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Millennials and early Gen Z of Lemmy, what did you do for fun before phones became such a huge part of our lives? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by hellfire103@sopuli.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I keep cutting out things like social media from my lifestyle, but I'm finding it hard to fill the time. Reading can only go so far, there's never anything on TV, and my friends all live twelve miles away.

So, before we really had social media, what did teenagers do?

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[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd rip out the guitar tabs from guitar magazines at the store then try and learn to play them.

My mom caught me once so then I stopped.

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll learn an instrument! Of course!

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

go with nylon stringed instruments if you're into plucked.

i had steel and electric for decades before buying a nylon and ill never go back.

im excited for a baratone ukulele that is on back order.

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Nylon and virtual are all I have

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

oh check out musescore 4, they've added a ton of virtual instrument features beyond midi and then you can print it out for offline.

[–] hellfire103@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I already use MuseScore, although I'm still on version 2 as I'm running Debian Bullseye.

[–] Octorine@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I like Ardour too. The interface takes a little getting used to but feels good once you have the hang of it.

[–] JoYo@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago

LMMS is pretty fun for making arbitrary boops.