Looks like TUSCL's Discussion Forum Has Declined Along With The Decline In Strip

35 comments

• Call.Me.Ishmael

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  5 years ago

  Huh. Well, I'm having plenty of fun with hot dancers. And this discussion forum has actually been more interesting and less of a slog now that a few high-volume trolls have slithered along somewhere else. But hey, everyone has their own interpretation.
• SirLapdancealot

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  5 years ago

  I agree with Ishmael. The Portland club scene may have declined a little bit from 10 years ago but it's still going strong from what I can tell. And in my 5 years of reading the TUSCL boards it's about the same and at the moment there's even a relative lull in the amount of trolling.
• Cristobal

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  5 years ago

  I have been mongering for almost a year (my mongering Bday is arriving soon) and I have fun in LA and COI strip clubs. The TUSCL discussion board has its ups and downs but overall it is interesting.
• Call.Me.Ishmael

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  5 years ago

  Though it appears that your thing is to be the strip club-version of a wide-eyed guy on a busy sidewalk wearing a sandwich board reading "The end is nigh!" [view link] [view link] [view link] [view link] [view link] [view link] [view link] [view link] But, you know, for a guy who has quit strip clubs (often...), thinks the industry is dying, and the women are ugly, you have a remarkable number of recent and legit reviews. No really, you're reviews are better than those by a lot of guys who love strip clubs. So... thanks for that.
• twentyfive

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  5 years ago

  Go get us a sammich you whiny twat
• jackslash

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  5 years ago

  Strip clubs and the discussion forums have their ups and downs. Nickifree, you are free to initiate new discussion topics or to write about interesting strip club adventures. If the forum is dead, do something to liven it up.
• prevert

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  5 years ago

  I’ll go look at your reviews so I know which clubs to avoid. Meanwhile, I’m having more fun than I have in years, so maybe I don’t have to.
• Papi_Chulo

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  5 years ago

  w.r.t. strip-clubs, I think the old saying "it was the best of times it was the worst of times" kinda applies - there are certain pockets around the country where the SC-scene is probably as strong as it's ever been; but in general in most-parts it seems they are either lame, overpriced (high-prices low-mileage), and in many areas local authorities wanna get rid of them. Also - the club scene does change, but so do mongers, over time - I never thought it would happen to me but these days I kinda gotta convince myself to hit the clubs whereas in the past I had to often fight my urges - I probably do 20% of the clubbing I did in the past and most of my clubbing this year has been taking some SC-trips that had been on my PL-bucketlist and I kinda just wanted to finally see them w/ my own PL-eyes thinking that maybe my SCing in the future would be taking some trips every-now-and-then to clubs I really like, vs being a regular-clubber in my local-clubs which are not doing much for me - but even most of my recent SC-trips have mostly being meh and for now I've cancelled two additional ones that I had planned - so in my case it's more me than the clubs but at first I thought it was the clubs that were the main-problem.
• Papi_Chulo

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  5 years ago

  w.r.t. the discussion board; I do think it's a trend that it, like some clubs, does seem to slow-down in the summer-time and then kinda pick up again - but just like club-burnout, many eventually also get burned-out w/ TUSCL
• GACA

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  5 years ago

  Good ole Lil'Dickey we missed your Uncle Tom'n ass.
• shadowcat

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  5 years ago

  Well after 20 years of posting on the discussion boards, I have finally burned out a bit. I won't comment on politics. If I am attacked, I prefer to just put them on ignore. I don't find it necessary to post a comment on every single topic that is posted. If it doesn't interest me or I have no knowledge, I don't post. I try to start topics that are news worthy to strip clubs or topics about strip clubs that have not been covered previously. That is pretty difficult after all of these years. But I'm not going anywhere.
• JohnSmith69

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  5 years ago

  I go to strip clubs all over the country and there is no general decline of strip clubs that I have observed. Certain areas come and go as great destinations but overall the clubs are at least as much fun today as they ever have been.
• Daddillac

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  5 years ago

  I just get tired of the bitching and moaning between the real people.... I have long since gotten past the trolls but honestly the bullshit of rick dugan caused me to block him and quite frankly made me grow tired of the boards. So I don't log in or participate nearly as often and if something is important I will post in VIP not in this shit show
• MackTruck

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  5 years ago

  [view link] ^^^ some stuff takes 5 years to catch on I guess
• whodey

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  5 years ago

  The fact that you are blaming the so-called decline of strip clubs on "rap/hip-hop hood shit" seems more like a personal racial problem to me. The idea of clubs being filled with barbie doll style white blondes with fake tits dancing to classic rock doesn't work for most clubs anymore. PLs have a wide variety of tastes when it comes to both the girls and music. Sure some clubs are in decline, while other clubs are thriving. It is a lot like much of the economy as a whole. Consumers are no longer willing to pay high prices for a service (or merchandise) based simply on the goodwill associated with a brand. They also want a wider variety of girls instead of just the same cookie cutter look over and over. This has impacted some of the "high end" chains that you mentioned in the same way as it impacted Sears, Toys-R-Us, Plymouth and numerous other brands. Any company that doesn't adapt with the times will die over time. Just like brick and mortar retailers had to adapt to online competition (Amazon, Ebay etc), strip clubs need to adapt to online competition (porn, web cams, sugar dating sites) if they want to stay competitive. The clubs that have adapted well have continued to thrive.
• Mistah_Fetti_Morbuxxx

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  5 years ago

  I just knew GACA was going to respond as soon as I saw the name of nickifree that started this discussion lol.
• AnonymousJim

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  5 years ago

  I think WhoDey is onto something. First off, while I do think clubs have declined some, I don't think they're in trouble. Various factors have meant they've had a bit of a market correction: Widespread broadband and Internet porn, Tinder, economic disparity, all the same stuff causing young people in general to have less sex. But they're still around and many still do well. That said, if there's one thing the bracket is teaching me, it's that you guys do like variety. I may like those blondes, but you guys like variety. Also, I think young folks also like their own little obsessions. Clubs can do well to add the accoutrements we laugh at sometimes, ranging from WiFi to video games. The clubs will find a way to survive. As long as there are horny guys looking for a place to privately embrace their horniness, and women and club owners willing to make money off that, there's a place for clubs.
• DenimChicken

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  5 years ago

  > The fact that you are blaming the so-called decline of strip clubs on "rap/hip-hop hood shit" seems more like a personal racial problem to me. The idea of clubs being filled with barbie doll style white blondes with fake tits dancing to classic rock doesn't work for most clubs anymore. PLs have a wide variety of tastes when it comes to both the girls and music. I think this is a really good point. It may be a matter of demographics and club vibe. Personally I enjoy when a club plays at least some rap/hip hop. Girls are more into it. They get into more motion and want to show their bodies off more. Worth noting that I'm well under 50 so that could be a factor. There are lots of other factors on how people go about their club experiences all together. There are tons of guys on here who are on a mission to get as much mileage as possible in under an hour for under 100-200. Nothing wrong with that! But that guy likely isn't nodding to the music and enjoying the vibe. A lot of girls want to have fun while at work - so the vibe you put off heavily impacts the experience you have.
• Assmanjoe

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  5 years ago

  Im new but enjoy the discussions and most of the NJ clubs that ive hit recently seem to be doing just fine, pretty large crowds even on off-nights. With one local exception. As for the music, strip clubs are going to play whats popular, mainstream and danceable. Hip hop hits all those boxes today. If the girls are happy with it and happily shaking their asses to it, then were all happy and the clubs doing just fine. Unless you just hate hip-hop... then i dont know what to tell you. If theres a decline in some regions then i think its likely more cultural shifts and regulatory changes than the music.
• rh48hr

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  5 years ago

  I'm pretty sure nickifree is a black guy, but he has always complained about rap music and hood rats. I don't go to my local clubs as much because I haven't been able to get the same level of service (if you know what I mean) as before. I stil find most of the girls attractive even if they are not "my type". I've just been spoiled honestly. But it has saved me money.
• rh48hr

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  5 years ago

  And being able to ignore certain threads has made the discussions 100 times better. I may not want to ignore the poster, but if I don't like the topic I just ignore it. I just have to be careful, I accidentally ignored a poster I didn't want to one time. Don't know how long it was before I noticed it and was able to correct it.
• Papi_Chulo

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  5 years ago

  ^ with the new layout it's easier to hit the Ignore button by accident (I've done it a couple of times thus I check my Ignore list from time ti time) - have also hit the Favorites button by accident a few times
• rickthelion

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  5 years ago

  There is a clear solution: add a rickroom The rickroom would be special discussion board where people can learn from the ricks and post praise for our wisdom. I doubt that rickdugan would have time to moderate. He is the smartest hairless ape in the world after all. However, rickthespidermonkey might be talked into moderating. For a rick, rickthespidermonkey is kind of sad. He wears a suit but he also wears diapers. But don’t you hairless apes get any ideas about being superior. He only wears the diaper because it makes it easier to masturbate and the little fella is pretty much jacking off every minute of the day that he isn’t fucking whores or sleeping. The guy even masturbates while eating. Perhaps we could get him to agree to moderate a rickroom. ROAR!!! Also, I have a pro-tip for any hairless apes that want to get in the ricks’ good graces: never eat anything with a white sauce on it while dining with rickthespidermonkey!
• Boomey

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  5 years ago

  As for the decline of strip clubs, here in Houston the cost has declined relative to inflation, and the quality of dancers has also declined, and the overall SC scene has declined to meet today's economics. In Houston, lap dance prices have been constant at $20 since the early 1990s (or even before, when I was too young to go to SCs). The consumer price index has doubled since 1990. So the price of a lap dance has been cut in half. Even better for consumers, the quality of lap dances is much better with plenty of hands-on action, whereas those 1990s lap dances where mostly hands off. Of course, the world wide web had minimal content in the 1990s, so the main options were magazines and SCs, so guys were willing to pay the premium. I recall that most of the girls at the Colorado in Houston in the early 1990s looked like they came straight from the Victoria's Secret runway, and they were overwhelmingly white. The money for the dancers must have been really good, and the result was very high quality, model-quality dancers. Fast forward to 2019, and the cost per lap dance is much less and they need to be OK with all the hands-on action. Of course some hard-working dancers can still do very well at today's rates, but I'm thinking that being a dancer on average pays a lot less than 25-30 years ago. It's a different market now, less costly for the customers but less rewarding for the girls, so the scene has adjusted accordingly, with lower-quality girls and lower-quality customers.
• nicespice

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  5 years ago

  Here’s a fun conspiracy theory: IceyLoco is actually nickifree’s troll account—a caricature who represents the worst elements of the urbanization of strip clubs. Would also explain the axe to grind with the discussion board. 🤓
• MackTruck

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  5 years ago

  Dam skippy
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  3 years ago

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• skibum609

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  3 years ago

  People read way too much into something that's entertainment and nothing more.
• azdd

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  3 years ago

  Wow Brad, way to go bumping an 18 month old thread. So serious.
• Cashman1234

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  3 years ago

  This Brad troll is trying to distract us from the true victim - the San Jose Goat! Don’t fall for this trick! It’s smoke and mirrors - and I’m sure Brad doesn’t even eat goat cheese.
• mark94

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  3 years ago

  What’s happening here parallels what is happening in the clubs. Volume is down. Many of the regulars have disappeared. It will come back but it won’t be exactly the same.
• PinkSugarDoll

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  3 years ago

  So....rap music is ruining the discussion board, got it.
• Papi_Chulo

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  3 years ago

  I blame White Privilege
• georgmicrodong

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  3 years ago

  THE WORLD IS ENDING. THE END IS NIGH! Again. Yawn.
• wallanon

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  3 years ago

  Well we've finally hit the bottom of the troll barrel. BradFryer563 sounds like something from an infomercial you could buy for $19.99. Or maybe two for additional shipping and handling.