Agreed, I also miss the feature of being able to extend a screenshot on a page.

But uBO is a necessity now to browse the Internet. The ads are so bad now.

Specifically a potion that dissolves only clothing.

I used to do car electronics installs for a living. The amount of firearms I’d find was staggering.

Many times where we needed to get to/behind the glovebox, or remove the center console (which usually requires pulling every item being stored in it before removal), and we’d just find the handgun sitting right there. Had one where the client dropped off their vehicle and the gun was laying right on the floorboard.

Not firearm related, but I had a little old lady come in one time, wanted to get a radio done. Went to remove her center console so we could install an aftermarket USB in the factory USB location (adapter didn’t work with carplay too well) and I found a rusted ice pick in the center console. She was definitely ready to make someone’s day worse.

Yeah so far I haven’t been hitting the grind too much, I’ve been trying to do 30 minutes to an hour of practice every day.

I’m still trying to memorize chords, the F chord is doing its best to kick my ass. It takes me a while to get my fingers in position, and the 5th and 6th strings still buzz a little. I figured out you’re supposed to use the side of your index for barres, but it’s still awkward. It’s hard to imagine a player quickly and accurately switching to that chord in the middle of a song. I have a grip strength of like 125lbs in my left hand and I’m still baffled by how much strength it takes to play that chord, it’s crazy.

I’m waiting until an extension cord for my headphones comes in on Monday and I can really get comfortable with the guitar, as of right now I have to sit right by the amplifier if I want to practice without bothering anyone.

But yeah, it really does feel hard to imagine me ever playing anything. All I do is strum some chords, I know you gotta crawl before you walk, but it’s just hard to visualize!

They’re legal here, but only by having the toy removed.

Candies like them were made illegal here in the states decades ago because there was concern (or it actually did happen) that a kid would attempt to eat the candy with the toy still inside and choke.

It’s why the Wonder Balls stopped being sold here as well, and I loved those as a kid in the 90s. They were one of my favorite things to get when I went out shopping with my mom.

My favorite games as a child growing up in the 90s:

Zelda OoT

Super Mario 64

Pokemon Red

Zelda OoA/OoS

Though after later playing Final Fantasy 7 in 2003 that quickly captivated me and became really special to me. It was my first Final Fantasy I ever played and one of my most cherished games to this day.

Also, while I never played the original 90s game, I absolutely adored Black Mesa and the Half Life franchise. It was damn impressive what Valve accomplished with the original Half Life back then.

I’ll definitely start learning them! From what I’ve seen so far, they’re really easy, they’re only like 2 notes which is really nice.

Yeahhh I’m quickly finding that out. I think this chord book is also meant for acoustic guitars, as some of the chords they have listed show, for example, the sixth string being played but not the fifth, and then it’ll play strings 4 through one as well. So unless I was finger picking, I don’t see how I’d be able to skip that fifth string quickly enough to play the entirety of the chord.

I’ll definitely keep that in mind, though. So far I’m having trouble with some of the chords in getting all of the strings to play cleanly without buzzing. I don’t know if it’s a lack of proper calluses on my ring and pinky fingers, or if maybe I’m not squishing them tightly enough to be right up on the fret. I’m hoping soon I’ll get good enough at switching between chords that I can start learning some songs!

Yeah I got an amplifier when I stopped by the music store a couple days ago to get new strings and the reference materials, I’ve been using the amp every time I practice.

I probably spent way more money than I needed for something for a beginner, but I wanted something that would last a little bit longer than the $20 one I bought a decade ago that died like a couple months into use.

Fortunately I mostly know how to read tablature, and I can read regular sheet music albeit really slowly (though it’s been about a decade since I last looked at some sheet music).

I’ll keep that in mind and check out songsterr, I’ll take any resource I can get!

Omg thank you for this, this was very helpful. Swing Swing was one of the songs I was hoping to learn as it’s my favorite song from AAR, but I’ll keep it on the back burner for now.

Like you said, it really does feel like a lot to take in. There’s just so many chords, I don’t know how I’ll be able to memorize all of them and know to utilize them properly. That, and trying to get my fingers to properly bend has been rather painful and difficult; I’m sure the damage my hands have sustained from my career as a technician isn’t helping much, either.

Thank you again, everyone here has been so helpful. I wish I started this when I was younger and first got this guitar, but I guess there’s no time like the present.

Thanks, I’m just worried asking something that might just be common knowledge and something I should easily know/figure out.

Hopefully these chords will start to make sense or click for me. It just seems like so much to take in all at once!

Thanks for the advice! I’ll make sure to check out that video. Looking at the book of all of those chords made all of this rather daunting, this will help out a lot.

Wait I’m OOTL on this meme. Based on your comment and the context of the meme…is this implying what I think it’s implying?

I’m primarily a lurker. Back on Reddit I’d create posts here and there, but I’d mostly contribute to discussion fairly often. I only had around like 28k karma from comments over the course of 11 years, so I wasn’t super prolific by any means.

I miss how big the community was on Reddit at times. I’m still trying to figure Lemmy out. Trying to figure out how to make the instances work on the app can be frustrating, but I really hope to see Lemmy grow into a proper competitor and become more polished and robust. I like it so far, it shows promise.