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But thats mainly because im physically unable to bs or make small talk. We would end up talking about determinism at which point you would try to strangle me with your purse strap
PuzzledNope, not at all, but if you were, I'd ask for your parents annual income.
My parents are in their 60's, if I'd been born here it's likely they'd be poor and illiterate. Qatar didn't find it's wealth until the 1970's and the way it was distributed amongst it's people is largely unknown.
Today however, most Qataris are only required to work a 2 hours a day in a state job to recieve a 'basic' monthly salary of $13,000!
Sh4dowMe. I learned calculus when I was 15, I started college full time when I was 16, and I took a quantum mechanics class with college grad students when I was 17. But none of that is what makes me the smartest, that's all irrelevant. What makes me the smartest is that I quit school and moved 2000km to commit my life to what really matters: Skiing.
I was about to say you're just really good at memorization, but you cleaned it up.
BoogieWomanMy parents are in their 60's, if I'd been born here it's likely they'd be poor and illiterate. Qatar didn't find it's wealth until the 1970's and the way it was distributed amongst it's people is largely unknown.
Today however, most Qataris are only required to work a 2 hours a day in a state job to recieve a 'basic' monthly salary of $13,000!
.MASSHOLE.Clearly you did not realize she posted that AFTER he posed the question.
Another idiot emiminated from the smartest nser comp.
She posted this in the first place a monthly salary of 13k
....smh
BoogieWomanMy parents are in their 60's, if I'd been born here it's likely they'd be poor and illiterate. Qatar didn't find it's wealth until the 1970's and the way it was distributed amongst it's people is largely unknown.
Today however, most Qataris are only required to work a 2 hours a day in a state job to recieve a 'basic' monthly salary of $13,000!
You have to be Qatari to earn that salary. And just being born here isn't good enough. Sooooo unless you are Qatari or have Qatari parents then forget about it. You have to work for your money like the rest of us.
.MASSHOLE.What is the cost of living though?
Pretty high. There's no cheap accommodation, everything is pretty high end. Rent on a luxury 2 bed apartment is in the region of $4k per month...
BoogieWomanPretty high. There's no cheap accommodation, everything is pretty high end. Rent on a luxury 2 bed apartment is in the region of $4k per month...
Is there non-luxury in Qatar? Like a middle class option? Or is it the uber rich or the dirt poor slave labor (WC workers)
.MASSHOLE.Is there non-luxury in Qatar? Like a middle class option? Or is it the uber rich or the dirt poor slave labor (WC workers)
No middle class option, just the two extremes unfortunately. There are young professionals (junior teachers etc) that share accommodation to make it affordable but it's still high end. Most companies either provide housing (accommodation is provided for the labours but it's pretty awful) or they give a housing allowance of around $3k a month...
This brings up a point I was thinking about. College and degrees do not always dictate who is smarter. My girlfriend has her undergrad from Syracuse University and one class away from her masters at SUNY New Paltz and she has said more than once I am smarter than her. I have an associates degree from SUNY Orange...
louie.miragsThis brings up a point I was thinking about. College and degrees do not always dictate who is smarter. My girlfriend has her undergrad from Syracuse University and one class away from her masters at SUNY New Paltz and she has said more than once I am smarter than her. I have an associates degree from SUNY Orange...
Syracuse is not known for having the smartest people.
zzzskizzzSyracuse is not known for having the smartest people.
Well, not her art program. They have a school there called New house(?) I think.. They educate the smartest people there. Small % of the school's population though. Either way the point was more she is about to have a masters and I have a 2-year degree.
That depends on if you poor orthography is from phonetic or dysphonetic errors. Dyslexics make a shit load of dysphonetic errors, meaning there brain is a little different so it has nothing to do with iq. However, depending on who you ask people who make strictly phonetic errors tend to not be dyslexic they just a little on the dimmer side. But thats still up for debate.
zzzskizzzThat depends on if you poor orthography is from phonetic or dysphonetic errors. Dyslexics make a shit load of dysphonetic errors, meaning there brain is a little different so it has nothing to do with iq. However, depending on who you ask people who make strictly phonetic errors tend to not be dyslexic they just a little on the dimmer side. But thats still up for debate.
He's simply saying that the knowledge of how to spell a word is a memorized skill. It has nothing to do with intelligence but is more of a typical attribute of the educated. The content of his writing is obviously not dim so I wouldn't draw that conclusion. Everything you just Googled the definition of is unrelated banter. For example, I choose to type and spell properly because I don't like reading a jumbled mess. It's because I am type A, not because I'm smart.
Dustin.He's simply saying that the knowledge of how to spell a word is a memorized skill. It has nothing to do with intelligence but is more of a typical attribute of the educated. The content of his writing is obviously not dim so I wouldn't draw that conclusion. Everything you just Googled the definition of is unrelated banter. For example, I choose to type and spell properly because I don't like reading a jumbled mess. It's because I am type A, not because I'm smart.
And that's my wasted 5 minutes of the night...
As someone who is extraordinarily dyslexic this is something I looked into when I was in HS. (then I got older and I stop giving a shit what other people thought) because most people I've met take me seriously in real life but never with my hand writing or typing. The context is definitely more important than the way it was written. but there definitely is a difference between people who make grammatical spelling and syntax errors of the way their brain is wired, But that's not always the case.
..spelling does though have a correlation with education, which obviously in turn correlates almost directly with intelligence. I understand what you're trying to say - it's easier to type in a more lazy fashion (probably not the best habit to get in to), but there absolutely are parallels between spelling and intelligence
