The most retarded thread on any forum, EVER!

[indysmith]

http://www.head-fi.org/forums/f11/guitars-learning-play-but-i-want-avoid-callouses-333205/

...just WOW.

[dave_mc]

:lol:

[noodleplugerine]

:lol:

[Lazy_McDoesnothing]

Should tell him he won't get callouses if he avoids all of the sharp notes.

[Jonny]

What's shocking me is that he's being serious. WOAH.

[warpthrone]

Oh my God, I dont even notice the callus' on my hand.
And judgeing by the number post he/she's been there for awhile.

[waves]

Whats even more retarded is this guys sig.

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is he for real? or is that and exaggeration...

[Will]

Should tell him he won't get callouses if he avoids all of the sharp notes.

 :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  I like

But I think this is the best part of it

Originally Posted by indysmith View Post
Seriously what is it with you and your hands? Nobody gives a flying feck what they look like unless you're a hand model, which I highly doubt you are. This is the most absurd threat I've ever seen on any forum ever!
How does it feel to be the most retarded person on the internet?
No, seriously, I'm interested; is it pure narcissistic vanity or is there a genuine reason that your hands should be unscathed? I'm in genuine shock.

I was waiting to see someone say something like that. You should tell him the sharp note joke !

[waves]

God his reply is a bit of an over-reaction,

I've reported your post to the moderators for trolling and with any luck it will be deleted, along with this, my reply to it - which you're not worth by any stretch of the imagination, but I've a few minutes to kill before I sleep.

So far as "retardation" goes, none of my meagre stupidities could possibly challenge yours: of taking the internet far too seriously.

I am a painter and a draftsman and if I lost suppleness or sensitivity in my fingers, my quality of life would be greatly depreciated and my livelihood jeopardized. Moreover, callouses are vulgar; I am, yes, far too narcissistic to risk mutilating any part of my body - apart from my lungs.

Sod off, chav.

I seem to remember in Guthrie Govans tuition book there being pages on why calluses were awesome..

[Twinfan]

That is quite possibly the maddest thing I've ever read.  It's like saying I want to drive my car but I don't ever want to change the tyres...

What a weirdo!

[Ratrod]

What a girlyman.

[Sailor Charon]

Can I just say, I do a lot of cross stitch - and I'm very grateful for my calluses... :)

[HairyChris]

I seem to remember in Guthrie Govans tuition book there being pages on why calluses were awesome..

Yeah, read that too...

Anyway, painter & draftsman? If he's, say, right handed the fingers on the left hand will be the ones affected from fretting strings so what's the problem?

I can't imagine playing without the padding. I don't want to go through the first few years of playing again. That hurt.

[indysmith]

Anyway, painter & draftsman? If he's, say, right handed the fingers on the left hand will be the ones affected from fretting strings so what's the problem?

I can't imagine playing without the padding. I don't want to go through the first few years of playing again. That hurt.

Ah, a very good point - I hope he reads this.

As for playing without padding; I never actually got any callouses, my fingers look perfectly normal, they're just a bit harder than usual at the tips. Sometimes after a real long session the skin will be peeling off my fingers, but it doesn't usually hurt at all, and it heals up in a couple of days. Nothing to start a thread about :lol:

[Twinfan]

As for playing without padding; I never actually got any callouses, my fingers look perfectly normal, they're just a bit harder than usual at the tips. Sometimes after a real long session the skin will be peeling off my fingers, but it doesn't usually hurt at all, and it heals up in a couple of days. Nothing to start a thread about :lol:

+1  My experience too.