Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[Kara]

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?

BAD VIBES

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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. 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?!?!

LOCK HIM UP!!

[nachobro]

wait you missed your court date?!!

YOU'RE WANTED?!?!

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

[Great Rumbler]

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.

[Himu]

wait you missed your court date?!!

YOU'RE WANTED?!?!

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

Did you lose the scholarship btw

[Himu]

Also you went to Vegas for EVO knowing you were wanted there?



I AM SCREAMING AT MY COMPUTER IN LAUGHTER

[TVC15]

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.

[nachobro]

i didn't lose the scholarship, which was really surprising

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.

[Himu]

[TVC15]

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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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.

[Himu]

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?

[bluemax]

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.

[TVC15]

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.

[Himu]

we don't deserve bebpo

[bluemax]

If you want mountains and are moving east of Colorado then you clearly don't want mountains.

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I am bound by blood to shit on all East Coast "mountains".

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[Kara]

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.

[Himu]

If you want mountains and are moving east of Colorado then you clearly don't want mountains.

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I am bound by blood to shit on all East Coast "mountains".

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It's true!

[Himu]

TVC might be on to something here with PA.

Philly is very appealing.

[Kara]

I helped fund a communist reading room or something in Philly. I'll put in a good word for you, C.

[TVC15]

Also Ben Franklin was p awesome and maybe overtly into weird sex shit which makes him the coolest founding father by default

[Himu]

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

[TVC15]

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!

[Himu]

Mountains the size of the hill I grew up on though...

I know but the rest seems good.

[Kara]

I understand what cultural appropriation means now.

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

[Himu]

Riotus:

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

[Akala]

I stayed in Vegas for one night on a road trip and I never want to return.


Spooky city.

where did you stay? 

[TVC15]

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.

[Joe Molotov]

I like the one that's just boiled banana slices in a pot.

[Himu]

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.

[Akala]

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.

[Kara]

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.

[Joe Molotov]

Imagine going to BoreCon and having to walk somewhere else for a penis show. 

[james]

Did Cindi just suggest that California, home to a dozen of the top ranked ski resorts n the planet, does not have snow?

 

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

[BisMarckie]

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. 

[james]

Even fucking Los Angeles is near snow

[TVC15]

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.

[Kara]

Imagine going to BoreCon and having to walk somewhere else for a penis show. 

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.

[TVC15]

Not wanting to shovel snow is the main reason I moved

[bluemax]

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.

[Himu]

Did Cindi just suggest that California, home to a dozen of the top ranked ski resorts n the planet, does not have snow?

 

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.

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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[nudemacusers]

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.

[Himu]

Ive decided to go with Philly.

One of the most walkable cities in America?

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.

[TVC15]

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.

[Himu]

Houston is nearly as violent as Philly.

[skullstorm]

Philadelphia has some wacky mascots, it can't be all bad 

[Madrun Badrun]

Watch out for those couple of guys who were up to no good. 

[VomKriege]

Watch out for those couple of guys who were up to no good.

 

[TVC15]

Houston is nearly as violent as Philly.

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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https://twitter.com/find_evil/status/1218240487166840832

[Kara]

It just keeps happening.

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sealed indictment 

[Rufus]

I dreamed that I had lost my bag on a train and woke up pissed off about it.

[TVC15]

Okay, this made me laugh so much I stopped and made a video for you ungrateful assholes

[toku]

Haven't slept in 3 days and had to move a fridge and stove today. Sleep still not taking.

 

[Madrun Badrun]

Have you tried blessing up?

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[toku]

[TVC15]

Haven't slept in 3 days and had to move a fridge and stove today. Sleep still not taking.

 

Sorry I feel you.