• @Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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    829 months ago

    The one thing that going to a real casino taught me is that, despite what Hollywood would have us believe, casinos are not full of impeccably dressed classy people, but very old retirees that look like they only have a few years left to live, and disheveled men who look less well dressed than me in my PJs at home, who are gambling away large sums of money in a fit of anxiety and addiction.

    Really depressing crap.

    • @OpenStars@discuss.online
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      419 months ago

      And yet Donald Trump still managed to lose money somehow, which should have really told us something about his supposed “business accumen”.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      299 months ago

      I associate my time in Las Vegas mostly with elderly people with oxygen tanks, chain smoking while they put coin after coin in the slot machine. Just sad.

      • @jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works
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        149 months ago

        Vegas is a good place to go if your idea of a good time is eating and hanging around the pool. Other than that, it’s a glittering shithole in the desert built on the losses of prior visitors.

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          109 months ago

          And they took the pull handles away because they can siphon money out of retirement accounts much faster if the victim player only needs to press a button.

          • @ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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            9 months ago

            That’s sad. Pulling the lever was such fantastic part of the experience. Now we can’t call them “One Arm Bandits.”

            We use to live in a society.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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      109 months ago

      Oh for real. Walking through a casino is like being immersed in despair and obsession. I find no enjoyment in it at all.