Comments by ozymandias (page 5)

A stripper with a pegleg is never far from a pole... just sayin' O.

You should go to DragonCon in Atlanta at the end of August/beginning of September (Labor Day weekend) - at night there are tons of parties, and the serious and huge goth crowd comes out. Many of these are very probably into - or would be if it were suggested to them - vampirism ;) O.

I'm going to go out on a limb and say that preferring "a stripclub without music or dancing" means you DON'T LIKE strip clubs! Why not just go with escorts? Female companionship sans the club, it's a far more efficient expenditure of time and money. That said, I'll go with "TRUE" on the original question. O.

I'd have to say that, in general, happy people are more fun. A pissed off dancer is just that - pissed off. If she *does* want to do some kind of revenge-fuck, she's doing it out of disrespect for him, not to please me. A happy dancer, on the other hand, probably just wants to have fun... and so she'll BE more fun, and I'll have more fun as well. It's always best to hang out with happy, successful (regardless of the occupation!) people. O.

There's a 100% correlation between "being born" and "dying". Just sayin'... O.

Obviously, "non-contact" means "no touching", ie. "air dances". "Low contact" is one of those phrases like "few" or "several", more a qualitative than quantitative idea... I mean, a blowjob, very technically, is "low contact", since it's just lips around your dick. Right? ;-) O.

I don't mind sitting and chatting sometimes, but I don't pay for "time", I pay for dances; like jablake, I have at times recommended that a dancer "go to work", but sometimes they just want to sit and talk. Dancing *is* kind of a slacker job ;) O.

It's actually a much greater risk in a conventional bar or club than it is at a strip club; in general, though, I'd say it's a good policy not to leave drink unattended anywhere. O.

Well, I'm unwilling to look up citations, so this is purely anecdotal, but in my experience most of the drug/alcohol users who overdose, engage in dangerous mixtures and the like tend to be the "lighter" users, weekend partiers and the like. The "heavy" drug using crowd is actually quite a subculture (again, this is anecdotal, as I myself have had at best a tangential intersection with this subgroup), complete with "manual", internet forum communities, and other modes of information dissemination which, while enabling the lifestyle, often imposes accepted standards per mixing, dosage, etc. The DUIs, likewise, are usually "amateurs" caught unawares by their own condition - most of the true junkies I've known either (i) didn't have a vehicle or (ii) adapted their lifestyle to their addiction. Again, all this is anecdotal, but I'd bet that if you examined clinical data you'd find that morbidity/mortality data inversely correlates toxicity with "experience". That said - and regardless of public or personal hazard - such behavior is highly irresponsible... I'll certainly agree there. O.

Actually your hardcore alcoholic/druggie usually has a surprisingly sophisticated awareness of their limitations and tolerances, and even a passing knowledge of organic chemistry and pharmacology as pertains to their particular interests. I'll never forget my surprise once, years ago, when an un-degreed "dead head" expressed an informed opinion on the mechanistic controversy surrounding bimolecular nucleophilic substitution reactions ;) There actually are guys who try to extend the age-old model of "ply the wench with alcohol" with narcotics, something quite prone to incorrect dosages. O.

Check out some comments by Peter Schiff back in '06... he totally called this (on CNBC) and was actually *laughed at* by the other talking heads (one of whom was loading up on Merrill Lynch, lol.) Awesome. Me? I knew - as a real estate investor myself - that there were WAY too many skanky loans being approved and it would come back to bite *someone*, though I never could have foreseen the scale of it. O.

I have observed one case of such poisoning (at the Cheetah in Atlanta) that I can recall, in the early 90s. Most dancers I know are VERY cautious about there drinks; let's face it, there are some fucked-up psychos out there. I think the risk is certainly overstated, though - as are almost ALL risks, really - simply because humans in general suck at mathematical intuition. O.

I swear to God, they could take this forum and make a reality show for "Bravo" with it. Maybe schedule it between "Real Housewives of Atlanta" and "Project Runway". It's as bad as strippers bickering in a dressing room. Sheesh, lol. O.

Anyone who works face-to-face with clients (ie. isn't a cubicle monkey) knows that business and friendship can often overlap. I know I have clients I like a lot, even though we aren't "friends", and conversely there are people I hire I get along with very well. Does that mean I'd be having lunch and playing golf with them if we didn't have a business relationship? No. But I genuinely "like" them and wish them well, and might even go out of my way to help them if it came to that. Somebody has to be pretty weird (sociopathic or affectively disordered) to view people with the kind of categorical compartmentalization often advocated around here... O. O.

When I was on the road a lot I used to carry two laptops - one for work (provided by my company and doubtless monitored by them) and one for gaming/personal/general-fucking-around. Heavy, yes, but I keep those two worlds well separated. O.

I care. Fake tits are just repulsive to me - but then, I'm a leg/ass man, not a tit man, so for me bigger isn't necessarily better. I like 'em built for speed, not buoyancy :) O.

The big problem clubs pose for married guys is coming home smelling like smoke and perfume - dead giveaway! I have a full bath with shower at my office, so it's not an issue for me, but lacking that it's wise to have a health club membership or something that allows you to clean up before coming home. O.

Once or twice. Those stages are actually pretty high and can feel pretty narrow - a friend of mine used to own a strip club, and we used to hang out there when it was closed during the afternoon; I got up on one of the stages once, just for the perspective, and it felt pretty high up. I imagine with fuck-me shoes, it's even worse. Just think of the last time you fell 3 or 4 feet - it can be a pretty nasty spill. O.

You're not "stupid" - normal, healthy humans develop a sense of affection for people they're intimate with (it's called "proximity theory" in social psychology). Naive? maybe. But why something so extreme like "never talk to her again". If you have fun with her on occasion, go with that. Is she insincere? not necessarily - it's not as though she owes you anything really. You're not her boyfriend or husband. "Fuck buddy" arrangements - and she's basically a "compensated" fuck-buddy - tend to not really last very long, but they can be fun while they do. And you can always be looking for the next ATF, of course. O.

In the "Cosmic Book of Really Bad Ideas" I think "sticking your dick into a mysterious hole in a wall with no real idea of who or what is on the other side" definitely appears in the first two or three pages. O.

Yes, obviously it's the end of the world. O.

She looks like a drag queen. Probably she's been smoking for 30+ years; that said, I can certainly see her appealing to a certain customer base. Clubs really *do* need some age/race/body type variety, simply because one size doesn't fit all, customerwise. I am *sure* there are other factors, though - clubs don't fire big earners because they're 44. O.

Sorry, there is a significant difference between a "white" club and a "black" club - its a nice platitude to say "they're all strip clubs", but it's quite inaccurate. In terms of definition, well, "white" clubs have mostly white dancers and clients, and "black" clubs have mostly black dancers and clients. The respective club cultures (not to mention the music) are dramatically different. O.

Well, Filipinas are Pacific Islanders, but culturally they're almost more Latina than "Asian"... pretty much they're Catholic, for example, not Buddhist. I lived in Manila for about a year. People *think* of Filipinas as very sexual, but mostly thats from servicemen who've experienced a limited set of Filipinas (whores) in Angeles city - on the whole, they are not wild at all. The wild ones are pretty fun, and can be quite freaky - I had a chick who wanted me to fuck her with my sidearm once... unloaded, but still, jeez ;) O.

Well then you're fucking the wrong group. Per the CDCs most recent STD profile for race/ethnicity (based on 2006 data, and compiled Oct 2008), "Asian/Pacific Islander" have about half the incidence of STDs than the next lower race/ethnic group. Risk is highest among A-Americans and Hispanics (predictably, since it tends to correlate with education and income), and lowest (significantly) among Asian/Pacific Islanders. So if you combine STD risk with "freakiness", Asians are pretty much the rationalist's "slam dunk". No reason to look elsewhere! O.