r/MadeMeSmile • u/Damiana1111 • 18d ago

Good Vibes Two generations. One pocket. 🥁

I dont know who had more fun :)

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u/capybarafan4 18d ago

Though it's not being done out of malice, people keep infantilizing her in the comments. Elderly folks are still capable of doing things with skill. You can tell she was already an experienced and technically proficient musician by the way she plays. And she's still got it 🔥🥁

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u/Idiotology101 18d ago

Granny got skills, there’s decades of experience in those hands.

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u/Chance_Pool_9919 18d ago

One of my uncles took up piano in his retirement. You'd think he'd been playing his whole life. Maybe you're infantilising by assuming she didn't learn this skill more recently. 

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u/capybarafan4 18d ago

That's really wonderful, your uncle sounds very talented.

Hey, it's entirely possible that she only picked up drums in her later years. I've been a musician for most of my life, and watching the way she holds those sticks is what influenced my opinion that she has been doing this for a long time. In any case, neither of us will ever know.