Comments by anon4231 (page 4)

@JohnTitor "The Microsoft and Amazon tech fuckheads ruined the pricing structure for EVERYTHING in the entire Seattle and western Washington region, notably housing and general cost of living, and that certainly extends to lap dances." Oddly, the club in question is in a more touristy area. The other club I go to, which is literally across the street from the new Amazon building, is the $30/$40 topless price one (which is a bit high, but not exorbitant.) Of course, when I moved to Seattle 12 years ago, dances were $20 with little upsell that I noticed - you're not wrong about tech money fucking everything up. If I hadn't gotten a recent raise, I'd have to move to the sticks and commute 2 hours just to afford a place to live.

Kind of in reverse, but I had an ATF at the club I went to in NC (in a military town.) So of course, later in the smoke pit I'm talking about the hot blonde stripper with the huge fake titties who was rubbing them in my face, and someone else says "Son of a bitch, I PAID for those tits!" Turns out it was his ex-wife. Sliiiightly awkward working with the guy (or getting dances with the chick) after that.

I was at a club back in NC a long time ago, and they played American Pie. And they didn't cut it. At the time, I just loved it because it's my favorite song. Now that I'm older and wiser to the way of strip clubs, I realize how much the dancers must have hated it.

I'm agreeing with many others. You usually get a feel for how "dirty" a girl is when they're on stage. You can ask before or after, but the only line you need to remember is, "hey, where are you cool with me putting my hands?" I've had answers ranging from "anything not covered by cloth" to "oh, wherever you want." I suspect the latter girls didn't realize just how much that could entail. ;p

I mentioned this on another thread, but there really should be a hard guide for star ratings if they're going to stick around. Not "what did you feel the value was," but "I got x dances for y dollars and there was a w dances for z dollars special, so the rating should be this +-1" That way, we can actually compare apples to apples. Right now, it's more like peaches to coconuts.

FWIW (since this is relevant to reviews,) I don't like the star ratings without a guide of some sort. A 9 star experience for me is likely to be significantly different than a 9 star experience for someone else who is looking for different things. Unfortunately I don't really have the experience with a wide range of clubs that would let me -make- those guidelines... I'll bet you could crowdsource something though.

Possibly a bad idea. We can speculate on the algorithm all day, but once the actual math is revealed you KNOW the trolls are going to sit down and figure out how to game it. ;p

@Bj99: "san_jose_guy As I know trust ratings are in part a back patting thing, but they are also for newbies to see how highly regarded a member is." This is really my thought about "likes" or whatever for posts and/or club reviews. As a newbie, I could say "<user> has a shitty trust level, he must be talking out his ass" or "<user> has a really high trust, he must really know his shit." It's a shorthand for something that would otherwise take quite a bit of reading to figure out. I don't particularly like the use of the word "trust" for it as I mentioned above, but I'm not sure I've got a better idea either. I also think it should indicate -something- useful. If it doesn't and is just for e-peen comparison, the place would be better off without it. ;p

Mine is 3.75001001358032. I love it. It looks like it's weighted by both breadth and depth of reviews. I've reviewed one club fairly extensively, but I've only reviewed 3 clubs overall since I don't travel. You're reviewed 7 clubs but only have one more review than I do, so it looks like diverse reviews count as more "contribution."

Props should've been comments in the first place, it looks like. Occasionally I saw them used as (and tried to use them as) a genuine "hey, this is a good review," but most of it was people trolling (or maybe not trolling) about club ads, etc. It also makes me wonder how many of them actually were club ads, and how many were newbie Seattle mongers who just had a good experience and caught shit for it - which means they never came back. More directly on topic: I like the concept of the trust system, but much like "props" above for comments, I think it needs a new name. Is "like this review" (or hell, even "prop this review" as an action separate from a comment) a possibility for trust? Is it possible (or even useful) to have a split sort of trust? That is to say, "Reliability" for the review side of things, and "Trust" for the discussion forum side of things? I might think that (for example) desertscrub wrote a perfectly fine review for club X, but I've got him on my ignore list for comments because they're all just accusing everyone of writing a club ad. Note, his review sucked too - just a hypothetical here. ;) On the flip side, Papi_Chulo was on my trust list for some reason and I felt no reason to take him off. His contributions to the discussion forum are always well-written and to the point. On the other hand, I know his tastes run pretty opposite to mine when it comes to ladies at clubs - I'd absolutely read his reviews if he was doing one for a club I was near, but only to say "okay, this club has what I DON'T like." In a vacuum, I probably wouldn't "trust" his review because it doesn't focus on what I'm interested in (although if it were called reliability, I'd be slightly more likely to do so.) What will be the effects of trust in the discussion forum? Something like Slashdot, where comments from anyone with a rep below <x> won't show up unless I click a button? Similarly, will I be able to "like" a discussion comment, saying "hey, this actually contributes to the conversation?" For trust in the club reviews section, will we have the ability to "sort by trust for the past 12 months?" Wow. Wall of text. I'll stop now.

Let's be honest - you're better off taking a day (overnight) trip north up to Seattle and going to Pandora's.

"Subraman I'm not sure that getting dressed counts as part of the strip club ritual -- presumably, you do that every day before you leave the house... wait, juice is here, nevermind :)" To be fair, it's not the fact that I'm getting dressed that happens every- wait. Bad way to put it. ;p Really though. It's not that I dress, but -how- I dress. Ends up being pretty much the same outfit every time. I work in IT - I don't own "nice" shirts that aren't polo shirts, and I don't like wearing those to the club.

Hey, if she's pregnant, you know she puts out.

The Lusty Lady (a peep show) in Seattle was run by a woman before it closed down. Nice person, and I'll bet she was hot back in the day.

I usually confirm the dance count throughout the string of lap dances to keep specifically this from happening. Just as annoying is when they sit with you for the last minute of a song, and try to bill that as a dance - I've protested that one before.

I actually looked through those pictures, and only two or three of them are really "ugly." I'd bang pretty much every other one of them. I'd mostly say body, with the above in mind. I know a girl who straight up looks like a horse when she smiles but has a good body... a good body isn't enough in that case.

He obviously never saw it coming.

By my definition, the "girl next door" look means she's not amazingly hot - just really attractive to YOU. I prefer my girls short, curvy, and just chubby enough to be nice and soft no matter where you touch them. In other words, the stripper I described in the thread you saw that in. That's my "girl next door" type - cute and attainable. By comparison, I have a friend who is an actual model - I wouldn't call her a "girl next door" by any means. She's absurdly leggy, tall (6 feet,) thin, attractive, and way the fuck out of my league (in looks, at least. In personality, she's actually a really sweet person.) My guess is that's what the stripper meant in OP's story - she'd rather look like a model than "average."

I might consider hitting up a club if the local one is open. Otherwise, it's just fucking off on the Internet as usual. PL checking in! :D

There's been some awesome bodies I've seen, of course, but the most awesome woman overall I've had a dance from is one that used to work at a nearby local club (haven't seen her in years, which is a damn shame.) Blonde, a little bit short, a little thick but with a flat stomach, and extremely cute rather than purely hot. Beautiful Cs/Ds, and big green eyes you could get lost in. You'd never see her in a beauty pageant, but she just had this aura of "I will look wholesome while I suck your chode out through your dick." If we're talking strictly about body, I can't really think of a single girl that's REALLY stood out - I'm pretty sure I've been ruined by porno on that count. It's got to be the full package for me at this point, but then again, it's Seattle rather than Vegas. Probably as bad as Portland. :P

Yeah, I don't see myself wearing a shirt like this - to a club or anywhere else. If it were something nondescript - a little logo (and ONLY a logo with no words) as an inside joke - it might MAYBE be different. Something that outright says "The Ultimate Strip Club List" though? It's feels like it'd either advertise that what happens in the VIP will NOT stay in the VIP (which may mean nothing fun happens) to a savvy dancer, or it's just advertising that you're a frequent pervert (which may get a laugh around some jobs, but might end up being a career-limiting move in others.)

Oh, I don't doubt that - like I said, it's pretty clear she's in it for the money. It's almost amusing to me how she won't admit it outright though. I appreciate the insights in this thread - it's answered my initial question and given quite a bit of interesting information besides.

Well, money at strip clubs DOES tend to get a kind of funny smell...

She'll eventually get the hint, I'm sure. "Sorry, but I keep a tight leash on my finances... student loans, etc." ... as I buy filet mignon for dinner tonight. No money for the club though! :V Of course, I do want to continue the business relationship - just on my own terms, not as a nice smelling ATM. :P

It's not harrassing (and let's be honest, the dance -was- better than any I've had around here so far) - it's just somewhat unexpected and I was wondering if it's par for the course. That said, I -have- gotten a GVoice number for future distribution.