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Kara

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34020 on: January 15, 2020, 10:05:54 PM »
Perhaps I'm just a neoliberal subject but I find it refreshing to have a city wholly subservient to capital that doesn't pretend that it has a culture.

I try and enjoy it as a theme park or a joke but my irony armor shatters every time I remember getting handed prostitute business cards by an elementary school kid and his brothers who couldn't speak any English. JDPON when?

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« Reply #34021 on: January 15, 2020, 10:06:19 PM »
Story time my man

moved there in 2003 for my first year of college and paid the bills by selling timeshares out of the lady luck, which really is enough to make a terrible year right there. also lived in a literally falling apart shithole apartment with two others.

on top of that i also got in a very toxic relationship that involved cheating from both sides, her throwing many things at me, and at one point her ex coming to my crappy apartment with friends and guns to convince her to come back. so then i got her pregnant (of course) but lost the baby because we both were just taking a lot of drugs to mentally escape the shitty situation we got ourselves into.

luckily since i was taking complete nonsense classes just to get by like boxing and weightlifing and some stupid film study things i was still able to keep solid grades and near the end of that first year of college got an offer to come to college in new mexico with a transfer scholarship so i accepted it and almost immediately got busted for weed. :lol i ended up bailing on everything there on the day i was supposed to go to court (and the day before my birthday) to come to new mexico and i've been here almost 16 years now.

none of this really has much to do with the city but almost everyone there is a real piece of shit, including me when i was there. living there mentally takes a toll on you in a way i can't even explain.

wait you missed your court date?!!

YOU'RE WANTED?!?! :dead
LOCK HIM UP!!
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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34022 on: January 15, 2020, 10:12:07 PM »
wait you missed your court date?!!

YOU'RE WANTED?!?! :dead
lol its been a long time and i've been back a few time for evo without any issue. a misdemeanor conviction for possession came up once for renting an apt and once for a job but i've not heard anything about it in any way for about a decade so i think i'm okay.


also apologies to shosta i dont think you are a piece of shit but you should probably get the hell out of there

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34023 on: January 15, 2020, 10:12:39 PM »
Las Vegas really does just look like mile after mile of bleak, unappealing suburban hell. Except for the Vegas Strip, which is its own unique version of hell.
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« Reply #34024 on: January 15, 2020, 10:14:06 PM »
wait you missed your court date?!!

YOU'RE WANTED?!?! :dead
lol its been a long time and i've been back a few time for evo without any issue. a misdemeanor conviction for possession came up once for renting an apt and once for a job but i've not heard anything about it in any way for about a decade so i think i'm okay.

With weed being legal recreationally in Nevada now you won bro :dead

Did you lose the scholarship btw
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« Reply #34025 on: January 15, 2020, 10:16:10 PM »
Also you went to Vegas for EVO knowing you were wanted there?

:dead

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« Reply #34026 on: January 15, 2020, 10:16:15 PM »
The Las Vegas strip is the worst place I’ve been. I’d rather be wasted in the back of a cop car with a broken nose and missing teeth.
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« Reply #34027 on: January 15, 2020, 10:16:59 PM »
i didn't lose the scholarship, which was really surprising :lol

and you never leave the strip for evo and it's really tough to get in any legal trouble on the strip unless you are a real fuckup. gotta get dem games in.

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« Reply #34028 on: January 15, 2020, 10:17:15 PM »
:lol
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« Reply #34029 on: January 15, 2020, 10:23:22 PM »
I feel kinda bad for admitting this because it indicates something, but I remember Las Vegas because I bought a pack of cigarettes there and smoked only because the hotel accidentally put me on a smoking floor (or I fucked up booking), and I told them it didn’t matter/don’t bother changing it. Las Vegas gave me a little bit of cancer. A lot if you count the bullshit it did to my translucent irish skin.
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« Reply #34030 on: January 15, 2020, 10:25:00 PM »
I feel kinda bad for admitting this because it indicates something, but I remember Las Vegas because I bought a pack of cigarettes there and smoked only because the hotel accidentally put me on a smoking floor (or I fucked up booking), and I told them it didn’t matter/don’t bother changing it. Las Vegas gave me a little bit of cancer. A lot if you count the bullshit it did to my translucent irish skin.
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« Reply #34031 on: January 15, 2020, 10:30:34 PM »
I feel kinda bad for admitting this because it indicates something, but I remember Las Vegas because I bought a pack of cigarettes there and smoked only because the hotel accidentally put me on a smoking floor (or I fucked up booking), and I told them it didn’t matter/don’t bother changing it. Las Vegas gave me a little bit of cancer. A lot if you count the bullshit it did to my translucent irish skin.

You're Irish?
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« Reply #34032 on: January 15, 2020, 10:33:15 PM »
My friend gave me a speech on friendship and how you have to put it what you want to get back and it made me think that in OT here I've been pretty selfish in that I don't really read OT but then post my stuff and ask for feedback. I read the gaming side and the movie thread a bit, but I'm gonna try to start reading and being more a part of OT.



What about the Pacific Northwest? But isn't that way expensive?

If you live within an hour of Seattle or Portland? Yeah.
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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34033 on: January 15, 2020, 10:34:23 PM »
I feel kinda bad for admitting this because it indicates something, but I remember Las Vegas because I bought a pack of cigarettes there and smoked only because the hotel accidentally put me on a smoking floor (or I fucked up booking), and I told them it didn’t matter/don’t bother changing it. Las Vegas gave me a little bit of cancer. A lot if you count the bullshit it did to my translucent irish skin.

You're Irish?


Well, Irish American, but pretty uh, pure going back the generations I know. There’s a German great or great-great grandparent somewhere.
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« Reply #34034 on: January 15, 2020, 10:35:45 PM »
we don't deserve bebpo
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« Reply #34035 on: January 15, 2020, 10:38:27 PM »
If you want mountains and are moving east of Colorado then you clearly don't want mountains.

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Kara

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34036 on: January 15, 2020, 10:48:45 PM »
Perhaps I'm just a neoliberal subject but I find it refreshing to have a city wholly subservient to capital that doesn't pretend that it has a culture.
JDPON when?
This is only tangentially relevant but I always found it pretty funny that the LV chapter of DSA had a logo that referenced the gaming industry
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This is super dumb when you consider that Las Vegas has comparatively high union membership in spite of anti-union legislation at the state level.

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« Reply #34037 on: January 15, 2020, 10:53:25 PM »
If you want mountains and are moving east of Colorado then you clearly don't want mountains.

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34038 on: January 16, 2020, 12:19:40 AM »
TVC might be on to something here with PA.

Philly is very appealing.

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Kara

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34039 on: January 16, 2020, 12:32:06 AM »
I helped fund a communist reading room or something in Philly. I'll put in a good word for you, C.

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« Reply #34040 on: January 16, 2020, 12:36:18 AM »
Also Ben Franklin was p awesome and maybe overtly into weird sex shit which makes him the coolest founding father by default
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« Reply #34041 on: January 16, 2020, 12:42:39 AM »
Snow, artistic state, historical city, two hours from NYC, four seasons, in a nice area where I can access multiple cities easily (Midwest, NE, Canada), low housing.

The list now is:

1. Philly
2. Chicago
3. Baltimore
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« Reply #34042 on: January 16, 2020, 12:48:38 AM »
If in Philly, we can also do a podcast where I guide you to locations where I did horrible things and you can pray for God to finally have mercy on me. Dental implant prices!
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« Reply #34043 on: January 16, 2020, 12:51:53 AM »
Mountains the size of the hill I grew up on though...

I know :fbm but the rest seems good.
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Kara

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34044 on: January 16, 2020, 01:01:27 AM »
I understand what cultural appropriation means now.

https://twitter.com/thomasbreakfas1/status/1217199652262629376

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« Reply #34045 on: January 16, 2020, 03:46:52 AM »
Riotus:

No real mountains but still have elevated areas and remnants from Appalachia for hiking so it's not real loss.



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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34046 on: January 16, 2020, 08:14:05 AM »
I stayed in Vegas for one night on a road trip and I never want to return.


Spooky city.

where did you stay?  :lol

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34047 on: January 16, 2020, 11:15:21 AM »
Designer-prostitutes of The Bore: how do I get a job making these ads? This is simultaneously awful and brilliant. It’s like Magritte with bonus chromosomes. I must try to become a part of this.

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34048 on: January 16, 2020, 11:18:02 AM »
I like the one that's just boiled banana slices in a pot.
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Himu

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« Reply #34049 on: January 16, 2020, 11:34:48 AM »
Why do you guys hate Vegas?

I haven't been as an adult but loved it as a kid. So did my parents. Vegas had massive pools and AMAZING arcades and as a kid you had free reign to walk around a massive fucking hotel.
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« Reply #34050 on: January 16, 2020, 11:55:29 AM »
most places in the US are terrible, Vegas is just up-front about it.

we usually stay a week or so but we're degenerates.

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« Reply #34051 on: January 16, 2020, 12:21:28 PM »
Why do you guys hate Vegas?

I haven't been as an adult but loved it as a kid. So did my parents. Vegas had massive pools and AMAZING arcades and as a kid you had free reign to walk around a massive fucking hotel.

At the first Bore Con we walked to go see a penis show that happened to be next door to a strip club just off the strip. For a nontrivial portion of the journey a taxi driver (that had some racket going with the strip club) harassed us to hop in incessantly even though we politely declined his ride. Right up until we were walking towards the penis show he wouldn't let up, then he got mad and drove away when he realized where we were going.

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34052 on: January 16, 2020, 12:52:46 PM »
Imagine going to BoreCon and having to walk somewhere else for a penis show.  :neogaf
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« Reply #34053 on: January 16, 2020, 12:59:26 PM »
Did Cindi just suggest that California, home to a dozen of the top ranked ski resorts n the planet, does not have snow?

 :picard :picard :picard :heyman :heyman :sheik

Motherfucker they get so much snow you can ski on July 4th and Thanksgiving of the same year
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« Reply #34054 on: January 16, 2020, 01:04:12 PM »
Snow in the city is nice around christmas when most people don‘t need to work.
I can‘t remember the last time that happened though.  :doge


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« Reply #34055 on: January 16, 2020, 01:05:46 PM »
Even fucking Los Angeles is near snow



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« Reply #34056 on: January 16, 2020, 01:10:14 PM »
My week on the strip reminded me of Baudrillard and hyperreality and him going on about how we basically live in a giant advertisement and all that shit. I think I was experiencing some sort of weird depersonalization, like the effect of the big brash environment was making me shrink. I also ate like 300 bucks worth of cannabis red velvet cake pops that week.
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« Reply #34057 on: January 16, 2020, 01:22:16 PM »
Imagine going to BoreCon and having to walk somewhere else for a penis show.  :neogaf

A troop was in the audience and his wife convinced him to participate in the final act. (It was solicited by the performers.)

You can't find that kind of anti-imperialist content just anywhere. Well maybe a giant dad section on a porn website, but ONLY there.

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34058 on: January 16, 2020, 01:55:12 PM »
Not wanting to shovel snow is the main reason I moved
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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34059 on: January 16, 2020, 10:53:04 PM »
Phili is cheap because their population dwindled isn’t it?

Like it has a ton of unoccupied housing.

The Bay has a ton of unused housing and still has a homeless crisis.
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« Reply #34060 on: January 17, 2020, 02:40:21 AM »
Did Cindi just suggest that California, home to a dozen of the top ranked ski resorts n the planet, does not have snow?

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Motherfucker they get so much snow you can ski on July 4th and Thanksgiving of the same year

Being near snow is not the same as getting a regular snowfall.

One major damper I have with my photography and living in Houston is variety. Houston lacks it visually. Oh I can find gems having four seasons in one place is beneficial. I notice photographers that are from say, LA, lack the visual variety of someone that lived in say, NYC or London. Having regular access to snowfall is a part of that. LA  the same weather almost every day. Good for regular life, boring for a photographer.

Great. Sunny places all day every day all year long. :zzz

Mean while...



More seasons means more variables which means more options and visual stimuli to play with. If you don't have four seasons I'm not interested.

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34061 on: January 17, 2020, 02:59:05 AM »
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« Reply #34062 on: January 17, 2020, 03:05:32 AM »
most places in the US are terrible, Vegas is just up-front about it.

we usually stay a week or so but we're degenerates.
Yeah vegas is great when you want to scratch that trash itch and people watch. I max out at like 4 days tho.
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« Reply #34063 on: January 17, 2020, 03:10:41 AM »
Ive decided to go with Philly.

One of the most walkable cities in America? :drool

In order for me to get interesting shots in Houston I have to drive my ass bare all over this damn city, sitting in my car. I hate it so much. To be able to establish a regular route I can do daily would be godsend. Being able to walk is a huge benefit. Since its so walkable that means there's lots of people walking. That means more shots and opportunity for shots. Houstonians never walk so the number of potential shots is small. There's four seasons, it's Philly so there's a lot of stories, it's near Baltimore and NYC and I can stay there for a weekend if I want. Low cost of living and I can buy a house there.

I love the benefit of being close to New York but not BEING in New York which is full of photographers. I'll have my own competition with a nice access to other areas. So much variety. Also being near New York has benefits especially if I end up having an internship or mentor.
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« Reply #34064 on: January 17, 2020, 03:31:31 AM »
Let me know if you have any Philly questions and I can ask one of my old best friends that lives there. She generally likes to complain so she’ll give the real bitch-eatin-crackers dirt.
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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34065 on: January 17, 2020, 01:47:38 PM »
Houston is nearly as violent as Philly. :yeshrug
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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34066 on: January 17, 2020, 03:15:42 PM »
Philadelphia has some wacky mascots, it can't be all bad  8)


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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34067 on: January 17, 2020, 08:09:59 PM »
Watch out for those couple of guys who were up to no good. 

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34068 on: January 17, 2020, 08:11:38 PM »
Watch out for those couple of guys who were up to no good.

 :juicy
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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34069 on: January 17, 2020, 08:30:58 PM »
Houston is nearly as violent as Philly. :yeshrug

It looks like Oakland is considerably more dangerous than Philly, so if you were ok here, Philly will seem like a gated planned community for retirees in comparison.
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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34071 on: January 18, 2020, 01:19:49 PM »
It just keeps happening. :whatsthedeal

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34072 on: January 18, 2020, 01:22:01 PM »
sealed indictment  :trumps :dobbs
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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34073 on: January 18, 2020, 01:33:26 PM »
I dreamed that I had lost my bag on a train and woke up pissed off about it.

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« Reply #34074 on: January 18, 2020, 07:31:56 PM »
Okay, this made me laugh so much I stopped and made a video for you ungrateful assholes

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34075 on: January 19, 2020, 12:17:12 AM »
Haven't slept in 3 days and had to move a fridge and stove today. Sleep still not taking.

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34076 on: January 19, 2020, 12:21:19 AM »
Have you tried blessing up?

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« Reply #34077 on: January 19, 2020, 12:28:53 AM »
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« Reply #34078 on: January 19, 2020, 12:36:18 AM »

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Re: Random Talk Thread: Isn't it time for a new title?
« Reply #34079 on: January 19, 2020, 12:41:51 AM »
Haven't slept in 3 days and had to move a fridge and stove today. Sleep still not taking.

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Sorry :( I feel you.
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