How the hell do I have so much practical knowledge?? OK, so I couldn't recite you a single phrase of Shakespeare, but I can tell you that there's platinum in your catalytic converter and if you take it to a junkyard you get like $70. I'm a practical knowledge genius. I hate that people who have book lernin' are held in higher regard as people like me who have amazing IQ's and focus on practical knowledge. I'm a do'er, not a reader of things. I can DO almost anything. I have an IQ of 139, I don't care to read stupid 'typical' books. I read books, but not about THAT shit. I try to learn more from my environment and life rather than dumb fictional prose.
IIN?
IIN?
What in the world do you want us to say, my friend?
And how is looking down on "book lernin'" any better than those people looking down on you?
"I don't care to read stupid 'typical' books."
"I read books, but not about THAT shit."
"dumb fictional prose"
"You're so stupid."
"It's perfectly legal to sell them!! Duh."
"dimbulb"
"all for not being a dumbass."
"LOL at 'decrease performance', too. Derrrr."
"Still fail to see?"
"Ah jealousy....so ugly."
And I'm not even concluding the comments where you call yourself a "genius" or refer to your IQ. So yes, I'd say you are being very condescending, while complaining about how condescending "book smart" people are. Maybe you should read a book about irony.
I think you are meaning that such people such as this deserve respect that others just as smart get but by different means.
If that is what you're saying, I agree. If you are thinking you're smarter than people that book learn, then I have to dissagree.
I laughed at this post.
Thus proving to OP that one can quote Shakespeare AND at the same time be knowledgeable enough to DO things whilst, as a bonus, doing a good deed to the son of God.
It was
Legen....
Wait...
Wait for it...
...iety!
Now it's officially overplayed.
No one understands why I have my yard littered with car wrecks and I spend more time and effort removing valuable metals and taking them to the scrappy than than I would if I just had a real job to earn the same money.
No one gets us.
If Im stranded on an island with a busted up car made after 1983 I want you there on the island with me friend.
LOL at 'decrease performance', too. Derrrr. The more open an exhaust is, the more power you get. Less restriction=more power.
Still fail to see?
Unless you're just a good troll :P
In which case, I still look down on you.
You don't have to know DICK about cars to know that a less restricted exhaust makes for better performance, it's LOGIC. How could you not know that, genius? You should also know that metal prices are a very important international affair. It was never about CARS, it was about practical knowledge. Too busy reading poetry, huh?
Have some damn respect for other types of genius, dingleberry, instead of being so stuck up and superior acting. You just proved EXACTLY what I was complaining about with your 2 posts.
Don't address any of the COMPLETELY erroneous information you posted, whilst trying to look oh-so-smart, and by doing so ended up looking like a total idiot. Let's avoid THAT, yeah. We'll pretend it didn't happen. OK, sure. You don't get it do you? By making that post, you just totally proved what I was saying. You have this superior attitude because you are a different type of thinker, and look down on me, while not even seeing what the point was, getting stuck on car parts when it wasn't about car parts at all, it was about knowing practical things. I'd rather read about the metal market than some crybaby poem. That's just me.
Why do people not research BEFORE posting things they have no idea about? >_<;
Here, read about it.
http://www.mpgenhance.com/exhausthorsepower.html
Now of course we aren't talking about turbos or anything here, that's a different thing. Just normal exhausts.
seriously though, just because you know how much stuff sells for at a junk yard, that doesnt make you smart in any sense for practicality. that is just a second hand salesman job. what can you ACTUALLY do? not just talk about and think you know about or sell... actually do? are you even able to change a tyre?
A mechanic was removing a cylinder head from the motor of a Harley motorcycle when he spotted a well-known heart surgeon in his shop.
The surgeon was there, waiting for the service manager to come and take a look at his bike.
The mechanic shouted across the garage, "Hey, Doc, can I ask you a question?"
The surgeon a bit surprised, walked over to the mechanic working on the motorcycle. The mechanic straightened up, wiped his hands on a rag and asked, "So Doc, look at this engine. I open its heart, take valves out, fix 'em, put 'em back in, and when I finish, it works just like new. So how come I get such a small salary and you get the really big bucks, when you and I are doing basically the same work?"
The surgeon paused, smiled and leaned over, and whispered to the mechanic... "Try doing it with the engine running."
Otherwise, not all book lernin' people look down on the non book lernin' people. Everyone has opinions and are entitled to them. Take the high road and ignore the haters.
When you're talking about the price of steel, you're talking cents and generally ton weight. When you get into copper and up, you're talking high dollars and pound or less weight (paid per pound, etc). Pays to know. Pays to know what most people would throw away or just 'give' to their mechanic is worth a lot of cash. Plus, you're recycling!! 2 birds, one stone!!
You have to watch the market to know when is best to hold onto your metals and when to sell them. You have to be good at predicting trends. The copper I had 2 years ago would be worth $50 then but today would be $300...for example (not necessarily an accurate example, as I am not certain of how much I had or what, but it's a good example, prices fluctuate, you have to be keen).
Not even the point of the story though.
So it seems like you've made the distinction between theory and practice. Some things you have mentioned have their roots in chemistry (especially with cars), like sit down "book-smart" read a textbook. And while you can say that its something you didnt necessarily read from a book, nonetheless, whatever source (internet, your old man, your neighbor...etc) did not conjure this up, it had its origins "by the book" from someone who sat down and did their homework/studying.
However intelligence is something that is not even narrowly defined. and it wont (as is evident by the continued disagreements above me). How can intelligence be systematically applied through a standardized test? How can the brain, so mysteriously complex and not fully understood be assigned a single numerical value? (this IQ score which many people abide by)
As far as education and real life application, theory and practice can go hand in hand, the discipline i am referring to is chemistry (though this isn't to say its the sole). Ex. Atomic Theory Lab
Enjoy minimum wage and social housing you loser
You still don't even get the point of the story, it's not about junkyards, it's about knowing REAL practical things and using that knowledge for success.
You should call yourself anonymous pole smoker
It's more about keeping up with the metal trade than anything else, if you want to get specific. So, essentially, I read about stocks. Does THAT make me better in your eyes? Idiot. Now I guess I have to go further and explain to you that that's not ALL I read about, because I'm sure that's what your feeble mind is thinking right now. Of course that's not ALL I read about and know, it was a mere example.
I approve. Ignore the Trolls.
You're a tool.
Dude... what's the point of this post? If you consider yourself a genius, why do you waste your time making arrogant posts like these?
You need more than a high IQ to succeed in life. My psychologist (I have Asperger's) made me do an IQ test myself, and my IQ is also in that area. It's ridiculously high on internet tests, but those aren't really reliable ;)
And let me tell you, even with a high IQ, you won't get anywhere in life if you constantly act like an arrogant douche. Seriously. People don't disrespect you because you lack 'book knowledge'. I bet they disrespect you because you look down on them yourself.
Who are you going to ask about parenting, an 18yo bookworm, or a parent?
This is why older people were called the wise elders (once upon a time)
Elderly people are literally full of knowledge, I'm positive they could talk the pants off you!
I agree the best way to learn is by actually doing stuff.
Stuff is cool :) Lol
I will be the one to pull your head back down...
And remove your hollow crown