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I was shitting on this kid earlier, but now that I think about it, he does kinda look like a potential Blade to take the throne when the stump gets to him
Vegas "culture" is astonishingly tolerant of drunk tourists. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was not an exaggeration in the slightest; if anything, Thompson went easy on Vegas in terms of portraying its willingness to put up with almost anything from an out-of-towner so long as their wallet was still open and had money in it.
What does strike me as odd is how the major casinos (all now owned by private equity firms actively engaged in squeezing the properties dry, saddling them with overwhelming debt to cash out on the brand names and leave someone else holding the bag) have tolerated him. Not because of who he is specifically, but because he is not a "whale," which is the only kind of gambler any of the Strip casinos care about anymore. They've all gone out of their way to discourage and chase off everybody who isn't a high roller. Then again he brings his own booze or has his handlers buy more from their bars, so I guess he's not bothering the (minimal) drink girls or begging for free booze, and he is feeding the machines, so they probably just don't care.
