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[StFly]

Stupid people + AI

It's killing me.

AI can be ignored, depends on how integrated it is.
Stupid people, totally get you, some of them deserve nothing but a punch in the face as it'll make them smarter when they're KO'd as the hamster would be out of action.

 

[True Believer]

It's only the bricks and mortar. Doesn't get him a kingpin table in the corner so no good.

That's OK. He can use mine if I'm not there.......

 

[Windtagger]

Women’s team seem to get the same crap treatment from the umpires as the men’s team.

 

[StFly]

Women’s team seem to get the same crap treatment from the umpires as the men’s team.

Tax for Australian sport.

That and the general fraternity of umpiring across several codes is at a low ebb where numbers and what they do is not really that great or desired, but to keep numbers up they gotta do what they gotta do.

 

[bergholt]

Tax for Australian sport.

That and the general fraternity of umpiring across several codes is at a low ebb where numbers and what they do is not really that great or desired, but to keep numbers up they gotta do what they gotta do.

In the social media era, who the **** would want to be an umpire?

 

[karnaby]

In the social media era, who the **** would want to be an umpire?

Robot/AI umpires.
Seems fine

But, no doubt the flipping afl would program the fkrs to still give us grief

 

[dudeintheswamp]

Ya gotta love Tommy...

 

[StFly]

In the social media era, who the **** would want to be an umpire?

KPI's being "I ran this much and didn't blow up" appeals to gym junk types, then it's just schooling & reporting to say "I know what game I'm admining". This is part of why I went from goal umpire to scoreboard and timekeeping as a youngun; no staying power, I was a sprinter FFS, let me sit on my arse and eat food and have drink for 90% of it.

 

[SaintsSeptember]

Ya gotta love Tommy...

Its playing the different parts at the same time does my head in. Like when Karen Carpenter sings and drums at the same time.

Real rubbing your belly while patting your head stuff.

 

[True Believer]

Its playing the different parts at the same time does my head in. Like when Karen Carpenter sings and drums at the same time.

Real rubbing your belly while patting your head stuff.

I saw him live in a regional gig once doing a solo acoustic performance. He said "who wants a free lesson?"

"You play bass with your thumb"

"Then you play the melody with your other fingers!"

He then proceeded to play the bass line of one song with his thumb and the melody of another song simultaneously with his fingers, and pointed out "did you ever notice how these two songs fit together?"..........the man is a freak of nature!!

 

[SaintsSeptember]

I saw him live in a regional gig once doing a solo acoustic performance. He said "who wants a free lesson?"

"You play bass with your thumb"

"Then you play the melody with your other fingers!"

He then proceeded to play the bass line of one song with his thumb and the melody of another song simultaneously with his fingers, and pointed out "did you ever notice how these two songs fit together?"..........the man is a freak of nature!!

Without going near him for technique, i can play bass with a thumb and melody with fingers, its the mental challenge of doing two....or three unrelated things at the same time. Wow.

 

[StFly]

If you don't hear from me in 12hr - I bought a new electric blanket and the house has burned down.

But man, this one felt much smoother than the one I was using, and when I moved that one let us just say it was brown where it was once white just as due to the RA, and I have been told this, I move a bunch when I sleep, so moving bunched things together that shouldn't have been together.

This one, this one fits snuggly to the mattress, so I am hopeful.

Edit: well, 5:20am wake up this morning, it worked but hmmm...

Without going near him for technique, i can play bass with a thumb and melody with fingers, its the mental challenge of doing two....or three unrelated things at the same time. Wow.

As I was a choir boy, and gotta say leading man cause Ima boss like that, I dabbled with the organ and singing at the same time but since a kid it was basic instances. Gotta say, tried my younger sisters base when she had one and had NFI what I was doing with that, zero clue so fair say from kid me to teen me I lost any talent I had in music. Straight - vale, we hardly knew ye.

These days I go to see orchestras just to see people who are competent in their chosen instruments.

 

[Palantine]

Yeah, if there were left-handed guitars lying around everywhere there might be. My 6yo boy is completely left-handed, but I'm not buying him a left-handed guitar only to have him quit a few months later. So if he learns, it'll most likely be on my right handers.

Could be that pure right handers pick up the strumming and picking more easily and struggle a bit more with chords early on. Being 50-50, I was equally garbage at both for a few years. If you keep doing it, it probably doesn't matter much in the end. If you suck, there's always bass

For decades a struggling guitarist recently acquired a bass and think; geeze where’s this been all my life.

As a righty playing regular Stratocaster always find the pick up switch and three knobs get in the way of my strumming hand, maybe Jimi was on to something.

 

[luca77]

For decades a struggling guitarist recently acquired a bass and think; geeze where’s this been all my life.

As a righty playing regular Stratocaster always find the pick up switch and three knobs get in the way of my strumming hand, maybe Jimi was on to something.

Yeah, I thought about switching to bass a few times, but I like singing and found it easier and more satisfying to sing with guitar. I really respect bass players who sing, it's tricky. Jack Bruce, the dude from the Powder Monkeys, Sting etc.

 

[austinnn]

Yeah, I thought about switching to bass a few times, but I like singing and found it easier and more satisfying to sing with guitar. I really respect bass players who sing, it's tricky. Jack Bruce, the dude from the Powder Monkeys, Sting etc.

I have been a (shit) guitarist for years and recently started playing bass, which i absolutely love. I can't do it and sing very well, but I dont make time to practice.

 

[austinnn]

The things you learn in off season! I didn't realise so many of you were guitarists, or left-handed or even there were more right-hand left-foot weirdos in the world like me.

As for left-handed guitars and basses, does anyone know if other instruments that left-hand versions exist? It must be quite difficult to play pianos and clarinet and such if you're a leftie

 

[Saints4ever]

I could probably play the triangle with my left hand if I trained really hard over summer.

Can’t make any promises.

 

[TheNewEnsign]

Yeah, I thought about switching to bass a few times, but I like singing and found it easier and more satisfying to sing with guitar. I really respect bass players who sing, it's tricky. Jack Bruce, the dude from the Powder Monkeys, Sting etc.

Royston Langdon from Spacehog too. Singing In The Meantime while holding down that funky verse bassline must be a bit of a challenge.

 

[True Believer]

The things you learn in off season! I didn't realise so many of you were guitarists, or left-handed or even there were more right-hand left-foot weirdos in the world like me.

As for left-handed guitars and basses, does anyone know if other instruments that left-hand versions exist? It must be quite difficult to play pianos and clarinet and such if you're a leftie

Keyboard is a two handed instrument, if you learn keyboard first you can play anything. I had a girlfriend at one point whose family had a piano in the house so I decided I should learn it. Took about two weeks to be able to play both hands at once.

 

[Palantine]

Yeah, I thought about switching to bass a few times, but I like singing and found it easier and more satisfying to sing with guitar. I really respect bass players who sing, it's tricky. Jack Bruce, the dude from the Powder Monkeys, Sting etc.

Use to love Jack Bruce. Also McCartney and Phil Lynott.

 

[ESPN8 The Ocho]

Keyboard is a two handed instrument, if you learn keyboard first you can play anything. I had a girlfriend at one point whose family had a piano in the house so I decided I should learn it. Took about two weeks to be able to play both hands at once.

“It took Jimmy Page two weeks to write Stairway to Heaven. I think that says something.”

 

[luca77]

The things you learn in off season! I didn't realise so many of you were guitarists, or left-handed or even there were more right-hand left-foot weirdos in the world like me.

As for left-handed guitars and basses, does anyone know if other instruments that left-hand versions exist? It must be quite difficult to play pianos and clarinet and such if you're a leftie

I doubt LH pianos exist, what a headf*** that would be!

Violins, flutes, trombones etc exist but very rare. It messes up the orchestra visually, and the violins especially would have to be spaced pretty far apart. Also, it's mainly availability when kids start learning. Can't learn on one if there isn't one! Clarinet really doesn't matter much, as you're doing basically the same thing with both hands directly below your head.

 

[Sully111]

Having your dominant hand as your strumming hand is the way to go imo. Watch Jimi play Killing Floor at Monterey.

 

[True Believer]

I doubt LH pianos exist, what a headf*** that would be!

Violins, flutes, trombones etc exist but very rare. It messes up the orchestra visually, and the violins especially would have to be spaced pretty far apart. Also, it's mainly availability when kids start learning. Can't learn on one if there isn't one! Clarinet really doesn't matter much, as you're doing basically the same thing with both hands directly below your head.

This is right IMO. It's all about how you learn and then it's just muscle memory via repetition. If you're told "that's how you play it" and don't know any different, then you will simply adapt.....

 

[Sully111]

This is right IMO. It's all about how you learn and then it's just muscle memory via repetition. If you're told "that's how you play it" and don't know any different, then you will simply adapt.....

I think with guitar it depends what style you play.

For example... I think it would be really hard to get your non dominant hand doing what this guys' right hand does