The Casino

God, what a shitty place. A few weeks after I turned 21 I went and spent like $10 I had in change. I went in thinking of it like I was going to an arcade and knew I would be losing the money. It was a meh experience, but sort of cool to just had been there for the first time. I think I went back once or twice in my early 20s, and never had any desire to go back. Probably didn't even spend $50 total in all three of my trips.

The place was full of old people and people who were like 40+ trying to act like they were still young. Guys acting rich because they just got their paycheck, and Pamela Anderson wannabes with their tits poking out. Old people hogging all of the slot machines. Old people fucking LOVE to hog the slot machines. Smoke everywhere, even in the non-smoking areas.

I saw a few random people I recognized but didn't really know, and I could only imagine that would be worse now that I'm older. Meaning, I'd probably run into 10 assholes if I even tried to go back.

It's depressing. The whole thing of all of the regulars being people who really can't afford the money they're gambling away. The top 40 years of the 70s and 80s blaring, just to make the prime demographic feel nostalgic for their better years. It's a pretty fucking bleak place when you think about it. Manipulating people who aren't happy with the promise of hitting it big, the signs saying "whoever the fuck, won $3000 here on 2/7" like you're going to be next in line, all while trying to get these people to feel nostalgic for decades past.

I imagine when I inevitably reach that age the place will be blaring Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Eminem, and other music like that. And there'd be fucking Rick and Morty and Big Lebowski slot machines. Motherfuckers vaping everywhere.

And I hope to God that I won't be at that place. That I'll be living my stable, vice free, non-retarded life, and (maybe) have some Kristen Stewart look alike partner. And we can do puzzles together, and walk, and hold hands, and I can kiss her on the cheek, and she can kiss mine. God, that's the fucking lottery. Not gambling away 85,000 and then randomly winning $300 at a table and immediately betting it away.

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anonymous Other March 14, 2025 at 2:54 am 1 0