LAS VEGAS EXPLAINED

[@Geopoldd]

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[@xavierwalko4175]

...And this is why I hate my country.

[@legendary_moocow4605]

is ground news only for the US because i noticed you only talked about trump

[@your1blackfriend]

Ground News is for centrist wannabees larping as John Stewart

[@squatchjosh1131]

@@legendary_moocow4605 It's less a nationality thing, more because he's basically the modern internationally recognised icon of a left/right divide and the ad was pretty much centered around the filtering of that as a selling point.

[@JimTerry-rw9pv]

Thanks for explaining las vegas it makes me sick.

[@Stella-gm7bo]

Them flooding homeless people is just…so incredibly dystopian.

[@kolerezegnee3620]

They are willingly going into the RAIN DRAINAGE SYSTEM, tf you mean the city is flooding them. Stupid ahh

[@2727daqwid]

This made me incredibly angry actually. US has a huge homelessness problem, and it seems most of the cities ignore it, which is better than out right just "solving" it with (alleged) mass murder... The more I'm watching this channel and Adam Something, less I want to visit like half the countries on this planet. Just so upsetting.

[@Stella-gm7bo]

@@2727daqwid and it’s not like they can’t help those people either. If only they invested less in the military…

[@LordVarkson]

Maybe San Francisco and LA could learn something.

[@SpellSpammer64]

It’s hilarious

[@amlxr99912]

Las Vegas is unfiltered Dubai without dictators. No need to say haram, when the city is a sinner’s paradise.

[@CosmicLF]

I hate Dubai but you can't say that it has a dictatorship. It's a monarchy. These are not the same thing.

[@frwystr]

@@CosmicLFim 14 and this is deep

[@dijital4801]

@@CosmicLF they quite literally are the same thing r u dense

[@AdamYusuf-3]

​@@CosmicLF Britain is a monarchy. All the Arab countries with 'monarchies' are dictatorships pretending to be a monarchies. lmao

[@CosmicLF]

@dijital4801 lol, for you yes it's the same thing but almost everyone who lives in Dubai is ok with that and nobody gives a shit about it. So why making it seem like it's a dictatorship ?

[@KibicStali08]

"99% of gamblers quit before hitting big" 🔥🔥🗣🗣

[@samoicebreaker5117]

99% of gamblers quit right before winning a gazillion trillion billion dollars

[@Fickle_Water_2100]

never back down never what?

[@Manlikerik8]

Never give up​@@Fickle_Water_2100

[@wiktordykas5513]

"When gambling, you can win 2000% of your money, but you can only lose 100%. Do the math."

[@Agent_Nick_5000]

Never get pegged down! ​@@Fickle_Water_2100

[@TheConzTheConquer]

You forgot to mention that these casinos apparently have no clocks or windows in order for the person to lose track of the time, encouraging them to stay longer and hence gamble and drink more

[@Thisisadream17]

Thats common everywhere☠️☠️

[@Geopoldd]

That’s wild I never connected the dots damn

[@bradley2814]

They also pump oxygen into the air to keep you awake

[@DarkLordoftheOldRepublic]

Yea, high oxygen concentration makes you high

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

And the tiles and carpet choice influence you

[@plaen6835]

As someone who went to Vegas a few months back, I can confirm that the homeless encampment near our hotel, near the strip 'mysteriously' disappeared 3 days into our travel, replaced by two police cruisers nearby.

[@Decipherization]

Maybe they asked them to leave

[@SilliusSodus]

@@Decipherization “asked”

[@stavros6969]

they just went back to their planets , wing wing

[@OLDMANWAFFLES]

@@Decipherization>asked

[@pale_oblivion9496]

@@Decipherization yeah, and gave them some free cupcakes and a unicorn as well

[@yungboy4216]

You should do New South Wales. If you've seen Friendlyjordies you'd know how ridiculously corrupt the place is

[@mrjuicejunior]

Funny Australian state with Sydney, it's suburbs, and nothing else with an enclave of Australia's capital

[@yungboy4216]

@@mrjuicejunior I dunno, the shit I see on friendlyjordies makes it feel like a mafia run gambling wonderland run by the world's sleaziest people

[@mrjuicejunior]

@@yungboy4216 I know I was joking And that kinda reminded me of The Bronx

[@Luketom]

What about the South Wales Valleys if you care to look it up?(heads up it’s depressing af)

[@edwardthecar2300]

You should do the original South Wales much better

[@TheRafaelRamos]

Save the planet: ❌ Build a giant LED ball to save the planet: ✅ AMERICA 🦅

[@kerem542]

Let me make a small correction: Build a giant LED ball to TELL the people to save the planet*

[@Anthonyj.Manttan]

🦅🦅🦅

[@courage04]

@@kerem542 ya let the middle income people take all the steps while big daddies get to enjoy their pie and destroy the planet with the filth they generate. You know what bro, if all those industries took the right step the little to nothing waste generated by common people won't even affect that much.

[@MrSponge56]

All that god damn money could have helped so many people in need... I have lived here my whole life and honestly fuck vegas

[@Caracalla186]

MERICA!

[@KraidTheSpacePirate]

I can't believe George Orwell was so popular they made a city based on his books

[@warnegoodman]

Where is the Animal Farm casino?

[@Handlelesswithme]

They made a whole country too In fact like half of the countries globally

[@dallassegno]

​@@warnegoodmanremember all the gambling in 1984? It was the original hangover movie.

[@magnus75damkier]

More like Huxley's "Brave New World."

[@SamuelCheung-rc3tb]

@@HandlelesswithmeNorth Korea, Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, Venezuela, the Central African Republic, and South Sudan. Right.

[@Matty_Symz]

As a relatively informed American, I've never heard about the whole Mole People thing with Vegas before. Pretty eye-opening stuff to say the least.

[@KingBob42O]

Our country is slowly turning to hell.

[@BabyJesus66]

​@@KingBob42O *quickly

[@boatymcboatface4120]

That was extremly Dystopian

[@MustraOrdo]

Just leave out the "slowly turning to"@@KingBob42O

[@unknwnGh0st]

How does it come that ur ppl rarely knows wtf goes on in ur country? Is the propaganda ur media sends out that strong?

[@magicmagic8188]

That loop is a fucking claustrophobic fire hazard. No emergency exits is absolutely crazy

[@mats7492]

in any decent city/country that shit would be shut down by authorities on day 1 of operation!

[@binimbap]

​@@mats7492 in any decent city it would have to be approved by a competent institution before being built and that kind of thing would never even have left the paper in the first place.

[@mats7492]

@@binimbap good point and tue

[@froogsleegs]

pretty much everything Musk makes is based on a doodle he did on a napkin over lunch and with flagrant disregard for any established health and safety/engineering protocol. he keeps reinventing things by making them worse and more deadly. he doesn't give a shit, thinks the rules don't apply to him. it's only a matter of time until he causes a catastrophe so bad that the lawsuits permanently tank one of his companies

[@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095]

Can we even call Fallout New Vegas Satire at this point? It‘s literally the same situation except the leaders are honest and there‘s deathclaws.

[@USBEN.]

Better to fight a deathclaw than live in this dystopia.

[@CptPatt]

Living in Old Vegas almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@MarrowMelly]

I was thinking about this towards the end of the video hahaha

[@ethanwmonster9075]

Just don't live in nevada EZ

[@yannkam2127]

The fact, Mr. House is a saint compared to the actual owners of the strip. Mr. House doesn't drown people for fun.

[@stickyrice.j]

LAS VEGAS MENTIONED!!!! WTF IS A GOOD EDUCATION!!!!! 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@MrNotaterrorist]

NUMBER 47 IN THE NATION BABEYYYYYYYYTTYY 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳👑👑👑👑

[@DefensisIndus]

Lmaoo this how foreigners be like but they add their flag emoji at the end 😂 I see what y'all did

[@arclebarcle]

las vegas trying not to make millions of schools with dogshit education:

[@darrennipper5601]

I know a couple of EMTs here in Vegas. They say every time it rains anywhere in or around the valley (even just lightly), at least 20 people drown in the sewers. Not only does this happen, but they aren't allowed to go into the sewers either. So anytime someone overdoses down there and manages to call 911, they still have to get themselves to the nearest tunnel entrance. Which can mean miles of walking through pitch black drainage tunnels... Only to find out the ambulance is at a completely different entrance. But on the bright side, I loved seeing spunch bob whenever I went to work earlier this month. Da Bob made the grind a little less tedious

[@raspberrybitch4299]

I was so scared I'd end up in those tunnels. I was a homeless youth in vegas. Fortunately for me, I had an out, and fled the state. Horrible place, really.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

@@raspberrybitch4299I mean for people that actually live in the city it’s just like anywhere else in western usa

[@finnyishere3532]

Vegas has always been a mad place. Back in the 50s, the rich would host parties where they would watch literal nukes being tested 60 miles away.

[@DiamondKingStudios]

Sounds like a plot element of some New Hollywood gritty comedy film.

[@aryansinha1001]

Lmao the old nuclear test site in New Vegas

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

Area 51 is not that far away from Vegas. In fact Las Vegas airport operates unmarked jets that supposedly ferry government employees to and from Area 51. Plus even before the 50s Vegas was a bad place. It’s literally built upon drugs and prostitution and gambling. Even the very foundation that it’s built upon is nothing but sin and vices. You’ll find all 7 deadly sins at play in Vegas easily.

[@rextk4786]

Lol las vegas native here this is mad true. We all stay away from the strip everything is overpriced we are getting invaded by all the Californians leaving and unfortunately making the cost of living insane. Legit like 5 minutes away from the strip all the homeless reside (main and Owen's street lol). The only times we ever go to the strip is a special occasion or when family comes in that's it.

[@WeAreChecking]

It's shit that the californians move in but bro have you talked to them? They're running from that shit for a reason. It's not necessarily the Californians that are the problem, it's the soulsucking shit that means it's too fuckin' expensive to live damn near anywhere anymore.

[@IbnRushd-mv3fp]

I think las vegas & it's people will *ironically* survive the dystopian years to come and fair better than others, it almost seems like vegas has been a hedonistic hub for so long it's built up an immunity to social decay, other places got a taste of decadence and completely spiraled out of control while vegas is still soldiering on...

[@chicano_travels]

I go to the strip almost every day! Only cuz I work in bellagio.

[@gergokun7154]

Oh i didnt knew it was an actual city too, i tought the whole city is basically just a resort theme park thing

[@ZaynneThaWook]

@@gergokun7154who do you think works in all the casinos and restaurants and such? They gotta live somewhere

[@Acubfox]

I have no word. Genuinely had my jaw on the floor during the whole video. It's not despair, it's not terror, it's a new emotion that I'm feeling at this point. It's over.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Thay feeling, when such a powerful thing faces you and you feel nothing but awe, then the end

[@TheSuperappelflap]

its completely joever

[@iCookCrystalMeth]

@@TheSuperappelflapwe’re bidone

[@LaggyMcStab]

I need takanaka after this video

[@wealthforthecommoners3146]

​@@TheSuperappelflap ah yes the technical term

[@Zamchicken]

People could've used the money to cure cancer, but we got this sphere that's showing 24/7 of continuous ads

[@mrjuicejunior]

Their money their choice

[@polishonion459]

@@mrjuicejunior and this ladies and gentlemen is the reason why LA is such a hellhole

[@Anthonylovej0y]

@@mrjuicejunior Vegas is symbolic of your failing society

[@Junichsen]

That money would go to waste because the CIA will have something in their hands

[@IbnRushd-mv3fp]

@Anthonylovej0y you gotta admit though, vegas is grounds 0 for decadent modernism and it managed to survive social collapse more than san fran, portland, LA and NYC combined

[@mateocucurull9598]

I love how Las Vegas is as apocalyptical as New Vegas

[@jurnoss]

the New Vegas strip had more class under Mr. House's control only the Omertas and the Ultra-lux Society were the strange ones

[@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095]

At least Mr House doesn‘t flood the sewers.

[@yujiruffhanma3095]

​@@jurnossI'd argue that the lawless streets of Freeside being just outside of New Vegas is slightly worse that under it.

[@mateocucurull9598]

@@jurnoss Makes you wish of a nuclear winter

[@mateocucurull9598]

@@hildegunstvonmythenmetz6095 Because they don't have sewers

[@jfierrar]

As a Vegas local, I can confirm this video is 1 million % accurate. Even down to the Tesla Bros 😂

[@Kociboss]

I've been to US but never went to Vegas. Local perspective is actually the most interesting. I wonder how does life look for an average Vegas Joe....

[@nightmarexgaming120]

@@Kocibosswe’re hardly near the strip, the rest of the city is fine I guess for most I’d say it’s not much different than anywhere else in the US west

[@sergiokaminotanjo]

THIS should be actually played in LV spherere on loop 24/7

[@lilonigiri]

The reality of living here in Las Vegas is far worse. The conditions are abysmal, and the treatment of employees is nothing short of appalling. It's as if they're mere pawns in a game, manipulated and exploited at every turn. The casinos operate with a sinister efficiency, employing agents trained in psychological manipulation to identify and prey upon vulnerable individuals, akin to the unsettling tactics described in government gang stalker theories. It's a disturbing truth that underscores the depths of exploitation and manipulation rampant in our society. Not to mention that position is legalized here and people go missing on the daily, everywhere you turn someone is in a shady business practice here and you have to know someone who know's someone just to get a job at a supermarket it's sickening.

[@peanutgallery95]

Gambling is fun.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

@@peanutgallery95people that live here don’t gamble much

[@NoName-ex9pl]

Dubai Urban Planners: *Noted*

[@tn1tn1tn1]

i get a headache looking at it through a screen i cant even imagine what it'd be like standing next to it

[@masaharumorimoto4761]

Those people that walk out of the Sphere thinking they've done good are the actual problem, not plastic straws or plastic bags, it's those people that fly all over the world polluting and having a massive carbon footprint that are the real problem, they act as if their action won't have consequences.

[@Brown95P]

And also the CCP single-handedly producing 33% of the world's carbon emissions every year, can't forget that.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

The paper straw thing is so hilarious. What about reusable plastic straws? My mom bought a couple of them 3 decades ago when I was a kid, Im pretty sure she still has them.

[@therealspeedwagon1451]

@@TheSuperappelflapor if you’re feeling particularly Italian, pasta straws.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@therealspeedwagon1451 Those at least wouldnt get soggy unless you drank something hot

[@realkingofantarctica]

I visited Las Vegas a few years back, and I would not recommend it. Not only did some dickhead robot have me pass a credit-check before I could enter, but after I did this dude immediately ran up to me and started talking about the "mark of Caesar" or some shit. Smh just go to Primm instead.

[@gergokun7154]

you were the choosen one and you missed the opportunity to embrace it. The spirit of Cesar now will have to find an other avatar.

[@j-mm4763]

Seeing that kind of dystopia really makes you wish for a nuclear winter

[@cool_vault_boy_-]

Bro,i visited a casino named luxor or ultra luxe or similar shitty name,i discovered they kidnap tourists and eat them...

[@CMY187]

You should at least check out the Tops! Ring-a-ding, baby!

[@nightmarexgaming120]

@@gergokun7154I know this is joke but Fallout is in the future so his spirit can’t be haunting us in the past, unless?

[@danielsadrians3062]

As a Latvian who has committed at least 4357 homicides near an unknown location, I can confirm that this is a video

[@b3sso862]

Amazing

[@Fickle_Water_2100]

😎

[@Legorunner]

As a winter enthusiast, russia hating, god denier, freedom loving Estonian: I approve this comment

[@Madippadibabas]

Dude is singlehandedly responsible for like 85% of the Latvian homicide rate

[@tretriix]

latvia mentioned rahhh

[@pennsy6755]

Think that’s bad for Vegas? Back in 1989 there was a massive train wreck in San Bernardino, nothing major. Unbeknownst to everyone though, the train derailed right on the Calnev Pipeline (a petroleum pipeline from LA straight to new Vegas) It wasn’t turned off as rich snobs wanted it on for their luxury cars down in Vegas. It just simply kept operating, while being damaged, and during the derailment cleanup process, IGNITED AN ENTIRE FUCKING BLOCK OF HOUSES COSTING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AND THE SAME SNOBS FROM VEGAS DID JACK SHIT TO HELP.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Let me guess. Many people died and nobody went to jail.

[@pennsy6755]

@@TheSuperappelflap only 10 but it did cost like 30 million in damage

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@pennsy6755 only 10 people died or only 10 went to jail?

[@pennsy6755]

@@TheSuperappelflap my mistake it’s actually six. Four died in the derailment, two by the explosion, and four injured. Poperty damage in total was 14.3 million. Cause of the whole ordeal and Calnev’s poor negligence a lot of people left Duffy street and as of me typing this is one whole empty lot with much less housing.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@pennsy6755 I recently learned about how common train accidents and derailments are in the US. I live in the Netherlands. Small country, most lines have a train every 5-10 minutes. We have had a total of 9 accidents involving trains since the start of this century. On the busiest train network in Europe that transports a few million people each day. Most of those involved level crossings all of which are converted, or being converted, to tunnels.

[@CalmorUT6838]

Euros can't conceive of the amount of confidence it takes to build a S P H E R E. American CULTURAL victory

[@niklasw.1297]

Stupit Americans, everyone knows that spheres are a lie and don't exist 🗿

[@mrjuicejunior]

Wait until funny Arab guy in Dubai beats the Las Vegans

[@moisesinfantes2797]

Exactly they just hating but wish they had it.

[@kl41256-p]

Well that’s capitalism for you.

[@alexander97611]

@@moisesinfantes2797we do have it, we have had a giant sphere in Stockholm for ages

[@mambamolt7353]

Only reason I remember Vegas still exist, is because of Dana White. It’s literally LA without vegans.

[@IbnRushd-mv3fp]

I disagree, LA is like miami, vegas is like mini new york.

[@dallassegno]

Vegas without vegans haha that's a good joke

[@nightshadow317]

@@IbnRushd-mv3fp Miami is just Northern Cuba lmao

[@bluefish4999]

@@IbnRushd-mv3fp I'm going to take it you've never been to LA, Miami, Vegas or NY.

[@BuddyGorey]

Vegas is totally like, Vegas

[@akosv96]

Geopold coming out with a quarter hour video? This is a good day already

[@Flyzoola]

why the fuck do you still have that stupid-ass picture in 2024 dawg lmaooooooooo

[@BaronVonPurp]

Step 1: Hack ad sphere Step 2. Dreamybull Step 3. Legend

[@TheSuperappelflap]

If you put this on 4chan they will do it

[@TimSlee1]

Imboutabus

[@ratiiir]

wordington ad

[@maycontainnuts3127]

do you think there are many missing people cold cases where the person went to vegas without telling anyone, lost all their money and are just homeless somewhere outside or underneath the city

[@Wfalen]

Well what do you think all the bodies they find in lake mead are?

[@granityseis104]

yes

[@Anon-iq1lt]

one of the most dystopian places on this planet

[@VarvasNukka]

*western world* I'm not saying you're wrong but language barriers wall cultures and perceptions of the world. I'm sure there are far more dystopian places both in scale and practice around the world. But this does not take away from the horror of vegas.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

For non residents

[@aurumnord4837]

The worst for me in Vegas was outside the strip. We were there only 2 days from europe to pick up our camping car there and the city itself felt dystopian. We had to go pretty far outside to get the camping car and I have never seen such things.

[@chicano_travels]

Don’t know where you went but should have got some mariscos on nellis.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@chicano_travels Dude has an existential crisis watching the dystopia that is modern America and your answer is consumerism lmao

[@Mister_Mojo]

@kaiserfranzjoseph9311 Also a major street name.

[@chicano_travels]

@@TheSuperappelflap its non-franchise mexican seafood, cures a crisis with happiness

[@nightmarexgaming120]

@@TheSuperappelflapgood food is good food

[@rebellionsspark]

Truly is a Las Vegas moment indeed

[@atles2633]

The Vegas moment of all time

[@TheSuperappelflap]

In the Netherlands, in the city of The Hague, we have had an IMAX sphere theater since 1984. Its called the 'omniversum'. It was built next to a new museum. Total cost: 20 million in euro. The Las Vegas sphere cost more than 2 billion US Dollars and its already falling apart.

[@Legorunner]

You should make a video about Estonia. Fun fact: Estonia's day of independence is in 4 days.

[@Pyhantaakka]

I agree, Estonia beats Vegas 100-0.

[@tetch3202]

isn't Estonia just like a more depressed version of Finland?

[@Legorunner]

@@tetch3202 Well yes, but actually no.

[@zonikmike7707]

Is Estonia nordic?

[@racinly1374]

​@AisarShamsul it's not slavic

[@turboactivemickey1994]

I discovered your channel by KZbin's algorithm in your rather early days. I subscribed because of your sense of humour, as I found it rather silly and amusing (which I liked very much) Your videos nowadays are so much more serious and educational. I did not expect your videos to evolve in such a direction. But may I just say: They are absolutely bloody brilliant. I have never witnessed such a transition of a content creator, but I love how your work as changed and evolved. Came for the memes and stayed for your criticism of our society

[@reviewspiteras]

What funnier about that sphere is that it show nature only on a screen, you can actually go to the woods or to a beach and enjoy actual nature. Instead you pay to see what is free but in cinematic way

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Theres an IMAX sphere theater in a city near where I live, it was built in 1984, together with a museum, at a cost of 20 million dollars, and exclusively shows nature documentaries. It doesnt have ads on the outside. Ive been there a couple times, its fun to see documentaries on places I will probably never go. The idea itself of showing nature documentaries to "raise awareness" isnt bad, its just that Americans (sorry if you are one, my condolences) cant do anything the normal way. And IMAX sphere is a pretty neat concept, you do really feel immersed. I also enjoy nature, I love hiking, cycling, swimming in the sea or lakes, kayaking etc, in my own country. Its not one or the other.

[@Abcdefg-tf7cu]

​@@TheSuperappelflap Europeans thinking that they are the only people in the world who can determine what is or isn't "normal" is even more ignorant and arrogant than Americans who say they live in "the greatest country on Earth." At least those Americans know that "normal" is culturally subjective. They just think America's idea of "normal" is superior to everyone else's idea of "normal."

[@TheSuperappelflap]

@@Abcdefg-tf7cu yeah no this video is right, thst sphere is some dubai level abnormal shit and if you disagree youre probably american

[@DiamondKingStudios]

Doesn’t Nevada have a bunch of parks with mountains and stuff? Most of their land is federally owned so there’s got to be plenty of parkland.

[@REplayer001]

@@Abcdefg-tf7cu normal is to see trees and grass in cities

[@DarkManifesto]

Dude, my friend literally just asked me yesterday why is las vegas crap in my opinion and you came in clutch with his video. Thank you so much for having the trouble to explain why that was.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

The strip is shit rest of the city is fine

[@tehpanda64]

I went to vegas once for a video game fan convention. I did no gambling. I did no drinking. 2/3 restaurants I wanted to go to were closed, and the other one ran out of steak. The ferris wheel was ok I guess. I will not be going to vegas again under any circumstances.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

Vegas is fine. Just don’t go to the strip

[@AdamYusuf-3]

If you ever feel unless, remember 41 Million people visit vegas every year. Just to come back completely broke.

[@kl41256-p]

And mass media likes to promote gambling. I say “Hell no.” The chances of you doubling your earnings because you bet your entire life savings are slim to NONE. It is not worth it. Don’t lose your money to a game rigged beyond belief.

[@Brown95P]

If they can even come back at all, like that adult star lady.

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Humans are so shallow and hopeless

[@awesomeman6948]

not all of them gamble

[@1heKing]

sphere moment

[@Animeminer]

I went to Vegas and you ain't wrong

[@daneboldt7753]

Have you lived in Vegas? Tourism is VASTLY different than being a resident

[@dryridley208]

I remember I visited Vegas with high school friends and we went to the needle building. I have a fear of heights so I waited in the lobby while they went to the top. While waiting, some guy was being escorted out of the building while shouting “YALL ARE SLAVES, YALL ARE SHEEP!” He was so based.

[@canvascris]

Been a Vegas resident for 3 years and what shocked me about Vegas is that it has these multi billion dollar casinos and hotels but it has a minimum wage of 9.25. And It has The second highest food cost in the nation. literally all of the roads are destroyed and never get fixed. Plus it has the highest rate of drunk drivers. So insurance is double. It has one of the highest housing costs, the worst rated education system and worst rated healthcare. Not to mention several parts of the city experience literal black outs where the street lights don’t even work. And is literally one of the hottest places on earth. DO NOT MOVE YEAR. currently saving up to leave asap.

[@luvelyjubely]

The Las Vegas Tesla Loop thing is just *1999 Month Blanc Tunnel Fire 2.0, back with fury, 10 times the size* waiting to happen

[@deathbysnail]

that shit's gonna be the size of PEPCON

[@zanderclark1461]

WTYP episode waiting to happen

[@phantomgiron7692]

As a Mexican who is mistaken for a Japanese and speaks with an Arabic accent, I must say that the one time I traveled to Las Vegas I was surprised that I never had to speak English. And I don't like gambling so I spent my time visiting strip clubs. And no I don't have fentanyl.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

Why would you be surprised? It’s a city with a Spanish name, established by the Spanish, in former Mexican territory, with a huge Mexican population.

[@MaxMustermann-zp5xy]

German here. I think this video is spot an as it's in line with my personal experience. I visited the USA last year for the first time and I have to say I was shocked. I went to Honolulu and San Francisco. Some american guy told me that San Francisco is the best city in the country. Well, if that is the best city, then I don't want to know what the other cities are like. There were homeless people at every corner! Many of them were full of drugs and quite aggressive so that they have security personnel at the hotel entrances! As to Honolulu: I love the Hawaiian islands, the nature... But then again, it's unfortunately part of the USA, so: homeless people everywhere. I really don't get this. How can a country treat its people so badly? Then I realized that USA is indeed a totally different system than Europe. While not everything is perfect in Germany or Europe in general and there is a lot to criticize, people are treated like humans here.

[@RayS696]

"Do you want to see fake french people" my brother in Christ, I don't even want to see real french people.

[@pottertheavenger1363]

As a person whose city suffers from droughts I can admit I hate desert cities that divert water to waste it all up, starting with Vegas.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

It’s a real fucking shame too because most of Nevada’s water goes to California and other states before it goes to Nevada

[@zanderclark1461]

Shockingly, Vegas is one of the most water efficient cities in the country.

[@arxxshx]

"do u wanna ruin ur entire life-" if its a geopold video then YES

[@epicbirdy42069]

We need a documentary on the "British" Museum.

[@DemomanGameing]

0:48 giant samsung emoji sphere can’t hurt you: giant Samsung emoji sphere

[@NigerianMedic]

As a Vegas local, thank you for the time and effort for this

[@Brown95P]

l don't think any words can describe how terryfying it must be to be unable to go back home to family because you got manipulated by money-grubbers while on a trip. The fact that this very result is part of a well-oiled machine is just that much more inhuman imho.

[@datajake7869]

Finally a Geopold vid on my hometown!

[@datajake7869]

Wow, he really hates the sphere!

[@thatguyfromthatthing7539]

As a person who was born and raised in Vegas and lived here pretty much my whole life, this is accurate but only if you're a tourist, most people who actually live here almost NEVER go to the strip, its kinda just a place we put out of our minds and enjoy the lack of state income tax. Its a sad reality but there is quite literally nothing that can be done about this situation especially with Californians and influencers migrating here like a great flood took place lol. From a local, 10/10 vid lmao

[@sethleoric2598]

I remember going to Vegas and the best part was the home cooked rice meal a relative made for dinner, it was genuinely really great and i liked listening to all their stories from when they were young and not living in Nevada.

[@pigeonforlife204]

Fear and loathing in las vegas

[@sandergjertsenstvold1051]

Las Vegas is one of those very few places on earth that manages to feel even more dystopian than the bladerunner universe

[@palosnes3147]

Las Vegas in blade runner 2049 seems more attractive than the real thing

[@ernesto.carloz]

​@@palosnes3147isn't the old blade runner set in a post-apocalyptic version of Los Angeles?

[@craigb47]

We just need Gretta to do a live speech from the sphere to make it more Green!

[@c.andrew3944]

Vegas is an IRL Cruelty Squad zone, and I make sure to visit at least once every two years.

[@SpoodDadoo]

In an apocalypse story, the orb would probably become a holy site for some cult of survivors the protagonist encounters on his journey.

[@portugeese_man_o_war]

1:21 i'd probably have at least one nightmare if I lived near that thing

[@CorvoFG]

Sounds like it’s turning into New Vegas.

[@Laz7481]

Not turning into. Truth is, the game was rigged from the start.

[@willkeinnamen5829]

5:56 The sheer power behind that phrase made me laugh

[@L.internet8]

Now almost all sports events are in Vegas. The casino money definitely be payin'

[@munanchoinc]

The only reason why i remember Vegas is because of that one extremely accurate Fallout game where Vegas is a Dystopian hellscape.

[@MrChupacabradude]

This is easily one of your best videos yet

[@akihisaichijou6719]

America is truly a clown country.

[@Thisisadream17]

Yea if you listen to this guys shit and/or cant work

[@thiccluigi6906]

​​@@Thisisadream17It's clowns like you, why this sterotype exists

[@poisonpop328]

Topic aside, this video was fucking awesome. Well edited and interesting throughout the whole way through.

[@someguy3763]

I have the fakest life in the world. I live in Las Vegas and work in fake Venice as a fake gondolier while rowing a fake boat in a fake canal singing fake Italian songs while being encouraged to fake an Italian accent. And I’m still somehow less fake than all the rich tourists that visit.

[@someguy3763]

In fact, Las Vegas is so fake that the actual 7 mile strip of land talked about in this video isn’t Las Vegas. It’s in “unincorporated Clark County” just outside the limits of actual Las Vegas because when the Chicago mob built their first casino, they did it to avoid cops restricted to city limits and put it right next to a highway. And it stayed this way when the mob eventually lost power because a bonus to this quirk is that the people owning the property don’t have to pay as much tax to the city too.

[@bluefish4999]

As a Yank, I hate the main strip of Vegas, however there are some great dive bars like Frankie's Tiki Room. You should do South Florida next, so much material to work with haha

[@DiamondKingStudios]

Southern Nevada, Southern Florida, Southern California… none of these are places I’d like to go to or live.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

@@DiamondKingStudiosI assure you that southern Nevada is fine outside of Reno and Vegas strip

[@DiamondKingStudios]

@@nightmarexgaming120 …and Southern Florida is fine in the Everglades.

[@zanderclark1461]

​@@nightmarexgaming120Reno is fine, seriously. Most of it is just a completely regular desert town. Also not really southern Nevada if you ask me.

[@the_living_meme]

I remember going to Las Vegas back in 2021 and admiring the lights and sounds of everything...needless to say after seeing this video I'm hoping to never return there again...very informative video, keep up the good work, Geopold 👍

[@frej7422]

dropped what i was doing as soon as i saw the notification

[@acoolrocket]

Same here, Geopold releases banger after banger, one of the very few KZbinrs that deserve the notification always on bell.

[@med.i.tations]

The yellow smiley face sphere 😂😂😂

[@AI-xr9om]

Pure art son. I will never see U2 the same again 😂 Good work!

[@externalityy]

I used to live in Las Vegas and grew up there. Can confirm all of this.

[@galacticmarshin4510]

Remember, every gambling addict quits before their big win.

[@masondegaulle5731]

The kicker for me with Musk's "death tunnels" is he claims Teslas are so safe the chances of a problem aren't significant, while Tesla's real-world incident stats are actually terrifying, and top the list for most incidents PC. Personally I'm amazed we haven't seen the inevitable yet.

[@lector-dogmatixsicarii1537]

>Less Ford Pintos have burned from an arbitrary fuel explosion >Less Corvairs have trapped and killed their occupants on an ordinary day History remembers one as _unsafe at any speed,_ the other is an infamous fire hazard. Please respond, Elon.

[@aircraft2]

As a Lithuanian who has been to Las Vegas I can confirm

[@cynicalhedgehog7602]

As someone who lives in Vegas I had no idea that homeless people were in the sewers.

[@nightmarexgaming120]

Transplant or native?

[@newagecritique4889]

As Hunter S. Thompson put it Vegas is the failed american dream.

[@wachtwoorden2]

I'll never get tired of Geopold imitating american hilbilly accents

[@xfreja]

2:43 NAWWWW NOT IN STRATFORD 😭😭😭🙏🏼🙏🏼❌❌❌

[@theb1gf00t]

This guy is my favourite geopolitical trash-talker.

[@goddepersonno3782]

why do we make video games and movies about sci fi dystopia when you can just go to places like Dubai and Vegas

[@nightmarexgaming120]

Because that’s for tourists

[@MacTav_himself]

My mom is a gambling addict. It’s really no joke. We went to Las Vegas for my 21st. I had an absolute blast, because well, I don’t gamble. Everything in Las Vegas is so cheap because they make their money back on gambling tenfold. They were getting really annoyed with me because I would do no gambling. I’d go get cheaper free drinks, go watch some shows, some street performances, and have a cigar. The little gambling I did was very cheap. I made $100 stretch two days. On the third day, I was standing next to my mom who was gambling and she was sweating from excitement. She turned me and said give me $100. She had an animalistic look in her eye and I gave her the hundred dollars and she lost it and just said she would give me another hundred later. $100 gone in an instant that I used to go see three shows get drunk and have a good time.

[@edugames1238]

I've been watching your videos for some time and its the first time everything you said sounded spot on for me, keep doing this great job, love this mix of comedy and low key political criticism

[@cloudshifter]

That intro is just perfect as someone who has been to real Venice. I find having a gigantic screen burnign it's ass off in electricity while advertising climate change and why we should not be wasting resources for no good reason is the most American thing one can see if born on planet Earth.

[@dr.josiah]

Funny how New Vegas is arguably a better place to live than Las Vegas.

[@Alex-v8y2r]

the most aggressive episode. Loved it.

[@deathbysnail]

That's not even some of the worst stories of this city, that was just trivia facts.

[@MrJimheeren]

Jenni Lee is now living as a homeless person in LV? Fuck me that’s depressing. Big fan of her work so to say. Damn that sucks for her

[@mingus445_gaming]

maybe go and meet her

[@MrJimheeren]

@@mingus445_gaming that’s not how society should work but yeah sure. How does a rich country like the US even allow this to happen in the first place. And what good can I do any way. I’m not even American let alone in a position to help these people

[@mingus445_gaming]

​@@MrJimheeren plutocracy. the power (money) all lies in the hands of the 1% of the 1%. What you can do is this: understand there is a problem. Take measures to fix it. Start by becoming as competent as you possibly can, in every way you possibly can. The absurdly wealthy fear the power that lies in the hands of competent citizens who take responsibility for their communities. This is why community has been demonized and emphasis placed on the subjective identity of the individual. Once you become fairly skilled, you may be able to convince people to join you. Once you are extremely capable, people will beg to be like you. Teach them that resistance is not futile and never has been.

[@CMitchell808]

When I was a kid, my family would winter in Las Vegas. We haven’t been there in 15 or so years. It was kinda dingy and loud before, but I don’t know what happened to it recently.

[@ignis6144]

its gotten much classier

[@nightmarexgaming120]

It hasn’t changed much aside from all the Californians. You were just a kid before and didn’t notice just how horrible the Strip is

[@anonaccount156]

ABSOLUTE DISTOPIAN 💯💯👌👌🔥🔥

[@kristiyanyanev1568]

"The Sphere is your only friend left..." XDDDDD

[@sSteppingStones]

This is informative funny and sad all at the same time