So true. Only Harrah's does decent comps, and they only have 2 nice hotels (and 1 nice casino). Try getting a comp at Bellagio, Mandalay, or Wynn without having so much money that a comp isn't necessary.
They've cut so many corners and got away from what made it a cool place. I wouldn't go if I didn't get free rooms.
It used to be the acts were there to augment the whole Vegas experience. Now they just go because they're lazy and can't be fucking bothered working and expect a huge payday. The whole point of Vegas *used* to be an affordable vacation that felt glamorous without being prohibitively expensive. Now it's all golf courses, walled gardens and $20,000,000 condos. That's never what Vegas was about.
The trick that nailed Vegas was the PITA that flying became. It used to be that you could get a $100 round trip ticket to Vegas from anywhere in the US. The price of the flight went through the roof. Why was the fare so cheap before? Well because it was subsidized by the business there.
So you would hop an ultra cheap flight, goto Vegas and get some world class fucking up done. Drinking, druging, whoring, all way the fuck and gone from friends and family. No real repercussions. What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.
Now the price is through the roof, the flight is a nightmare that is ultra uncomfortable, unpleasant, and fucking germ filled. You get there and it winds up being just like the casinos right by your house. So you dropped time and money to get something that you can get at home.
Fuck that.
fact of the matter is, you're scumbags for being happy about this. when all is said and done, we're americans and should be for americans, regardless. people have been crying about nationalism and isolationism for a long time, but guess what? we're the only society that hates itself to this degree. we're selling ourselves the rope to hang ourselves, and you fucktards that hate the rest of your own country are the ones stringing up the tree.
Wants are unlimited, resources are FINITE. This "love your countrymen" dream of yours isn't going to happen. It's too late - homogeneity was replaced with diversity. We are Balkanized.
The trick that nailed Vegas was the PITA that flying became. It used to be that you could get a $100 round trip ticket to Vegas from anywhere in the US. The price of the flight went through the roof. Why was the fare so cheap before? Well because it was subsidized by the business there.
Last time I was in Vegas I flew from LAX with United. Fucking engine nacelle was covered in rust and a few of the covers were obviously from another non-United jet. The seats were filthy, the staff were rude and the passengers were fucking trash.
Last time I was in Vegas I flew from LAX with United. Fucking engine nacelle was covered in rust and a few of the covers were obviously from another non-United jet. The seats were filthy, the staff were rude and the passengers were fucking trash.
they outsource their maintenance to indonesia and shit, i would't fly on these rust buckets for anything.
they outsource their maintenance to indonesia and shit, i would't fly on these rust buckets for anything.
I think that's why the piers at the boarding gates don't have windows. I've been on some planes where I've gotten off and demanded a seat on the next aircraft. When they ask why and I tell them it's because I'm an Aerospace Engineer and I'm not prepared to fly on that piece of shit I usually get ushered off before anyone else hears me. The times I've been refused I normally don't quite get the full FAA phone number dialled before they give in.
Something about Vegas and flu is really nasty. I have to go there fairly often on business, and the flu strains they get there are so fucking nasty, they fill the emergency rooms. I figure all the greasy asians bring weird shit with them. At least twice I remember the Flamingo getting hit with that norwalk virus.
Vegas fucked themselves with $300 a night hotel rooms and overpriced celebrity chef restaurants.
they outsource their maintenance to indonesia and shit, i would't fly on these rust buckets for anything.
I think that's why the piers at the boarding gates don't have windows. I've been on some planes where I've gotten off and demanded a seat on the next aircraft. When they ask why and I tell them it's because I'm an Aerospace Engineer and I'm not prepared to fly on that piece of shit I usually get ushered off before anyone else hears me. The times I've been refused I normally don't quite get the full FAA phone number dialled before they give in.
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Something about Vegas and flu is really nasty. I have to go there fairly often on business, and the flu strains they get there are so fucking nasty, they fill the emergency rooms. I figure all the greasy asians bring weird shit with them. At least twice I remember the Flamingo getting hit with that norwalk virus.
Vegas fucked themselves with $300 a night hotel rooms and overpriced celebrity chef restaurants.
have you ever noticed how hard it is to get a bite to eat or a hotel room after midnight in vegas? wtf?
they outsource their maintenance to indonesia and shit, i would't fly on these rust buckets for anything.
I think that's why the piers at the boarding gates don't have windows. I've been on some planes where I've gotten off and demanded a seat on the next aircraft. When they ask why and I tell them it's because I'm an Aerospace Engineer and I'm not prepared to fly on that piece of shit I usually get ushered off before anyone else hears me. The times I've been refused I normally don't quite get the full FAA phone number dialled before they give in.
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have you ever noticed how hard it is to get a bite to eat or a hotel room after midnight in vegas? wtf?
hunh? I thought the claim to fame of Las Vegas was that the party never stopped...that you could just party around teh clock without the constraints of the shitty town you came from, the one where they roll up the streets at 9:00pm...
We have a Level 1 alert on checkout five. Conveyor down, I repeat, CONVEYOR DOWN!
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So, Mr. Smarty Man Aerospace Engineer, since you know so much about conveyor belts, maybe you could tell me what would happen if a jumbo jet tried to take off from a giant conveyor belt going in the other direction.
So, Mr. Smarty Man Aerospace Engineer, since you know so much about conveyor belts, maybe you could tell me what would happen if a jumbo jet tried to take off from a giant conveyor belt going in the other direction.
Easy, nothing.
Wheels would spin a little faster but otherwise there would be no difference. This problem only confuses retards.
Posted 9/6/2009 9:30 pm
I haven't seen any of the "What Happens in Vegas Stays in Vegas" commercials in a long time. I guess they know it's doomed, they've given up trying to promote the place.