abuse that made me want to cry

[LLUncoolJ]

OK, so last week I am at the Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. There is a section called Dog Patch that every summer resort town has/had. It is the place with ice cream shops, bumper cars, go-carts, skeeball, tattoo parlors, souvenier shops, and arcades. There is a run down arcade I have been taking my kid to for years. It has 10 cent skeeball, bumper cars and an arcade. It has never really been in that good of shape, but this year it has gone over a cliff.
Half of the skeeballs weren't working, which is about par for the course. The ones that were were registering every score but the right one. I played 2 that the coin mechs were not locked.

The arcade would make any of us cry...seriously. These machines have taken abuse, like in any old arcade. But when they broke, they were just left there to rot for all the world to witness. Why would they even turn on a machine that clearly hasn't worked right in 10 years? I am guessing the trashy woman that was handing out the ticket 'prizes' must have inherited the place. I can't imagine why anyone would buy the place and just leave it sitting there broken and disfunctional. If a machine hasn't earned a quarter in 3 or 4 years, there is a reason. Sell it or have it fixed or move it to the back or turn it off at least.

It was like a really bad dream. It was like seeing a pretty woman that has been abused and broken down by her ---uvula--- husband.

[RayB]

I can't imagine why anyone would buy the place and just leave it sitting there broken and disfunctional. If a machine hasn't earned a quarter in 3 or 4 years, there is a reason. Sell it or have it fixed or move it to the back or turn it off at least.

It the classic problem where people think they will pay for repairs and maintenance out of profits, rather than looking at it as an investment that pays back later. So instead there are no profits... and thus no repairs or maintenance. Business spirals into debt and closes by year's end.

[LLUncoolJ]

This hell hole has been running for a while on fumes. I think the dime skeeball pays the bills. All the working machines are in nonstop use...at least everytime I've been there. I never see anyone playing the arcade games. I'm sure not many work. They did have a pretty nice looking Millipede that prompted me to go home and play about 25 games of it on MAME. They also had a knock off multicade in a beat up Galaga cabinet. Those 2 were front and center. I guess they at least put their best 2 feet forward in that respect. <Side note: Are those multicade boards legal for commercial use?>

Man would it be sweet to stumble onto an arcade that was half-ass kept up. It would be like a 25 year time warp.

[ChadTower]

...or it's there as part of a contract deal with the town.  A lot of those little towns will permit an ice cream shop or other little business IF you add some other service of value as well.  It could be that one of those owners is required by the town to operate that little arcade, at those per game costs, and they just don't care to sink any money into it because the contract only requires it to be open and not good.

[Flake]

I wonder if you could offer to buy some of the salvagable games for cheap since they are obviously not making the owner any money?  You could buy that multicade and set it up at the lake house for us all to play when we are down there 

[LLUncoolJ]

I don't think I would want it, it was in fairly sad shape. The only thing that looked decent was that Millipede. I'm sure after a gallon of 409 and a roach bomb, it would be worthy of home use. I don't think I would pay for anything else they had...it was that bad.

[hypernova]

It was like seeing a pretty woman that has been abused and broken down by her ---uvula--- husband.

a.  Why do looks matter?  You're only saddened when hot ones are abused?
b.  I surely hope the comment is a joke.  Equating an arcade machine with a human life is a terrible comparison.

Sorry for my blunt comments.  Abuse is something I simply cannot stand.

[Flake]

Dude I think your WAY overreacting.  LLUncoolJ does not condone abuse of any kind - trust me.  And I dont think his comments justify such a response by you.  Chill out.

[pinballwizard79]

Snaps

[LLUncoolJ]

It was like seeing a pretty woman that has been abused and broken down by her ---uvula--- husband.

a.  Why do looks matter?  You're only saddened when hot ones are abused?
b.  I surely hope the comment is a joke.  Equating an arcade machine with a human life is a terrible comparison.

Sorry for my blunt comments.  Abuse is something I simply cannot stand.

Dude, you just redefined nitpicking. Just for that I will be kicking my wife down a flight of steps...I hope you're happy.

[Flake]

It was like seeing a pretty woman that has been abused and broken down by her ---uvula--- husband.

a.  Why do looks matter?  You're only saddened when hot ones are abused?
b.  I surely hope the comment is a joke.  Equating an arcade machine with a human life is a terrible comparison.

Sorry for my blunt comments.  Abuse is something I simply cannot stand.

Dude, you just redefined nitpicking. Just for that I will be kicking my wife down a flight of steps...I hope you're happy.

 

[LLUncoolJ]

Who said anything about tragedy? A kick down the steps is like going to Disney World compared to the beatings she normally gets. It's her own damn fault for not being prettier.

[ChadTower]

It's all relative... it's your fault she's doing all your neighbors.  You should have bigger junk!

[LLUncoolJ]

Those neighbors are pretty freaking classy...maybe she is prettier than Pinball Jim and I give her credit.

Chad, I've been looking into enlarging that thing, where did you have your work done?

[LLUncoolJ]

Pre-Med ehhh?  or was it one of those pumps?

[whammoed]

Pre-Med ehhh?  or was it one of those pumps?

It was one of those pumps.  I think his name was Steve.

[ChadTower]

You guys have it all wrong.  It was middle school and a string with a 2.5lb plate on it.  All power, baby.

[LLUncoolJ]

You guys have it all wrong.  It was middle school and a string with a 2.5lb plate on it.  All power, baby.

And that is how my erectile disfunction came to be.

[shardian]

Cock pushups worked for me. Just like Jack said, it only takes one baby.

[ChadTower]

Cock pushups worked for me. Just like Jack said, it only takes one baby.

If you wrapped it you wouldn't be getting that baby!

[shardian]

Well would you look at that - I left out a comma. Normally I throw 2-3 extra in a sentence. I'm off my game today!

[pinballwizard79]

whoa

from arcades to woman beating to erectile dysfunction

this place rocks

[hypernova]

Dude I think your WAY overreacting.  LLUncoolJ does not condone abuse of any kind - trust me.  And I dont think his comments justify such a response by you.  Chill out.

The sad thing is I bet there's at LEAST one person who's registered on these boards who does abuse someone around them.  Of course, I'm not saying it's definitely him.  Especially when we know it's Chad. 

There are better analogies.  I can only assume some people would have problems if someone said "it's like seeing your mother broken down mentally by alzheimer's" or "it's like seeing your child ravaged by cancer."  Certain lines just aren't crossed, at least in my book.  It just ain't cool, IMO.

[polaris]

you dont like jokes about abuse and youre making a joke that chad is an abuser
well done

[pinballwizard79]

hypernova...............

You are acting like a drunk cougar with daddy issues right about now.

Please stop being such a sensitive D bag.

Other than that good stab @ Chad.

[ChadTower]

Especially when we know it's Chad. 

Ain't nobody getting hurt by all this self abuse!   

[hypernova]

you dont like jokes about abuse and youre making a joke that chad is an abuser
well done

Well, I was trying to move past it, as apparently I'm not allowed to express my personal opinion in a forum thread about abuse when someone's trivializing it.  Jokes tend to help facilitate that process.  But now I'm being chided for doing that even.  At least Chad appreciated the attempt (and pbw to an extent.)

You are acting like a drunk cougar with daddy issues right about now.

Please stop being such a sensitive D bag.

I neither drink, nor have any daddy issues.  I rather respect and love my father.  And ironically, I've never had any kind of exposure to abuse from any source.  If you're an aspiring psychologist...find another potential career!   

And I am not a D bag.  Usually.  Everyone's got their tics.  I'm not at odds with what LL said.  It was how he said it.  It just didn't sit right with me.

I derailed this thread.  It's like a friggin' train wreck.  And we all love staring at the wreckage, eh?

[Edgedamage]

Dude I think your WAY overreacting.  LLUncoolJ does not condone abuse of any kind - trust me.  And I dont think his comments justify such a response by you.  Chill out.

The sad thing is I bet there's at LEAST one person who's registered on these boards who does abuse someone around them.  Of course, I'm not saying it's definitely him.  Especially when we know it's Chad. 

There are better analogies.  I can only assume some people would have problems if someone said "it's like seeing your mother broken down mentally by alzheimer's" or "it's like seeing your child ravaged by cancer."  Certain lines just aren't crossed, at least in my book.  It just ain't cool, IMO.

Says the guy proudly displaying animal abuse in his avatar.

[ChadTower]

Pirate hats are abusive?

[hypernova]

Pirate hats are abusive?

Aye.  Aye.

They're just so damned cute!