werothegreat (270 points)
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I've been on double reeds since I started playing instruments. When I played the oboe, people said, "So, you play the clarinet?" When I advanced to bassoon, people said, "So, bassoon, that's just a big oboe, right?" With the orchestra I'm in, where I play bassoon, I've only hated two people: a really self-obsessed clarinet professor, and a haughty "I'm God" oboe player. In the concert band I'm in, each instrument section is broken into two groups: those who can play very well and love band, and those who can't play for !***! and take band so they can go to Florida every other year. The !***! players are the overwhelming majority. And they can be very, very annoying.
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