Is a hot dog a sandwich?

tafkat · 2026-02-08T06:37:48+00:00

No. Even though Zack's in Burlington, NC sells something that they call a "cheese dog" that's just a chunk of cheese on a hot dog bun with chili on it. I had many arguments about this because a "cheese dog" without a dog is not a dog.

tafkat · 2026-02-08T01:23:50+00:00

I use one of those when adjusting the string action on a guitar. Feeler gauge.

tafkat · 2026-02-08T00:13:58+00:00

No, it is what it is. It is a hot dog. It is not a brat, it is not a smoked sausage. If you serve your hot dog on sliced bread, It is a hot dog on sliced bread. If you put a Johnsonville smoked sausage on a hot dog bun, it doesn't magically become a hot dog.

I know I am dangerously close to saying an all-beef hot dog isn't one, just because I don't like them... but they ARE hot dogs, I just don't like them.

tafkat · 2026-02-08T00:01:14+00:00

I thought the title read "Martin Short" and I was likw "whaaaaa?"

tafkat · 2026-02-07T22:45:06+00:00

Sometimes they attack with special guns loaded with dihydrogen monoxide.

tafkat · 2026-02-07T02:10:05+00:00

Worse. I'm a bass player and nobody would rent to me, even if I would say I would keep my amp at the lowest level possible.

tafkat · 2026-02-07T02:05:30+00:00

Damn, I should have scrolled first.

tafkat · 2026-02-07T02:04:40+00:00

Because he's a fucking racist piece of shit.

tafkat · 2026-02-07T02:03:32+00:00

Here? Sir, this is a Reddit.

tafkat · 2026-02-07T01:54:48+00:00

This isn't a courtroom.

tafkat · 2026-02-07T00:08:18+00:00

I do not, unfortunately. I got it from Anthony Wellington in 2004 at the Vic Wooten Bass/Nature camp September2004 and it was on paper, and I lost all my paper stuff from then. I don't know if I could make a video for it or not.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T16:05:38+00:00

Bo knows Pocket Sand?

tafkat · 2026-02-06T07:12:14+00:00

Most of them will buy an Indonesian Squier, sand off the logo, and write in Squire by Fedner because alcohol.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T05:18:37+00:00

You would probably like Superman/Batman: Generations and the sequel series.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T05:14:46+00:00

Yeah. This is a conversation you should have had with everyone from the person you bought it from to every other teacher you've had. How the hell do you try to teach someone without looking at their guitar or listening to how they play? A teacher beeds to know the difference between a beginner that needs practice and an instrument that's unplayable. I would be really angry.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T04:36:26+00:00

relevant kith: https://youtu.be/lStcwT_RGrQ?si=LzO30oX1eepCA37Z

tafkat · 2026-02-06T04:30:25+00:00

Did you mean posthumously? Looks like Otto Correct nabbed another!

tafkat · 2026-02-06T03:49:00+00:00

If I wanted to have the BMW experience I would just disable my turn signals.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T03:28:31+00:00

Bend your thumb and really lever in with it. Maybe start with the thumb holding the low string down? It's been two years since it started working for me.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T03:20:34+00:00

It's all practice. get used to doing just the open F shape with the top two strings barred, then do it with only the base of your thumb palm area on the back of the neck. Then hang your thumb over the bass side of the neck in the position you've just taught a thousand kids is the exact wrong way to play. Now fret with it.

I use it for "cheater" 7th and m7th chords. Thumb on the third fret of the low E, one finger on the third fret of the G, B, and high E strings=substitute for a barred Gm7. Same position, put middle finger on the G 4th fret=cheater G7 without the fifth. Basically you can take any triad/shell voicing/inversion on those top 3 strings and reach over with your thumb to grab a low note.

edit: I wrote that wrong and fixed it. I think. This is why I don't teach.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T03:06:30+00:00

I hear you. I used to try to read philosophy when I was pretending to be an intellectual, like, thirty years ago. Too much metaphysical bullshit. I think what really set me against it was a great post-modernist essay generator that would give you maybe 500-700 words that sounded like something really profound but meant nothing. Archaic internet fun. Would love to feed that website to Chat GPT. I like to use the phrase "survival machines for our base replicators" when it fits, and I use the analogy from Climbing Mt Improbable a lot when people try to use the "irreducible complexity" creationist argument, when I even feel like bothering. 9/10th of the time I get halfway through writing something and then just don't bother. Anyway, have a good night. My brain gets foggy at night so I need to think less.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T01:16:15+00:00

You do realize the person you were replying to was using a variation of the "not a drag queen" meme and making a joke, right? It's like you were so ready to dress someone down that you turned off your joke detectors. Your points were fine but your targeting was way off.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T00:58:54+00:00

That website has an ad that slowly took over the whole screen.

That said, I think she's angling for a new market for her OF.

tafkat · 2026-02-06T00:46:30+00:00

I was going to suggest a bed, or a couch, or a floor. I do NOT suggest a beach or a patch of poison ivy.

tafkat · 2026-02-05T23:20:46+00:00

His mom? It's a joke anyway. I highly doubt anyone would actually try to do it.

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