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[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If I had 4 arms id eat a sammich and drink some chocolate milk while i fap.

[–] TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz 18 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I left a hand free for the stations of the cross because im a sinner.

[–] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

Depends if you're a double fister or like to give yourself a little backdoor action

[–] imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You already know

[–] witx@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Take the upvote. For some reason you taking over his ideia this way made me laugh uncontrollably.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you seen an organ? It’s basically several keyboards stacked on top of each other, including a single-octave one for your feet.

[–] TwoCubed@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Now imagine that, but stack a set of drums on top. Maybe even add 2 additional legs while we're at it!

[–] driving_crooner 9 points 1 year ago

Can you imagine, that guy from Mortal Combat would have 8 arms!

[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You're saying we don't already?

Hit it Joe!

[–] Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] lorez@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

Like, I dunno, an organ!

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] kholby@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Like the Antagonistic Undecagonstring?

[–] 3DKungFu@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I clicked hoping to see a Hydrogen Sonata reference and was not disappointed.

[–] Paaliaq@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

The main character of the The Hydrogen Sonata by Ian Banks features an alien that had modified themselves with an extra set of arms so that she could play a crazy double necked cello.

[–] rsleggett@feddit.nl 2 points 1 year ago

Looked for this comment and was not disappointed. The Antagonistic Undecagonstring ❤️ (I just finished the book a second time)

[–] Dagnet@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Or we could just keep playing the piano

[–] brandon@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

Meanwhile, I can’t find the brainpower to play an instrument and form words at the same time. I pretty much end up drooling on myself.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

We'd also be forewarned.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If humans had 4 arms we'd need 8 pants pockets! We're going to need bigger butts along with the arms to accommodate all of those pockets.

[–] at_an_angle@lemmy.one 6 points 1 year ago

If be willing bet that if we did have four arms, women still wouldn't have dress pockets.

[–] Divinitous@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

We're working on the butt part already.

[–] BrooklynMan@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

the skin flute would be even more popular!

[–] TastyWheat@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Straight Goro-guitarin'

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

To take it further, if humans had 4 arms, our heads would be a different shape, because we'd need more brain to control them. AFAIK that would mean a bigger back of head (cerebellum) and a bigger forehead (frontal lobe).

[–] Fester@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Knusper@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

Yeah, with electronic help, like a looping device or just recording different tracks one after another, you can obviously do amazing things, but you end up lacking a lot of flexibility to quickly improvise or adjust yourself to what's happening in the other voices.

Having said that, in an orchestra, you don't really want most of the instruments to go wild, so simple instruments would still be a thing. Even today, there's lots of instruments where one hand just holds the instrument.
I guess, with 4 arms, you could attempt to play two violins at the same time, though.

[–] whosdadog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

We may not have 4 arms but we do have whatever this is https://youtu.be/ywrK1yTYRIA

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine a one-man band, except he's two bands.

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

IMO: currently the best one man band is Shakey Graves... check his video.

https://youtu.be/sD72LbIk02M

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[–] riot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think Shakey Graves is good, but I think Steel Beans encompasses one-man band even better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=louAX5OPPtI

His original stuff is cool too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFJJ-aYsGl4

[–] MedicPigBabySaver@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I'll take a look when i get home. Ty.

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