• @[email protected]
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    823 months ago

    The one thing that going to a real casino taught me is that, despite what Hollywood would have us believe, casinos are not full of impeccably dressed classy people, but very old retirees that look like they only have a few years left to live, and disheveled men who look less well dressed than me in my PJs at home, who are gambling away large sums of money in a fit of anxiety and addiction.

    Really depressing crap.

    • @[email protected]
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      413 months ago

      And yet Donald Trump still managed to lose money somehow, which should have really told us something about his supposed “business accumen”.

      • @[email protected]
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        113 months ago

        Oh yes. The bankruptcy of Trump’s casino was a thing to behold. I wish I could find the video of the people who worked with him back in the day as they all remarked as to just how absolutely ignorant he was about all aspects of both gambling and managing a casino.

        • @[email protected]
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          23 months ago

          But with the power of daddy’s money, he “earned” his position as CEO/owner nonetheless!

          Which is already so cringe it hurts, but then to turn around and use that to prove how “well” Trump - not daddy, but himself - could run the entire nation…

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          As a nation, we deserve our fate I suppose.:-( We should do better. We need better. We won’t survive unless we aim to be better.

      • @HappycamperNZ
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        03 months ago

        Maybe he had some morals about it…

    • Flying SquidOP
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      273 months ago

      I associate my time in Las Vegas mostly with elderly people with oxygen tanks, chain smoking while they put coin after coin in the slot machine. Just sad.

      • @[email protected]
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        143 months ago

        Vegas is a good place to go if your idea of a good time is eating and hanging around the pool. Other than that, it’s a glittering shithole in the desert built on the losses of prior visitors.

          • @[email protected]
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            53 months ago

            Hoover Dam and Valley of Fire State Park are both cool stops that aren’t too far away. I’ve never been to the Pinball Museum so I’ll have to check that one out next time.

            • @nomous
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              33 months ago

              The Grand Canyon is only like 2 hours away as well. Don’t listen to the other commenter Las Vegas (and surrounding area) is a blast.

              But I do actually think hanging around a pool, eating sounds like a good time.

      • @[email protected]
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        123 months ago

        Now you just hook your debit card to the machine and you don’t even have to put a coin in!

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          103 months ago

          And they took the pull handles away because they can siphon money out of retirement accounts much faster if the victim player only needs to press a button.

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            3 months ago

            That’s sad. Pulling the lever was such fantastic part of the experience. Now we can’t call them “One Arm Bandits.”

            We use to live in a society.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      103 months ago

      Oh for real. Walking through a casino is like being immersed in despair and obsession. I find no enjoyment in it at all.

    • @NABDad
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      103 months ago

      And smoke. Don’t forget about the smoke