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a year ago
“Now, we are a large LA suburb”
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Interesting you mention that. A few years ago when I took the Grand Canyon bus tour from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon we passed through Kingman, Arizona and the driver mentioned it’s become almost a suburb to Los Angeles (and to Phoenix and Las Vegas)
LA must be a miserable city (with terrible schools) if people are willing to live in LA and commute almost 5 hours every weekend to go back home to the family
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a year ago
Pretty obvious - but smart cell phones have probably had the biggest impact on everyone’s daily lives.
They revolutionized our lives on how we eat, shop, manage our healthcare, etc. in ways not many ever predicted.
And they are pretty much a necessity no matter how poor or rich you are. Sometimes I think the assumption that everyone has a smart phone is unfair because one needs a phone in almost everything you do. I, like many others, can’t even log in to a work computer now without a phone
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a year ago
So what’s the question?
If you’re asking if spending $300 makes one a whale then the answer is no - not even close.
$300 wouldn’t even be 30 minutes in a VIP room at many places
The hierarchy of strip club customers:
Whale
Balla
Big Spender
Good customer
Mr Average
Cheap ass (everyone else)
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a year ago
Safety features in cars have improved while the quality of the drivers has gotten exponentially worse.
People drive too fast, won’t stay off their phones, run red lights, have no clue how to properly merge. In general, just plain rude
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a year ago
“Magic City: An American Fantasy charts the rise and pitfalls of the Atlanta strip club and its sustained imprint on hip-hop culture, as told by employees, dancers, journalists, management, and countless celebrity interviews including 2 Chainz, Nelly, Shaquille O’Neal, Quavo, Killer Mike, Big Boi and others.”
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I do know who Shaq is anyway
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a year ago
I am 40+ years of clubbing so I’m pretty sure I’ve topped a quarter of a million. But as was pointed out that’s “only” $500 to $600 per month. Lots of people easily spend that on clothes, an endless string of new cars, country club memberships, or travel.
I guess it only seems “wasteful” to outsiders who don’t understand the fun and thrill of it.
My spending hasn’t been consistent though. Over the years I had $5000 splurge months followed by no clubbing for a period of time
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a year ago
I have never watched anime. I had to look it up on Wikipedia - I knew it was animation but thought it was the cartoon porn i see advertised on porn hub.
I’ve never seen a Marvel movie, nor have I’ve watched Harry Potter, Twilight or Lord of the Rings. The only Star Wars movie I watched was the first one around 1977. Didn’t like it.
But then I watched hole to hole coverage of the US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach.
So not sure where I fit on the spectrum of normalcy.
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a year ago
“but I cringe when I see a latino referred to as a latina and a latina called a latino”
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Oh c’mon man…didn’t you get the memo. We now live in a non-binary genderless society!
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a year ago
What “we” want to hear and what is actually played is a chasm as deep as the Grand Canyon
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a year ago
Makes me wonder too if the rise of onlyfans and Twitter influencers like Olivia Dunne who makes millions just for bikini pics has led dancers to believe they expect cash for doing nothing other than looking pretty
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a year ago
TLN ???
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a year ago
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rickthelionStraight outta tha NC, comin' atcha with an AK ready to steal your daughter. ROAR!!!
What’s the difference between a French stripper and Amoxicillin?
Amoxicillin works
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a year ago
Meanwhile, no suspect has been named in the Willowbrook (Chicago) Juneteenth shooting even though there is video evidence of the shooter and the vehicle and hundreds of witnesses. No mention ever of the race of the shooter - so he’s not white
I only mention this because there were numerous Facebook posts saying “it was a white suprematist” - and no repercussions for spreading inflammatory rumors
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a year ago
Shadowcat - I was a wee bit young, but I always heard it was the Dave Clark 5
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a year ago
“They were one of the first of a long line of blah OK bands with faceless, nameless members”
As soon as I saw this thread, I had the same thought.
Kansas, Foreigner, Bon Jovi, Def Leppard, Scorpions - all were ok, had a few hits, but nothing spectacular
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a year ago
The debut album “Boston” came out the summer heading into my senior year in high school.
It was the album everyone was talking about. Has to be one of the fast selling debut albums in US History.
It was an interesting time in music. The hard rock metal bands - Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Black Sabbath - were still trying to hang on as a popular genre but they were in a dogfight with music heading in a soft pop direction. Olivia Newton-John, Debbie Boone, Barry Manilow, John Denver.
But you also had some funk bands of the 70’s and the emergence of disco.
And love them or hate them, you had KISS, which in the Midwest at least, was the most popular band of them all
Real interesting, diversified era. Unlike today.
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a year ago
If there was ever a case against affirmative action, it would Kamala Harris.
Affirmative action inspires mediocrity, lower standards and sets unqualified people up for failure. Exactly what we are seeing from the performance by Harris.
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a year ago
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motorheadFat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life
I will miss Suzy Kolber. Damn she was hot when she was younger with the shorter hair.
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a year ago
I’m not much of a follower of politics. Do not know this Vivek chap. But I do feel a real sense of anti-woke backlash so bad f Biden stands for all that is woke, he’s probably in deep trouble
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a year ago
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‘@s1utmuffin on IG! Long Island, NY
I always order no guacamole
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a year ago
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gammanu95My casual drinking is your alcohol poisoning.
^^
all you do is post endlessly about past atrocities but never suggest a path forward.
If you’re not part of the solution you’re part of the problem.
And if the US is so bad, there are about 194 other countries to choose from. Or is it perhaps the US is still one of the better options?
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a year ago
If you haven’t already been there - the Grand Canyon is a must see. I did it on a 4 day trip to Vegas so you should be able to fit it in on a 10 day
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a year ago
The facts are this is not a hobby for cheapskates. Worrying about exchange rates seems akin to worrying the waitress brought you the wrong drink when the bar is burning down
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a year ago
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SpecialjBorn in NYC, conceived at Woodstock.
Usually a waste of time
Strippers have kids
Kids like fireworks
Ergo, the club will not have many dancers
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a year ago
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ilbbaicnlKeep it in my pants when I do OTC. If I were a stripper it would stand for I like big bucks and I can not lie.
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in the past 40 years or so I’ve had to use the laundromat a couple of times. Once when my washer broke down on a weekend and needed to do laundry before a new was delivered the next week. And last year when I moved I went once before my new W&D Was installed.
Spending a view hours in a laundromat can really put things in perspective. You don’t know how lucky you are until you see a single mom struggle to carry in multiple loads - often with a baby in one hand and a string of kids from 4-14 with her. And you see every container imaginable. Laundry baskets, suitcases, plastic storage totes, trash bags.