This ad ran in some YouTube Van Halen vid I was watching recently.
The fucking irony of it ("playing" guitar to look cool and impress people) and the familiarity of it (guitar forums today) hit me in the head like a two ton hammer.
POSEURS. fucking period.
It's all about making an impression; going for the "I'm cool I play guitar" clout.
I knew fucks like that back when I started playing in the 80's. They only "played" guitar to impress people and pick up chicks; never took it seriously.
Then the internet came along and gave all these frauds a platform to shill their fraudulent bullshit and get "guitar forum cred".
Only reason these POSEURS have a voice is because of internet anonymity - if it was the real world, they'd all get laughed at:
(...and that's only if they actually practice now and then)
The bar has been way lowered; permanently.
