Topic: The Chit-Chat Thread

I'm guessing you don't want to be named in my court case?

edit: after looking at some videos of her set online I will pass. She's good and it looks fun but not 800 dollars worth of fun for me to be stuck in standing only section. I'll pick up her new album though.

Go to Vegas. Take pics outside venue.

Spend the rest of the visit looking at the cool casinos.

Optional: Buy personalized M&Ms.

@Eel LOL I don't do social media so I have no reason to take pics for clout lol. Since I don't gamble/drink, Vegas is kinda boring for me. I've gone a few times for work conferences and frankly unless I am going to a show, it isn't imo worth the travel. A day trip to see their museums isn't a bad idea though.

I've never been addicted to gambling. If I can't win at a slot machine, what makes them think I'll get hooked?

@Ryu_Niiyama I don’t gamble or drink either, but it is a really fun downtown to wander around for a day. Most of the casinos have cool exhibitions and theme park-like architecture.

(And if you like any souvenir drink cups, you can ask for alcohol-free options!)

It’s a workout though. Or perhaps that’s just with my family.

@Eel
Here in Indonesia, the Game Arcade have a lot of "casino" machines that provide a lot of tickets to redeem.
I personally don't like kind of machines like that as my intention to visit Game Arcade is playing Arcade machine with using skill to play like DDR, MaiMai, Gitadora, etc.
I'm not interested with the tickets as the stuffs to redeem are not worthy if you compare the ticket numbers to redeem with the actual price of the same products.
I would rather buy the product I want directly from the shop with reasonable price rather than gamble my money with "casino" machines that I have to waste my money more to redeem the same product.

The best part about me being unknown is that if I cancel a project (usually art), nobody's going to care or come at me with the torch/pitchforks.

@Ryu_Niiyama American ticket prices have gone insane, I get sticker shock every time I see something now. It's one thing that the cost of living has gone up so putting on a gig costs more and artists are charging more after losing money because they can't sell records as everyone streams now but it's the unregulated processing fees which are charged and Ticketmaster's Platinum dynamic pricing rubbish that is really disgusting.

If I was you I'd ask myself when Kylie dies is your reaction gonna be you regretted not seeing them that one time you could have? After David Bowie died and it hit me like a gut punch I really regretted not going to see him when i could have. That is how I decided on seeing those big legacy acts even if i'm a so-so fan of them.

@Anti-Matter by “casinos”, we are actually talking about the big hotels that have casinos in Las Vegas, not the gambling machines themselves.

They’re large, have stuff to look at both inside and outside, and are free to explore; you don’t need to pay or gamble to do touristy stuff.

I actually think you’d enjoy sightseeing in Las Vegas 😉

There is alot to do in Vegas besides drinking and gambling. There's shows and attractions that go with each casinos themes.

@jump Yeah I thought about that too. She is doing a residency so I may change my mind next month. But my budget is strapped as is as I impulse bought two concerts already. I am so close to getting out of credit card debt so I am trying not to go too stupid with spending.

You are not kidding. I just spent 500 on Madonna and I have ok seats. And 700 on Sarah McLachlan (which sucks because I saw her front row about 8 years ago for 150) but it does include backstage passes. My one regret is I never got a pic of her at the last show. So I am pretty much going for that.

But ticket prices are killing my willingness to see a performer more than once. One of my favorite taiko groups is coming back to my area but I have seen them twice already even though it’s usually a great experience to geek out with other taikoka (I play taiko as a serious amateur). I just can’t justify the purchase. Yeah ticketmaster can fall down a well.

@Eel I’m looking for stuff to do this summer that is within a 2 hour plane ride as I am saving my vacation for a cruise to Greece this year. So I may look at vegas again for a day trip.

@Ryu_Niiyama ooh that sounds lovely, I’ve always wanted to go on a cruise… (and visiting Europe in general)

Closest thing would be the ferry we sometimes take to get to mainland. It’s a single night’s worth of travel and there’s absolutely nothing to do or look at, but I do love how the buoyancy feels.

@Eel yeah I did a cruise last year (Caribbean) to see if I would like it. And it was great (plus lesbian cruise so boat full of lesbians. Saw way more boobies for free than I expected too lmao. Apparently if you isolate lesbians and there is no chance of being around males clothing becomes very optional ☺️) anyway, Greece is one of my bucket list countries so I couldn’t pass up 10 days.

But since I am an American and work life balance doesn’t exist I have to work myself with no time off until then, so everything I do this year is on the weekend or at night like a concert. Plus I start my decade of sacrifice next year (basically for the next 10 years my spending is severely restricted to allow for investments and saving. And pushing my career and hopefully not going insane in grad school). (It’s not as bad as it sounds. I have an apartment full of games, books and music and a home gym so technically I should be fine with the restrictions)

Never say never. Cruises come in all price points.

@Ryu_Niiyama WTF! I'm going to British Summer Time a big festival held at Hyde Park in London to see Stevie Nick, Kyle is playing the same fest but on a different day and tixs only cost me £90/$115. Ignoring festivals the most I've ever paid to see someone was AC/DC this summer but that is only £150/$190 for the golden circle mosh pit tixs right in front of the stage and I thought that was too much to spend on a gig but it will probably be my last chance to see them. Luckily most of the gigs I want to go to are small sweaty rock gigs in clubs rather than megastars.

If I was you I'd consider going to see someone overseas and turning it into a mini holiday, by the sounds of it works out the same price. I've combined a gig into a mini-holiday a few times and you can see some really cool stages rather than a boring arena.

Dreamland in Margate, a seaside amusement park in UK where the stage is part of the rollercoaster.

Eden Project, a botanical biodome garden. I saw Nine Inch Nails there which is probably one of my favourite ever gigs as I was in this beautiful garden with a rainbow in the sky whilst listening to uber edge lord Trent Reznor sing about hating himself.

And Arena Of Nîmes in France an old Roman amphitheatre, is so amazing that it still operate as a working venue rather than being ancient rubble.

@jump you are not wrong. If I had known Madonna was going to invite Kylie to her Vegas show I would have just eaten the flight and did a two birds/one stone deal lol. But yeah it’s killing me because I have listened to both of them most of my life (Madonna longer as she had more US hits. I didn’t really get to know Kylie beyond a few 80’s songs until Fever came out when I was a teenager (“Can’t get you out of my head” almost outed me to my parents lmao)) and I have been thinking about my musical influences lately and if I have seen the major ones.

I haven’t been to Europe since I was a teen so it would be a fun vacation. I will have to think about it. I have been lucky that most of the folks I wanna see before they or I die have been in the US (my only regrets are Linkin Park, Celine Dion and MJJ). But I want to see more concerts as music is so important to me. Sigh. Decisions decisions.

@Ryu_Niiyama haha, going full-on Greek Amazon mode, makes sense.

Oof, I wish I was a little more like you. I’d probably do a lot more besides just existing.

@Eel Aww you do a lot more than that. But I say with anything have a plan. You can travel on a budget. Either driving or flying and you speak two widely used languages so you should be able to be mostly comfortable when traveling. Make a travel savings fund even if it’s years away or you don’t know where you wanna go.

I basically do like one or two big events/travel a year. Otherwise I am chained to my desk lol or playing video games (or music). I have been able to travel at a no money level (14), terrible jobs (my 20’s) to decent salary but can’t go too crazy (30’s). So it can be done at any price point. If you don’t like to travel alone get a buddy or look for groups that you trust (my undergrad university has an alumni travel program for instance)…that being said I do most things alone (I spend more on making travel safer since different cultures treat women differently and my safety is paramount but that’s about it). Don’t wait for friends in order to live your life. Also start small. Day trips are lovely.

Also what are you making?

@DreamlandGem @Eel Plumber forgot his account details and the "forgot password box" isn't there for him... So he needs help lol

@Okami1 They can contact us directly here for help https://www.nintendolife.com/contact 🩷

@Professor_Plumber welcome back~