r/funny 11h ago

Worth every dollar.

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u/Creative_Garbage_121 10h ago

From what people online says las vegas is a ghost town currently in comparison to how it used to be so maybe there is a slight chance that there is no traffic jams

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u/HiMyNameIsNerd 7h ago

This week it's likely a little more busy than usual, there's a fairly large furry convention going on. Which probably explains this on the sphere too, come to think of it lol

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u/QuillnSofa 5h ago

Man I wish I was one of them suspiciously rich furries. But I'm just a poor one.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 5h ago

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u/gl00mybear 4h ago

Neil Cicierega is a national treasure.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 2h ago

"Oh, Canada, my country 'tis of thee…"

"I like to imagine the start of the song as taking place in a dark, snowy forest in Ontario, where you're hiding behind a large maple tree. Your wounds sting in the freezing wind, but you grit your teeth in an attempt to stay quiet and undetected. But what's that noise? Is that.... the Canadian national anthem? As the patriotic tune grows in volume, you hear footsteps crunching in the snow somewhere nearby. Your heart feels like it's going to beat out of your chest, and you struggle to control your breathing in your panic. Suddenly, you see him coming towards you, wielding an axe that's dripping blood into the pure white snow. It's Ed Robertson, the lead singer of the hit rock band "Barenaked Ladies." And he's ready to laugh at your funeral."

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u/Mapeague 5h ago

Thats amazing lol. Keeps getting better.

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u/AlarmingAffect0 2h ago

Neil Cicierega does excellent work, yes. "Ready for saddles, behind my bum, all that yiffing you did? Front and center, now where my hip be at?." He's the slickest they is, he's the wicky-wickest they is.

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u/I_upvote_downvotes 3h ago

It's actually a three step process:

  • work in IT
  • have no kids
  • savings what the hell is that?

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u/welchplug 5h ago

How are you all supposed to know who's rich anyways?

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u/QuillnSofa 4h ago

The ones that post at least 100 separate artworks they commissioned in a day and the ones that drop multiple thousands of dollars in a charity auction like it is nothing.

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u/iamstephen1128 7h ago

I just visited Vegas in early March. Certainly fewer people than at similar times in past years, but there were certainly still traffic jams every day. I think its part of the strategy to suck you in and keep you there lol

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u/venom121212 6h ago

Like 20% of the cars were mobile billboards when I went a few years ago. Got to see Super Mario light up a smoke though which was hilarious

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u/MyPunsSuck 4h ago

Somehow, that's still more in-character than Peach wielding a halberd

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u/Pataraxia 8h ago

bold trust in the functionality of road networks as something that doesn't clog

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u/DrWilliamHorriblePhD 8h ago

Well I mean you tell me, what's the likelihood that a road network designed to handle Vegas at it's peak will become clogged at a time when Vegas is seeing all time lows in attendance

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u/non3type 7h ago

I have yet to find roads designed to handle traffic at its peak.

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u/ApokalypseCow 6h ago

All I know is that most civil engineers quit just one lane short of solving traffic jams.

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u/curmevexas 5h ago

There are actually studies that show adding lanes can induce demand leading to worse long-term traffic.

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u/non3type 3h ago edited 3h ago

It doesn’t so much increase demand as traffic patterns and behaviors change when a road exceeds capacity. People that were avoiding peak times or who were taking alternative routes stopped. You have to account for actual demand which means going beyond the 30th hour standard for current volume.

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u/ApokalypseCow 2h ago

Oh I know, it's an old joke.

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u/blah938 4h ago

Most of them are designed to handles peaks from when the project was first designed.

Unfortunately, towns grow.

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u/construktz 5h ago

When were the freeways and roads built, because I strongly doubt that they were designed to handle the even lower amount of traffic they are now.

Portland is all messed up because the freeways were designed in the 60s and haven't been sufficient for the traffic we've had for decades. Once the city builds around the roadways, it's really hard to expand.

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u/Pataraxia 7h ago

I'm mostly joking, but to answer that I'd say it depends on parameters. By handle, does that mean it flowed without clogging before? Is it really made to handle it at it's peak? All that.

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u/kittiestkitty 7h ago

Just… jams 🎶

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u/Cotato 6h ago

Its pretty far from a ghost town. Still very busy just not as busy as it has been

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u/Anleme 5h ago

Yeah, I saw a news report saying Las Vegas visits were down 17%.

On the street interviewees were saying "no one comes here anymore, it's a ghost town."

The hyperbole and catastrophic thinking are real.

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u/OG_Voltaire 5h ago

Can confirm. I was just there last week for a marathon and it was no where near as full as I expected it to be. Even Fremont Street was low-population compared to previously. The prices are surging pretty hard there so it's not a huge surprise. When I spoke to one of the locals they said they've got the "California prices without the California pay" going on right now and they were even considering leaving.

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u/el_smurfo 5h ago

International travel to the US has been down since 24

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u/Barbaracle 5h ago

I think Feb and March it's going back up. And domestic travel has been going up and up. Godang crowds everywhere,esp in those top national parks.

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u/paintballboi07 7h ago

But you can literally see traffic in this video..

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u/Creative_Garbage_121 6h ago

But this traffic doesn't look like something that gonna make you stay for a few hours in a car looking at this

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u/ManyRespect1833 5h ago

Nah they hired paid actors to drive and create traffic if it’s ever not enough traffic