Dave
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I have to say when I was in high school I'd have been all for this, not realizing that (a) I wouldn't have been able to get in to watch and (b) that means the only people that were would have been creepy old fucks.
The Random Crap Thread 2: It Hits the Fan.
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Dave
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Actually I've never been a strip club guy. I've never understood the appeal. I mean, I know it's nice looking at naked ladies, but the few times I have gone it's been rather sad. And I'm not talking the talent per se. Some of them were perfectly lovely and nice. But it was the atmosphere and the skeevy customers and the "you gotta buy a minimum of three of these artificially overpriced and watered down alcoholic beverages - yes, even if you don't drink". Just the whole thing left a bad taste in my mouth (if you'll excuse the easy pun).
So if I went in there and there were FOURTEEN YEAR OLDS dancing?!? Yeah. It wouldn't have been a good time.
So if I went in there and there were FOURTEEN YEAR OLDS dancing?!? Yeah. It wouldn't have been a good time.
Y'know, us Belgians often get flack for being the pedophiles and all, but while strip clubs are perfectly normal here (I've been to a few - not a huge fan - but at least the skeeviness here is a lot less than it seems to be in the US), naked underage dancing has literally never been legal here. I'm not saying there's never been a 17 year old either lying themselves or being forced into it with human trafficking and all, but making it legal? That's Pocahontas territory. Ewww.
GasBandit
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I went to strip clubs a few times with the fellas when I was in my late teens/early 20s, and most often it was a disappointment. I pretty much always left feeling "I could have had more fun and spent less money if I'd stayed home and used the internet for pretty much the same level of content and interaction."
Even lap dances aren't exciting when you've constantly got in your head "this is as far as this goes and it doesn't mean anything anyway."
Even lap dances aren't exciting when you've constantly got in your head "this is as far as this goes and it doesn't mean anything anyway."
I find a lap dance in a strip club - especially for the groom-to-be of a stag night or whatever - to be demeaning for both sides and, even when it's a hot girl, really not a turnon at all. Ugh. Never had one, really don't want one, either.
I mean, I've had lap dances in other contexts where it was consensual and not for money for one side and to be made a fool of on the other, and that was fun, but in that kind of context? Ugh.
I mean, I've had lap dances in other contexts where it was consensual and not for money for one side and to be made a fool of on the other, and that was fun, but in that kind of context? Ugh.
Gas cares not from whence the red hair grows, as long as it shows.
For crying out loud, the one time, THE ONE TIME you can actually make a "No, this is Patrick" joke and have it work on both levels, and you whiffed!
I want to think that it used to exist but got banned for being 2wasab4reddit.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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There's no such thing as a subImgur. They don't have subdivisions, though they do support tags (that nobody uses or pays attention to, unless to put humorous meta-commentary into their post).
I have always found strip clubs weird, and only ever went to one relatively recently, more or less 'by accident' and it was as bad as I expected. I think of the scene in Silicon Valley where Dinesh is explaining his aversion to strippers, "It's like I have a boner and you have a boner and we're all just sitting there with our boners." Like, yeah, what?
Just so long as you know it will be your responsibility to take care of it. Don't expect @Squidleybits to do that for you.
GasBandit
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I guess it made more sense in the bygone days when seeing naked ladies outside of magazines was more of a novelty luxury, instead of an oversaturated market with less barrier to entry than a free e-mail account.
Belt clips don't work so well for larger people, tend to rub you raw. I had one for years, but then it started to really aggravate me, so I stopped wearing it.
Dave
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My wife and I just did a drive off from a gas station. But not the NORMAL way.
She went in to pay and I was checking the oil. When she came out we hopped in the truck and left. After paying $40 for gas and not putting any in the vehicle. We circled back but by that time there was another lady at the pump so I went inside & explained. Turns out we screwed them ALL up. In the end, we got our $40 worth of gas but I don't think they were pleased with us.
She went in to pay and I was checking the oil. When she came out we hopped in the truck and left. After paying $40 for gas and not putting any in the vehicle. We circled back but by that time there was another lady at the pump so I went inside & explained. Turns out we screwed them ALL up. In the end, we got our $40 worth of gas but I don't think they were pleased with us.
Not calling this a win or victory unless I get the job, but I have an interview tomorrow within the company for a promotion. Different department, different responsibilities. Apparently dealing with a LOT less customers, which is ideal for me.
I doubt I'll get it, but wish me luck, folks.
I doubt I'll get it, but wish me luck, folks.
G'luck!
Gonna be hard to break the interviewer's leg over video chat, but I'll try! Gotta establish my dominance, after all.
I wish I could eat more than half a crab sandwich of shellfish, I love it by my allergies don't.
At the age of 34, I am finally getting my driver's license. I've had my learner's forever and took my lessons when I was like 18 or 19, failed the in-car test, got embarrassed/cranky and just never bothered. It's been an inconvenience but overall I haven't needed to drive. It's past the point I learn, though, and I'm now a little embarrassed that I don't.
The online portion of the lessons are such a pain though. Slow, unskippable, unhelpful narrated slides and videos, with 'test' questions that aren't educational but designed to trick you. Gonna grind through it but damn I want to slap whoever designed this course.
The online portion of the lessons are such a pain though. Slow, unskippable, unhelpful narrated slides and videos, with 'test' questions that aren't educational but designed to trick you. Gonna grind through it but damn I want to slap whoever designed this course.