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  • gross...but engrossing

    2007-09-28 7:34AM / 標準BLOG / 會員可以看
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    i am in macau.
    what a crazy mindfuck.
    you can understand the craziness by looking into the wild, desperate eye of any chinese gambler.
    i'm totally grossed out.
    but also totally engrossed.
    the venetian is also apparently the single largest building in the world, in terms of square feet. it has 6000 rooms plus an arena like madison square garden and on and on and on.
    that part is great. especially the garish grandeur of the structure, as both a physical and commercial undertaking.
    what's scary is that i can imagine the place being chockablock full all the time in a few months. plus, that wild desperate look in the eyes of the chinese people who come here to gamble.
    it's the absolute abyss of human nature -- sad and desperate and desperately compulsive.
    a testament to what (many) chinese people really love, when their truest, basest nature is revealed. the venetian is an exultant celebration of that baseness
    ...
    yes, i obviously hate gambling. but i also love gambling. that's why i hate it so much. and that's why i stopped playing poker when i was only 13 years old. (not kidding). it's like not listening to pop music, because it's a quick road to damnation ... to the slackening of the human mind and spirit,,,,it's just way too easy -- like porn, like doritos .....

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  • danpak
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    留言於2007-10-01 11:33PM [举报]
    you said "porn" and "doritos" like they were BAD things...
  • AsianChick100
    留言於2007-09-29 4:26AM [举报]
    hmmm. interesting blog. i agree with you.
  • dragontattoo
    留言於2007-09-28 10:01PM [举报]
    Very interesting perspective on gambling and very true. I do like to go to a casino and play poker or blackjack, but I know when to stop, I go for fun, just like others choose a night out at a bar or club. It's my relaxation.
    You paint a very honest picture of gambling.
  • carmellarose
    留言於2007-09-28 3:08PM [举报]
    But that's what so sad Bobby....I agree with the disgust....my heart goes out to them, because they're trying to fill a void, and they're spending time doing something unproductive....
  • bobbyty
    留言於2007-09-28 10:25AM [举报]
    I'm always engrossed when I see a Chinese person, as in one time, a Chinese woman dressed very poorly (ie old, tattered clothing), and then sit on the blackjack table, and throw down a stack of 100RMBs from her purse. A stack that could put some kid through college. lol.

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