With ICE’s arrest quotas, the saying “What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas” has a whole new meaning.
No shit, Sherlock.
Great.
I wouldn’t go even if I was offered a free trip all expenses paid.
It’s gaudy, fake, ugly, unsustainable and stupid.
Even without all the fascism, it’s still the worst.It’s gaudy, fake, ugly, unsustainable and stupid.
Apparently it used to be relatively cheap, so people put up with those things. I wonder if Vegas will survive the price hikes.
Vegas used to be the land of free stuff to reduce all barriers to gambling and keep you around gaming: free parking, free drinks, free shows. Rooms were cheaper than you’d expect because it was subsidized by the gambling. All of that is gone now.
I think they are convinced they can survive on milking rich idiots. I don’t think it makes sense from a scale perspective. Vegas always builds way too big because they never want to turn away gamblers due to lack of space. But it’s really expensive to cool and maintain enormous spaces.
I think they are convinced they can survive on milking rich idiots.
They can. Sure their staff will get laid off but the rich people will still keep placing bets in large enough numbers that the house stays afloat. Fact of the matter is that rich people struggle to get dopamine hits and gambling large quantities of money is one of the few things they have left. There’s a comedy called Rat Race that illustrates
Vast majority of sporting events and entertainment is funded by gambling and alcohol unfortunately.
The house will definitely get smaller, have less employees, and a higher buy in… but the gambling industry will persist.
It’s gaudy, fake, ugly, unsustainable and stupid.
And those are it’s best features…
haven’t ever gone, really not interested, tbh.
There is literally so much Canada to explore?
Ikr, I can’t relate to Vegas-enjoyers, even before Trump.
Unless you’re into fake gold, cigarette smoke, tire dust, concrete, gambling, objectification.
I don’t believe in Hell, but Vegas is straight up nightmarish.
It’s like a pizza oven over there, the concrete radiates heat well after the sunset.
They abuse AC everywhere to a level where you’re either freezing inside or cooking outdoors.
The strip itself could be pedestrian focused but it’s instead car-centric for no reason.
Trucks go up and down the strip for the sole purpose of pulling an ad-trailer-TV thing.
Crossing the street is potentially a 5-10 minute affair that takes you through a mall because reasons.
It’s basically an incarnation of the worst of capitalism and consumerism in the most unsustainable way in the most stupid place.
I hate the place with a passion and I cannot imagine willfully spending time there when one can be literally anywhere else instead.yeah fuck all of that, would much rather go to like Montreal or something
Most of it only accessible by car. :/
We do bus tours from cities sometimes, but those don’t always exist or go where we want.
I don’t love outdoor sports either. Hiking, skiing, camping… snore
It’s gaudy, fake, ugly, unsustainable and stupid.
Are you talking about the U.S. President?
the election issue of course being
do we want these asshole oligarchs as our leaders or not?
Our household is still doing a full American boycott, or at least as much as we realistically can. No buying US groceries, no Amazon, we cancelled all our streaming things and certainly no US travel.
And every time I hear complaints from the US about how their liquor industry is suffering or whatever… good! Their president keeps talking shit about us, deliberately tries to fuck our economy up and continually threatens to invade us. Until they get rid of that asshole and do many other things to fix their shit, I don’t care if they all go broke and I hope everyone else keeps it up as well.
What really pisses me off is half the stuff we bought in our last shopping trip says “Product of Peru” or “Product of Mexico” on the front, then you flip the blueberries over and it has a US distributed by address on the back. I’m doing my best but they’re making it harder to spot.
I mean to be fair you never boycotted China so. It almost seems like everyone forgot about that genocide.
Is that being fair? Just seems more like you’ve loosely associated the context with something else that you think should be valued… equally? more? idk… seems like a tangent to the discussion.
Oh fuck off.
Not sure where you got that from. I try to buy Canadian where possible and my complaint was that US is trying to hide the fact the products are American. That’s it. I’d like to be informed where I’m getting my stuff from.
Our cats still get American cat food, our son love fruit and if the option is US or nothing we’ll get him some and find something else for ourselves. Given that China builds most things that’s impossible too. I bought a Nintendo Switch in 2017 and most of that is from China.
I went down to Vegas back in April for Sick New World. I loved it there, even if it apparently isn’t what it used to be. Of course things will never be the same, but I saw the appeal.
Vegas had cool shows and entertainment. I miss Penn and Teller, and the short flight was nice. Vegas had some nice desert hikes.
But here I am in Japan downing a bowl of ichiran ramen and planning a walk through the torii gates tomorrow. The yen is pretty cheap right now too.
(Well not NOW now, it’s 4am)
The USA ain’t worth the effort or the risk, and they don’t respect us.
Penn and Teller… ironically Canadians.
No? Penn born in Massachusetts (thank god for autocomplete on that one, holy hell), Teller in Pennsylvania (ditto).
That sounds like an honestly awful fucking thing to pay for when you could just go to Japan like imagine going to Las Vegas Vegas instead of Japan I can’t
Please excuse my stupid way of speaking. Lemmy voice to text on Voyager is fucking broken.
Vegas was cheap, close, and had a lot of good shows.
You could go there a few days without a 12 hour flight and jet lag. Often had deals subsidized by gamblers.
I can fly to Kelowna or Victoria for a long weekend, but they’re not going to have Cirque du Soleil exclusive shows.
It was a shit hole at the best of times.
I have personally passed up a trip to Vegas over US nonsense this last year.
Maybe because it’s insanely expensive to go to Vegas now?
No, because it’s full of Americans.
Las Vegas can’t die fast enough in my book…
Canadians refusing to be insulted by nothing more than a pedophile plus the smartphone gambling apps were bound to take it’s toll. I read a while back that LV is only catering to the whales now and are doing better than ever. I guess that news story was wrong.
LV has such a violent homeless problem even police are scared to enter some old parking garages.
Went once, that was enough.
Went to see O (eau) by the Cirque du Soleil . Fantastic show.
Don’t know how to gamble. I was not comfy on the street vs pickpockets. The rest of the trip wasn’t as whizbang, but it was still a nice trip.
