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Why does pool attract so many broken, crazy, Degenerate, mental type people.
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Our reputation for being lazy, larcenous, ne'er-do-wells is well deserved. Look at our history.
All of our heroes were gambler/hustler types who plied their trade from town to town, living hand and mouth, always looking for that next big score. Sometimes staying in grand hotels, sometimes the back seat of their car.
A few had money. Cokes, I believe, was said to be wealthy. Weenie Beenie owned a couple of hot dog stands. But in the main few had any appreciable means of support other than what they could muster on a pool table. We know that the great Lassiter passed with only eight dollars and change in his pocket.
To many of us pool players we view our heritage as a romanticized version of the old West, or the adventures Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Nothing could be further from the truth. As it turns out a life in the pool room is no life at all.
When I was fifteen and told my Parents about my first experience inside a pool hall they were dead set against me going back. A dark, smoke-filled room populated by gamblers, ex-cons, and old men who drink from bottles in paper sacks was no place for a teenage boy. They were right, you know.
All of our heroes were gambler/hustler types who plied their trade from town to town, living hand and mouth, always looking for that next big score. Sometimes staying in grand hotels, sometimes the back seat of their car.
A few had money. Cokes, I believe, was said to be wealthy. Weenie Beenie owned a couple of hot dog stands. But in the main few had any appreciable means of support other than what they could muster on a pool table. We know that the great Lassiter passed with only eight dollars and change in his pocket.
To many of us pool players we view our heritage as a romanticized version of the old West, or the adventures Robin Hood and his Merry Men. Nothing could be further from the truth. As it turns out a life in the pool room is no life at all.
When I was fifteen and told my Parents about my first experience inside a pool hall they were dead set against me going back. A dark, smoke-filled room populated by gamblers, ex-cons, and old men who drink from bottles in paper sacks was no place for a teenage boy. They were right, you know.
The stereotype image of the thread title doesn't seem to fly in some circles, thank goodness.
The recent Iowa event is evidence that pool attracts women, men, boys, girls, senior citizens. Check out this video: http://www.kwwl.com/story/34726391/2017/03/10/statewide-pool-tournament-comes-to-waterloo
Yeah. No doubt it does too. You won't see those people there at 1am on a Saturday though. Lol. You'll see something else.
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the pool scene is very capatalistic but also very democratic. if you have money and time you can enter the pool food chain. you can be a sucker or a champ and it doesn't matter who or what you are... and if you don't like it then the pool scene will probably turn on the offender because most of us have been a bit of a derelict or 'just felt the need to hear balls clacking together'" and i could type forever, but i like the pool world as it is with all its warts and scars and good people and hero worshippors and yes, bad men because i personally love it.
I too am a laborer in NYC. I see plenty of colorful on a daily basis myself. But pool is a hobby/game that attracts them. Its just different than other hobbies.
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It is because of the ease of getting a gambling game with a stranger. You can walk into a bar and get a small gambling game easy enough for those too messed up to hold a job to make some money to support their lifestyle. Golf is usually played with friends. Poker games are usually private other than the new hold-em leagues. I never heard of someone making a living with out keeping a schedule playing ping pong.
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I use to see that years ago but now sure therès young guys that smoke weed and drink been there done that 45 yrs ago.Today i see more respectful people women men families enjoying league nite where i go not very many loosers anymore you might see the odd one.
I use to see that years ago but now sure therès young guys that smoke weed and drink been there done that 45 yrs ago.Today i see more respectful people women men families enjoying league nite where i go not very many loosers anymore you might see the odd one.
Look a little closer.
What you'll see is ex-soccer Moms and Dads, with a cocktail in one hand and a smart phone in the other. By the end pf the night the soberest of the two will drive home where they with engage in something akin to sex, then call it a night. In a year, or so, they'll get bored and move on to something else, like AA.
Did you ever wonder why there is so much turn-over in League?
Really? I've come back to pool after a 15 year hiatus and I haven't seen that yet. Wrestling on the other hand.....now those stereotypes are fairly common.
Well, it's an individual game for the most part
My $0.02 is
Whether it is a bar or pool room, pool is predominately hosted in places that serve alcohol. That is my best answer. I think I realized this after I quit drinking. I love pool, working on pool tables and I am VERY happy I don't drink anymore!!!
Trent from Toledo
Whether it is a bar or pool room, pool is predominately hosted in places that serve alcohol. That is my best answer. I think I realized this after I quit drinking. I love pool, working on pool tables and I am VERY happy I don't drink anymore!!!
Trent from Toledo
I would rather be around people who smoke pot that people who drink! caffeine is my only substance!
Trent from Toledo
I tend to agree with the bar aspect of it. When I was growing up in Pittsburgh, PA there was a state law banning alcohol in poll halls. To me this was the greatest law of all time. The people in Jimmy Marino's Golden Cue in Bridgeville were people that really liked the game of pool. Almost all of them nice guys that had real jobs during the day or were retired. Once pool became a bar game the end came to pass and the scum rose to the surface.