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I'm a little obsessed with the guitar community on YouTube. It's full of men, with hot takes, demoing equipment and talking about \"gigging\" (they don't gig, they just sit in front of their webcams)<\/p>

But the reason I'm obsessed is that everyday they come out with some new must-have, or don't-buy. It's endless. Growing up, when you got a musical instrument, that was it. You now had one. So you played it.<\/p>

Now it's a symptom of capitalism, relentless acquisition
#sustainability<\/a> #music<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/@ronanmcd\/116724852114216315","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-11:objectType=thread:nonce=4de1eea4c7dfe126","notice_info":{"local_id":"12734499","source":"ActivityPub","repeat_of":"12734497"}},"published":"2026-06-11T09:40:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"title":"steter repeated a notice by ronanmcd","verb":"share","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.stevesworld.co\/users\/steter\/statuses\/116730810469641944\/activity"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/stpauli.social\/users\/LondonEastfield","displayName":"London Eastfield \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/382078-original-tmp20260301175732.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/382078-96-20260523072351.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/382078-48-20260523072351.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/382078-24-20260523072351.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"382078"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/382078-96-20260523072351.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"GNU\/Linux | Anti fascist | Angry | Jedi","url":"https:\/\/stpauli.social\/@LondonEastfield","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"LondonEastfield","displayName":"London Eastfield \ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf8","note":"GNU\/Linux | Anti fascist | Angry | Jedi"}},"content":"

@ronanmcd<\/a> Haha! It's classic. The amount of \"musicians\" I have met over the years that seem to believe that they would sound better if they only had *that* piece of equipment.<\/p>

Just fucking play and practice. I have quite cheap guitars and not expensive gear at all. It's a combination of your fingers and your soul. Just play!<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/stpauli.social\/users\/LondonEastfield\/statuses\/116724916253464143","object":{"id":"https:\/\/stpauli.social\/users\/LondonEastfield\/statuses\/116724916253464143","objectType":"note","content":"

@ronanmcd<\/a> Haha! It's classic. The amount of \"musicians\" I have met over the years that seem to believe that they would sound better if they only had *that* piece of equipment.<\/p>

Just fucking play and practice. I have quite cheap guitars and not expensive gear at all. It's a combination of your fingers and your soul. Just play!<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/stpauli.social\/@LondonEastfield\/116724916253464143","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/ronanmcd\/statuses\/116724852114216315","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/@ronanmcd\/116724852114216315"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/ronanmcd"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-11:objectType=thread:nonce=4de1eea4c7dfe126","notice_info":{"local_id":"12734498","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-06-11T09:40:45+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/stpauli.social\/@LondonEastfield\/116724916253464143"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/ronanmcd","displayName":"Ronan","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33403-original-tmp20221120092030.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33403-96-20230201015915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33403-48-20230201015915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33403-24-20230201015915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"33403"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/33403-96-20230201015915.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"#GraphicDesigner in #Dublin - #bike racing, #coffee, #reading & #drawingNot personally gay, but some people I love are, so this is for them \ud83c\udf08","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/@ronanmcd","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"ronanmcd","displayName":"Ronan","note":"#GraphicDesigner in #Dublin - #bike racing, #coffee, #reading & #drawingNot personally gay, but some people I love are, so this is for them \ud83c\udf08"}},"content":"

I'm a little obsessed with the guitar community on YouTube. It's full of men, with hot takes, demoing equipment and talking about \"gigging\" (they don't gig, they just sit in front of their webcams)<\/p>

But the reason I'm obsessed is that everyday they come out with some new must-have, or don't-buy. It's endless. Growing up, when you got a musical instrument, that was it. You now had one. So you played it.<\/p>

Now it's a symptom of capitalism, relentless acquisition
#sustainability<\/a> #music<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-10:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/ronanmcd\/statuses\/116724852114216315","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.green\/users\/ronanmcd\/statuses\/116724852114216315","objectType":"note","content":"

I'm a little obsessed with the guitar community on YouTube. It's full of men, with hot takes, demoing equipment and talking about \"gigging\" (they don't gig, they just sit in front of their webcams)<\/p>

But the reason I'm obsessed is that everyday they come out with some new must-have, or don't-buy. It's endless. Growing up, when you got a musical instrument, that was it. You now had one. So you played it.<\/p>

Now it's a symptom of capitalism, relentless acquisition
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