Deviant Ollam

Dear Las Vegas institutions: I would willingly pay SO MUCH FUCKING MONEY for a chill out space like a pool or a bar or ANYTHING that has no music playing. No sounds. Just silence.

This doesn't mean ambient music.

This doesn't mean club music on very low volume.

Just. Fucking. Silence.

Jun 25, 2023 at 7:54pmWeb
Show threadDeviant OllamJun 25, 2023
Update: https://defcon.social/@deviantollam/110607429621006102
Deviant Ollam (@[email protected])

This is one of the best ideas I've ever heard of and I am adding this jawn to my bucket list, hard. https://toot.io/@jdeseo/110607340854780097

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Show threadMatt BlazeJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam A thousand times this. Also, shaded outdoor spaces.
Show threadColonel Panic 🌻🇺🇦 Jun 25, 2023
@deviantollam 100000% agree. One time when there for work, I rented a car and drove way out into the desert one night, to hear the silence and look at the stars. It was beautiful.
Show threadJohn Philip BellJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam Don't you know... Venues abhore a vacuum 🤪
Show threadDeviant OllamJun 25, 2023
@john_philip_bell given the state of some of the carpets in this town, you're probably not wrong.
Show threadJohn Philip BellJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam 😂
Show threadnobodyJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam i can't speak to LV specifically, but there is one sort of place that generally is notorious for keeping things quiet - the library
Show threadDeviant OllamJun 25, 2023
@imaguid not enough alcohol and drugs in most libraries, but I bet there's at least one out there somewhere that has a pool. If there isn't, let's start one.
Show threadTwelve Jun 25, 2023
@deviantollam no noise from people would be so nice as well
Show threadDeviant OllamJun 25, 2023
@Twelve oh absolutely
Show threadColonel Panic 🌻🇺🇦 Jun 25, 2023
@deviantollam it’s not for nothing that constant loud noise is employed as torture. The Enforced “Fun” Industry is highly problematic.
Show threadSPAM  r00t f0lds Team# 258829 Jun 25, 2023
@deviantollam I spent most of the monday after Def Con last year in a cabana at The Tuscany. It was just a handful of people in the quiet shade, and it was fantastic.
Show threadDeviant OllamJun 25, 2023
@SPAM the Tuscany was one of the spots we considered today 😉
Show threadCodeByJeffJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam how can I go back in time and show this to my elderly parents I just spent 9 days with?
Show threadPatrickJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam found you one 🤣 @AbandonedAmerica
Show threadBadscrewJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam so a library then.
Also, free.
Show threadNerd That Talks GoodJun 25, 2023
@Badscrew @deviantollam proposal: Def Con Library Field Trip!!
Show threadArtimageJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam years ago at BlackHat/defcon I discovered the quiet oasis that is the SPA. It’s so glorious. Get a massage and as for no music. ;)
Show threadDeviant OllamJun 25, 2023
@Artimage facts
Show thread[𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚗𝚎𝚢𝚜𝟷@~/𝚜𝚛𝚌]$​Jun 25, 2023
@deviantollam have you heard of "silent discos"? ​
Show threadKateJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam and good acoustic treatments.
Show threadThe DoctorJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam Same! I can't see a friggin' thing at DC with all the noise.
Show threadBarbara MonacoJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam And how about a bar without a TV? Even small restaurant bars have them. I hate this trend!
Show threadI am Jack's Lost 404Jun 25, 2023

@deviantollam

But what would they synchronize the totally unnecessary light show to then?

Show threadDEFCON 201Jun 25, 2023
@deviantollam So there used to be QuietCon years ago but we don't know what happened to it. If it's still not happening this year, maybe next year we should all pitch into bring it back? @defcon #defcon #HackerSummerCamp
Show threadXavier Ashe Jun 25, 2023
@deviantollam Here ya go: https://www.yelp.com/search?find_desc=Sensory+Deprivation+Tank&find_loc=Las+Vegas%2C+NV
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Show threadCliff BarbierJun 25, 2023
@deviantollam
You've recreated the Diogenes Club from Sherlock Holmes. 😛
Show threadBen HydeJun 26, 2023
@deviantollam Next you'll be wanting a place to sit where you can't see two TVs!
Show threadSean MurthyJun 26, 2023
@deviantollam Slot machines are OK though?
Show threadsh0budJun 26, 2023
@deviantollam I’m a musician and you’ve just given me a unique performance idea. The band that plays no music. Might work at an open mic.
Show threadPeoriaBummerJun 26, 2023
@deviantollam This is why I only last 3 days there tops before I start losing my mind.
Show threadWendy NatherJun 26, 2023
@PeoriaBummer @deviantollam It’s why I hide in my room a lot, and do some entertaining there or in a company suite. Small groups, much less noise.
Show threadPeoriaBummerJun 26, 2023
@wendynather @deviantollam Note to self: follow Wendy at any Vegas conference.
Show threadWendy NatherJun 26, 2023
@PeoriaBummer @deviantollam You’ll have to find me first
Show threadPeoriaBummerJun 27, 2023

@wendynather @deviantollam Reminds me of a Bill Hicks routine:

There's a new party being born, the People Who Hate People Party.

“People who hate people, come together!”

“No."

Show threadDeviant OllamJun 27, 2023
@PeoriaBummer @wendynather I miss Bill Hicks 👍
Show threadJuan ZapataJun 26, 2023
@deviantollam People will ruin it by talking loudly 😅
Show threadFeynman 🔴Jun 26, 2023
@deviantollam what about house music?
Show threadlike jam or bootlacesJun 26, 2023

@deviantollam

You know, I thought I had found the perfect place.

But I wasn't there for long before I realized, to my horror, that their big thing was hosting a continuous succession of live cover bands doing interpretations of 4'33"