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May 7th, 2018 at 8:32:58 PM permalink
Quote: WatchMeWin

What gives you that impression?

I think it was the fact that they were cashing in a bag full of pennies (-;
♪♪Now you swear and kick and beg us That you're not a gamblin' man Then you find you're back in Vegas With a handle in your hand♪♪ Your black cards can make you money So you hide them when you're able In the land of casinos and money You must put them on the table♪♪ You go back Jack do it again roulette wheels turinin' 'round and 'round♪♪ You go back Jack do it again♪♪
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May 8th, 2018 at 7:31:24 AM permalink
Quote: Benjiex

People who go buy cocktail feels that they bought already the whole hotel or restaurant and start bitching whenever the service is late. They should go to Mcdonalds if they want a fast service.



Sometimes McDonald's isn't all that fast. I once asked for a simple cheeseburger and I waited like 15 minutes! People who ordered after me got their food first. At least one worker said something like,"This lady has been waiting about 15 minutes for a cheeseburger! This really isn't right! We need to give her cheeseburger really soon! And like one minute later, I had my cheeseburger. :) I loved that it was acknowledged I was waiting roughly 15 minutes for a cheeseburger and it wasn't right. I
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May 8th, 2018 at 8:14:10 AM permalink
Why do people park IN their front yard when they have plenty of driveway space and street parking? It's SOOOO trashy.
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May 15th, 2018 at 7:51:42 PM permalink
Pet peeve:

Person A says to Person B: You are being ignorant of the facts;
Person B replies: Don't call me ignorant!

That is NOT what Person A said
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May 15th, 2018 at 9:24:57 PM permalink
All your peeves sound horrible. Why keep them as pets?
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May 16th, 2018 at 12:00:00 AM permalink
Quote: billryan

All your peeves sound horrible. Why keep them as pets?

True. It's a kind way to say you hate people which is what it boils down to.
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May 16th, 2018 at 9:52:06 AM permalink
Why don't casino cashiers have a "Chips Only" window?

I swear, every time I get in line I seem to pick the one where the customer in front of me is getting a mortgage, or at the very least is buying a new car (or some other transaction that requires 3 cashiers, 5 forms of ID, and 15 minutes to complete).

Even better, have machines that cash chips, like those for slot tickets.

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May 16th, 2018 at 11:31:10 PM permalink
This is one of my current gripes. Found a few article about it. TV shows or movies on tv that are too dark, as in picture brightness.

http://tvline.com/2018/02/07/tv-shows-too-dark-brightness-walking-dead-game-of-thrones/

Some old movies were shot like that in some scenes, but I get aggravated when you can't get the screen adjusted to even see what is going on. And they still do it.
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May 17th, 2018 at 4:30:01 AM permalink
Quote: DogHand

Why don't casino cashiers have a "Chips Only" window?

I swear, every time I get in line I seem to pick the one where the customer in front of me is getting a mortgage, or at the very least is buying a new car (or some other transaction that requires 3 cashiers, 5 forms of ID, and 15 minutes to complete).

Even better, have machines that cash chips, like those for slot tickets.

Dog Hand



Some do have chips only window. I think stations does, or at least some do. I think GVR does and RR, IIRC.

I think it’s just because chip transactions are so fast, and if there’s no one else in the chips only line, they’ll take the next person who’s in the regular line, then they’ll start filing out their paperwork for their 2’nd mortgage, prenups, cars they’re buying, etc etc.
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May 17th, 2018 at 4:35:46 AM permalink
One (of my many) pet peeves is when you hit a jackpot and the slot dog is like “Oh my God! Waow! Big hit nice! Winner winner! Wow that’s so incredible, you won $1400!!!! Wooowwwws how you get so lucky?????”
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May 17th, 2018 at 4:38:52 AM permalink
Quote: RS

One (of my many) pet peeves is when you hit a jackpot and the slot dog is like “Oh my God! Waow! Big hit nice! Winner winner! Wow that’s so incredible, you won $1400!!!! Wooowwwws how you get so lucky?????”



$1400 is many people's monthly paycheck, so yeah, a pretty big deal to win. ;)
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May 17th, 2018 at 7:51:47 AM permalink
I'm very disturbed every time I hear casino employees tell people the state controls the returns on the machines. It just cannot be true the state chooses what to give back, when casinos pay millions for their casino licenses. It's a totally misleading thing to say, I'd be shocked if it were mostly true.
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May 17th, 2018 at 5:07:33 PM permalink
Quote: Nathan

$1400 is many people's monthly paycheck, so yeah, a pretty big deal to win. ;)



True but it's all in the bet size to win ratio. $1400 win on a $1 bet is pretty nice. $5 eh ok. $25 it's annoying since it's only a 56x win that locks up the machine. $100 not too great.
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May 17th, 2018 at 8:23:34 PM permalink
Quote: djatc

True but it's all in the bet size to win ratio. $1400 win on a $1 bet is pretty nice. $5 eh ok. $25 it's annoying since it's only a 56x win that locks up the machine. $100 not too great.






Yes and sometimes the person cashing the $1400 ticket is down money for the day.


The old joke: So how did you do at the casino today Tom. I won 500 dollars and it only cost me 700 dollars to get it!
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May 18th, 2018 at 8:49:10 AM permalink
Some casinos have this thing where you can sign up for their jackpot system, where if you hit a taxable on a machine, you can enter your pin and add the amount right on the machine. If you want the W2G you can ask for it at the player's club after you're done playing. Saves time on $10 VP.
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May 18th, 2018 at 11:35:28 AM permalink
Quote: djatc

Some casinos have this thing where you can sign up for their jackpot system, where if you hit a taxable on a machine, you can enter your pin and add the amount right on the machine. If you want the W2G you can ask for it at the player's club after you're done playing. Saves time on $10 VP.



The Big Jackpot did that or something really similar when he was winning a jackpot literally every few seconds(He was playing like $500 every spin! O.O) Commenters were saying stuff like,"Why is TBJ punching in a pin whenever he gets a jackpot? Why isn't the machine locking up?"
In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D "Man Babes" #AxelFabulous "Olive oil is processed but it only has one ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;) Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D "For about the 4096th time, let me offer a radical idea to those of you who don't like Nathan -- block her and don't visit Nathan's Corner. What is so complicated about it?" Wizard, August 21st. :D
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May 18th, 2018 at 2:27:35 PM permalink
Yeah, you can do that as Cosmo, I think that's where he plays the most. I'm pretty sure MGM you can do it too, but I'm not certain.

Edit: Every casino should do this. It's literally the best thing ever.
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May 18th, 2018 at 7:29:00 PM permalink
Quote: TigerWu

Why do people park IN their front yard when they have plenty of driveway space and street parking? It's SOOOO trashy.



I guess to make potential space for other family members. My Mom used to park in our front yard when they would close the gate and they had three cars. Dad parked in the driveway. They no longer close the gate because she now has difficulty pushing heavy items and they got rid of one car, so they now both park in the driveway.
In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D "Man Babes" #AxelFabulous "Olive oil is processed but it only has one ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;) Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D "For about the 4096th time, let me offer a radical idea to those of you who don't like Nathan -- block her and don't visit Nathan's Corner. What is so complicated about it?" Wizard, August 21st. :D
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June 12th, 2018 at 6:42:29 PM permalink
When Casino Floor Persons pester you for your player's card & information, after you politely decline to give it.

I tell them "I left it in the machine" and they persist with "Oh just give me your ID and I'll look you up"
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June 12th, 2018 at 8:36:53 PM permalink
Was playing video poker and the guy beside me would hit the max button on every hand. This causes the credits to da,da,da,da,da on each hand. It was getting to me so I finally told him to hit the deal button to eliminate the noise instead of the max button. He said...why? I told him it was driving me nuts. He said...so move....and I did.
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June 12th, 2018 at 8:57:21 PM permalink
Quote: vegas

Was playing video poker and the guy beside me would hit the max button on every hand. This causes the credits to da,da,da,da,da on each hand. It was getting to me so I finally told him to hit the deal button to eliminate the noise instead of the max button. He said...why? I told him it was driving me nuts. He said...so move....and I did.



A lot of people do that so they are only hitting the draw button once per hand.
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June 12th, 2018 at 9:04:06 PM permalink
Quote: vegas

Was playing video poker and the guy beside me would hit the max button on every hand. This causes the credits to da,da,da,da,da on each hand. It was getting to me so I finally told him to hit the deal button to eliminate the noise instead of the max button. He said...why? I told him it was driving me nuts. He said...so move....and I did.


Yeah, that’s incredibly annoying. It’s bearable if I’m on a strong play, otherwise I just move.


What’s even worse is finding a nice machine with no one around and you’re like “sweet, I can do my thing without people pestering me” then 5 minutes later you got people sitting right next to you, telling you stories about their niece’s neighbor’s dog walker’s lobotomy. Bruh IDGAF, go be useful and drink bleach.
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June 13th, 2018 at 12:22:42 AM permalink
Might have already mentioned this but - 6 machines, all in a row. I play the one on the left. 5 machines left, and SOMEONE will always sit right next to mine in the middle left. Y U do this
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June 13th, 2018 at 12:39:30 AM permalink
Once someone in a nearby poker room had an employee come over where I was playing a slot, and asked if I would mind if they turned off the sound. I said okay, but wish now I had said, for $10 sure. Hey, one should take advantage of any opportunity. It wasn't my fault the thing was irritating, and as far as I'm concerned, they could turn them all down to minimum sound. I hate all that freakin' loud machine noise myself. I only like to have a little sound, so if I'm not paying attention I still know what the machine is doing.
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June 13th, 2018 at 12:41:26 AM permalink
Quote: RS

Yeah, that’s incredibly annoying. It’s bearable if I’m on a strong play, otherwise I just move.


What’s even worse is finding a nice machine with no one around and you’re like “sweet, I can do my thing without people pestering me” then 5 minutes later you got people sitting right next to you, telling you stories about their niece’s neighbor’s dog walker’s lobotomy. Bruh IDGAF, go be useful and drink bleach.



People in a casino that you don't know plopping down next to you suddenly chatting away are at a lot of times up to something bad.
In both The Hunger Games and in gambling, may the odds be ever in your favor. :D "Man Babes" #AxelFabulous "Olive oil is processed but it only has one ingredient, olive oil."-Even Bob, March 27/28th. :D The 2 year war is over! Woo-hoo! :D I sometimes speak in metaphors. ;) Remember this. ;) Crack the code. :D 8.9.13.25.14.1.13.5.9.19.14.1.20.8.1.14! :D "For about the 4096th time, let me offer a radical idea to those of you who don't like Nathan -- block her and don't visit Nathan's Corner. What is so complicated about it?" Wizard, August 21st. :D
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June 25th, 2018 at 5:36:52 AM permalink
Pet Peve: Mens public washrooms

So I am at my local casino the other day and have to use the mens room. I look for a stall and the seats are covered in piss and the floors have puddles. What the hell is wrong with people. If you are too shy to piss in the urinal at least have the decency to lift the damn toilet seat and if you can't aim accurately enough to hit the hole sit down to pee like a woman!!
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June 25th, 2018 at 5:59:20 AM permalink
Quote: vegas

Pet Peve: Mens public washrooms

So I am at my local casino the other day and have to use the mens room. I look for a stall and the seats are covered in piss and the floors have puddles. What the hell is wrong with people. If you are too shy to piss in the urinal at least have the decency to lift the damn toilet seat and if you can't aim accurately enough to hit the hole sit down to pee like a woman!!

They've been doing it all their lives, they ain't gonna change.

Upthread issues:

Would you prefer a morose or robotic attendant show up at your locked-up slot machine?

Some people like to chat with other slot players and some people like to distract them, though its no longer for their bucket of quarters but it could be for a handbag or something. I usually do the "I'm terribly sorry but I don't speak a word of English" routine unless they are young and attractive in which case I usually offer to do it for free if they need the practice.

I've no particular liking for the sirens and klaxon sound tracks on slot machines but that "casino buzz" it what the casino uses to make its money. Back in the days of quarters falling into metal bins, the bins were kept a bit loose so the sounds would reverberate more. Its all marketing.

chip vending machines? No way. Counterfeit chips can be a big problem and its usually humans who catch them being used. The machinery for detecting counterfeit chips is too unreliable to put a machine out there that dispenses cash or a ticket when chips are thrown into it. A nervous shifty-eyed fleastiff-type twerp will put a cashier on the alert, but a vending machine's innards can't be primed like that.
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June 25th, 2018 at 8:58:41 AM permalink
Quote: vegas

Pet Peve: Mens public washrooms

So I am at my local casino the other day and have to use the mens room. I look for a stall and the seats are covered in piss and the floors have puddles. What the hell is wrong with people. If you are too shy to piss in the urinal at least have the decency to lift the damn toilet seat and if you can't aim accurately enough to hit the hole sit down to pee like a woman!!





Even worse is when they do that in the handicapped stalls.
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June 25th, 2018 at 11:25:33 AM permalink
Quote: vegas

Pet Peve: Mens public washrooms

So I am at my local casino the other day and have to use the mens room. I look for a stall and the seats are covered in piss and the floors have puddles. What the hell is wrong with people.

I have made it my mission to tip lavatory attendants when I see them cleaning in the lav. They seem to genuinely appreciate tips. I don't get that about men that aren't careful where they piss either. I hate it when I can hear the stickiness on the bottom of my shoes when I move my foot and it goes crick crick as I walk away. And I definitely rate restaurants on the cleanliness of their bathrooms. Partly why I drink McDonalds coffee when on the road.
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June 25th, 2018 at 12:35:45 PM permalink
Speaking of bathrooms, also hate when people leave toilet unflushed.
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June 25th, 2018 at 2:50:05 PM permalink
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Speaking of bathrooms, also hate when people leave toilet unflushed.




I agree. The worst design ever in a toilet are the self flush with no other way to flush them. If you don't trip the auto flush beam it doesn't get flushed. Some toilets have auto slush and also a button you can press. The ones with no button to flush are disgusting
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June 25th, 2018 at 2:58:21 PM permalink
Quote: vegas

Pet Peve: Mens public washrooms

So I am at my local casino the other day and have to use the mens room. I look for a stall and the seats are covered in piss and the floors have puddles. What the hell is wrong with people. If you are too shy to piss in the urinal at least have the decency to lift the damn toilet seat and if you can't aim accurately enough to hit the hole sit down to pee like a woman!!



What I've never understood is that you actually have to make an effort to make a mess in a bathroom.

Your pee stream is a precise stream of liquid, and through virtue of gravity your penis is already pointing down and in the direction of the large gaping hole you have to pee in. HOW DO YOU MISS?

If you're not standing, you're sitting, and all of your waste producing orifices are LITERALLY INSIDE THE PERIMETER OF THE TOILET BOWL.

These people are somehow going out of their way and causing themselves more work to miss the toilet and make a mess.
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June 25th, 2018 at 7:27:56 PM permalink
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What I've never understood is that you actually have to make an effort to make a mess in a bathroom.



Maybe it's distantly related to male dogs who have to piss on every tree they pass.
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June 25th, 2018 at 7:57:57 PM permalink
I saw this in Terminal 4 at JFK airport.
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June 25th, 2018 at 11:21:50 PM permalink
Seems like some casino bathrooms are using a new type of shifty hand soap. This new soap is kind of oily and it feels really weird. It’s almost like olive oil, doesn’t feel like it’s getting your hands clean (it probably is, but it’s annoying).

Some sinks, the nozzle or whatever you call it that shoots out water is too close to the sink bowl, so to get your hands in the water stream they have to pretty much rub up against the sink bowl.

Also seems like all public bathroom toilets have the water pretty high. I think that’s an American thing, so I definitely support it (according to Europeans, they freak out about it), but kind of annoying when your trouser snake has to go swimming unintentionally. :/


Oh, and when there’s no damn vape shelf or jacket hook in a stall. Like bruh what am I supposed to do with all my stuff?
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June 26th, 2018 at 12:50:14 AM permalink
Quote: RS

Seems like some casino bathrooms are using a new type of shifty hand soap. This new soap is kind of oily and it feels really weird. It’s almost like olive oil, doesn’t feel like it’s getting your hands clean (it probably is, but it’s annoying).

Some sinks, the nozzle or whatever you call it that shoots out water is too close to the sink bowl, so to get your hands in the water stream they have to pretty much rub up against the sink bowl.

Also seems like all public bathroom toilets have the water pretty high. I think that’s an American thing, so I definitely support it (according to Europeans, they freak out about it), but kind of annoying when your trouser snake has to go swimming unintentionally. :/


Oh, and when there’s no damn vape shelf or jacket hook in a stall. Like bruh what am I supposed to do with all my stuff?



Tuck it.
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June 26th, 2018 at 2:00:40 AM permalink
door hooks are a thieves dream.

Male urine and stale French fry oil is what ALL casinos would smell like if it weren't for that Fig Tree Oil and other miracles of mechanical ventilation systems.

Upscale casinos do have advantages. More space and better designs in the bathrooms.
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June 26th, 2018 at 7:38:35 AM permalink
Quote: ChesterDog

I saw this in Terminal 4 at JFK airport.



Problem solved.

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=jane+fonda+urinal+stickers&ul_noapp=true
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July 8th, 2018 at 12:58:35 PM permalink
Casinos, like the Nugget, that serve hot drinks in a glass. Coffee in a glass? Why?
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July 8th, 2018 at 1:10:00 PM permalink
Inventory control. Every different type of glass requires separate shelf space.
Less work for bartender as he isn't fumbling around for different glasses. Knocking seven a few seconds off per drink adds up when you have hundreds of bartenders working.
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July 8th, 2018 at 1:44:42 PM permalink
Quote: Rigondeaux

Casinos, like the Nugget, that serve hot drinks in a glass. Coffee in a glass? Why?



Also, if they only have mugs, and they have drink holders on the tables like most places do, the coffee mugs won't fit in the holders.

They get tired of spills, so they only serve drinks in glasses that fit the holders they have.

I am usually successful in getting around that by asking for a paper cup. Most places have those and you usually get more in them. IDK about GN specifically though.
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March 2nd, 2019 at 4:27:55 PM permalink
Here we go again. Two criminals in a TV
commercial breaking into a house and
stealing the big TV. Yup, as usual, they
were two White guys about 40, cause
that's most common demo of who
does home invasions.

Networks are terrified to show any
minority actually committing a crime.
They don't want to trigger any particular
group, But it's perfectly fine to make them
White, they're the truly evil ones.
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March 2nd, 2019 at 4:36:24 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Here we go again. Two criminals in a TV
commercial breaking into a house and
stealing the big TV. Yup, as usual, they
were two White guys about 40, cause
that's most common demo of who
does home invasions.

Networks are terrified to show any
minority actually committing a crime.
They don't want to trigger any particular
group, But it's perfectly fine to make them
White, they're the truly evil ones.



Why does their race/age matter? It doesn't have anything to do with the product or service being advertised.
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March 2nd, 2019 at 4:42:42 PM permalink
Quote: Mow21

Why does their race/age matter?



If their race doesn't matter, why
are they always White? Why
aren't they every race?

"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
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March 2nd, 2019 at 4:58:41 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

If their race doesn't matter, why
are they always White? Why
aren't they every race?



Why does their race/age matter?
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March 2nd, 2019 at 5:05:55 PM permalink
Quote: Mow21



Why does their race/age matter?



Again, you're asking the same question
I am. Why does their age/race matter
so much that the people who make
commercials only portray White guys
as the crooks.

I was broken into three times in Calif
and I caught them the 3rd time,
They were teens and neither of them
was White. Here's another one:

"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
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March 2nd, 2019 at 5:10:53 PM permalink
Quote: EvenBob

Again, you're asking the same question
I am. Why does their age/race matter
so much that the people who make
commercials only portray White guys
as the crooks.

I was broken into three times in Calif
and I caught them the 3rd time,
They were teens and neither of them
was White. Here's another one:



Maybe ALL of them are portrayed as white. Maybe NOT ALL of them are portrayed as white. Why does that matter to you?
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March 2nd, 2019 at 8:05:15 PM permalink
I guess they are just playing the odds, since about two thirds of the people arrested for burglary are white, at least in the past several years.

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/crime-in-the-u.s.-2017/topic-pages/tables/table-43
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March 2nd, 2019 at 8:13:30 PM permalink
Quote: Mow21

. Why does that matter to you?



Because it's purposely misleading.
When it's house shopping or applying
for a car loan, or big appliance shopping,
they show every race
under the sun, married to every
other race. When it's crime, it's
always white grown men. I
would say 'almost always' but
I've yet to see one where it
wasn't a white guy.
"It's not called gambling if the math is on your side."
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March 2nd, 2019 at 8:19:15 PM permalink
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The other day someone said to me, "That don't make no nevermind." It took me a moment to process it!



I've heard that before too. I think it is a movie quote, but I don't recall which one at the moment. It's on the tip of my tongue.
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