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A cheap acoustic guitar from Amazon… That’s what happens when you’re unemployed, you waste that little money you have… I can’t even play it, I though it would be easy to at least pretend to play it but nope, even those “easy to play songs” on YouTube are impossible for me and I’m negated in learning chords, now is a pretty dust collector that I want to destroy.

Also I guess cyberpunk 2077. That game isn’t what it promised to be.

Edit: people, you also ask about the game, not just the goddamn guitar.

  • MrJameGumb@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    It sounds like you spent an hour looking at YouTube videos then gave up? Guitar takes time to learn, and it’s even more difficult on a cheap acoustic than say a mid priced one from a good brand. If you spend 15-20 minutes a day on it you’ll be surprised how soon you make progress

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      4 months ago

      That’s already a lot. Plus extremely boring, because you’re not doing anything remotely sounding graceful. You get annoyed really fast.

      Just an example, a couple of years ago I also bought an electric guitar and after 2 years I could only badly play one song that doesn’t use chords at all. I’m not doing that shit again. The acoustic is even worse to hold and feel. That’s why I almost instantly regret buying it.

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        Plus extremely boring, because you’re not doing anything remotely sounding graceful

        It’s something every single musician has to go through.

        Actually it’s something everyone has to go through when learning anything.

        Would you also quit learning a second language because you can’t immediately have a full conversation with a native speaker? Quit working out because you don’t start with the ability to do pull-ups? Quit any game you try if you don’t win your first match?

        The excitement is in seeing yourself progress from the point of being a complete beginner. You are depriving yourself of a great joy by abandoning the project at the first sign of any friction

        • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 ℹ️@yiffit.net
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          4 months ago

          It sounds like OP might have ADHD. Which makes it even harder to both focus on something that isn’t immediately gratifying as well as keep a schedule. It’s still possible (I’m learning guitar slowly myself) but it definitely takes more effort than a NT person may have.

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            4 months ago

            I’ll second that. We love to try new things!

            In fact, we love it so much, that we instantly stop caring about all the old things that we’ve tried.

            Just ask my Magic cards, D&D books, homebrewing equipment, lock picks, camping gear, axe & knife throwing range, video & board game collection, and whatever else is collecting dust at my house.

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          4 months ago

          I’m not a musician. I don’t get paid for suffering reading and researching boring tutorials on YouTube plus the hundreds of hours trying to hold the guitar correctly.