Speakeasy(s) in Boston? (Somerville: places, market, hipster)

[redplum33]

If someone came on here asking about real haunted houses, I'm not going to recommend an amusement park.

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by redplum33

If someone came on here asking about real haunted houses, I'm not going to recommend an amusement park.

If someone called a poster on city-data a "troll," would you then repeatedly try to reassure us all that the poster is most likely not a mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance?

I mean there's a difference between getting clarity and beating something to death. The fourth post in this thread was by the OP who stated the following:

Originally Posted by GummyShark

Technically, yes. That's how it started out during the Prohibition era but nowadays a speakeasy is typically a small and retro bar that is quite hidden.

You then spent three pages correcting people on what a "Speakeasy" was. It was frankly, asinine, ridiculous, and flat out unhelpful since we all know the various meanings of the word Speakeasy - except you. You're fixated on one singular use and seem to have difficulty grasping that it's used, quite commonly, in different ways.

[timberline742]

Originally Posted by lrfox

If someone called a poster on city-data a "troll," would you try to reassure us all that the poster is most likely not a mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance?

Probably.

[redplum33]

Originally Posted by lrfox

If someone called a poster on city-data a "troll," would you then repeatedly try to reassure us all that the poster is most likely not a mythical, cave-dwelling being depicted in folklore as either a giant or a dwarf, typically having a very ugly appearance?

Poor analogy. Real speakeasys do exist.

Originally Posted by lrfox

It was frankly, asinine, ridiculous, and flat out unhelpful

That better describes your long-winded comparison of Warren to New Bedford.

[lrfox]

Originally Posted by redplum33

Poor analogy. Real speakeasys do exist.

It's sarcasm, dude. You have a complete inability to understand what people are saying/asking for and instead go on circuitous tangents that are maddeningly off-topic. Case in point, the OP clarified what they were looking for in the FOURTH post and you spent three pages trying to convince people of the true definition of the word Speakeasy when nobody ever denied that A) Speakeasys have existed and B) There are still places to drink illegally.

That better describes your long-winded comparison of Warren to New Bedford.

Again. Off-topic. The only reason I had to explain it was, again, because you were so fixated on your own point that you couldn't acknowledge a single similarity. Something can be very different, but still share common thread with something else.

[bjimmy24]

Well let's definitely drag this out a bit more.

[redplum33]

The thread went in a different direction (real speakeasy vs. theme speakeasy) as is not uncommon.

[timberline742]

Definitely getting that time machine for a "real" speakeasy visit. I'll drop the OP a note.


(No, no one in reality calls any old illegal bar a speakeasy, unless they are like, spectrum-y and use websters definitions literally)

[Cantabridgienne]

To that end, I don't know anyone who calls a cocktail bar without a sign a "speakeasy" either, other than the person writing a bar's press release/for a free weekly.

[Ne999]

Wink and nod in south end