Can we stop with the "Game Changer...Bang for buck" threads please

IMC1980

thecolourbox said:

I honestly don't know why my career as a writer never took off.

You should watch my new video, 7 creative writing tips YOU NEED TO KNOW - the pro writers DO NOT WANT YOU TO KNOW ABOUT #4!!!!!!1

PetGerbil

BillDL said:

I was going to post a "10 Things You Didn't Know About The Guitar That Will Astound You" article / thread, but in view of this I have decided not to.

Can you at least tell me number 7 ?  Cos I've heard I won't believe it, and also 99% of guitarists don't know how important it is...

Benm39

Originally came here to stir fry a few thoughts in the collective hive mind wok...

But was then disappointed at the lack of crystal lettuce and matrix.  (*sad face).

So imma gogo read some Tim Lerch jazz stuff and feel proper disconnected... then drool some more over the lovely arch top in da classifieds... 

See you over the rainbow... somewhere...

Sporky

PetGerbil said:

BillDL said:

I was going to post a "10 Things You Didn't Know About The Guitar That Will Astound You" article / thread, but in view of this I have decided not to.

Can you at least tell me number 7 ?  Cos I've heard I won't believe it, and also 99% of guitarists don't know how important it is...

Make sure you position the laundry basket to catch your socks before you read it. 

GoFish

PetGerbil said:

BillDL said:

I was going to post a "10 Things You Didn't Know About The Guitar That Will Astound You" article / thread, but in view of this I have decided not to.

Can you at least tell me number 7 ?  Cos I've heard I won't believe it, and also 99% of guitarists don't know how important it is...

They're all doing it wrong!!

TimmyO

GoFish said:

PetGerbil said:

BillDL said:

I was going to post a "10 Things You Didn't Know About The Guitar That Will Astound You" article / thread, but in view of this I have decided not to.

Can you at least tell me number 7 ?  Cos I've heard I won't believe it, and also 99% of guitarists don't know how important it is...

They're all doing it wrong!!

You know who's REALLY doing it all wrong? Content creators.

For a start, put the big light on. Your dark, soft focus, washed out (sorry, 'colour-graded') look is just odd - this isn't a cinematography category at the Oscars, it's your spare room. If it's so dark that you need to use a purple neon light to illuminate the corners of the room (where the picks all go when they get dropped, amiright) then it's maybe too dark. I get that when you were 9 you really wanted a neon light in your bedroom and now you can afford one, but it's weird that this is now 'the look' that so many people use to express their creative individuality. 

Also, punctuation: Questions have questions marks. Statements do not? (see) 

(I'm feeling grumpy today) 

Brio

We need to talk about this.

Sporky

One kind of thread you should NEVER start (and three you should!) 

WezV

mrkb

Brio said:

We need to talk about this.

I think you mean “ I need to talk at you about this”, it’s usually very one way.

Jimbro66

If posters fail to respect the present tFB culture and insist on introducing the most irritating traits of YouTube 'influencers' the simple response, if you object, is to put them on ignore.

They hopefully then become Billy-no-mates and sod off back to YouTube.

(Or they could take the feedback onboard and join us down at the virtual pub)

mrkb

Jimbro66 said:

If posters fail to respect the present tFB culture and insist on introducing the most irritating traits of YouTube 'influencers' the simple response, if you object, is to put them on ignore.

They hopefully then become Billy-no-mates and sod off back to YouTube.

(Or they could take the feedback onboard and join us down at the virtual pub)

But on YouTube there’s the thumbs down feedback option, we lost that on here a while ago.

Penn

I am really fighting the urge to start a thread called “What’s the best game changer… bag for buck thing you’ve bought ever?”

It’s taking so much self control. 

Sporky

Maybe all threads with clickbait titles should just be moved to Parody. 

AndyJP

Always laugh when I see the “includes paid promotion” tag alongside the click bait headline!

willo

Triathlons are a game changer

Dr_Necessiter

fretmeister said:

willo said:

"This one device completely recontextualises the use case of many popular digital modelling systems, currently in use by electric guitarists in the US and UK, primarily through a wrll-considered UI and multi platform integration!!"

I might actually prefer clickbait

Fuck me sideways. 

Sorry.

 Constructive criticism and writing as a professional public speaker: that is indicative of the worst kind of advertising spiel using big words to brag about a vocabulary rather than saying anything in a way that engages the reader / listener.

Make your point in as few words as possible and always pick the simplest word that does the job for maximum engagement and understanding.

What? 

ewal

I had no clue that YouTube and other influencer behaviours was such a sensitive issue!

Snags

I'd rather we stopped the multiple pages of totally predictable and facile wibble that only serve to reinforce a sense of being part of a smug inner circle, and aren't even posted /Off Topic, than be triggered by the query, potentially perfectly accurate in context, as to whether or not something is a "game changer" in a thread title.

All thread titles are an invitation to click on them. It's up to you whether you do or not. If you feel that some terms are now so debased by their use in slightly hysterical YouTube titles that they aren't fit for polite society, that's your choice. You can always, i don't know, just not click on the thread and read it. Or you can click on it and read the OP to see whether it's of interest, rather than triggering your Angry Of Internet reflex.

topdog91

Snags said:

I'd rather we stopped the multiple pages of totally predictable and facile wibble that only serve to reinforce a sense of being part of a smug inner circle, and aren't even posted /Off Topic, than be triggered by the query, potentially perfectly accurate in context, as to whether or not something is a "game changer" in a thread title.

All thread titles are an invitation to click on them. It's up to you whether you do or not. If you feel that some terms are now so debased by their use in slightly hysterical YouTube titles that they aren't fit for polite society, that's your choice. You can always, i don't know, just not click on the thread and read it. Or you can click on it and read the OP to see whether it's of interest, rather than triggering your Angry Of Internet reflex.

Ditto this thread. :shrug:

Just, you know, jog on, right?