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redbreegull · 11-19-2015, 10:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by reprise85

Someone on my feed said that pears taste like sandy apples and i think that's the best description of pears i've ever heard.

wait that's.... weirdly and disturbingly accurate... I don't know if I can ever look at a pear the same way

MyOneAndOnly · 11-19-2015, 11:19 PM

i like pears when they're supper ripe. to the point when they're almost mush

MyOneAndOnly · 11-19-2015, 11:19 PM

redbreegull · 11-20-2015, 01:53 AM

The exploding boy · 11-20-2015, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

i like pears when they're supper ripe. to the point when they're almost mush

its when they're good yeah. good pear has to be very juicy.

pears dont taste like apples. that's just totally ignant.

redbreegull · 11-20-2015, 04:43 AM

it's a lot closer to an apple than say a watermelon or a pumpkin

Cool As Ice Cream · 11-20-2015, 05:03 AM

you're a lot closer to an apple.

vixnix · 11-20-2015, 06:59 AM

A pear is closer to an apple than a custard apple. Sort of like how a poire is closer to a pomme than a pomme de terre.

vixnix · 11-20-2015, 07:02 AM

Still though, when a pear is overripe, it's juicy and delicious, whereas when an apple is overripe, it is soft and floury and kind of revolting.

But pears being sandy apples?? Only a couple of varieties are that grainy - maybe Beurre Bosc? Packham and Bartlett pears aren't....or is it just the skin that is grainy?

MyOneAndOnly · 11-21-2015, 03:23 PM

a comic i follow on FB posted this today:

When the judge gave Jared 15 years, Jared said, "Do you have anything younger?"

redbreegull · 11-21-2015, 03:27 PM

happy saturday biznatches

redbreegull · 11-22-2015, 12:02 AM

I'm a bike
ma'am you are not a bike

reprise85 · 11-22-2015, 12:35 AM

I'M A BIKE

MyOneAndOnly · 11-22-2015, 02:32 PM

i was beaten regularly as a kid and look how I turned out

MyOneAndOnly · 11-22-2015, 02:32 PM

srsly that's not a joke

redbreegull · 11-23-2015, 01:57 AM

ohnoitsbonnie · 11-23-2015, 09:05 AM

Does a cherry taste like an apple?

Cool As Ice Cream · 11-23-2015, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

i was beaten regularly as a kid

good

Disco King · 11-23-2015, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ohnoitsbonnie

Does a cherry taste like an apple?

I used to think cherries are berries. When I found out they are drupes, I sort of hit my head and was like had a "duh" moment. They even look like tiny little plums. They don't even have berry-like vines or nothing.

That was just a little glimpse into the sublimity of plant biology. I can't imagine what you experience every day.

Disco King · 11-23-2015, 06:05 PM

MyOneAndOnly · 11-25-2015, 08:04 AM

ohnoitsbonnie · 11-25-2015, 01:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disco King

I used to think cherries are berries. When I found out they are drupes, I sort of hit my head and was like had a "duh" moment. They even look like tiny little plums. They don't even have berry-like vines or nothing.

That was just a little glimpse into the sublimity of plant biology. I can't imagine what you experience every day.

Understanding the world of plants has made it easier for me to cope with everyday life. I reccomend that everyone do this

The exploding boy · 11-25-2015, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scottytheoneand

This was a troll posing as campbell but i have to say they did some real good work.

vixnix · 11-25-2015, 06:04 PM

Disco King · 11-25-2015, 06:09 PM

I always do wonder what the fuck it means when people ask "what's a good guitar for a beginner?" Like, I'm supposed to say, "get this guitar, it has fewer strings, so it's not as complicated" or something.

One that you can afford and isn't shitty quality is a "good guitar" regardless of skill level.

vixnix · 11-25-2015, 06:13 PM

haha that's the best yet. Wish I had your friends!!

redbreegull · 11-25-2015, 07:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Disco King

I always do wonder what the fuck it means when people ask "what's a good guitar for a beginner?" Like, I'm supposed to say, "get this guitar, it has fewer strings, so it's not as complicated" or something.

One that you can afford and isn't shitty quality is a "good guitar" regardless of skill level.

I always tell people to buy a used acoustic for a hundred bucks and take someone who knows guitars to check it out for you. Although a small number of beginners will keep with it and want to upgrade in a few months, most will not, or will only pick it up once in a blue moon when the novelty wears off so no need to spend hundreds on that. Maybe some people can, but I have never encountered a beginner who can really tell the difference between the sound and playability of a beginner guitar from a box and a thousand dollar martin.

vixnix · 11-25-2015, 07:56 PM

For acoustic guitars the action is the most important thing for beginners, I reckon. And the strings. Steel strings hurt and it takes a while to build up callouses. Nylon strings are easier on the fingertips but the action on most cheap nylon string guitars is terrible, and that can make it hard in a different way, for beginners. I would probably tell them to try playing it and see how hard/uncomfortable it is for them to hold down the strings while strumming.

redbreegull · 08:24 PM

Yeah, action is very important. The thing is that someone with no experience playing guitar is not going to know what feels good or not. It's all going to feel uncomfortable and unnatural. It takes so much practice to even learn to hold the neck correct. Maybe I'm selling newbies short but I certainly had no conception of what a guitar was supposed to feel like when I started playing and I've tried to help beginners guitar shop before, and telling them they should be looking for something that just feels right and is easy to play means like nothing to a non-player.

like I'm trying to imagine shopping for a saxophone or something and having people tell me to pick one based on what "feels right"

not shitting on what you said vixnix I think it's correct, it's just really difficult. I think honestly the truth is kind of that no guitar is going to seem like the right one to someone who can't play yet and it's impossible to tell what will feel correct to that person once they are an experienced player. Best just to buy cheap and upgrade to something good if you stick with it.

personally I started playing on an electric with gauge 9 strings. They still hurt my fingers like hell, but I built up callouses quickly. I recently switched over to a classical with nylon strings for the first time ever because my main squeeze is stuck overseas until I can get it shipped home. It was so disconcerting, my fingers were slipping all over the place at first.

The exploding boy · 11-25-2015, 08:43 PM

i learned bass on a bass that i learned years later had way too high action. thing is of course i got used to that. So i kept it this way. I still play that bass in fact. Action set still about the same.. it might have got me to struggle more in the beginning i suppose, but it sure made my fingers strong.

11-25-2015, 08:16 PM	#1229
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: WILD BOY Posts: 32,027	Yeah, action is very important. The thing is that someone with no experience playing guitar is not going to know what feels good or not. It's all going to feel uncomfortable and unnatural. It takes so much practice to even learn to hold the neck correct. Maybe I'm selling newbies short but I certainly had no conception of what a guitar was supposed to feel like when I started playing and I've tried to help beginners guitar shop before, and telling them they should be looking for something that just feels right and is easy to play means like nothing to a non-player. like I'm trying to imagine shopping for a saxophone or something and having people tell me to pick one based on what "feels right" not shitting on what you said vixnix I think it's correct, it's just really difficult. I think honestly the truth is kind of that no guitar is going to seem like the right one to someone who can't play yet and it's impossible to tell what will feel correct to that person once they are an experienced player. Best just to buy cheap and upgrade to something good if you stick with it. personally I started playing on an electric with gauge 9 strings. They still hurt my fingers like hell, but I built up callouses quickly. I recently switched over to a classical with nylon strings for the first time ever because my main squeeze is stuck overseas until I can get it shipped home. It was so disconcerting, my fingers were slipping all over the place at first. Last edited by redbreegull : 11-25-2015 at 08:24 PM.

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11-19-2015, 11:19 PM	#1202
MyOneAndOnly Shut the fuck up! Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor Posts: 21,952	i like pears when they're supper ripe. to the point when they're almost mush

11-19-2015, 11:19 PM	#1203
MyOneAndOnly Shut the fuck up! Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor Posts: 21,952

11-20-2015, 01:53 AM	#1204
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: WILD BOY Posts: 32,027

11-20-2015, 04:43 AM	#1206
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: WILD BOY Posts: 32,027	it's a lot closer to an apple than say a watermelon or a pumpkin

11-20-2015, 05:03 AM	#1207
Cool As Ice Cream Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: František! How's the foot of your turtle? Posts: 31,763	you're a lot closer to an apple.

11-20-2015, 06:59 AM	#1208
vixnix Socialphobic Location: we are champions, bathed in the heat of a thousand flame wars in the grim future of the internet there is only netphoria Posts: 12,035	A pear is closer to an apple than a custard apple. Sort of like how a poire is closer to a pomme than a pomme de terre.

11-20-2015, 07:02 AM	#1209
vixnix Socialphobic Location: we are champions, bathed in the heat of a thousand flame wars in the grim future of the internet there is only netphoria Posts: 12,035	Still though, when a pear is overripe, it's juicy and delicious, whereas when an apple is overripe, it is soft and floury and kind of revolting. But pears being sandy apples?? Only a couple of varieties are that grainy - maybe Beurre Bosc? Packham and Bartlett pears aren't....or is it just the skin that is grainy?

11-21-2015, 03:23 PM	#1210
MyOneAndOnly Shut the fuck up! Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor Posts: 21,952	a comic i follow on FB posted this today: When the judge gave Jared 15 years, Jared said, "Do you have anything younger?"

11-21-2015, 03:27 PM	#1211
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: WILD BOY Posts: 32,027	happy saturday biznatches

11-22-2015, 12:02 AM	#1212
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: WILD BOY Posts: 32,027	I'm a bike ma'am you are not a bike

11-22-2015, 12:35 AM	#1213
reprise85 BOTTLEG ILLEGAL Location: I'm faced with so many changes that I just might change my face Posts: 31,891	I'M A BIKE

11-22-2015, 02:32 PM	#1214
MyOneAndOnly Shut the fuck up! Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor Posts: 21,952	i was beaten regularly as a kid and look how I turned out

11-22-2015, 02:32 PM	#1215
MyOneAndOnly Shut the fuck up! Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor Posts: 21,952	srsly that's not a joke

11-23-2015, 01:57 AM	#1216
redbreegull Just Hook it to My Veins! Location: WILD BOY Posts: 32,027

11-23-2015, 09:05 AM	#1217
ohnoitsbonnie Banned Location: somerville, nj Posts: 23,383	Does a cherry taste like an apple?

11-23-2015, 06:05 PM	#1220
Disco King Minion of Satan Location: Banned Posts: 7,689

11-25-2015, 08:04 AM	#1221
MyOneAndOnly Shut the fuck up! Location: "Okay, white power feminist" - yo soy el mejor Posts: 21,952

11-25-2015, 06:04 PM	#1224
vixnix Socialphobic Location: we are champions, bathed in the heat of a thousand flame wars in the grim future of the internet there is only netphoria Posts: 12,035

11-25-2015, 06:09 PM	#1225
Disco King Minion of Satan Location: Banned Posts: 7,689	I always do wonder what the fuck it means when people ask "what's a good guitar for a beginner?" Like, I'm supposed to say, "get this guitar, it has fewer strings, so it's not as complicated" or something. One that you can afford and isn't shitty quality is a "good guitar" regardless of skill level.

11-25-2015, 06:13 PM	#1226
vixnix Socialphobic Location: we are champions, bathed in the heat of a thousand flame wars in the grim future of the internet there is only netphoria Posts: 12,035	haha that's the best yet. Wish I had your friends!!

11-25-2015, 07:56 PM	#1228
vixnix Socialphobic Location: we are champions, bathed in the heat of a thousand flame wars in the grim future of the internet there is only netphoria Posts: 12,035	For acoustic guitars the action is the most important thing for beginners, I reckon. And the strings. Steel strings hurt and it takes a while to build up callouses. Nylon strings are easier on the fingertips but the action on most cheap nylon string guitars is terrible, and that can make it hard in a different way, for beginners. I would probably tell them to try playing it and see how hard/uncomfortable it is for them to hold down the strings while strumming.

11-25-2015, 08:43 PM	#1230
The exploding boy Minion of Satan Location: "I'm a quivering collection of the worst and least helpful emotions: fear, anxiety, terror, paranoia, indigestion, dishpan hands..." Posts: 7,842	i learned bass on a bass that i learned years later had way too high action. thing is of course i got used to that. So i kept it this way. I still play that bass in fact. Action set still about the same.. it might have got me to struggle more in the beginning i suppose, but it sure made my fingers strong.