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Old 06-04-2014, 04:55 PM
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Because you asked what has my intelligence accomplished. Degrees are a measure of ability to do what you are told, not of intelligence or real accomplishment. I find no real pride in it and don't look at people with degrees as particularly intelligent, besides maybe at the PhD level. And even then, honorary PhD degrees like the one given to Linus Torvalds for creating Linux gains more respect for me than Richard Dawkin's dissertation on chicken beaks). Bill Gates has accomplished more than I have and dropped out of Harvard, but I digress.

The paperwork just gets you passed the computers that filter resumes, personality and real-world experience are what get you the job. And for that my work on open source and commercial products just leads to a boundless portfolio. I have done a lot of good, very intelligent stuff over the years. My laziness to list it all out here does not detract from it when I feel I have nothing I need to prove.
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Old 06-04-2014, 05:12 PM
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Because you asked what has my intelligence accomplished. Degrees are a measure of ability to do what you are told, not of intelligence or real accomplishment. I find no real pride in it and don't look at people with degrees as particularly intelligent, besides maybe at the PhD level. And even then, honorary PhD degrees like the one given to Linus Torvalds for creating Linux gains more respect for me than Richard Dawkin's dissertation on chicken beaks). Bill Gates has accomplished more than I have and dropped out of Harvard, but I digress.

The paperwork just gets you passed the computers that filter resumes, personality and real-world experience are what get you the job. And for that my work on open source and commercial products just leads to a boundless portfolio. I have done a lot of good, very intelligent stuff over the years. My laziness to list it all out here does not detract from it when I feel I have nothing I need to prove.
Most people will laugh at this. But, I for one couldn't agree more. Good perspective.
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Old 06-04-2014, 07:42 PM
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Because you asked what has my intelligence accomplished. Degrees are a measure of ability to do what you are told, not of intelligence or real accomplishment. I find no real pride in it and don't look at people with degrees as particularly intelligent, besides maybe at the PhD level. And even then, honorary PhD degrees like the one given to Linus Torvalds for creating Linux gains more respect for me than Richard Dawkin's dissertation on chicken beaks). Bill Gates has accomplished more than I have and dropped out of Harvard, but I digress.

The paperwork just gets you passed the computers that filter resumes, personality and real-world experience are what get you the job. And for that my work on open source and commercial products just leads to a boundless portfolio. I have done a lot of good, very intelligent stuff over the years. My laziness to list it all out here does not detract from it when I feel I have nothing I need to prove.
Says he has nothing to prove, cites real life accomplishments to prove himself on elfsim forums. Cognitive dissonance?
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:10 PM
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Says he has nothing to prove, cites real life accomplishments to prove himself on elfsim forums. Cognitive dissonance?
whatd I cite?
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Old 06-04-2014, 09:14 PM
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Alawen would probably defend putting ketchup on a porterhouse as a matter of opinion.

Stupid hipster tweaker
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Old 06-04-2014, 11:04 PM
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Alawen would probably defend putting ketchup on a porterhouse as a matter of opinion.

Stupid hipster tweaker
I already said earlier in this thread that I'm not a fan of ketchup. I like blue cheese and mushrooms on a burger. If I were to put something over a porterhouse, it would be a red wine reduction. What I wouldn't do is proclaim that my preference is the only way and everyone else is doing it wrong.

I've been cooking for longer than you've been alive. You have exactly the simple Denny's palate that I expect from Midwesterners who have never lived or traveled anywhere else.

Keep trying to make your baseless slurs like hipster and tweaker stick on me, chubby boy. Log out and finish your degree, you fucking loser.

Or continue to level more classes on elfsim and enjoy meat loaf on a hamburger bun. I really could not care less.
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