If I had 4 arms id eat a sammich and drink some chocolate milk while i fap.
this post was submitted on 19 Jul 2023
305 points (96.9% liked)
Showerthoughts
29603 readers
2224 users here now
A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.
Rules
- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- Avoid politics (NEW RULE as of 5 Nov 2024, trying it out)
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
which task takes 2 hands?
I left a hand free for the stations of the cross because im a sinner.
Depends if you're a double fister or like to give yourself a little backdoor action
You already know
Take the upvote. For some reason you taking over his ideia this way made me laugh uncontrollably.
Have you seen an organ? It’s basically several keyboards stacked on top of each other, including a single-octave one for your feet.
Now imagine that, but stack a set of drums on top. Maybe even add 2 additional legs while we're at it!
Can you imagine, that guy from Mortal Combat would have 8 arms!
You're saying we don't already?
Hit it Joe!
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/rUOlnvGpcbs
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Good bot
We have enough wild instruments
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/g_1WvxYBGTk
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
Like, I dunno, an organ!
The main character of the The Hydrogen Sonata by Ian Banks features an alien that had modified themselves with an extra set of arms so that she could play a crazy double necked cello.
Looked for this comment and was not disappointed. The Antagonistic Undecagonstring ❤️ (I just finished the book a second time)
Like the Antagonistic Undecagonstring?
I clicked hoping to see a Hydrogen Sonata reference and was not disappointed.
Meanwhile, I can’t find the brainpower to play an instrument and form words at the same time. I pretty much end up drooling on myself.
We'd also be forewarned.
Or we could just keep playing the piano
If humans had 4 arms we'd need 8 pants pockets! We're going to need bigger butts along with the arms to accommodate all of those pockets.
If be willing bet that if we did have four arms, women still wouldn't have dress pockets.
We're working on the butt part already.
the skin flute would be even more popular!
Straight Goro-guitarin'
To take it further, if humans had 4 arms, our heads would be a different shape, because we'd need more brain to control them. AFAIK that would mean a bigger back of head (cerebellum) and a bigger forehead (frontal lobe).
Yeah, with electronic help, like a looping device or just recording different tracks one after another, you can obviously do amazing things, but you end up lacking a lot of flexibility to quickly improvise or adjust yourself to what's happening in the other voices.
Having said that, in an orchestra, you don't really want most of the instruments to go wild, so simple instruments would still be a thing. Even today, there's lots of instruments where one hand just holds the instrument.
I guess, with 4 arms, you could attempt to play two violins at the same time, though.
Imagine a one-man band, except he's two bands.
IMO: currently the best one man band is Shakey Graves... check his video.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/sD72LbIk02M
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
I think Shakey Graves is good, but I think Steel Beans encompasses one-man band even better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=louAX5OPPtI
His original stuff is cool too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJJ-aYsGl4
I'll take a look when i get home. Ty.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/watch?v=louAX5OPPtI
https://piped.video/watch?v=fFJJ-aYsGl4
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I'm open-source, check me out at GitHub.
view more: next ›