Thread 76742807

You have the body, so how do you show off those gains? For me, it’s the drums. Next year I will have a small garden as well.

How about you guys? I’m looking to pick something else up that doesn’t require massive startup costs.

dis :ninja: be using coated pinstripes on his snarerorino lmaooooo:skull: :wilted_rose: :sob: :sob: :pray:

>>76742825
>he doesn’t own a staved snare drum
>he doesn’t understand why a multi ply head is necessary
>he doesn’t like things that sound good
:(

>>76742807 (OP)
What makes you think I have the body?

>>76742807 (OP)
Nothing worse than a neighbour with a drum kit.

>>76743447
Nothing better than making neighbors seethe by owning a drum kit

I'm a mega plant autist and my gardening is widely considered to be very impressive. I do herbs and flowers out front with veggies out back for more practical reasons. You get to lift a lot of heavy shit and use lots of different types of tools. People are impressed by your lifting at the hardware store/nursery pretty much all season because for the first time they just lifted something and saw you do the exact thing twice as easily and with less chance of injury.
Mires from the neighborhood moms while I'm out working aren't exactly the mires I'm going for but every woman who's stopped by has been impressed and asked me a lot about the plants. The only problem with gardening and women is that sometimes there into it themselves and you mog them so brutally they don't want to talk about it anymore kek

>>76742807 (OP)
The only problem is how do you show off with an instrument, especially as just a hobby? Post videos online?
I've mentioned I play guitar and people always say they wanted to learn but nothing after that.

>>76743506
I'd also like to add that helping elderly gardeners carry/move their heavy shit gets you a ton of points with nursery qts
Florists and nurseries have the qt-est women but I'm a plantfag so that's probably wildly biased

>>76742807 (OP)
>bing
>bang
>bong
>crash crash smash
WE MUSICIAN NOW :DDDD

>>76743544
It's called jazz, you wouldn't understand.

>>76743544
Do you have any idea how complicated drums are? Dynamics alone filter most people

I like to paint.

>>76742807 (OP)

I live in Seattle so it's kinda easy to find hobbies.

I play Piano in my free time, lift obviously, I have plants with a grow light, I like to hike and this summer I bought my own paddleboard, which I used like 30 times already . I also really like live music, I saw Joey Valence and Brae a couple weeks back, and went to a candle light concert and Dimitrous Jazz Alley for Big Bad Voodoo Daddy last week. I also enjoy going to karaoke every week or so.

It's easy to be a dimensional male these days, just find shit you like to do .

>>76743517
My gf likes to see what I’m practicing and working on, even if I can’t do the particular exercise very well.

>>76742807 (OP)
I call libcucks names on the internet. It ain't much, but I feel like its necessary.
Also, I figured out how to chuck a pitchfork.

>>76743565
I have dozens of guitar books and videos, but I haven't played seriously in a decade or so. I can only remember small segments of a handful of songs. Same with piano, but I play that more often.

>>76743506
I relate anon. Cooking is my hobby and few want to discuss their own cooking with me. It is usually just to pick my brain because I know so much. I get excited when they bring it up too, but then they realize there is a wide gap.

>>76743814
I cooked professionally for a long time. I know that feel.

>>76743848
>4 years food service experience in college part time
>return to hometown
>nothing to do
>apply to food service job
>interview
>"do you know how to make, for instance, pico de gallo?"
>...
>think really hard
>"I can cut vegetables."
>didn't hear back from them

>>76743848
I'm a home cook myself. I was always fascinated with it and never knew food could taste good because my mom sucked at cooking. I imagine there are probably dishes that you couldn't fuck up if you tried. I'll never have as many reps as you.

>>76743855
I’m confused. That’s what pico is, right? Perhaps they realized your skills were too advanced for the position they were hiring for.

>>76743860
Yeah, that and techniques and equipment and product you would never have as a home cook. I don’t miss it at all, but it’s nice that I have something useful I am able to do fairly effortlessly

>>76743865
Equipment is catching up for the home cook. I have a lot of shit. Thousands of dollars in meme appliances too. I have tormek t7 and spinzall just to let you know how autistic I am

>>76743861
Literally, yes. I have never made it (because why would anyone make this) so I had to answer honestly. But I think I made it sound like I couldn't make it. I hate life and I hate job searching

>>76743814
I never understood that attitude. You can learn a lot from even just listening to people who are better than you at something talk. Even better if they let you watch them do some while they're talking. Honestly, trying to pick their brain is usually stupid anyway because they would probably know what questions you need to be asking better than you do.
It's important to talk to people better than yourself on an unpretentious basis if you don't want to be a learnlet kek

>>76743860
> there are probably dishes that you couldn't fuck up if you tried.
Not the anon you replied to, but for me it's eggs. I cooked thousands of eggs before I ever liked eating them myself. My eggs come out perfect every time. Same with bacon.

>>76743814
>>76743848
>>76743855
>>76743860

>>76743871
>tormek t7
Bro. WHY. What kind of knives do you use? You seem responsible enough to own a high carbon steel and it sharpens effortlessly. I’ll probably never buy another knife again, but if I do, it will be made of high carbon steel. That is after 6-7 years of daily use and bi-weekly maintenance; the shape of the edge has definitely changed but it’s still more than adequate.

Can you explain more about the second thing you mentioned? Does it use centripetal force a bit like a centrifuge? Why do you need that?

Here is my definitive list of things for making 99% of things you’d get at a 3 star restaurant:
>chef knife
>utility knife
>ceramic honing rod
>1000/6000 whetstone (spend $100-200 on it)
>vitamix blender
>mid range food processor
>microplane
>kunz spoons (large for basting, and a small slotted)
>a $600 set of 3 ply pans (stainless with aluminum core)
>nonstick pan for eggs
>chnoise (fine mesh strainer)
>a kitchen scale
>deli containers (cup, pint, quart and lids)
>kitchen aid mixer (meat grinder/ice cream maker/pasta extruder)
>hand crank pasta machine
>silicon pad for sheet trays
>immersion circulator
>vacuum sealer

There, now you can make anything you see in your cook books

>>76743915
The older I get, the more I realize how pride/hubris is probably the single biggest thing that holds people back from being better people.

Humility will get you far.

>>76745018
Last summer I read the dune series. One of the things that stuck with me was that one character said about another "she is often too proud to extert herself in extending her capabilities". I definitely thought
>Oh shit, yeah a lot of people are exactly like this

>>76742807 (OP)
I play rugby

>>76745040
That's badass, anon. I played hockey growing up and I've been thinking about joining an amateur league near me lately. It's a lot of equipment to have to buy but I've really wanted to play a sport again lately.

>>76745005
>need
Anon, I don't spend money on literally anything else. This is the only thing besides general quality household items that I buy. The tormek I got used on facebook marketplace. It is so easy to use once you get the hang of it, and it will last me pretty much forever. Plus, my edge is perfect not just okay. Tbh I barely use the spinzall, but I bought it because I knew the guy may never make it again. Eventually I use all of my equipment. I'll list the stuff I have.
>custom carbon steel knife(present)
>zojirushi fuzzy logic(present)
>blentec blender(present)
>ice cream maker with compressor
>anova combi oven
>kitchen aid mixer(used sitting in brother's closet doing nothing and free)
>hand crank pasta machine
>anova circulator
>cheap chinese vacuum sealer
>high btu burner for wok
>ooni oven
Etc

I could list every tool, but those are the expensive things. You don't need any of them. The anova oven is my most used and favorite. Very cool and having a second oven is nice anyway

>>76745136
Breville gave us their entire line of small appliances for free out of the blue because we were one of the newer and better restaurants in Seattle at the time, and man that little combi oven was the SHIT. Would recommend all their stuff, especially the food processor. It’s half the price of robot coup processors and it’s built like a tank

>>76745051
What are amateur hockey leagues like? I’m 28 and never played, but I started watching as an adult and really want to learn

>>76745136
>>76745005
heartwarming exchange

>>76745174
It definitely depends on where you live and the culture I guess of the local groups. If you don't know how to skate, you definitely have to start there. I would even get private lessons because it's not something you're going to pick up naturally or with video help. The skating is part of the hockey practice when you're a kid and I'm sure there are drills as adults to some degree, but if you can't even skate backwards properly you won't even begin to keep up/not get in the way.
Once you've got a pair of skates and you know how to use them reasonably well, just show up to the Stick&pick session. It's basically like pickup games/casual practice where everybody gets together and plays on a non-serious basis. You will now need the stick, the gloves, and some places require helmet. When you're there, you'll be able to get a feel for what everyone is like and if you'll even want to be around these people. If they're welcoming and helping you out/giving advice without acting annoyed with you, just keep going and make friends with the hockey guys. That always leads to playing hockey somehow.

I play accordion. Left shoulder is noticeably stronger than right because of it.

Gf started a new job today. Dinner will
Be on the table when she gets here; this will be my food for most of the week

i like drawing

does reading also count?

>>76743560
I also do

I'm a writer and I regularly do readings. Usually nobody mentions the gainz explicitly, but being the only /fit/ guy in the room is great, these art hoes have generally never seen anyone /fit/lit/ before, and art is really all about mogging to begin with. It's gotten even more of a bonus as the literary scene's gotten more right-wing. I also travel a lot and the pics are nice to show off, can't bring myself to do posed instagram bullshit but if you're /fit/ you'll look good no matter what.

26, cooking, reading, gardening, really just trying to stay offline but I don't meet people in these hobbies so idk want to find something w/ a community

I play soccer with a local rec league. Unfortunately they switched from having a league run by football boomers to a shitty app startup and my team sucks balls, but spending a few hours a week running around with other in shape zoomers/millennials and going to the pub after is worth it

>>76742807 (OP)
Ikebana and gardening

Used to whittle. Stopped after I stabbed my leg with my knife.

>>76747451
Also a drawfag too

>>76743860
Also a home cook, my mom is a good cook but always used no fat shit

>>76742807 (OP)
I'll probably just not buy bigger clothes, go to the beach, and walk around without a shirt on. Lol

>>76746621
>>76747485
Very cool. As OP, I forgot to mention I have a mild interest in learning to paint but idk if I’m willing to shell out the cash for materials to get started
>>76747466
Keep whittling man! Just be more careful, those are really cute

Here’s a cheeky little dish I composed. I call it duck a la benis

>>76746697
based, making it the general lee is a nice touch

I draw, sculpt, and do lots and lots of 3D. I work in Unreal for work, so I'm also trying to put together a game in my free time, but it's hard in between a bunch of freelance work and three kids.

>>76749018
the first question you should ask yourself,
do you wanna go traditional or digital
both can be as cheap or expensive as you want it to be,

and thanks ":3

>>76743447
Cringe
>>76743494
BASED

>>76749320
Traditional. I have a good eye for shapes and colors from doing pretty stuff with food so I think I would want to literally just paint shapes and colors and patterns

>>76749077
Very based taurfucker

>>76743506
I have a summer bearing raspberry bush that im growing on my balcony and i am worried about its roots dying to frost this winter (itll get down to 20-30* F according to my coworkers) i have frost bags but im worried it wont be enough. Should i just let it harden off and then move it inside when the soil might freeze or what do you recommend plant sage?

>>76743560
dang nice
>>76746697
very cool anon

>>76743855
The answer was "yes" you fucking mongrel. How do you retards even manage to stay alive, fucking hell.

>>76746621
You're talented anon

>>76747240
Community garden maybe ?

I’ve never seen a fat drummer in an actual live band, if you’re any good you are going hard in the mother fucking paint on them thangs.

>>76745320
I had a friend that made bows and arrows by hand and started taking it pretty seriously when we were in high school, would craft them and spent a lot of his free time shooting them.
Kept making them stronger and stronger as he got better and stronger himself.
He was really good, and it was a fun thing to do when goofing off after smoking some DUDE LMAO.
One day towards graduation we went swimming and he was fucking ripped but only on one side of his (upper) body, like a full body beat off arm.
I guess years and years of resistance training one side will do that to ya, hah.

>>76750042
Depends on how established/mature the plant is and how large the container but generally for a container plant like this, probably needs to come inside. That's what I would do if I cared about the plant because inside is pretty much a sure thing provided you have the right space and light.

I rock climb and box
>>76745040
>>76746926
>>76747389
>>76747466
Very based

>>76750515
Ty ill probably bring it in once it starts getting real bad hopefully it goes well i wanna make raspberry jam next year

>>76751332
Gotcha! Keep it nice and stable inside. It's not a time for growth, and you could even use this as an opportunity to grow it into a more favorable shape for harvest. Just understand that if you prune too much, thats really bad because the plant is at its naturally slower state of growth. It can't recover and make sick gains without the leaves and it can't really grow them back because growth rate. Cascade.
Plant it in the ground, up near the house if you can next year just after the last frost. Dig the hole much wider and deeper than you think. Mix fresh soil from the store into an equal portion of the natural earth as you plant it. If you help it have a nice season and establish itself, it should be able to survive the winters on its own with no maintenance from them on. Some species of raspberry can survive -30F winters when planted in a good spot.

>>76751345
>Grow it into a more favorable shape for harvest
Fucked that up because obviously not time for growth. You prune* it into shape to prepare it for optimal growth in the spring season.

>>76751345
I’m in an apartment otherwise id have started it in soil. The main worry ie between the wind on my balcony and the cold it would get no cover and freeze. Ill bring it in sometime next week or so. Im still getting ~60* days so the extra sun would be helpful. Any advice on pruning all i know is you cut off two year old growth.

>>76743447
Black neighbor with teen kids

>>76751380
Shit my bad, I should have considered that. It probably can survive outside eventually outside if it's well established and large enough. It will need to acclimate to the winters where you are now which is a little tricky. Leaving it outside as it approaches frost is probably good in that case. Bring it in this winter and help it along with the cold at the end of this season, beginning of next. Insulation on the container for roots and wind block for the top is absolutely the right way to go when you do leave it out next winter.
As for pruning, it's not really something typically done for raspberries. It's always something that can help for upcoming growth seasons, though, if you have some time. What mean is that the plant is kind of spiky and I don't like when it's hard to get my hands in there to harvest. Think about where the plant will sit next growth season and how you'd like it to develop out. Remove small parts of leaves and stems to clear space and opportunity to grow in the way that you like. You can't force plants to grow, the goal is always to make what you want the plant to do the path of least resistance for it.
Pic rel is a quick example of one harvest shape. This was the plant's first season in my case so I went with a circular shape to get up in there real easy

>>76742807 (OP)
What's the estimate caloric burn for 10 minutes of blast beats?

I play guitar and make music on fl studio, collect mlp merch and read nihilistic philosophy

>>76742807 (OP)
I collect historical fighting manuals (oldest is ~1300s), then try to recreate the more oddball techniques when doing BJJ. Lot of fun to try and figure out what's actually supposed to be going on with just a single drawing and a paragraph description. It's also interesting to watch groundwork slowly become more of the focus over time as it becomes less and less common for people to wear armor or to carry swords and knives.

>>76752418
I'm pretty sure I saw a bunch of numbers on this here years ago. I wish I had it saved but it was fucking insane. Mogged most other cardio and also has the strength element.

>>76749018
Looks good

>>76742807 (OP)
I paint. And often, mostly in the summer, Do it at live events.
Pic related.

>>76743915
>>76745018
>you mog them so brutally
>geez why do these people not want to talk with my socially retarded ass anymore, they must be too proud
Clueless autists.

>>76751420
With a drum kit

>>76754577
>t. novice who can’t into criticism or self-awareness of one’s own objective skill level
who mogged you? maybe you should accept the fact that you’re probably not very good at whatever it is you think you’re good at and learn from people who are

>>76754577
As for the plants, that's a passive thing that happens. We talk about both liking gardening, we both grow tomatoes. She sees my tomatoes as they are and feels bad about her own progress (neither my choice nor my wish) and no longer wants to talk plants (disappointing for me as well as her)
The type of mogging I'm talking about isn't an active process. I don't just throw all my knowledge in their face. Only give advice if asked.
If you both were into music or some shit and you played just to tryhard and make her feel like something the cat drug in, then that'd be an entirely different matter.

I'm thinking of picking up my guitar again. I never did figure out how to record with my Line6 hardware.

>>76742807 (OP)
I do play the drums, but since becoming fit I play slipknow and hip hop beats. Using my newfound agility and explosiveness to hit them.

>>76754607
in fact I'd suggest anyone that wants to build explosiveness like athletes and boxers to try the drums, they help you be fast and precise.

>>76754607
>>76754618
I never thought about how much more aware of my entire body I am than most people; meaning I have a really really good understanding of how long my arms are and shit. Dexterous hands as well.

I’m not sure repetitive motions can really be “explosive”, though. If you’re exhausted after playing it just means you have bad technique and you aren’t efficient in your movements

>>76754581
Drummers are based, you are simply cringe :^)

We paint and draw, play guitar and bass, cook and bake, read (haven't done much of any of this the last 3 years due to work)

>>76756500
Who’s “we”? Are you a schizophrenic?

>>76756500
>we
>>76756507
Confirmed for schizo. Its like sports niggas say WE won the game while sitting on their ass in their living room doing absolutely nothing for said game. Nigga, you aint on the team jej

>>76752360
>well groomed clean, green growth
>nice trellising
See this is why i think i need some pruning. I wove mine through my balcony railing and now its just super long and gangly
bananas for scale

>>76756507
>>76756590
Just the royal we. A habit sometimes. Not schizo, life may be much more interesting if I were.

>>76747466
>the dick on the middle right dog
unfathomably based

>>76756771
That plant has so much potential, it's unreal!! Stems can get fragile during pruning and trellising so it's always a good idea to mentally plan out exactly what you're going to do and every little step of it before you start anything. Nothing worse than sitting there with a now fragile and partially arrested stem thinking
>Shit I wish I would have tied off over there first. Fuck.