This is why I tell people I play the guitar whenever they ask me this question.

No one is gonna laugh at you for playing the guitar.

You must have missed pretty much everything since the late 80s.

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 09:24:43 AM

This is why I tell people I play the guitar whenever they ask me this question.

No one is gonna laugh at you for playing the guitar.

You must have missed pretty much everything since the late 80s.

I wasn't alive until the early 90s.

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 09:49:50 AM

Quote from: Teki no Sukottorando on June 02, 2017, 09:40:13 AM

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 09:24:43 AM

This is why I tell people I play the guitar whenever they ask me this question.

No one is gonna laugh at you for playing the guitar.

You must have missed pretty much everything since the late 80s.

I wasn't alive until the early 90s.

Deci be honest

Did you buy a guitar to make us stop laughing at you

No. I bought the electric guitar because its something I've obsessed with since I was a kid. After my ex dumped me, I was depressed for awhile. Then the realization came to me that I needed a new hobby. Since I've had music in my past and I've played musical instruments in the past such as the piano and the viola, the guitar is what I've wanted to learn more than anything, so I went ahead and invested in one.

Been teaching myself for a year now and its pretty damn enjoyable. I need to get back on Rocksmith to improve my skills though, I just haven't had much time for it.

I owned a guitar before my electric one, it was an acoustic that was given to me for free, but it was really cheaply built and falling apart, and felt unplayable.

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 10:00:40 AM

Quote from: challengerX on June 02, 2017, 09:55:24 AM

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 09:49:50 AM

Quote from: Teki no Sukottorando on June 02, 2017, 09:40:13 AM

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 09:24:43 AM

This is why I tell people I play the guitar whenever they ask me this question.

No one is gonna laugh at you for playing the guitar.

You must have missed pretty much everything since the late 80s.

I wasn't alive until the early 90s.

Deci be honest

Did you buy a guitar to make us stop laughing at you

No. I bought the electric guitar because its something I've obsessed with since I was a kid. After my ex dumped me, I was depressed for awhile. Then the realization came to me that I needed a new hobby. Since I've had music in my past and I've played musical instruments in the past such as the piano and the viola, the guitar is what I've wanted to learn more than anything, so I went ahead and invested in one.

Been teaching myself for a year now and its pretty damn enjoyable. I need to get back on Rocksmith to improve my skills though, I just haven't had much time for it.

you got it

Yeah I'm not going to get something just to have a backwater internet forum stop laughing at me. That's wasting money.

Quote from: Teki no Sukottorando on June 02, 2017, 09:19:58 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 01, 2017, 01:17:59 AM

Quote from: Pepsi on June 01, 2017, 01:08:49 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 01, 2017, 12:08:07 AM

Quote from: Luciana on June 01, 2017, 12:06:39 AM

I know it's a pasta since the comments told me so

but never answer "playing video games" as your first hobby. Make it sound like something that reflects some productivity at first glance, like uhh... sports or some normie shit.

sports and video games are literally as productive as each other

not to the employer

unless you were applying for a job at a game dev studio

it SOUNDS better to an employer, sure, but to say it's more "productive" is just objectively wrong

If you don't see the inherent value in honing your physical abilities over pressing buttons in the dark, then you're delusional beyond the point that you can seriously qualify anything as being objective.

if you don't see the inherent value in honing your dexterity/memorization/reaction time/vocabulary/etc. over playing some faggoty-ass game where you toss a ball a few times, then bla bla bla you're a retard

I think you might need to look up the definition of dexterity, and after you do that, take a look at those other things and realize that if you weren't a basement dwelling neet you might know that all sports nurture those skills on a far more critical level than video games, and pair them with the development of physical accuity, which lends a synchronicity between body and mind as the two develop in tandem.

At any rate, the consumption of any media of any kind in any pursuit outside of the scholarly is a waste of time, and those who waste time are a waste of life.

and i'm actually further from NEEThood than ever

i'm in college and i have a job

eat shit

I don't know what version of dexterity you're looking at but video games do not nurture the type I'm thinking of. I don't know why you don't view physical achievements in any regard or at least respect them. Like Sol said there are specific attributes that are developed while playing physical sports rather than video games. To say that video games are less of a waste of time than sports seems disingenuous to me.

Its Verbatim. He disagrees with the things you agree on. That should come to no surprise at this point. Verb is always looking for an argument, and people always give him one.

I don't know what version of dexterity you're looking at but video games do not nurture the type I'm thinking of. I don't know why you don't view physical achievements in any regard or at least respect them. Like Sol said there are specific attributes that are developed while playing physical sports rather than video games. To say that video games are less of a waste of time than sports seems disingenuous to me.

i never said they were less of a waste of time—i specifically said that they are just as big of a waste of time as each other

there's nothing to gain from sports that can't be gained through leisure exercise

Quote from: Verbatim on June 01, 2017, 01:17:59 AM

Quote from: Pepsi on June 01, 2017, 01:08:49 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 01, 2017, 12:08:07 AM

Quote from: Luciana on June 01, 2017, 12:06:39 AM

I know it's a pasta since the comments told me so

but never answer "playing video games" as your first hobby. Make it sound like something that reflects some productivity at first glance, like uhh... sports or some normie shit.

sports and video games are literally as productive as each other

not to the employer

unless you were applying for a job at a game dev studio

it SOUNDS better to an employer, sure, but to say it's more "productive" is just objectively wrong

If you don't see the inherent value in honing your physical abilities over pressing buttons in the dark, then you're delusional beyond the point that you can seriously qualify anything as being objective.

What about if pressing buttons in the dark is what you want to do for a living

Quote from: Teki no Sukottorando on June 02, 2017, 09:19:58 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 01, 2017, 01:17:59 AM

Quote from: Pepsi on June 01, 2017, 01:08:49 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 01, 2017, 12:08:07 AM

Quote from: Luciana on June 01, 2017, 12:06:39 AM

I know it's a pasta since the comments told me so

but never answer "playing video games" as your first hobby. Make it sound like something that reflects some productivity at first glance, like uhh... sports or some normie shit.

sports and video games are literally as productive as each other

not to the employer

unless you were applying for a job at a game dev studio

it SOUNDS better to an employer, sure, but to say it's more "productive" is just objectively wrong

If you don't see the inherent value in honing your physical abilities over pressing buttons in the dark, then you're delusional beyond the point that you can seriously qualify anything as being objective.

What about if pressing buttons in the dark is what you want to do for a living

then you're just as useless to society as a professional sports player

Nice counters btw, you definitely shouldn't have tapped out early on that english major.

i used the only counter i needed

anything you can gain from sports can also be gained by exercising in your free time

therefore, playing sports has a net value of fucking zero

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 10:21:14 AM

Quote from: TBlocks on June 02, 2017, 10:19:35 AM

I don't know what version of dexterity you're looking at but video games do not nurture the type I'm thinking of. I don't know why you don't view physical achievements in any regard or at least respect them. Like Sol said there are specific attributes that are developed while playing physical sports rather than video games. To say that video games are less of a waste of time than sports seems disingenuous to me.

Its Verbatim. He disagrees with the things you agree on. That should come to no surprise at this point. Verb is always looking for an argument, and people always give him one.

Not on all things. His views seem to be rigid because in his mind, he's logically come to the conclusion he deems is morally correct, therefore anything conflicting with said morality is wrong. He's not unreasonable because he's unreasonable and I'm not even saying I agree with him on all things, but it's not like he argues for no reason.

He started an argument in my guitar thread when I got my guitar, and when I told him to cool it he was all like "I don't give a fuck about your shitty guitar"

He enjoys being a cunt.

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 10:07:29 AM

I've dealt with shitty HR in the past. Fortunately the one at my job is approachable and is really good at what she does. Probably one of the best HR managers I know.

And let's be honest, any job that involves people is gonna be hell. I at least try to make their jobs easier.

>subhuman filth getting paid comfortably in the 6 figure range to keep young people out of the job market and stop the business from getting into trouble at the expense of workers
>make their jobs easier

Son, HR managers are the sole reason I have no qualms about living off the dole.

Where I work at is the exception of the rule. We actually have young people at our shop, and we're actually understaffed. The company is looking for people they can trust.

Quote from: TBlocks on June 02, 2017, 10:26:19 AM

Quote from: Verbatim on June 02, 2017, 10:24:19 AM

Quote from: TBlocks on June 02, 2017, 10:19:35 AM

I don't know what version of dexterity you're looking at but video games do not nurture the type I'm thinking of. I don't know why you don't view physical achievements in any regard or at least respect them. Like Sol said there are specific attributes that are developed while playing physical sports rather than video games. To say that video games are less of a waste of time than sports seems disingenuous to me.

i never said they were less of a waste of time—i specifically said that they are just as big of a waste of time as each other

there's nothing to gain from sports that can't be gained through leisure exercise

Oh, well I have no qualms about that. Specific exercises can train in specific ways, sports just makes it more fun.

sports also introduces risk of injury

video games are fun, but cases where people have gotten hurt playing video games are rare

Sure, but video games in themselves don't grant the same physical activity that leads to being more healthy. I'd say the trade off is equivalent, I've never seen anyone become healthier by playing video games.

Quote from: Deci on June 02, 2017, 10:30:45 AM

He started an argument in my guitar thread when I got my guitar, and when I told him to cool it he was all like "I don't give a fuck about your shitty guitar"

He enjoys being a cunt.

yeah, to you

because you're a fucking joke

So by that logic, you should be a cunt to yourself then.