Pacquiao v Mayweather

[Dave_L]

Is Vegas known for attracting upstanding people?

[Irving]

One time while walking around in Vegas some random dudes walked up to us and said, "Do you guys know who this guy is?" pointing at one of their friends. I said, "Nope." They went on and on about how he was the best boxer ever and was up and coming and kept asking if I wanted to fight him. Once was annoying enough, I can only imagine if every other group of dudes was like that.

[Graves]

Did you fight him?

[Irving]

Hell no, I don't fight. He wasn't even paying attention anyway.

[kidicarus13]

Is Vegas known for attracting upstanding people?

My thoughts

[Jer]

This is what I'm confused about. If they weren't raping/assaulting/robbing people, surely it couldn't have been so bad that you've suddenly lost the will to live after seeing the worst of humanity? I mean, I went to Vegas for New Year's and saw the dregs of society too. But short of physical violence, it's mostly just annoyance at foul language and low-class dress. At least for me.

As I've stated, I've been to Vegas numerous times. I'm not sensitive to the type of people it attracts. You don't have to be raped/assaulted/robbed to develop a negative opinion of a large group of people. A large group that, based on the way they carried themselves and the complete lack of demonstrated intelligence, couldn't have possibly held employment let alone employment that paid well enough to afford the airfare, hotel & food/drink costs that weekend demanded. In fact, I can't tell you how many of them we even overheard bragging about how they don't work and got all their money or money for the trip from: government handouts, illicit drug sales, stealing/robbing and other non-work-related avenues. I was frustrated that a LOT of our friends didn't book the trip for our wedding renewal before the fight was finalized and once it was couldn't afford the plane tickets & hotel let alone the current cost of food & entertainment there. People who have jobs and decent ones at that couldn't afford to go while those who got their money off of the backs of the same workers were living it up like they didn't have a care in the world. If this weekend wasn't a microcosm of how broken the system/country is then I don't know what is. I've known of first-hand incidents here and there and knew things were bad but to see literally hundreds of thousands of them all in one place spending like they had not a care in the world while our friends were stuck at home working because they couldn't afford tickets/hotel that had quadrupled in cost overnight was just wrong.

Still want examples? Fine.

1) renting scooters meant for handicap people for $50 and running them into everyone and not giving a single fuck (that one was non-stop all day every day)
2) trying to run into people walking the opposite direction to start fights
3) throwing beverages all over the place & all over everyone around you
4) shouting EVERY single conversation as if the person they were talking to was across the street
5) 150lb+ (being generous there actually) overweight women with nasty ass National Geographic titties basically wearing nothing everywhere
6) every-fucking-thing smelling like pot
7) blatant racism where black workers would intentionally let black groups of people go ahead of white groups repeatedly and give them special treatment
8) endless disrespect towards my wife, myself and everyone in our group pretty much all day & night the entire time we were there.

There's more but that was at the front of my mind and it wasn't isolated incidents but what was basically just common practice by just about everyone we came in contact with.

I've never felt the need to be armed so much in my life and we left our firearms at home since NV no longer has reciprocity w/Colorado or FL CCW and we had been there dozens of times before and it never felt like that. Ever.

Is Vegas known for attracting upstanding people?

This is exactly my point. If it was our first time to Vegas you could simply chalk it up to attracting a certain type of person and us just not having experienced it before. I've been there. Dozens of times over the past couple of decades and while it has changed over the years I was just there last year & it was what I would normally expect Vegas to be: a place you wouldn't want to take your kids to and expect a lot of crazies. This was SO much worse than anything I had ever experienced at Vegas or anywhere else in my life and I travel quite a bit to all kids of areas. I've been to some shady fucking parts of cities and still didn't feel as threatened or in danger as I did all weekend long. I've never felt so relieved to leave a city.

One time while walking around in Vegas some random dudes walked up to us and said, "Do you guys know who this guy is?" pointing at one of their friends. I said, "Nope." They went on and on about how he was the best boxer ever and was up and coming and kept asking if I wanted to fight him. Once was annoying enough, I can only imagine if every other group of dudes was like that.

Yeah, you've got an idea of how annoying a single interaction can be and if you were to spread this out over four or five days and also have your hotel room be a place where you can't find escape due to people running up and down the halls at all hours yelling, fighting & screaming.

[ZERO THEORY]

If this weekend wasn't a microcosm of how broken the system/country is then I don't know what is..

Much better. I give this rant a 8.5/10. High points included:
-In depth socio-economic analysis
-Constructive criticism of social programs
-Illustrious anecdotes
-Immersion in the pure misery and anger

Areas in need of refinement:
-Not enough swearing
-As well done as it was, it needs just a bit of off-the-rails vitriol

While my experience wasn't completely ruined, New Year's pretty much put the lid on any desire I have to return there. The very first five minutes of arriving at the hotel, we noticed that it was hosting the "National Beer Pong Tournament". This meant that groups from the frat bros, welfare socialites, trailer trash, and middle aged losers were all congregating under the banner of alcohol. Immediately after checking in, we witnessed some hoodrat trying to instigate a fight with some frat douche (shouting at the top of her lungs, mind you) before we even got on the elevator. It was an omen. Fuck Vegas.

[Irving]

It was definitely New Years when those guys asked me if I wanted to fight their friend so I could have a full understanding of just how famous he was.

[hurley842002]

My wife lived in Vegas for 5 years and worked at a large bank chain near the strip. She's got New Years (eve) horror stories for days.

[ZERO THEORY]

My hypothesis is that Vegas is now some sort of Mecca for the worst of the social media generation from L.A. and Phoenix. I remember thinking that wearing a suit was basically par for the course and being surrounded by people in tank tops and snapback hats at the tables.