The difference being a real instrument has cultural value built up over centuries
So good because your grandpa did it, exactly.
My point isn't that guitar isn't a great thing to do. Its to breakdown what makes it so special that it escapes the scrutiny of guy's like Walsh who have very harsh opinions on anyone's time spent that isn't "dance for women, make money, be a stereotype."
And the only difference is that its older, so it holds more "conservative value" than that new thing kids do that Walsh doesn't understand.
To use a different set of examples. Building and painting little plastic Gundam or 40k models would probably be considered stupid, but building and painting little plastic car models would be fine. And building watches (a lot of the same skills) would be a culturally valuable hobby from centuries ago.
Point is there is no objective metric at play, only subjective values. And even those are unevenly applied by guys like him. But he parades it as undeniable facts of the universe that everyone must agree with. Playing guitar is a more valuable hobby to have, but people only treat it so because they think its cool despite how much of a waste of time it is for 90% of the people doing it, while attacking wastes of time like the guy with the plastic garbage.
Guitar hero is fun, but it was always a cheap imitation of being a real musician
Or it was just a video game people played for fun, without the need to self insert themselves.
So good because your grandpa did it, exactly.
My point isn't that guitar isn't a great thing to do. Its to breakdown what makes it so special that it escapes the scrutiny of guy's like Walsh who have very harsh opinions on anyone's time spent that isn't "dance for women, make money, be a stereotype."
And the only difference is that its older, so it holds more "conservative value" than that new thing kids do that Walsh doesn't understand.
To use a different set of examples. Building and painting little plastic Gundam or 40k models would probably be considered stupid, but building and painting little plastic car models would be fine. And building watches (a lot of the same skills) would be a culturally valuable hobby from centuries ago.
Point is there is no objective metric at play, only subjective values. And even those are unevenly applied by guys like him. But he parades it as undeniable facts of the universe that everyone must agree with. Playing guitar is a more valuable hobby to have, but people only treat it so because they think its cool despite how much of a waste of time it is for 90% of the people doing it, while attacking wastes of time like the guy with the plastic garbage.
Or it was just a video game people played for fun, without the need to self insert themselves.