StripclubRando

Grats. Resonates a bit, as I'd been mulling going cold turkey but have been waffling, despite having been away from this space for a while. I tend to binge if I'm not careful. The kind of over-consumption where, when sustained, turns even big wins into big losses. Now I just live vicariously through PM's and reading crap posted online. Think my mind knows I need to do. Body just hasn't caught up, yet. Again, grats.

End of an era. Gut feeling. Adding alcohol back into the mix is going to up the danger factor for some of the odd-ball edge case situations that random happen in the clubs. Plus the need for additional security personnel. Good for vanilla safety, but the double-edged bit is that there'll be more eyes on the "trading" floor in each of the clubs.

Reminds me of those hotel / motel setups that actually keep a copy of the bible within the nightstands next to the beds. If I recall correctly, the intention was to stop whoever it was from killing themselves (apparently some folks get a room first, and this is somehow enough of a thing that they started putting bibles in the room to see if it would help any).

Diminishing returns, probably. More specifically, marginal benefit (i.e. how much is one more of XYZ worth to you) is getting low. A lot lower. It's kind of like how every now and then, the Elon Musks of the world tell everyone that "money isn't everything." (The next $ he gets isn't that valuable. He has a lot already.) Or how some fictional movie characters might say "I'm sick of pussy." (Might have been Jack Nicholson in 'The Departed', I forget - mob boss is swimming in pussy. One more isn't that valuable to him.) Or if anyone has too much supply of anything, getting a little more of whatever that is doesn't really do it for them. At this point, if you take a break (and induce some artificial scarcity by deliberately not getting so much), the value will eventually climb back up again. Enough for it to feel worthwhile. My guess, anyways.

It's going to get harder to maintain the divide. AI, facial recognition, and possibly mandatory 100% tracked digital currencies may force a change on fun-times in the near-future.