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vamputer , 3 months ago

Eh, I used to feel like that when I was younger. I was a pretty solid bassist, and was good enough that the people I played with at least considered me the best player they knew. It was my thing. It was what I did.

Of course, that meant I'd get all insecure and threatened when someone else claimed to be good at doing what I did. That meant I'd want to show off, because, no, no. This is my thing. This is what I do.

It's not a good way to be. Maybe don't be like that if you can avoid it.

It also meant I started stagnating, 'cause I didn't think I had anything left to learn. I wasn't good enough to be inventive, but I didn't want to accept that I wasn't good enough to be inventive. So, I just got frustrated and bored, and I started losing interest.

After a while, I came across Thundercat, and got a bit humbled. Then, I came across Charles Berthoud and some other YouTube bassists, and got even more humbled.

It was awesome! I was finally reminded that there was so much more to learn, and so much more room for me to grow at the thing I loved. I may never be good enough to innovate or invent a technique of my own, but so what? Being the best seems so frustrating and boring. Screw that.

As long as there's someone better than me at the thing I love, then I know there's more for me to learn, and learning is way more satisfying.

(But don't lose the sense of healthy competition. Few things help you grow better than a good rivalry)

vamputer , 3 months ago

And then, in the case of it explaining how to counterfeit money, the AI gets so excited about solving the puzzle, it immediately disregards everything else and shouts the word in all-caps just like a real idiot would. It's so lifelike..

vamputer , 3 months ago

Heck, I'm not even in the military, and I believe this. Hahah, I bet they're gonna feel so silly when they find out I don't know anything!

You know. When they finally get here. sits patiently, staring at the door :)

vamputer , 4 months ago

Isn't that just Ireland?

vamputer , 4 months ago

Love the little exclamation point at the end. We did it, guys! 🎉🥳 🎊🕺

vamputer , 4 months ago

It's just how things rotate out. Gen X had it, Millenials had it, now it's Gen Z's turn. It gets views from older generations who want any excuse to look down on those who've come after, and the generation in-question when they see the headline and think "what? Who the fuck is doing that? What are they talking about?"

Get ready for it to go on through the next decade or so.

(That said, it is horseshit, and "that's how it's always been" is no excuse to let things continue like that. I wouldn't mind seeing an end put to it, myself)

vamputer , 4 months ago

Trying to describe to someone what a sick-ass drum solo sounds like through a cappella

vamputer , 5 months ago

🚨🚨🚨BLUE SKY EN ROUTE

vamputer , 5 months ago

Twice per sexual, since you technically can't have bisexual sex with just one partner.

Source: Am bisexual, but am also on the internet, so essentially I'm just guessing here

vamputer , 5 months ago

That, combined with the number of times I've seen a mobile game ad try to open my browser (without the phone even being in my hands, so I didn't touch shit), makes me genuinely wonder how bad it can possibly get before any authority steps up and holds Google accountable.

..If any authority ever holds them accountable, of course.

vamputer , 5 months ago

hahaha i'm mean i'm rude i'm a fucking despicable little piece of shit 😈😈😈 what are you gonna do about it buttmunch 😈😈😈😈

vamputer , 6 months ago

Wow, epic! I rate this comment 5/7 with rice! You've won the internet for today, my friend! I'll pet my heckin chonky pupperino in your honor! You're breathtaking!

This is better than that time my arms were broken and my mom took care of me (don't worry, we're not from Alabama! LOL 😂)