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Elysium posted:The first Board Game Bar in my city opened up recently. I could have identified this as a decent opportunity in the market many years ago when they started popping up in other cities, but I wasn't about to try to navigate getting a godamn liquor license and opening an entire bar to try to take advantage of it. To be fair you can also run into weird issues of not being allowed to serve drinks at a place where "games of chance" are being played due to weird licensing rules. The local gamer bar managed to navigate that, but they still can't host LAN parties because of another clause about not having booze at arcades.
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George H.W. oval office posted:All the best BBQ spots here in Texas always start as some dude just smoking some meat for fun. Transitions to a pop up and eventually gets the following enough to open brick and mortar. Houston has a bbq scene that’s starting to really flourish and compete with Austin and the hill country. BBQ GWMGWL My buddy was the head chef of the Pit Room as it launched down there. He's since moved along, but that's his reputation if you ever go check it out.
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# ? Dec 3, 2018 21:37 |
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:My buddy was the head chef of the Pit Room as it launched down there. He's since moved along, but that's his reputation if you ever go check it out. Hell yea I’ve been meaning to go there since I’ve heard v good things.
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# ? Dec 3, 2018 21:49 |
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Elysium posted:The first Board Game Bar in my city opened up recently. I could have identified this as a decent opportunity in the market many years ago when they started popping up in other cities, but I wasn't about to try to navigate getting a godamn liquor license and opening an entire bar to try to take advantage of it. I always wonder how these places stay in business because the two business models have opposite drivers. Restaurants and bars make money by turning over tables multiple times a night, but having people chill for 3 hours playing games is not compatible with that. I know a bunch of them charge admission or table fees or something, but it's weird for me. There are a lot of good restaurants around me. I go sometimes. There are a few good game stores around me with a deep library of demo games to play for free, but I never go there for that either.
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# ? Dec 3, 2018 21:53 |
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canyoneer posted:I always wonder how these places stay in business because the two business models have opposite drivers. Restaurants and bars make money by turning over tables multiple times a night, but having people chill for 3 hours playing games is not compatible with that. Those kinds of places usually don't serve kitchen food and instead serve super high margin items like from-frozen pizza, fries, hotdogs (or nothing), and rely on bar tabs to bring in revenue. They are also usually very lightly staffed compared to other similar sized places, which works because you don't really serve to the table at a gaming place. I'm not sure if it's really a better model than anything else, but it can help you stand out I guess.
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# ? Dec 3, 2018 22:05 |
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Nocheez posted:Not to mention the regular clientele in places like bars sucks rear end, and getting them more drunk makes you more money but then they act like bigger assholes. My family manages a bar for a fraternal organization and the stories I have heard about respected members acting like fools makes me never want to go near owning a place that serves alcohol primarily. Our local barcade had to close because college nerds kept sneaking in bottles of airline liquor and flushing the evidence, causing tens of thousands of dollars in sewer system damage the owner was unable to afford.
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# ? Dec 3, 2018 22:10 |
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Some content. I love scam descriptions. This one was a pretty convincing scam and OP doesn't seem like a giant doofus, but still BWM to wire money for an apartment sight unseen. I believe I got scammed on Craiglist. Help please !!! https://www.reddit.com/r/personalfinance/comments/a2sm1u/i_believe_i_got_scammed_on_craiglist_help_please/ quote:I am so embarrassed to post this experience here but I have just encountered my first craigslist rental scam in my life ☹️☹️☹️I know it is probably not possible to get the money back but I still want to share my experience with you to prevent further damages. Looking for help from Reddit !!! It all started with me moving to San Francisco to start my new project in Jan 2019. I know there are plenty of new platforms for apartment hunting out there especially for San Francisco. However, I started my journey with Craigslist as usual, since Craigslist the platform for us to find apartment starting from our college times. I even bragged about myself being a Craigslist pro in front of my colleagues...
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Lockback posted:Some content. I love scam descriptions. This one was a pretty convincing scam and OP doesn't seem like a giant doofus, but still BWM to wire money for an apartment sight unseen. Is the BWM the scam or thinking that renting an apartment for 2250 when you only make 3275 a month is a good idea?
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# ? Dec 3, 2018 23:37 |
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Food trucks will always be better with money than regular restaurants because there's only so much you can lose in a truck. You may fail just as often, but it's after losing $50 - 100k instead of $250 - 500k. UCS Hellmaker posted:Was in Texas and an arcade we went to had a great idea, 5 bucks to get in and all the games were free. You paid at min 5 bucks per drink and that's all they served. They were pretty busy the entire time we were there and overhead was tiny since it was just three people and no food. Seems like one way to get a business going steadily. We have an arcade bar here that rents out the kitchen for new start-ups. Customers get a wide variety of food (it was polish cuisine when I went), and the risk is split between the establishment and the chefs testing their menu. It helps that food isn't the reason people come in. It's almost an afterthought, so they still make the vast majority of their money on games and booze. If the food sucks it's not likely to kill the business.
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Lead out in cuffs posted:To be fair you can also run into weird issues of not being allowed to serve drinks at a place where "games of chance" are being played due to weird licensing rules. Ours ran into interesting zoning, especially the last one below. It’s generally pretty BWM to have a business plan that requires zoning changes but they made it work. quote:Founders asked for variances to allow 50 game machines, instead of the three-machine maximum; to allow two game machines per 100 square feet of area where a maximum of one is allowed; to allow no space around the machines where three feet of side clearance and eight feet of front clearance is required; to not provide an attendant for the machines; and to allow no off-street bicycle stalls instead of 24. https://www.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/barcade_comes_to_town/
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 04:16 |
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https://youtu.be/VNYNMM0hXXY Looks like a loving post-bender proof of life video
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 15:28 |
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holy poo poo that video owns haha i like him listing the people its like a suicide note
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 15:32 |
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oh my god this needs to get a billion views
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 16:35 |
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Jesus Christ that guy lost >$150 million of other peoples' money That's one big Cuban sandwich
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 17:35 |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOgG3aLqwIU Oh, going back to happier days. FWIW oil hit a low in January 2016 at 28, so the guy basically hit the nail on the head. Good for him. But nobody is lucky forever.
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 18:08 |
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Cspam just bought this for 100buxx lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KrnvM-Bwec
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 19:14 |
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Alan Smithee posted:Cspam just bought this for 100buxx lol
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Alan Smithee posted:Cspam just bought this for 100buxx lol You can have Tom Arnold say anything for $100? Helllllo Secret Santa gift.
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 19:21 |
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I think Tom is $50, the other half goes to the kid.
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 19:23 |
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Alan Smithee posted:Cspam just bought this for 100buxx lol Oh man, is this that platform where you can get random celebrities to read clips of stuff for money? A couple of them got duped into doing some of these that used alt-right codewords, didn't they? I wonder how cheaply you could make a feature production with D and C list actors, paying them $100 for every couple lines and then editing it all together.
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 19:31 |
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Ashcans posted:Oh man, is this that platform where you can get random celebrities to read clips of stuff for money? A couple of them got duped into doing some of these that used alt-right codewords, didn't they? To the self promoting kickstarter slash awful kickstarter thread!
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 19:33 |
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2nd take: that's basically how they funded NIc cage for Mandy
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 19:34 |
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Alan Smithee posted:Cspam just bought this for 100buxx lol Don't know why the video cuts off early; the whole thing is worth watching.
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 19:52 |
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Alan Smithee posted:Cspam just bought this for 100buxx lol link to this Cspam thread? nm found it
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 19:57 |
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BigDave posted:You can have Tom Arnold say anything for $100? Or 100 things from Nacho Cheddar https://www.cameo.com/nachocheddar
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 20:21 |
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I’d pay lowtax to say random BWM thread poo poo. I feel like he’s missing out on valuable neck-saving money here
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 22:34 |
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howdoesishotweb posted:I’d pay lowtax to say random BWM thread poo poo. I feel like he’s missing out on valuable neck-saving money here
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 23:16 |
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Dramatic readings of the most awesome/awful posts is what I want. Hell, Lowtax, would you do dramatic readings of my union's equivalent of forums drama?? XD
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# ? Dec 4, 2018 23:41 |
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didn't someone do kuenbuu (sp?) dramatic reading?
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 00:45 |
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Less Fat Luke posted:You already paid lowtax to say random BWM thread poo poo $30 for 16 years of shitposting. GWM
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 01:21 |
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Guest2553 posted:So does oil! quote:Sending you thoughts :* hahaha, im seriously laughing so hard here
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 01:33 |
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Cockblocktopus posted:Don't know why the video cuts off early; the whole thing is worth watching. Hahaha holy poo poo
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 01:42 |
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Schiavona posted:https://youtu.be/VNYNMM0hXXY Jesus this is incredibly grim regardless of the circumstances
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 01:59 |
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:holy poo poo that video owns i legit expected him to stick a gun in his mouth until i remembered it was youtube.
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 02:24 |
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Saw this dude today and thought of you guys Anthony Rapp fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Dec 5, 2018 |
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How much money do you think a person who got vanity crypto license plates has lost on crypto
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 03:17 |
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brugroffil posted:How much money do you think a person who got vanity crypto license plates has lost on crypto
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 03:27 |
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CarEquity.gif but it’s tumbling down the crypto price chart.
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 03:32 |
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Hoodwinker posted:Well they're driving a Dodge, so you do the math. I'm guessing they put their life savings into bitcoin when the price was $19k. I'm sure the price will reach the moon any day now.
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 03:41 |
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taking money out of your 401k to buy a boat! https://twitter.com/MEPFuller/status/1070433674502524928
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# ? Dec 5, 2018 22:48 |