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A.o.D.
Jan 15, 2006
If anything Atlantic City is more honest about what it is.

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Madurai
Jun 26, 2012

The most eye-opening thing I discovered in Vegas was how many people still smoke.

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011

Madurai posted:

The most eye-opening thing I discovered in Vegas was how many people still smoke.

It's been a few years since I've been down there. I wonder if McCarran still has those glass smoking rooms that are absolutely opaque with a quarter inch thick layer of orange-brown tar.

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


Madurai posted:

The most eye-opening thing I discovered in Vegas was how many people still smoke.

Eye watering

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

Kazinsal posted:

It's been a few years since I've been down there. I wonder if McCarran still has those glass smoking rooms that are absolutely opaque with a quarter inch thick layer of orange-brown tar.

You bet they do

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

Kazinsal posted:

It's been a few years since I've been down there. I wonder if McCarran still has those glass smoking rooms that are absolutely opaque with a quarter inch thick layer of orange-brown tar.

Oh god I'm having flashbacks to fixing smoker's PCs. Vomit inducing.

Lemniscate Blue
Apr 21, 2006

Here we go again.

Madurai posted:

The most eye-opening thing I discovered in Vegas was how many people still smoke.

They want to die faster there.

bengy81
May 8, 2010
My favorite part of LV is the cloud of bammer weed smoke hanging over the entirety of the strip.

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


bengy81 posted:

My favorite part of LV is the cloud of bammer weed smoke hanging over the entirety of the strip.

I’m walking around Times Square and it’s same. Sheesh.

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011

bengy81 posted:

My favorite part of LV is the cloud of bammer weed smoke hanging over the entirety of the strip.

I find it funny that I can go to Vegas and buy and smoke as much weed as I want but if the border guard at McCarran customs asks I have never and will never smoke the devil's lettuce no sir that is a dangerous route that leads to death by fentanyl overdose and I am a good proper young god-fearing man sir

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

bengy81 posted:

My favorite part of LV is the cloud of bammer weed smoke hanging over the entirety of the strip.

That and the places you walk down the sidewalk and there’s that *snap* *snap* as people pop these little cards at you as you walk by, and they’re advertisements for escort services and the like

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011

MrMojok posted:

That and the places you walk down the sidewalk and there’s that *snap* *snap* as people pop these little cards at you as you walk by, and they’re advertisements for escort services and the like

And if you accidentally take one, fifty other dudes appear out of nowhere to hand you more.

Pine Cone Jones
Dec 6, 2009

You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!
Why does anyone go to Vegas

TheWeedNumber
Apr 20, 2020

by sebmojo

Pine Cone Jones posted:

Why does anyone go to Vegas

I mean isn’t DEFCON there?

MrMojok
Jan 28, 2011

My wife and I aren’t big gamblers*, but we have gone there before just to see some shows, eat a lot (although the days of being able to get a lot of decent food for cheap there are over), and walk around at night looking at stuff like the fountains in front of the Bellagio.

We saw a Cirque de Soleil show once there that was pretty great, and we’ve seen singers/bands in residency there.

* having said that, we do tend to drop money into the Wheel of Fortune machines just because they are fun. SPIN THAT WHEEL!

Kazinsal
Dec 13, 2011

Pine Cone Jones posted:

Why does anyone go to Vegas

50% conferences, 50% debauchery.

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

TheWeedNumber posted:

I mean isn’t DEFCON there?

That's 1 reason. And Black Hat ain't the 2nd reason to go.

But honestly, with Global Warming DEFCON will likely eventually need to relocate.

bengy81
May 8, 2010

Pine Cone Jones posted:

Why does anyone go to Vegas

You can catch a cheap (lovely) direct flight from any reasonable sized airport, and rooms in the older hotels are cheap as poo poo. Pre COVID I would go once a year with a few buddies. We would cram into a room and spend two days sitting around a pool drinking beer.
There are also a ton of good restaurants all over town.

Wrong Theory
Aug 27, 2005

Satellite from days of old, lead me to your access code

bengy81 posted:

My favorite part of LV is the cloud of bammer weed smoke hanging over the entirety of the strip.

I think whoever can breed the smell out deserves a nobel prize. Tired of everywhere fun smelling like it. Now if someone would legalize it federally so us poor government workers could partake...

Pine Cone Jones
Dec 6, 2009

You throw me the acorn, I throw you the whip!
I wish I could smoke, I'm tired of liquor at this point, it's not fun anymore. If it ever becomes legal for federal employees, I'm done drinking forever.

Stultus Maximus
Dec 21, 2009

USPOL May

Wrong Theory posted:

I think whoever can breed the smell out deserves a nobel prize. Tired of everywhere fun smelling like it. Now if someone would legalize it federally so us poor government workers could partake...

Now that it’s legal I wish everyone just get vapes and edibles because the smell of all the joints is ferocious. It reminds me of when I was a little kid and the grumpy old guy a few doors down spent his retirement by sitting on the porch all day in a wifebeater smoking box after box of Dutch Masters. Just absolutely foul.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...

MrMojok posted:

That and the places you walk down the sidewalk and there’s that *snap* *snap* as people pop these little cards at you as you walk by, and they’re advertisements for escort services and the like

Shits gone

Like the free strip parking

Vincent Van Goatse
Nov 8, 2006

Enjoy every sandwich.

Smellrose

Eason the Fifth posted:

Ray Stevenson died :( I didn't see a lot of his stuff later stuff, but Titus in Rome was a character for the ages.

13! :(

lightpole
Jun 4, 2004
I think that MBAs are useful, in case you are looking for an answer to the question of "Is lightpole a total fucking idiot".
Reno is so much better, I miss it from time to time. When the rugby team traveled to CA for away games the Tongans would always get in trouble for smoking inside so we generally left as soon as possible. They also usually had several 30 packs of Bud Light in the van with them so would have to stop every 30 min to piss on the way home.

God I miss Reno.

joat mon
Oct 15, 2009

I am the master of my lamp;
I am the captain of my tub.

Kazinsal posted:

Good ol' AC. The end result of Jersey looking at Vegas and thinking, yep, we can do that but even shittier and more mobbed up.
One of the best sad songs on one of the best albums of sad songs.
https://youtu.be/_vy8edcyvHU

Milo and POTUS
Sep 3, 2017

I will not shut up about the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I talk about them all the time and work them into every conversation I have. I built a shrine in my room for the yellow one who died because sadly no one noticed because she died around 9/11. Wanna see it?

Madurai posted:

The most eye-opening thing I discovered in Vegas was how many people still smoke.

Anything to get them out of vegas faster

Lemniscate Blue posted:

They want to die faster there.

poo poo

Jimmy Smuts
Aug 8, 2000

Pine Cone Jones posted:

I wish I could smoke, I'm tired of liquor at this point, it's not fun anymore. If it ever becomes legal for federal employees, I'm done drinking forever.
Similar here with beer, as long as I don't have a bad reaction to weed. I'm tired of all the weight I've gained from beer. And I won't switch back to liquor because it's too easy to get too drunk off it, I kinda swore off it.

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


I've only been to Vegas twice but my last time was for a football game. My friends that are super into birding found a bird sanctuary just outside the city that was surprisingly nice and peaceful to go spend an afternoon at.

The first time I went with my wife, she and I did a bunch of hiking at Calico Tanks and Red Rocks during the day, and then went out drinking and eating at night. It was great.

Vegas sucks poo poo if you stick to the strip only, but if you get outside the city, it's not a terrible place to visit. Also if you stay there for more than a couple of days, you're doing it wrong.

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
I present the most Nevada thing there is, which is technically a California thing:



The only thing on the California side of the state line in Primm (which is itself a pit stop for degenerate gamblers) is a store that sells lottery tickets, because Nevada does not have a state lottery and gamblers need their fix.

Wasabi the J
Jan 23, 2008

MOM WAS RIGHT
Thanks guys we hate it here too. That's why we moved here. To take out our hate on the idiots who would want to visit.

Alan Smithee
Jan 4, 2005


A man becomes preeminent, he's expected to have enthusiasms.

Enthusiasms, enthusiasms...
i only go there to get directions on how to get away from there

Acebuckeye13
Nov 2, 2010

Against All Tyrants

Ultra Carp
I used to visit Vegas semi-frequently back when I worked at Grand Canyon (mostly because it and Phoenix were the two closest major airports), and it is... okay. I don't gamble much or drink at all so there wasn't much for me on that front, but there are some neat things around like Omega Mart. I will say though that once you get out of the city, there are a lot of cool parks - Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire are short drives and really neat, and of course Death Valley is incredible. Just don't visit if it's even close to the summertime :v:

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012

BREADS
Death Valley got its foreboding name in the winter.

Don’t visit then, either.

Sometimes it floods, too.

Acebuckeye13
Nov 2, 2010

Against All Tyrants

Ultra Carp
Death Valley is rad as hell, and winter is the best time to go since it's not as hot. I went in February and it was great.

That Works
Jul 22, 2006

Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy


joat mon posted:

One of the best sad songs on one of the best albums of sad songs.
https://youtu.be/_vy8edcyvHU

Yes.


Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Platystemon posted:

I present the most Nevada thing there is, which is technically a California thing:



The only thing on the California side of the state line in Primm (which is itself a pit stop for degenerate gamblers) is a store that sells lottery tickets, because Nevada does not have a state lottery and gamblers need their fix.

You weren't going to mention that the lottery ticket store received the honor of having its own road named after it?

ASAPI
Apr 20, 2007
I invented the line.

Platystemon posted:

I present the most Nevada thing there is, which is technically a California thing:



The only thing on the California side of the state line in Primm (which is itself a pit stop for degenerate gamblers) is a store that sells lottery tickets, because Nevada does not have a state lottery and gamblers need their fix.

Primm amazed/horrified me the first time I drove through/stopped for gas. I've seen footage of the place now and it somehow got even worse.

CBJSprague24
Dec 5, 2010

another game at nationwide arena. everybody keeps asking me if they can fuck the cannon. buddy, they don't even let me fuck it

Wrong Theory posted:

I think whoever can breed the smell out deserves a nobel prize. Tired of everywhere fun smelling like it.

I was on a Delta flight out of Atlanta earlier this month and the dude in the row behind me smelled of a combination of janky weed and foot odor. Dude was so baked that the flight attendant had to get his attention for the exit row spiel.

Between that, seemingly not being able to go to the beach anymore without getting blasted by what smells like a cloud of skunk rear end, the racket that is the Ohio medical Marijuana system, and all the studies coming out with people shocked that "Whoa, moms who :420: may cause their kids health issues??!!!?!1", I'm getting tired of the whole thing.

E- unrelated, "gently caress around and find out continue to post through it":
https://twitter.com/RpsAgainstTrump/status/1660814017592451073?t=R-vaJpeKQxOPr6fbF0Ng5Q&s=19
https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1660973645001261060?t=oHpp-efSVqhkBjdZK_T9AA&s=19

CBJSprague24 fucked around with this message at 15:12 on May 23, 2023

bulletsponge13
Apr 28, 2010

Classic Orange Man.

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Bored As Fuck
Jan 1, 2006
Fun Shoe
https://twitter.com/oneunderscore__/status/1660666330100424704?t=B18R449Qukd3mjDlPxQpBw&s=19

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