Musician here. My main instrument is guitar. I agree with this wholeheartedly.

Manufacturers have so much mythological bullshit in their copy. A lot of easy to add things that most beginners (or most people in general) do not need are plastered all over.

I have a nice rig with a (few actually, but one main) tube amp, custom guitar, nice pedalboard. It feels good, no doubt. No hate for the nice rig with all the things you're supposed to love. They're fun to play and sound amazing.

But my favorite rig is my duosonic rig. An early 90s practice guitar that's been beat to shit, a boss overdrive, a cheap AiaB pedal, and a Palmer cab sim. That's the whole rig. It's technically my backup rig but I play it all the time.

A setup on pretty much any guitar that has a recognizable name and any recognizable name amp or modeler (if that's what you're into) will get you a sound that no one in any audience will be weird about and won't be a nightmare to play.

Some of my favorite music is cheap, shitty gear or things that were called toys in their day. Some of the most famous music was made from that. Not all. But don't let a company sell you on some shit because it's shiny.

She's now qualified to do 90% of my job. Unfortunately the other 10% is explaining why it works.

People also seem to somehow believe that free speech in the US means that private instances can't deplatform you for the things you say.

I have no idea why anyone thinks that extends to anyone besides the government censoring speech or why they think free speech means freedom from the consequences of that speech.

Disturbingly accurate. I ain't out doing midlife crisis shit because I suddenly stared into the abyss at my own mortality. It's because I can afford everything I've always wanted to do.

I rarely remove the label from the fish I catch.

Hey, DNC, aren't you desperate to put a woman up for election? You've got a fiery, quick-witted, awesome, young one here that is full of ideas and not afraid to try stuff. The conservatives haven't had time to run decades of smear tactics against her and she hasn't been threatening her husband's SA victims. I bet she already has a plan to deal with someone accusing her of being born in Mexico (I understand she's Puerto Rican, but that's not the bogeyman) and shut it down before years of idiocy bring it up again.

She's standing behind Biden this time around. I'm hoping for a run in 2028. It would be the first presidential candidate in a while that I didn't hold my nose to vote for.

"Ah, but they choose to act on it! You see, my old preacher struggled with gay thoughts all the time because of Satan. He told us so nearly every Sunday. But did he act on them? No! He was straight, just as god intended.

So those people having gay thoughts are CHOOSING to be gay when they could pray and get a wife and have children like the lord said."

-Some dipshit I know

That was my entire idea for a podcast. Thanks for shitting on my dream. I guess I'll never start it now.

The guy inside it drawing them is insanely fast at his job. That's also why they were so bulky, to fit the guy who does the drawing.

It does not remain to be seen. Blood and Honey already exists.

I think she was checking to see if he thought females probably deserved it. There's a bunch of young dudes falling down that particular hole right now.

Booooooooooo

That's all. I'm too drunk for a nuanced thought. So just booooooooooo.

Some guy played to level 255 and it rolled back to level 0, (that's the rebirth). Then he played to level 91 after that. To answer an unasked but important question: he did it on a ROM and not a cartridge because it's pretty damn likely a cartridge would have crashed long before this point. Even on this particular ROM there are a bunch of ways to crash it (there's loads of them documented).

Sci-Fi Author: In my book I invented the Torment Nexus as a cautionary tale

Tech Company: At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don't Create The Torment Nexus

The IRS came after me over the taxes for a couple of grand on a repossessed car that I never got the paperwork on. Apparently I should have just made a few million and not filed at all rather than losing everything I had.

I have defended this man. If he's still the nominee in November I'll still vote for him. But god dammit this is fucking terrible.

I do not have hope for him being replaced but I sure think he should be. Whoever is telling him that he should keep running is guilty of elder abuse.

As a dude with his own place who cooks almost every day and generally has some leftover homemade barbecue, it definitely works. I just don't want people over at my house.

Back when I was a young man, I loved stupid conspiracies. I thought it was like the old nosleep on Reddit. Everyone who was saying these things were in on the joke and everyone who took it seriously and complained about it was just stupid.

I learned better. I was joking but a lot of people weren't. I realized one of my exes was a serious conspiracy theorist and not just playing along with me. It was a sad day.