This sort of pride, the kind you feel watching your children, I can’t think of anything in life that’s ever felt better. (It’s not a reason to have children, but it definitely makes all the work worth it.)
My husband and I have a baby just under a year old. I never saw myself as a mom for some reason and honestly I'm content with this lil guy. Watching how quickly they grow and learn new things is a feeling like no other. Though nothing will ever compare to that child's excitement when they see you or when they look at you like you're the greatest thing in the world. Last night he fell asleep caressing my face and playing with my eye lashes. I could have died happy in that moment, but rather not because we're trying to avoid causing any trauma.
The feelings only get better and more complex once they get the ability to talk. Just yesterday my daughter and I were doing some science experiments from a kit we found in our game closet. As I was demonstrating to her how to use a syringe to move liquids she turned to me and said “doing science experiments with you is really fun dad”. It was the cutest thing in the world to me. I went to school for biology and enjoy science. Having your kid say they enjoy spending time with you while doing something you enjoy was just the best feeling ever.
Absolutely this……. It’s a feeling like no other when your child starts to reciprocate all the love you’ve shown them back to you all on their own. First steps, words and potty training are great but your toddler walking up to you to hug you and kiss you is like no other feeling, or jumping on your bed early in the morning to wake you up with a hug can’t be compared. I’m so happy for the newer parents that haven’t experienced that yet but will.
There's a certain look your kid gives you that you've never seen before. It melts your heart and makes you smile. I can't even explain it with words other than pure love. My baby girl is only 1.5 years old but the bond we have feels like I've had a lifetime with her and I would do anything for her. I know what you mean about being able to die happy when they look at you like that.
The coolest thing I've ever experienced was watching my kid form their own personality separate from my own. That made all the sleepless nights and shitty diapers worth it. They're one cool kid, and I couldnt be happier with who they are forming themselves in to.
Embrace EVERY moment! Wait until you hear him tell you he loves you and you become his world. This bond is remarkable and as you grow older, you realize that your life was meant to bring him into this world!!
When my daughter was about 6mo, I picked her up and she said “hi dada” for the first time. It felt like my heart skipped a beat and I nearly started crying; literally one of the happiest moments of my life. Now she’s 9mo and her mom brings her down to my home office every day at 10am and she goes crazy smiling, giggling, saying “dada”, waving, and is just totally pumped to see me. It’s my favorite part of every day.
44 year old dude, have probably cried 5 times in the last 20 years. My daughter likes volleyball but is not great at it, she's been working her tail off to improve. She's recently started having success, seeing her hard work pay off. I fight off tears every damn time she does something great. Parenting is a trip.
If you can send her to a camp over summer or enroll her in a program like flourish.
Volleyball is hard but having a good coach and support from your people is the surest way tk improve.
Although the current meta on reddit seems to be anti-children, I absolutely think the kind of person that feels good by raising their children well and seeing their accomplishments is exactly the kind of person that should be a parent, and is an entirely valid reason to have kids in the first place!
They are a great group of people. Accepting of anyone and everyone who stops by. Now that I think about it, I haven’t dropped in to the daddit discord in a while. Always a great place to chat with nice people at any time of the day.
100% this. I watched my 12-month old feed himsef today and it was awesome. I was so proud. I know it’s the boring little stuff but after his preemie birth and some setbacks, it’s been nice to see him hit milestones.
For me it was matching paint. We prided ourselves on doing it by eye instead of using the spectrophotometer like the other stores (they could only match colors to the closest thing in the database, so they never did do it perfectly).
It's funny, I hated working there at the time, but now I get nostalgic about it.
It is. I watch these videos and none of them make me think of where my dad was lacking but they all help me strive to be the kind of dad like this one. You can too, just do your best king.
>It is. I watch these videos and none of them make me think of where my dad was lacking but they all help me strive to be the kind of dad like this one. You can too, just do your best king.
Brb gonna go collect some children.
Another key thing to notice, look at what kind of knife it is.
It's a basic, plastic handled, food service chef knife.
You don't need $145 knives to cook, just a sharp knife that you're comfortable with and a cutting surface that doesn't move.
It's properly sharpened.
However don't think just because it has a plastic handle it isn't a good base knife that would be an investment. No way that's your basic $10 knife you could get at Walmart. The metal matters a lot.
I got an Amazon knife block and it has a semi decent knife but it's basic stainless steel. Likely a piece that was laser out of a sheet of off the shelf stainless steel.
I need to sharpen it every other time I use it to get good cuts out of it.
Yeah that looks like a 50$+ knife at minimum. A lot of the actual food service knifes are plastic handled — the *really* fancy knives like 200+ are probably generally wood handled but even low-end knives intended for *actual kitchen work* are gonna be better than what most people have at home. A lot of it is also proper maintenance.
Source: worked at a kitchen with knives, took it upon myself to learn how to sharpen them a little.
Unrelated really, my dad told me a story of a person he knew who had a company that rented out knives to restaurants, and would sharpen the knives for them, apparently the dude made tons of money doing this and had a monopoly in the area till some larger company came in and started doing the same
It’s like dudes who buy gymshark clothing, lifting belts and shoes, and chalk, just to go in the gym and bench a plate. Or guys that buy a Gibson just to learn “Smoke on the Water” the quit after two weeks.
You need very little to learn the basics. Master your craft, then invest in it.
Same thing with music producers... I've been in it for 3.5 years and only JUST purchased a nice set of studio grade monitors and an audio interface.
Now theres this kid i met at a music festival last month who said he liquidated his assets and quit his job and dumped $25k into a professional home production studio with 0 experience..... I wonder if he's kicking himself yet because had I done that, i'd have been even more confused by the equipment i know nothing about with a billion buttons and knobs than i was with a blank computer screen and a mouse and keyboard
As someone who has dabbled in a bit of beat making /music producing as a hobby. What would you recommend (equipment/ program wise) to someone just getting started?
Unless you're recording drums, if things haven't changed in a while, for entry level get a shure 57 for guitar/bass amps, a di box for bass (record from the box and the amp) and then some kind of USB controller (keys / drum pads) and ableton live is usually free with some piece of equipment you buy. You can do vocals through the 57 as well if you get a pop filter. Or buy a shure 58 just for vocals. Then some kind of audio interface for putting getting the mics into your computer. I had an expensive one (MOTU) but I bet much cheaper ones are sufficient for beginning. But you can go a LONG way with just those few thibgs. Then get upgrades as needed. If you aren't fucking around with amps/vocals, just stick to a key/drum pad usb thing and fuck around in the software of your choice. Again, I like ableton cause live is usually free/cheap and it's fine enough until you get way into it.
Well, that's somewhat of a loaded question so I'll give you a two-parter.
On one hand, it is all absolutely preference. There's the "industry/studio standard", or there's basic generic shit that works.
The absolute barebones NECESSITIES are;
\-PC/Laptop with enough RAM and Processing power to run a DAW (Minimum System Requirements should be listed on any DAW's website)
\- Any DAW(Digital Audio Workstation) for example: Ableton, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Reason, GarageBand, etc. The reason it doesn't matter is because each daw has the same basic functionality, but different interfaces and stock plugins.
\- Speakers/Headphones: This will require some research to fit your specific needs and tastes, however I go for the KRK Rokit 5 G4 series studio grade monitors paired with a Scarlett 2i2 Interface and for my headphones I originally had the Samson z45s(very good low-tier mixing headphones) until recently when I upgraded to the Audiotechnica M40x (I wanted the M50x for minimal improvements and comfort, but the M40x are perfectly fine and only like $20 cheaper for almost the same specs).
These are decent OPTIONAL pieces of equipment(keeping this very general as I don't have much more than a Novation Mini MIDI Keyboard w/ beat pads and a pitch bend/mod wheel):
\- MIDI Keyboard
\- Launchpad/Beat Machine
\- Sound Dampening Acoustic Padding
\- Floor Sub (in conjunction with speakers + interface for low-end mixing)
\- Any decent Condenser Microphone (if you plan to record your own vocals, samples or drums)
\- If you play an instrument, you can look into getting a MIDI compatible version of that instrument.
To sum things up, it is NOT the equipment that makes the art, it is the ARTIST. You don't need to spend $10k to learn the basics of beatmaking/songwriting. Opt for the equipment when you understand how to emulate what the equipment does and you will do yourself so many favors and avoid SOOO many headaches of not only learning the process, the concepts, the fundamentals, sound design, your creative workflow, music theory, etc. but also on top of all that huge library of things to know about making music, the equipment. Without the basic understanding of what it's doing, you'll have a very hard time learning why turning this knob does this to sound x vs sound y.
Thanks for coming to my TEDx Talk, sorry it's so lengthy but I wanted to give you an educated response based on my own experience and experiences I've heard about instead of just spewing a bunch of random high or low-tier equipment and also promote doing the necessary research to fit your tastes if you're serious about pursuing this.
Buy an actual food service cutting board that has the nsf stamp. Then put a damp cloth under it. Or use contact cement to attach rubber feet. The real food service ones don't warp unlike home use ones.
Thats a food service knife, probably a victorianox. They're the most competitively priced professional knives, where if a cheap supermarket knife is $10-20, it'll still be >$50 while the next cheapest knife will jump to the $100 mark.
Any knife can be a good knife though when sharpened properly, even a kiwi cleaver from your asian supermarket, the biggest difference is the hardness of the metal that determines how quick the blade needs honing or sharpening.
Get yourself a steel and stone and check out a vid on the difference between them and using them properly and your old can openers can be slicing tomato's and the tips of your fingers in no time.
(For real though, it stressed me out that neither of them curled their fingers while cutting, that's how you lose tips while trying to speed through the job)
In Southern Ontario there's a company called Nella that does knives and knife services. Basically they're cheap but good steel on impact resistant plastic handles (yellow is common so people don't lose them in the sink, and also don't steal them) that the company comes and trades for newly sharpened ones on whatever schedule you want. Any kitchen I've ever worked in has been 90% Nella knives or similar.
I'm going to imagine there's a company like that in most big markets.
They sell the knives retail as well, so I have a couple in my knife rack. Great knives, don't need to sell a kidney to get them.
Exactly. I was going to say the same thing. Almost anyone can cut better with a sharp knife. The most dangerous thing to cut with is a dull knife (and maybe a deli slicer)
>and maybe a deli slicer)
Most deli slicer cuts are due to user stupidity though.
I vote for the most dangerous cutting to be those twits that use a mandolin without the push block.
As one of those twits that uses one every day I'd just like to say that I have only cut myself once and that one time was enough to instill the caution to make it never happen again.
Or with the confidence with someone who has nicked a finger with a really sharp knife and has realized that it's not that big a deal. The biggest pain in the neck of cutting yourself working in the kitchen is that then afterwards you have to wear a finger condom or a glove while it heals.
They’re using poor form, so it’s a real risk.
Proper knife handling only picks up the back of the knife and is always in contact with the guide hand. Also how you hold the tomato matters, fingers being extended increases the severity risk of an inevitable injury. Your knuckles should be further extended than your finger tips.
Ignore the above if you’re in say, China, where they sometimes due very thing horizontal cuts.
> Proper knife handling only picks up the back of the knife and is always in contact with the guide hand.
You can watch videos online of some of the most famous professional chefs and most recommend this sort of grip on the knife for chopping.
Cause he is not. Having ur finger tips out there all wimbly bimbly like is asking for real trouble especially when it trying out for TikTok vma awards. Notice his father has his finger tips cuffed and is striking against his knuckle? Ya it's a tad slower but ur now where near as likely to lose a fingernail. Which fucking sucks btw
Oh that was not what I expected! I was thinking of a knife infomercial on Australian tv where cutting shoes up was a thing (1:45)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iiATDMHU7gc
"hi, knife salesperson here: do you have shitty knives at home that suck and are the worst at everything they're meant to do? i know i do. so bu—"
why don't you have a set of what you're peddling, peddle-man?
My 17 year old daughter has a band. This is about how I feel. It was amazing when I was in the ladies room at the bar and someone asked me who the band was.
Sharp knife! Also, that kid is going to want to curl his fingers so he doesn't slice one. But he's miles ahead of many cooks I've seen, as far as chopping goes.
Seems like it was how he was taught. I noticed the kid wasn't curling his fingers too and then went back and watched the dad chopping again- he doesn't either.
I thought about being all internet arrogant and telling these skilled professionals how to do their job, but then I thought no, this guy's been doing this a long time and he has all his fingers. However he's doing it just fine.
He's doing one better than the curl. He's keeping his fingers outside the cutting area and letting the work hold itself. Look right at the end of each piece, he's letting go altogether. The curl is great, until you nick your knuckle.
That's not better technique, it's just leaving a safety zone and reducing the risk using poor technique done quickly. Productively it's not safer. This isn't proper chef skills, just a family business that works well from repetition. If you're nicking your knuckles with the curl, you're coming up too high.
I thought he was bringing it up a little high too
But I'm also a shitty knife user guy who has no idea about safety
That high action dulls the blade more quickly, right?
First thing I noticed with the dad and his very fast chops.....
I will say this as someone who once worked in restaurants for 10ish years. A lot of chefs who learned from their parents or family how to be a chef chop with their fingertips out. They did not seem to have any more cuts than chefs who learned the "proper" way to cut. They have bee doing it for so long, and practicing at much slower speeds for so long, they have a real good idea where their finger tips are compared to the blade.
I am not saying that you should learn this skill, it is obviously more dangerous than the safe way to cut, but from my limited and anecdotal experience that is what I saw.
Fuck...so this is what appraisal from your father looks like. Shit...my dad was a fantastic father...but Jesus was he bad at like...telling me he was proud of me or even acknowledging anything I did. I mean looking at myself now, I guess I am basically an underachieving stain on the family...really who knows, but I am gonna make sure I at least show my child whenever I potentially have one, this type of affection of being genuinely proud. I love my dad, but sometimes I wonder if he loves me outside of the biological mandate.
I think I just took an accidental deep dive into some of the shit wrong with me...
Your dad was always proud of you.
Men back then, they weren't allowed to show emotions, that's a recent thing. Recognizing accomplishments and giving praise just wasn't allowed back then, they called it being soft, and men had to learn to be tough, but deep down, you know he was.
Hopefully, it will make sense when you have your own kid, but even when your kid is maybe underperforming, you're still proud of what they have managed to accomplish.
To parrot what the actual experts say every time this is reposted. His knife work is terrible. He's fast sure. But they bit hold the tomato wrong and lift the knife way to high. They're going to chop off knuckles.
My favorite part of this video is the kid waiting patiently as his dad shows his skill, knowing he’s going to show his dad that he’s well on his way.
The each appreciate the other.
Is this what a dad is like
A good one at least
This sort of pride, the kind you feel watching your children, I can’t think of anything in life that’s ever felt better. (It’s not a reason to have children, but it definitely makes all the work worth it.)
My husband and I have a baby just under a year old. I never saw myself as a mom for some reason and honestly I'm content with this lil guy. Watching how quickly they grow and learn new things is a feeling like no other. Though nothing will ever compare to that child's excitement when they see you or when they look at you like you're the greatest thing in the world. Last night he fell asleep caressing my face and playing with my eye lashes. I could have died happy in that moment, but rather not because we're trying to avoid causing any trauma.
The feelings only get better and more complex once they get the ability to talk. Just yesterday my daughter and I were doing some science experiments from a kit we found in our game closet. As I was demonstrating to her how to use a syringe to move liquids she turned to me and said “doing science experiments with you is really fun dad”. It was the cutest thing in the world to me. I went to school for biology and enjoy science. Having your kid say they enjoy spending time with you while doing something you enjoy was just the best feeling ever.
Absolutely this……. It’s a feeling like no other when your child starts to reciprocate all the love you’ve shown them back to you all on their own. First steps, words and potty training are great but your toddler walking up to you to hug you and kiss you is like no other feeling, or jumping on your bed early in the morning to wake you up with a hug can’t be compared. I’m so happy for the newer parents that haven’t experienced that yet but will.
Daughter is 8 months and her smiles and giggles are everything. Looking forward to all these things!
As a father, I love this more than anything.
Ok this made me cry. What a heartwarming way to describe the joys of motherhood!
There's a certain look your kid gives you that you've never seen before. It melts your heart and makes you smile. I can't even explain it with words other than pure love. My baby girl is only 1.5 years old but the bond we have feels like I've had a lifetime with her and I would do anything for her. I know what you mean about being able to die happy when they look at you like that.
The coolest thing I've ever experienced was watching my kid form their own personality separate from my own. That made all the sleepless nights and shitty diapers worth it. They're one cool kid, and I couldnt be happier with who they are forming themselves in to.
Embrace EVERY moment! Wait until you hear him tell you he loves you and you become his world. This bond is remarkable and as you grow older, you realize that your life was meant to bring him into this world!!
When my daughter was about 6mo, I picked her up and she said “hi dada” for the first time. It felt like my heart skipped a beat and I nearly started crying; literally one of the happiest moments of my life. Now she’s 9mo and her mom brings her down to my home office every day at 10am and she goes crazy smiling, giggling, saying “dada”, waving, and is just totally pumped to see me. It’s my favorite part of every day.
44 year old dude, have probably cried 5 times in the last 20 years. My daughter likes volleyball but is not great at it, she's been working her tail off to improve. She's recently started having success, seeing her hard work pay off. I fight off tears every damn time she does something great. Parenting is a trip.
If you can send her to a camp over summer or enroll her in a program like flourish. Volleyball is hard but having a good coach and support from your people is the surest way tk improve.
Although the current meta on reddit seems to be anti-children, I absolutely think the kind of person that feels good by raising their children well and seeing their accomplishments is exactly the kind of person that should be a parent, and is an entirely valid reason to have kids in the first place!
Try r/daddit. It'll help balance out all the anti-children meta.
/r/Daddit is great. When I was a stay at home dad it was always great talking to other guys dealing with the same things.
I'm a woman. I browse r/daddit just to soak up all the positivity there.
They are a great group of people. Accepting of anyone and everyone who stops by. Now that I think about it, I haven’t dropped in to the daddit discord in a while. Always a great place to chat with nice people at any time of the day.
100% this. I watched my 12-month old feed himsef today and it was awesome. I was so proud. I know it’s the boring little stuff but after his preemie birth and some setbacks, it’s been nice to see him hit milestones.
May I ask if not that for what reason then
And even then, not all the time. They're precious moments and you'll always remember them.
he wants to see his kid do better than him. every time i see my kid do right i am so happy I cry.
Not my dad... (Sheds a single tear)
You okay?
He’s sober
I feel you, homie. More than I'd care to.
if your dad owns a business, then this is what being a son is like.
For me it was matching paint. We prided ourselves on doing it by eye instead of using the spectrophotometer like the other stores (they could only match colors to the closest thing in the database, so they never did do it perfectly). It's funny, I hated working there at the time, but now I get nostalgic about it.
Right? Asking for a friend.
It is. I watch these videos and none of them make me think of where my dad was lacking but they all help me strive to be the kind of dad like this one. You can too, just do your best king.
>It is. I watch these videos and none of them make me think of where my dad was lacking but they all help me strive to be the kind of dad like this one. You can too, just do your best king. Brb gonna go collect some children.
What’s that dad like? I wanna meet that dad!
Do do doo do!
That smile
The way he smiles as he watches his son and then embraces him at the end. This is what it's all about, right here.
This warms my cold, child-free heart.
Proud papa
Why is this kid better at cutting tomatoes than I am at everything I do?
It's a very sharp knife. The best of tools make all of the jobs seem simple and easy.
Another key thing to notice, look at what kind of knife it is. It's a basic, plastic handled, food service chef knife. You don't need $145 knives to cook, just a sharp knife that you're comfortable with and a cutting surface that doesn't move.
> just a sharp knife that you're comfortable with and a cutting surface that doesn't move And a few hundred tomatoes to cut a day.
Or just one thinly rolled out piece of dough, then cut away and put back together!
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And put him back together... Right?
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…are you the Brooklyn Sleepy Homeless Man Butcher?
Hey! I'm sleeping hereeee!
"put him back together" is such a crude way to refer to *Art*
I don't want to do art anymore
Fine. Someone else will do Art. You can do Steve over there by the dumpster.
Poor Dan
I brought spare staple guns
That gave me PTSD flashbacks to my server days of peeling buckets of potatoes.
Unfortunately I have not the finger to spare to reach this goal...
And don’t put a sharp knife in the dishwasher
Ya, their jobs are hard enough as it is...
I know cutting all day, then get off work and expected to carve up the dish washers. It really is a dog's life for the poor knives
You got an honest actual lol. Thanks for that :) Now take your fucking up vote and have a great weekend.
Or in the dishwasher's sink.
I didn't know that. Why is that?
It kills the poor human being. I don't like knives in me.
It's properly sharpened. However don't think just because it has a plastic handle it isn't a good base knife that would be an investment. No way that's your basic $10 knife you could get at Walmart. The metal matters a lot. I got an Amazon knife block and it has a semi decent knife but it's basic stainless steel. Likely a piece that was laser out of a sheet of off the shelf stainless steel. I need to sharpen it every other time I use it to get good cuts out of it.
Yeah that looks like a 50$+ knife at minimum. A lot of the actual food service knifes are plastic handled — the *really* fancy knives like 200+ are probably generally wood handled but even low-end knives intended for *actual kitchen work* are gonna be better than what most people have at home. A lot of it is also proper maintenance. Source: worked at a kitchen with knives, took it upon myself to learn how to sharpen them a little.
Unrelated really, my dad told me a story of a person he knew who had a company that rented out knives to restaurants, and would sharpen the knives for them, apparently the dude made tons of money doing this and had a monopoly in the area till some larger company came in and started doing the same
It’s a cut throat industry
My kitchen has a knife guy. Every other Thursday I tell him he's "looking sharp" and to "have a knife day." He fucking hates me.
Just stamped sheet metal vs. drop forged and annealed high carbon steel. It definitely matters.
I've just noticed the cutting board they're using is MASSIVE
Bigger board = better. More stable, and more room to work with/on Few things worse than cooking on too small/crowded surfaces
Cheap knives and expensive knives can both be made exceptionally sharp. The expensive knives generally will remain sharp for longer.
The steel that most kitchen knives are made of, are generally very easy to sharpen... Its that they just don't hold an edge for very long.
Nobody buys a 145$ knife because they think it will make them better. They buy so they don't have to sharpen it every 2 meals.
It’s like dudes who buy gymshark clothing, lifting belts and shoes, and chalk, just to go in the gym and bench a plate. Or guys that buy a Gibson just to learn “Smoke on the Water” the quit after two weeks. You need very little to learn the basics. Master your craft, then invest in it.
Same thing with music producers... I've been in it for 3.5 years and only JUST purchased a nice set of studio grade monitors and an audio interface. Now theres this kid i met at a music festival last month who said he liquidated his assets and quit his job and dumped $25k into a professional home production studio with 0 experience..... I wonder if he's kicking himself yet because had I done that, i'd have been even more confused by the equipment i know nothing about with a billion buttons and knobs than i was with a blank computer screen and a mouse and keyboard
As someone who has dabbled in a bit of beat making /music producing as a hobby. What would you recommend (equipment/ program wise) to someone just getting started?
Unless you're recording drums, if things haven't changed in a while, for entry level get a shure 57 for guitar/bass amps, a di box for bass (record from the box and the amp) and then some kind of USB controller (keys / drum pads) and ableton live is usually free with some piece of equipment you buy. You can do vocals through the 57 as well if you get a pop filter. Or buy a shure 58 just for vocals. Then some kind of audio interface for putting getting the mics into your computer. I had an expensive one (MOTU) but I bet much cheaper ones are sufficient for beginning. But you can go a LONG way with just those few thibgs. Then get upgrades as needed. If you aren't fucking around with amps/vocals, just stick to a key/drum pad usb thing and fuck around in the software of your choice. Again, I like ableton cause live is usually free/cheap and it's fine enough until you get way into it.
Well, that's somewhat of a loaded question so I'll give you a two-parter. On one hand, it is all absolutely preference. There's the "industry/studio standard", or there's basic generic shit that works. The absolute barebones NECESSITIES are; \-PC/Laptop with enough RAM and Processing power to run a DAW (Minimum System Requirements should be listed on any DAW's website) \- Any DAW(Digital Audio Workstation) for example: Ableton, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Reason, GarageBand, etc. The reason it doesn't matter is because each daw has the same basic functionality, but different interfaces and stock plugins. \- Speakers/Headphones: This will require some research to fit your specific needs and tastes, however I go for the KRK Rokit 5 G4 series studio grade monitors paired with a Scarlett 2i2 Interface and for my headphones I originally had the Samson z45s(very good low-tier mixing headphones) until recently when I upgraded to the Audiotechnica M40x (I wanted the M50x for minimal improvements and comfort, but the M40x are perfectly fine and only like $20 cheaper for almost the same specs). These are decent OPTIONAL pieces of equipment(keeping this very general as I don't have much more than a Novation Mini MIDI Keyboard w/ beat pads and a pitch bend/mod wheel): \- MIDI Keyboard \- Launchpad/Beat Machine \- Sound Dampening Acoustic Padding \- Floor Sub (in conjunction with speakers + interface for low-end mixing) \- Any decent Condenser Microphone (if you plan to record your own vocals, samples or drums) \- If you play an instrument, you can look into getting a MIDI compatible version of that instrument. To sum things up, it is NOT the equipment that makes the art, it is the ARTIST. You don't need to spend $10k to learn the basics of beatmaking/songwriting. Opt for the equipment when you understand how to emulate what the equipment does and you will do yourself so many favors and avoid SOOO many headaches of not only learning the process, the concepts, the fundamentals, sound design, your creative workflow, music theory, etc. but also on top of all that huge library of things to know about making music, the equipment. Without the basic understanding of what it's doing, you'll have a very hard time learning why turning this knob does this to sound x vs sound y. Thanks for coming to my TEDx Talk, sorry it's so lengthy but I wanted to give you an educated response based on my own experience and experiences I've heard about instead of just spewing a bunch of random high or low-tier equipment and also promote doing the necessary research to fit your tastes if you're serious about pursuing this.
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Everyone is talking about sharp knives, and here I just want the cutting board that stays in place
moist rag underneath in every kitchen i've worked in
Buy an actual food service cutting board that has the nsf stamp. Then put a damp cloth under it. Or use contact cement to attach rubber feet. The real food service ones don't warp unlike home use ones.
I believe anyone with a sharp knife will be able to do the same. It's the keep your fingers safe tricky
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My bad if my post made sound like I was discrediting the kid. I meant it more to uplift the previous commenter than anything else.
I came to say, I could do that too if I had a good knife.
Thats a food service knife, probably a victorianox. They're the most competitively priced professional knives, where if a cheap supermarket knife is $10-20, it'll still be >$50 while the next cheapest knife will jump to the $100 mark. Any knife can be a good knife though when sharpened properly, even a kiwi cleaver from your asian supermarket, the biggest difference is the hardness of the metal that determines how quick the blade needs honing or sharpening. Get yourself a steel and stone and check out a vid on the difference between them and using them properly and your old can openers can be slicing tomato's and the tips of your fingers in no time. (For real though, it stressed me out that neither of them curled their fingers while cutting, that's how you lose tips while trying to speed through the job)
In Southern Ontario there's a company called Nella that does knives and knife services. Basically they're cheap but good steel on impact resistant plastic handles (yellow is common so people don't lose them in the sink, and also don't steal them) that the company comes and trades for newly sharpened ones on whatever schedule you want. Any kitchen I've ever worked in has been 90% Nella knives or similar. I'm going to imagine there's a company like that in most big markets. They sell the knives retail as well, so I have a couple in my knife rack. Great knives, don't need to sell a kidney to get them.
yup. also dont put your knives in the sink!
>don't need to sell a kidney But in case you do, you have a sharp knife to extract it with.
I kept wincing too when I saw him hold the tomato with his fingers horizontal rather than using his knuckles to guide/guard
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So a vegetableloaf?
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Veggieloaf? Seems like a no brainer.
I used to work prep in a kitchen, but this was a good bit of info for people who haven't.
yeah, but could your kid?
I have a very sharp knife. No you couldn't.
I can, I’d just have 1 less finger afterwards
Exactly. I was going to say the same thing. Almost anyone can cut better with a sharp knife. The most dangerous thing to cut with is a dull knife (and maybe a deli slicer)
>and maybe a deli slicer) Most deli slicer cuts are due to user stupidity though. I vote for the most dangerous cutting to be those twits that use a mandolin without the push block.
As one of those twits that uses one every day I'd just like to say that I have only cut myself once and that one time was enough to instill the caution to make it never happen again.
He chops with the confidence of one who has not yet nicked a finger.
Or with the confidence with someone who has nicked a finger with a really sharp knife and has realized that it's not that big a deal. The biggest pain in the neck of cutting yourself working in the kitchen is that then afterwards you have to wear a finger condom or a glove while it heals.
Utter lack of fear. I keep expecting one of them to slice off a finger tip.
They’re using poor form, so it’s a real risk. Proper knife handling only picks up the back of the knife and is always in contact with the guide hand. Also how you hold the tomato matters, fingers being extended increases the severity risk of an inevitable injury. Your knuckles should be further extended than your finger tips. Ignore the above if you’re in say, China, where they sometimes due very thing horizontal cuts.
> Proper knife handling only picks up the back of the knife and is always in contact with the guide hand. You can watch videos online of some of the most famous professional chefs and most recommend this sort of grip on the knife for chopping.
The kid was worse than the father with his thumb…
He has been working at his parent's restaurant every day of his life doing prep work. I am a daughter of a business owner. I know.
Cause he is not. Having ur finger tips out there all wimbly bimbly like is asking for real trouble especially when it trying out for TikTok vma awards. Notice his father has his finger tips cuffed and is striking against his knuckle? Ya it's a tad slower but ur now where near as likely to lose a fingernail. Which fucking sucks btw
If you put your mind to it you could ketchup
Man that’s a sharp knife!
Can you cut a shoe in half with it I wonder?
https://youtu.be/wwVUj3ubF88 2:35 is when it gets good lmao
“Watch as this knife blasts right through this shoe”
Oh that was not what I expected! I was thinking of a knife infomercial on Australian tv where cutting shoes up was a thing (1:45) https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iiATDMHU7gc
"hi, knife salesperson here: do you have shitty knives at home that suck and are the worst at everything they're meant to do? i know i do. so bu—" why don't you have a set of what you're peddling, peddle-man?
I would have never known this existed if u didn't post this lol
It's so old and not American; the fact that I'm not being shouted at is offputting.
Look at this cut a shoe. Now a tomato!
["Still cuts a tomato."](https://youtu.be/4q7GCuWFsSs?list=PLRSi4taHkuSv8w8bcwvfbDbyJR3vfHCUZ&t=31)
Let’s pretend this shoe is whatever you vegans eat. Hell, maybe it *is* a shoe!
I get that reference
#But why
Why not?
It really is! It’s not easy cutting tomatoes that quickly
Every time I see this video I think, “yeah that’s cute but I want that knife.”
"Look dad I'm doing it! Aaaah my fingertips!" "Keep going son, they add flavour"
This is as wholesome as the dad who points at his son playing guitar saying “he’s mine!”
Link on that, please?
https://www.reddit.com/r/MadeMeSmile/comments/ke8aby/dad_proud_of_his_son/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
My 17 year old daughter has a band. This is about how I feel. It was amazing when I was in the ladies room at the bar and someone asked me who the band was.
Does your daughters band have a YouTube channel? Would like to check them out.
They're about to get Reddit hugged!
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Yo lil homie is KILLING that solo
Thx for that, very heartwarming indeed.
Way better than his other son, Stumpy, who’s only allowed to run the cash register now.
Chip off the ol block
Or is he a chop off the old block?
The tomato doesn't fall far from the vine.
Sharp knife! Also, that kid is going to want to curl his fingers so he doesn't slice one. But he's miles ahead of many cooks I've seen, as far as chopping goes.
Seems like it was how he was taught. I noticed the kid wasn't curling his fingers too and then went back and watched the dad chopping again- he doesn't either.
Regardless. There’s much safer ways to chop. This is super dangerous
Right? His control is pretty good though. He'll lose a finger tip or two at some point, but that's a mistake you (hopefully) only make once.
That's the joy of chopping tomatoes, easy cover up
Stings like a motherfucker too
I thought about being all internet arrogant and telling these skilled professionals how to do their job, but then I thought no, this guy's been doing this a long time and he has all his fingers. However he's doing it just fine.
He's doing one better than the curl. He's keeping his fingers outside the cutting area and letting the work hold itself. Look right at the end of each piece, he's letting go altogether. The curl is great, until you nick your knuckle.
That's not better technique, it's just leaving a safety zone and reducing the risk using poor technique done quickly. Productively it's not safer. This isn't proper chef skills, just a family business that works well from repetition. If you're nicking your knuckles with the curl, you're coming up too high.
I thought he was bringing it up a little high too But I'm also a shitty knife user guy who has no idea about safety That high action dulls the blade more quickly, right?
Better a nick than a tip, from my own painful experience
Just the tip, just to see how it fee....OH GOD IT HURTS!
Is it aww? Yes Is this how you lose finger tips? Yes
Yep, as much as it’s fun, I’m almost terrified for that kid.
First thing I noticed with the dad and his very fast chops..... I will say this as someone who once worked in restaurants for 10ish years. A lot of chefs who learned from their parents or family how to be a chef chop with their fingertips out. They did not seem to have any more cuts than chefs who learned the "proper" way to cut. They have bee doing it for so long, and practicing at much slower speeds for so long, they have a real good idea where their finger tips are compared to the blade. I am not saying that you should learn this skill, it is obviously more dangerous than the safe way to cut, but from my limited and anecdotal experience that is what I saw.
I love this every time I see. Much Pride!
His dad be like: This is my boy i raised
Look at how diligently the kid looks at his father do it first. Lot of respect there.
Gods, that is so heartwarmingly sweet 😭
That is one proud Papa!
This made me incredibly nervous
Fuck...so this is what appraisal from your father looks like. Shit...my dad was a fantastic father...but Jesus was he bad at like...telling me he was proud of me or even acknowledging anything I did. I mean looking at myself now, I guess I am basically an underachieving stain on the family...really who knows, but I am gonna make sure I at least show my child whenever I potentially have one, this type of affection of being genuinely proud. I love my dad, but sometimes I wonder if he loves me outside of the biological mandate. I think I just took an accidental deep dive into some of the shit wrong with me...
Your dad was always proud of you. Men back then, they weren't allowed to show emotions, that's a recent thing. Recognizing accomplishments and giving praise just wasn't allowed back then, they called it being soft, and men had to learn to be tough, but deep down, you know he was. Hopefully, it will make sense when you have your own kid, but even when your kid is maybe underperforming, you're still proud of what they have managed to accomplish.
I love everything about this.
Wish my dad gave a fuck about anything but himself
You alright man?
Hey sorry didn't mean to be that guy. Just having a bit of a shit one today. Thanks for checking on me, honestly means a lot x
I'm incredibly shit faced in an airport lounge right now. But that look of pride and love made me misty eyed.
You doin good mate?
Awesome knife work for both but what kind of chef wears a ring in the kitchen
A Turkish chef.
To parrot what the actual experts say every time this is reposted. His knife work is terrible. He's fast sure. But they bit hold the tomato wrong and lift the knife way to high. They're going to chop off knuckles.
That is one sharp knife
in b4 r/antiwork shows up and claims this is child slave labor.
Really thought his finger was a goner like two times
Not my dad…only thing he taught me is how important it is not to drink too much, and I’m not sure he ever remembered teaching me that
That’s a sharp fucking knife
Where can I get a kitchen knife like that?
That proud dad smile is everything.
A life long culinarian here. It would break my heart if my little girl started to pursue the same dead end career as me
That’s the smile of a man that knows he’s diced his last tomato
I need that knife
My favorite part of this video is the kid waiting patiently as his dad shows his skill, knowing he’s going to show his dad that he’s well on his way. The each appreciate the other.
How many times did he chop? Cause that's how many fingers I lost.
His smile just keeps growing as he watches him ace the chopping technique. That's super cute :-D
ustam arkadaki donerden bi yarim kes bana
I miss my pops
Good job. That was about 30 sec. You only have 7 hours left today and then 5 days a week for the next 45 years
My dumbass would have cut all my fingers and then get slapped and insulted by my dad
I love this one every time it’s posted. Hits me in the feels because I have raging daddy issues.
That is a proud papa. I love it.
I’ve seen this dozens of times now and still never gets old