In loving memory of Kenis D. Keathley 6/4/81 - 3/27/22 Loving father, husband, brother, friend and firewood hoarder Rest in peace, Dexterday

It must hurt to be ignorant.....

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by LordOfTheFlies, Nov 23, 2020.

  1. LordOfTheFlies

    LordOfTheFlies

    Joined:
    Apr 5, 2019
    Messages:
    2,519
    Likes Received:
    12,090
    Location:
    NY
    Been seeing a lot of this "good for fire pit but not indoors" nonsense.

    I guess if you are uninformed, you are uninformed until you're not.

    That said I think most people don't like it when they are uninformed and then you inform them.

    upload_2020-11-23_10-50-37.png
     
    Last edited: Nov 23, 2020
  2. sirbuildalot

    sirbuildalot

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2019
    Messages:
    3,309
    Likes Received:
    22,069
    Location:
    Mass
    Its one of the biggest myths in wood burning history.
     
  3. The Wood Wolverine

    The Wood Wolverine

    Joined:
    Aug 23, 2015
    Messages:
    15,673
    Likes Received:
    96,540
    Location:
    Gettysburg, PA
    It’s not worth the headache to try..
     
  4. billb3

    billb3

    Joined:
    Oct 7, 2013
    Messages:
    9,799
    Likes Received:
    50,301
    Location:
    SE Mass
    Screen Shot 2020-11-23 at 11.14.33 AM.png
    Unfortunately this gets reinforced by the media 24/7.
     
  5. LordOfTheFlies

    LordOfTheFlies

    Joined:
    Apr 5, 2019
    Messages:
    2,519
    Likes Received:
    12,090
    Location:
    NY
    We are in an unprecedented time in human history. We've got so much technology and so many resources. I look at my kids (8, 12, 13) and I cannot believe how much of a head start they have compared to me at their age.

    Anything you want to learn about is there for the taking........Unless you are working on a replacement for the theory of relativity or quantum mechanics, most likely there are plenty of people who have been there and done that.....and have taken the time to post a video or a thread or whatever......

    Isaac Asimov (my favorite author) predicted the internet as we know it today and the look on the interviewer's face is priceless. I just love how there are now people who want to teach that are able to connect to people who want to learn........and you can learn as much as you want at your pace......Literally the best video on the internet that everyone man, woman, and child should watch.

     
    JoeinO, XXL, Backwoods Savage and 5 others like this.
  6. buZZsaw BRAD

    buZZsaw BRAD

    Joined:
    Feb 14, 2019
    Messages:
    27,356
    Likes Received:
    163,124
    Location:
    North Haven, Connecticut
    Lots of ignoramuses out there. Most folks believe what they hear and accept it as fact.
     
  7. brenndatomu

    brenndatomu

    Joined:
    May 29, 2015
    Messages:
    20,438
    Likes Received:
    127,191
    Location:
    NE Ohio
    Well, they say stupid hurts...I suppose ignorant can too...
     
    JoeinO, Chris F, T.Jeff Veal and 7 others like this.
  8. yooperdave

    yooperdave

    Joined:
    Jun 16, 2014
    Messages:
    32,035
    Likes Received:
    194,006
    Location:
    Michigan's U.P.
  9. oldspark

    oldspark

    Joined:
    Jan 2, 2014
    Messages:
    2,534
    Likes Received:
    7,440
    Location:
    NW Iowa
    Some people are ignorant and some are just plain stupid.
     
    Chazsbetterhalf and T.Jeff Veal like this.
  10. Loon

    Loon

    Joined:
    Oct 4, 2013
    Messages:
    6,560
    Likes Received:
    37,135
    Location:
    North of the border
    And cut 20 inches long.:whistle:
     
    Chazsbetterhalf and T.Jeff Veal like this.
  11. Sinngetreu

    Sinngetreu

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2014
    Messages:
    1,235
    Likes Received:
    3,943
    Location:
    North Central Iowa
    It is amazing how we live in a time where we have the most resources for knowledge available to us while maintaining the least drive to attain it. Unless its Minecraft.
     
  12. oldspark

    oldspark

    Joined:
    Jan 2, 2014
    Messages:
    2,534
    Likes Received:
    7,440
    Location:
    NW Iowa
    People believe what they want to, facts are irrelevant.
     
    Chazsbetterhalf, Loon and T.Jeff Veal like this.
  13. Sinngetreu

    Sinngetreu

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2014
    Messages:
    1,235
    Likes Received:
    3,943
    Location:
    North Central Iowa
    This reminded me of one of my favorite quotes "Facts don't care about your feelings!"
     
  14. Ralphie Boy

    Ralphie Boy

    Joined:
    Oct 25, 2014
    Messages:
    4,116
    Likes Received:
    28,698
    Location:
    Rabbit Hash, Kentucky
    giphy (31).gif
     
  15. sirbuildalot

    sirbuildalot

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2019
    Messages:
    3,309
    Likes Received:
    22,069
    Location:
    Mass
    +1

    Not too many things more aggravating than someone who's really dumb, who thinks they're really smart.
     
  16. Rope

    Rope

    Joined:
    Oct 16, 2017
    Messages:
    5,356
    Likes Received:
    30,820
    Location:
    Alaska
    Life is hard enough and its harder when your Stupid ...
     
  17. woody5506

    woody5506

    Joined:
    Nov 28, 2017
    Messages:
    1,021
    Likes Received:
    5,563
    Location:
    Upstate NY
    I went on this long drawn out rant you FHC'ers would be proud of on some lady who posted some stuff like this on my town's facebook page to beware of certain firewood dealers selling wet wood marketed as seasoned, and also that she had "dangerous soft wood" mixed in. Typically I just don't even engage with these things especially on facebook but I had time on my hands at work in the office and couldn't help myself.

    In the end, I got a surprising number of people "liking" my information, asking me numerous other questions and even a local chimney sweep saying I was spot on and reiterating some certain points about seasoning wood, wood species having nothing to do with being "harmful" etc. I think my favorite question came from a woman who was asking if burning pine in her outdoor metal fire pit would cause damage to the metal from the sap left behind, because according to her husband it would ruin the metal pit :rofl: :lol::loco: :crazy:


    The easiest way to get these people to understand these concepts, is to give examples of parts of the world that aren't spoiled with numerous hardwoods like we are, in which some literally only have soft wood or pine to heat exclusively with. Miraculously, they are not ruining their wood stoves and burning their houses down, so long as their wood is actually seasoned.
     
  18. sirbuildalot

    sirbuildalot

    Joined:
    Nov 22, 2019
    Messages:
    3,309
    Likes Received:
    22,069
    Location:
    Mass
    Would you stop using common sense and reasoning
     
  19. Sinngetreu

    Sinngetreu

    Joined:
    Mar 15, 2014
    Messages:
    1,235
    Likes Received:
    3,943
    Location:
    North Central Iowa

    The only problem with being a good ambassador for firewood is now other people will want to go out and get it. :whistle:
     
  20. Biddleman

    Biddleman

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2019
    Messages:
    2,489
    Likes Received:
    18,828
    Location:
    River Hills of Pennsylvania
    My FIL came by the other week. He is a definite know it all and you dont know jack type, even if its what you do for a living. Anyway, I had my stove air closed down and the secondaries were just rolling and "puffing", as I like to call it. He asked if I was afraid of creosote build up running the stove that way. I said no. Its dry wood and its the design of the stove. He just looked at me. He asked what type of wood I was burning. I said a combo of cherry and pine. I thought he was going to pass out. :rofl: :lol:
     
    Yawner, moresnow, eatonpcat and 8 others like this.