• anon6789@lemmy.world
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    This is why I have a hard time with hobbyist forums/communities. I get the idea of wanting to hone your end result or what have you, but it always seems to veer off into obsession while getting results which are debatably any better than keeping it simple.

    I weigh my coffee/water to keep the brew ratio the same, and that is fine-tuned enough for me.

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      I feel like that type of place is really prone to worship a particular brand/substituting any knowledge or skill for consumerism.

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        Lol musician forum are always great for that. There ends up being a lot of work to convince people to just buy this one more new thing and you will have the sound you have always dreamed of. This either leads to people selling their last gear purchase to either buy the same thing in a new package or to rebuy what they sold off to buy their current gear, but now at an inflated vintage gear price. Or you get everyone buying the same thing and now you sound like every other tone chaser in your quest to find originality.

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        I read that as (19)30s documentary at first and was slightly confused until I clicked it! 😁

        Spot on though! Especially about the made up lingo and the rituals to maximize his “throat velocity!”

        Again, I won’t shame you if you do all that stuff and really enjoy it, but you should be self aware enough to know your level of fanaticism isn’t the norm.