Unfunded pension liability
[QUOTE=Opui812;2811520]Hey JohnGeste sorry to hear about your experience but you and everyone needs to know that this is all about the $$$ and nothing about fighting crime but I am sure you know that already. I heard on the radio this week that the Detroit pension fund is short of being funded by $500,000,000. Those cops are looking at their benefits and nothing else.[/QUOTE]I think you're short a zero. The total underfunding is $3. 5 Billion as of 4-5 yrs ago. The last estimated payment required was off by your 500 Million ($485 actually). Last info I saw had 61% of the pension participants retired and 39% active workers. It was probably designed to have a ratio of 5-7 actives for 1 retired back in the day.
We are not creeps, she is a creep.
[QUOTE=Everest;2809900]I am not sure if it is appropriate to post this here since it is not a report or Detroit related. If it is not appropriate, admin please remove it.
So I was browsing YouTube this morning and came upon a video dated yesterday (Feb 23,2016) titled "First Strip Club Experience.
STORYTIME" by a girl named Ashley ortega. So she is talking about her first ever visit to a strip club on her 19th birthday. And in this video blog of hers, she kept referring to male strip club patrons as 'creepy men'. She said that so many times.
Are we mongers really so creepy?[/QUOTE]Everest, the reason chicks like this use a term like "creepy" is that it really offends their world view to learn that a large portion of their own personal self worth is made apparent for how bald and superficial it actually is. Let me explain.
First off, I found the video you describe. Search for "Ashley Ortega" if you are curious to watch it too. She openly posts on Youtube under that name. Her story is that she and her friend were looking for something crazy to do late in the night (actually early morning) after partying and gambling at the casino. Devoid of any interesting ideas, they decide to visit a place that is clearly not marketing itself to her and her friend, other than as a place of potential employment. But she tells the story as though none of that matters, she should be able to visit the establishment, gawk at and judge the other patrons, and act indignantly when the door person interacts in the only manner that would be sensible when confronted with these visiters. By assuming they want work.
Obviously, a huge part of this young lady's self worth is invested in her estimation of her own sexual appeal. And witnessing men enjoying themselves without cowtowing to her world view is shocking and devaluing. Not to the women working in the club, but to her. She recognizes that whatever attactiveness she possesses can in fact be the subject of a simple, and low cost encounter. This is huge, it shatters her notion that men must throw themselves at her for her attention, open doors for her, beg for a date, pay for her every wish, just for the slim chance that she might continue to allow the sucker to bask in her glory. Seeing all that thrown out the window for the shallow bullshit that it is. It's crippling for her, which is what happens when she sees women engaging in a reasonable, and consensual encounter for some quick money.
So this crushing realization leaves her searching for any venom she can spew at the best target she can muster, the mongers. They must be creeps, in her world view. Otherwise, if they are just guys, just healthy adults enjoying a simple entertaining encounter, then, well, she really doesn't amount to much. That is why, to her, we are creeps.
I think most guys, like me, don't think much of this. I recognize it for what it is, sad, defeatist, and petty, but not really worth my attention. If you force me to have an opinion of her, I'd probably say that. She is a creep for seeking to protect and define her own self value by offending others who have no opinion or thought, neither positive nor negative, of her.
Suggestions on mandatory minimum drinks and others?
Which of the clubs have mandatory minimum drinks enforced, and if don't want to drink on that day, any way to skip them by politely.
Talking to bartender and probably tipping her?
Which of dancers are generally known to be regular only girls and which of the girls are known to entertain non-regulars too?
Which of the clubs have mandatory bouncer tipping, and VIP charges enforced.
Appreciate your comments.