chyron8472

Possessed said:

chyron8472 said:

I’ve been saving up Amazon Gift Cards I’ve acquired until I have enough to buy an inexpensive guitar (a Squier Bullet stratocaster by Fender) and a copy of Rocksmith 2014 to teach myself how to play.

I don’t recommend a fender squire. Remember you pay for the name when you get a fender. […] Since you are going the Amazon route, I recommend getting a cheap Sawtooth guitar. They are the same price but a bit higher quality as you are not paying for the name.

Seriously?

That makes me feel better about having bought a left-handed Rise by Sawtooth strat from Amazon for my nephew a couple years ago. …That’s actually where my interest in a guitar starts. I bought a cheap guitar (and Rocksmith 2014) for my teenage nephew, having done some cursory research before buying it. I don’t think he ever got into it, but ever since then I’ve daydreamed now and then about having a guitar myself. I love music and have some experience with playing brass and piano.

Since it’s me buying for myself, I was considering paying (a bit) more money for a starter set than I paid for him, and again, having watched Youtube videos, heard a few people say pretty good things about the Squier Bullet.

I’ll have to think about this some more. Why specifically Sawtooth?

JEDIT: I think one reason I liked the Fender Squier is it can come HSS (two single coil pickups and a humbucker), which, from my understanding, can give a better Rock-style sound than just single coils.

paja said:

Don’t cry!, I’ll tell you a joke!

Knock knock.

I’ve been saving up Amazon Gift Cards I’ve acquired until I have enough to buy an inexpensive guitar (a Squier Bullet stratocaster by Fender) and a copy of Rocksmith 2014 to teach myself how to play.

Mrebo said:

chyron8472 said:

I am now 40 years old today.

If it’s any consolation, you don’t look it.

Yep. I’m old enough to remember getting the NES with Super Mario Bros. (but not Duck Hunt) for Christmas near its launch, and I watched the Star Wars SEs in the theatre on my own during my senior year of high school.

oojason said:

Hope you have a good day, chyron

Thanks! I did. Had ribs from a fantastic local barbecue place in town (I don’t usually like ribs, but at Burn Co. they’re amazing), and had fun playing Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.

Off Topic is now split into three separate categories. Discuss.

Pros and cons, likes and dislikes, etc.

It’s about damn time.

So this place is called “The Cantina” now?

I am now 40 years old today.

Also, I have to take my phone in to Phone Doctors to make sure I didn’t screw it up after dropping it in the toilet today.

I switched back to Chrome from Firefox. Firefox for Android stopped auto-filling login credentials from LastPass some time ago; and it seems that since the latest update, Firefox for Windows has been inexplicably jerky with random pauses in animation and input. Chrome still runs smooth as butter.

TV’s Frink said:

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chyron8472 said:

ell then I’m not sure hy you ould make a joke that made no sense hen you already kne it didn’t.

Well then I’m not sure why you would make a joke that made no sense when you already knew it didn’t.

Today is my unbirthday.

Tomorrow is not.

TV’s Frink said:

Mrebo said:

Is That A 🐟 In Your Ear?

It’s not by Ernie?

That would be a banana.

I assume the fish is a reference to the Hitchhiker’s Guide babel fish.

Bingowings said:

walk around with half a pie stuck to your face.

chyron8472 said:

Dek Rollins said:

I also tried reading Jurassic park before that but didn’t make it past 75 pages before I simply lost interest. Michael Crichton wrote that book as an impossibly boring slog. When something is actually happening and meaningful it’s super interesting and well written, and I’m excited for what’s going to happen next, but then that’s all bogged down by three pages of unnecessary technical explanations for things I don’t care about. It’s like he can’t just get to the point. It took all the fun out of what was otherwise an exremely fun read. I might pick it up again sometime and try to finish it, but I can’t see myself spending any time on it soon.

DuracellEnergizer said:

This mirrors my experience with Crichton. The Lost World and Timeline both had intriguing plots, but all the passages spent on technical details simply killed my enjoyment; I abandoned both books before I got halfway through either and haven’t picked up a Crichton novel since.

You know, I had a similar problem reading Daemon by Daniel Suarez. I loved Influx so I started reading Daemon, but the technical junk bogged down the plot too much and I quit reading it. Well, not complex technical explanations of things. […]

It just… ugh. People who are knowledgeable about a certain hobby or field don’t frequently extrapolate on the jargon. They use jargon when they’re around people who would understand, and they don’t around people who don’t. But they don’t explain the jargon if it’s not necessary to get the point across. The book Daemon kept using jargon and then explaining what it meant or a character’s opinion about it.

I ran into my old high school friend, who recommended Influx to me, and he asked me if I ever finished Daemon and Freedom™ (Freedom™ is a sequel). I told him no, and generally why, and he asked me to give Daemon a second shot.

So I am… and I still don’t like it. I’m only about a third of the way through the book, but the plot really is convoluted and the characters really do use too much unnecessary technical jargon. Unfortunately, out of respect for my friend, I’m going to finish them both anyway. =\

NeverarGreat said:

TV’s Frink said:

NeverarGreat said:

Mrebo said:

I look forward to many of you being this old and cheerful, hopefully Jay keeps it going that long.

Living shortens my remaining life.

WYSHS

WISHS

TWSS

dahmage said:

isn’t google amazing! i know that users of this site can be forgiven for not realizing the power of search…

But not for lack of capitalization.

I know. I just didn’t expect googling that specific phrase would actually get a useful result.

Possessed said:

Google?

*Googles “North Korea is going to yank the football again”*

…

Wait, that worked!?

SilverWook said:

It’s looking like North Korea is going to yank the football again.

Related article?

CatBus said:

I’m pretty sure the term “un-American” is un-American. But I just said it! Ni!

Indeed.

Hillary’s loss isn’t just Hillary’s fault. It is, but it is also the fault of the Democratic National Committee. A lot of people hated Hillary because of perceived corruption on her part, and the fact that the DNC railroaded Bernie and Hillary then hired Debbie Schultz afterward didn’t help such perceptions.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Hey frink, youre lookin extra thicc today, can i have $200?

Thiccer than a bowl of oatmeal?

moviefreakedmind said:

customer service situations, are straight up rude

moviefreakedmind said:

That behavior is pretty fro

moviefreakedmind said:

the public has little to do

moviefreakedmind said:

I’ve never once been approached by some