re: #230 Charles Johnson

It’s an old casino trick to make the carpets gaudy as hell and the ceilings as boring as possible. The idea is that this will keep your eyes from looking too high or low and instead stay focused on all the colorful shiny things on the gaming floor and thus you will be more likely to spend money.

That’s also why casino floors have no clocks on them. Though now that most of us have smartphones in our pockets and can easily check the time, that’s not as big a deal as it used to be.