the outcome or even want them to try to replicate the same path? They will be financially comfortable, not RSF level obviously, but they can work a normal job making whatever equivalent is to $100k in 20-30 years and they will have properties to live in and have a nice nest egg when we die. I’d like them to at least work a respectable job, but why do I want them to be any more successful than that to feel good about myself?

If you look at the grown adult children of people I work with in their 50s , their kids are lucky to go to USC (Pepperdine if dumb), and end up becoming a speech therapist or doing internships at UTA through a connection from their parents. I don’t see how that’s any more of a failure than being a cable repairman or plumber. Cable repairman is prob preferable actually. And their parents are still proud and happy for them.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113809)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:43 PM
Author: stirring indirect expression



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113293)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:31 PM
Author: flirting candlestick maker range



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114442)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 9:26 PM
Author: Geriatric travel guidebook wrinkle

lol @ you play pretending on xo.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36115345)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 10:26 PM
Author: 180 misanthropic church mad cow disease

citation needed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36115705)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:09 PM
Author: aquamarine university

I'm insecure about my intelligence so it will be hard for me to not project that into my keed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111647)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:12 PM
Author: odious institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111679)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:14 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

There's nothing you can do about it though. Unless they're starving or exposed to drugs and lead paint in the house, most kids in the US are going to max their genetic potential.

Guess it's like having a shortmo. You can't stretch them lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111700)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:20 PM
Author: aquamarine university

the kicker is I married high IQ so if the keed ends up kinda dumb, because I'm insecure, I will always attribute it to MY genes MY low IQ MY deficiencies

that's who I am as a person - I respect poasters who have the resolve to push past that but I'm going to have to be very intentional and do a lot of work to avoid projecting through over-action or under-action

I go to therapy for it and it kinda works - my top priority is the keed feels so much more loved than I did, second is they are curious, then maybe do whatever I can to nurture a desire to learn and understand things rather than just caring about achievement

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111758)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:25 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

Are you tall at least?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111795)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:26 PM
Author: aquamarine university

I am 5'7, husband is 6'3

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111801)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:27 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

I'll pray for your sanity if kid grows up to be a 5'10" (rounded up, naturally) middling IQ bro. :(

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111819)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:32 PM
Author: aquamarine university

ty ty ty

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111864)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 1:54 PM
Author: free-loading provocative public bath

if you have a dotter she'll be 5'10. i suggest starving stacy into kate moss shape starting at 6 mos.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112489)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:05 PM
Author: aquamarine university

I hope I never have a dotter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113460)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:07 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

We're both short so I hope we only have dotters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113473)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:08 PM
Author: aquamarine university

good luck

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113480)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:09 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

You too.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113488)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:16 PM
Author: Trip juggernaut trust fund

lol of course your in therapy. maybe you should take the $ you piss away on that and save it up for tutors and SAT prep if you're so worried your kid going to be a dumb

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112681)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:04 PM
Author: aquamarine university

pumo wisdom right here

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113454)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 5:02 PM
Author: Trip juggernaut trust fund

cr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113868)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 4:37 PM
Author: Trip juggernaut trust fund

more wisdom: you're more self absorbed than you are insecure. focus on being a better person to the ppl you care about and less focus on your own bullshit.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120820)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:10 PM
Author: cerebral know-it-all sanctuary toilet seat

"boyfriend grade penis" is a 180 turn of phrase

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111655)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:11 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

(Your future 110 IQ son posting on /r/incels)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111672)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:12 PM
Author: odious institution



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111680)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:22 PM
Author: swashbuckling marketing idea faggot firefighter



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114364)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:13 PM
Author: shimmering jet-lagged dysfunction abode

Lol at the supposedly high IQ (but obviously prole) losers ITT. There are plenty of 110 IQs in the upper class. As long as your kid is reading books, learning fratty life sports (golf, tennis, squash, sailing, skiing, etc.), and acting/dressing classy, they will be able to make it on their own. I would be more worried about having my kid develop into a 150 IQ aspie than a 110 IQ Chad. It's like the Hank Williams song "A Country Boy Can Survive":

We came from the country clubs

And Aspen and Palm Beach

And we can wax our skis, hit a backhand, hitch a bowline

Chad will survive, WASP folk can survive!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111689)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:16 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

LOL even if you have enough money to let your dumb kid live that kind of lifestyle, they will hook up with a dumb wife, have even dumber kids who will squander it all as you watch helplessly from your death bed.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111712)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:23 PM
Author: shimmering jet-lagged dysfunction abode

There will be outliers along the way, and their job is to replenish the family war chest. It does not take that much money to live as a member of the upper class. It’s UMC strivers who need Mercedes AMG crossovers. Believe me the cheapest people at my CC are the wealthiest.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111783)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:27 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

Yeah very important not to let them have all the money at an early age, especially if dumb. Look at RSF. JFC I'd eat a bullet if he was my son.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111809)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:24 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Indian Lodge

don't worry OP you'll never reproduce

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111792)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:28 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

Thanks TSINAH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111823)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:30 PM
Author: talking stag film bbw

The best way to avoid this is see how your wife's siblings and parents are. Especially wife's mother. Look at how smart they all are and then it's more likely that she's not smart by fluke and your kids will have better shot at not being super regression pwned.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111845)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:41 PM
Author: Curious goal in life



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111953)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:43 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

Looking at my family and my wife's family, no one is fucking up because they lack IQ (maybe ironically her super Jewy grandma but I only saw her when she was super old). Plenty of them are fucking up because they have shit priorities, bad culture, shitty work ethic, etc.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36111962)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:42 PM
Author: Rebellious trailer park internal respiration

yes, we know you're russian

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113282)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:44 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

I will note that the number of really successful/rich people is pretty impressive though. Russians tend to either make it or flame out massively.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113300)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 12:56 PM
Author: bateful up-to-no-good puppy chad

We're in an era of assortative mating that seeks out close to par-levels of education. I'm not sure regression to the mean applies in the way that it did in the past.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112044)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 1:46 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

It’s a fundamental principle of genetics. Use Google before you say dumb shit like this please.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112418)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 1:53 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

Explain how the mechanism works, then, if it's so obvious.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112484)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:12 PM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

Jfc you aren't really this stupid are you?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112643)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:33 PM
Author: bateful up-to-no-good puppy chad

You can achieve a 100 median IQ for a population a number of different ways. In a scenario where the population is mixing somewhat randomly, a couple might be able to observe some sort of blended IQ in their own children that is lower than one partner but above another.

However, if the population mates in such a way that high IQ is partnering with high IQ and similarly the same is occurring for low IQ; across the population (assuming each couple has same # of kids) you'll still get a 100 median across the population as a whole, but within each couple's children the IQ will remain similar to those of the parents.

It's the whole fucking reason why you can bet money when Lavar Ball marries his athlete wife he winds up with pro-athletes. Same thing for Del Curry and his athlete wife (UVA volleyball) having pro athlete kids. Assortative mating is precisely how you develop and emphasize characteristics that are not commonly found through random mating. Oh look, two people who are super tall and can jump through the ceiling have kids that can do the same. Do you think they were worried that "regression to the mean" was going to mean their kids were somehow less inclined to be as athletic as they were?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112794)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:54 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

Check out this older article and, somewhat more interestingly, the comments. I think talking about "regression to the mean" in some broad sense is not necessarily very useful in any individual case.

https://infoproc.blogspot.com/2010/07/assortative-mating-regression-and-all.html

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112922)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:31 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

What do you mean? That link only my supports my point.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113206)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:17 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

"What mean?" is the key question. The overall human mean? The mean for a particular race? Your familial mean? If both parents come from a families with wildly differing IQs, I think it's reasonable to expect a greater differential between the parental midpoint and the kid's IQ. If both parents are high IQ and come from pretty consistently high IQ families on both sides, several generations back, then it's less likely that the parents are really outliers, and it's reasonable to expect less regression to the overall mean in the kids.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114330)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

Sure. But — as you state — there will virtually always be some regression on average in that case. Which is all I’m trying to establish. Don’t care about estimating magnitude.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114452)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 7:32 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

I guess the only exception would be if the two "high IQ" parents are actually mean IQ parents for their relevant subgroup.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114742)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:31 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

If two high IQ parents mate, the average expected IQ of their offspring will be less than the parents’. This is what is meant by regression to the mean, and it is not addressed by your post at all.

Again, please don’t spout off about topics you don’t know about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113201)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:42 PM
Author: Curious goal in life

yup

guys you can just google this and learn how it works in less than 10 minutes

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113287)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:56 PM
Author: Slap-happy newt

Depends on the prevalence of high-IQ genes in the families.

Regression to the mean doesn't apply when you lump together genetically dissimilar population groups who are not mating. For example, if we included a billion Africans into our new "world IQ" so that the average American is now +2 SD, do you really think Chad and Becky's kids expected IQ just went down?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113400)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:10 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

Assuming chad and Becky are average Americans, they’ll still revert to average American IQ (on average). This doesn’t deny my point, you’re just changing what the baseline is called. Africans are not really relevant to the OP’s example.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114292)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:20 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

But when you narrow the groups down further and further (from world IQ, to racial IQ, to family IQ) the mean to which the child may regress may in fact be similar to the high-IQ parents.

In other words, the high IQ parents may be outliers compared to the world population, but not to their families. In which case, you would expect less regression.

Now stop talking down to people as if you are the only person who can converse about this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114348)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:31 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

Sorry, but there is imo some really severe ignorance on display in other posts.

It’s true that if I have perfect genetic information about both parents then I expect — handwaving here — a normal distribution of children’s IQ about parent mean IQ. But this is not the case with the hypo in the OP (unless everyone here is getting their genome sequenced).

Also, “family IQ” is not super relevant here. The parents’ genetic makeup is all that actually matters for the child. It’s true that if I give you progressively info about the parents I can predict their genetic contribution to IQ better. But again, this was not the situation in the OP, where the only facts given are that the parents are high IQ and we are otherwise operating under a veil of ignorance.

Further, if by high IQ we mean like 3 SD or above, it’s highly unlikely you can produce any amount of background info short of a direct genetic test that would make a reasonable person think regression won’t happen on average.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114445)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 7:31 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

I think the post that started this subthread posited that assortive mating would result in less than expected regression, which does not strike me as too far off base (and on a grander scale is how you get certain populations with a higher average IQ).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114734)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 10:00 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

That seems like a very charitable reading, but I’ll drop it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36115554)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:42 PM
Author: bateful up-to-no-good puppy chad

Clarify, when you say regression to the mean, are you focusing on the entire population, or what would be the mean for a particular subgroup. I'll give you that two 120IQ parents might have a 110IQ child, but not that they're more likely to produce a 90IQ imbecile to pull back toward 100. Otherwise, you wouldn't have Ashkenazi IQ consistently being above 100 (I think ~110).

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113742)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:07 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

I’m working under the assumption we have chosen two high IQ parents uniformly at random from the population and have no additional knowledge of their background or genetic makeup.

The point should still hold in your example though, because no group mean is +2SD in IQ or athletic ability or whatever.

No one is saying high IQ parents are more likely to produce sub-average IQ spawn, btw. Just closer to average but still above it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114278)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:41 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

If you can't or don't care to explain the mechanism, you could just say so.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112837)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:29 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

The explanation on Wikipedia is fairly clear. Does that not suffice for you? Typing on phone so a full wall of text is annoying to write out. But I will do it if you deem it necessary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113194)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:22 PM
Author: Excitant nowag place of business

First, I was responding to the other poaster (unless that's one of your alts).

Second, discussing the mechanism is important because (as later posts have shown), the anticipated regression depends on the particular case and background facts.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114363)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 1:48 PM
Author: Galvanic bronze idiot french chef

If you actually think like this you probably shouldn't be a parent.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112448)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:43 PM
Author: burgundy volcanic crater

I'd like you to raise 5 down syndrome babies

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113291)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:58 PM
Author: Galvanic bronze idiot french chef

Is that what regression to the mean is? I guess i misunderstood OP

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113418)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: Seedy mood gaping

Correct. I shouldn't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114375)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 2:04 PM
Author: marvelous scourge upon the earth gunner

I am retard-level Chad bigcock with doctor wife, so regression to the mean will serve my children well.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36112569)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:47 PM
Author: mentally impaired locus striped hyena

ITT: 112 IQmos discuss what life would be like with a 107 IQ kid

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113323)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:48 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113338)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:02 PM
Author: Soul-stirring Indian Lodge

OP is 100IQ at best

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113440)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 3:54 PM
Author: cyan spectacular fat ankles

I have the exact opposite concern, all signs point to my kids being superstudy bookworms. I want to push them towards chill fratty endeavours

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113384)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:04 PM
Author: comical milky stock car locale

regression to the mean afflicts people whose parents are TTTs, so i'm not worried

3 of her 4 grandparents are smart as FUARK

but tbf i think having an iq like mine has significantly reduced my QOL because i'm never satisfied and feel like i should be doing more for the world with my talents, so i feel guilty a lot about just enjoying life

kid is pretty smart, though, but i think i'd only really be perturbed by a sub-110 IQ which is unlikely because german lutherans have on average over 110 IQ

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113450)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:47 PM
Author: buck-toothed black woman

there is no way 'Prince Harry's' IQ is over 110, FWIW

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113782)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 4:48 PM
Author: sable preventive strike hospital

Yeah, and look at this bullshit and who he just married.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36113784)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 2:50 PM
Author: avocado headpube set

At least 120. They don't let dumbs fly combat helicopters.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120054)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:13 PM
Author: Seedy mood gaping

Your kids will be precisely the 115 IQ dunces we mock here.

"Correlation isn't causation!"

"Free speech but not freedom from consequences!"

"I love thienth!"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114307)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:24 PM
Author: Zippy doctorate

If you're not IQ smart, you can hustle. Simple as that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114377)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:25 PM
Author: swashbuckling marketing idea faggot firefighter

Surprisingly low IQ thread, lol.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114383)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:33 PM
Author: startling stage incel

Meh. I did the best I could, marrying a woman whose IQ is likely higher than mine. Hopefully kids regress to a higher mean.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114454)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:36 PM
Author: Seedy mood gaping

DESCRIBE how smart each of your respective families is.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114469)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 6:37 PM
Author: startling stage incel

Her family = Ashkenazi Jews. Nuff said.

My dad = dumbest guy in a really smart family

My mom = smartest person in an otherwise dull family

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114475)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 7:26 PM
Author: Seedy mood gaping

According to my copy of Excel, the center of IQ gravity is 109.7.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36114707)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 9:29 PM
Author: shimmering jet-lagged dysfunction abode

lol iron monkey and wheeling pwning souls here. OP is a literal 80 IQ reddit retard.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36115362)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 11:17 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch

Great, xo posters’ kids will only revert to 105 mean IQ! That gives me such great hope for our spawn...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36116045)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 1:50 AM
Author: Exciting yellow keepsake machete

(Guy breeding 6' 150 IQ autists together, taking the numerous 155 IQ kids that result (like 0.5 SD above the 150 IQ mean right?) and breeding them together, and so on, until he has some 8ft tall 200 IQ POWER AUTISTs)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36116946)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 3:27 PM
Author: Bearded racy brunch



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36120322)



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Date: May 23rd, 2018 10:22 PM
Author: stubborn khaki alpha office

lol @ OP’s hubris.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36115683)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 7:16 AM
Author: Glittery ungodly school cafeteria

Mnd should be happy as fuck about this because regression to the mean indicates hat son could be 5'10

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36117272)



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Date: May 24th, 2018 10:35 PM
Author: stubborn khaki alpha office

*5’7”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3984554&forum_id=2#36123095)