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Slowball table tennis, where one person can play against themselves, and win!
ReplyDeleteI wish I knew this guy was there alone, I woulda ran down with a paddle. I cannot wait for the weather to pick up and wind to die down a little. These two tables in the park are awesome. So much fun for not much cost of a couple entry level paddles and balls.
ReplyDeleteTragically the new york jading process was in full affect this weekend, was absolutely craving ping pong. So first we tried Fat Cat in the west village at around 6:30pm, was optimistic there could be a break in day drinkers and night drinkers and could get on a table. It was slammed with young 20 somethings, reeked of spilled stale beer, and was a two hour wait for a table.
Next tried the west village standard beer garden, offensive for many reasons but offers free ping pong so there's that. The place was packed to the gills of very aggressive late 20's to early 30's people binge drinking like there was no tomorrow, and sadly the standard took down the tables for the winter and put up "roller curling" where girls were sloppily sliding around and taking pictures and not even using it in any real curling sense. Sidenote: the bowery standard used to have a ping pong table in a cool indoor outdoor room, no pressure to buy anything anyone could use it, but Andres Balazs or whatever renovated the place and its no longer there, so he can #$## off.
Next tried amsterdam billiards where they offer ping pong, but not during league pool play. And league pool play seems to be going on 24/7. I was told I could play ping pong weekdays before 3:30pm and after 11pm. Which doesn't make sense that league play can just dominate an establishment that is supposed to offer non-league pool and ping pong to people.
This comment got long, and in the least was a cathartic vent for myself, but huge huge huge props to Allan Good, Henge, and the people that brought these tables to the city. Thank you.
"Next tried the west village standard beer garden, offensive for many reasons but offers free ping pong so there's that. The place was packed to the gills of very aggressive late 20's to early 30's people binge drinking like there was no tomorrow, and sadly the standard took down the tables for the winter and put up "roller curling" where girls were sloppily sliding around and taking pictures and not even using it in any real curling sense"
ReplyDeleteIt this doesn't show that there isn't a new gilded age, I don't know what does. This almost reads like a modern day Gatsby party. 60,000 plus homeless priced out just to pander to these stupid, frivolous spending pigs.
I wish it was more gatsby than coke heads in patagonias but yes, unhinged debauchery at its worst. People need a few hobbies more than drinking...
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