Can you hear the sound of the thousands of Louboutin heels being put back into their boxes? Can you hear the hairdressers of Beirut weeping at the thought of all the missed opportunities to give Lebanese girls an up-do every Friday night? Can you hear the management of Zaatar W Zeit fall to its knees at the mere prospect of no post-SkyBar drunken snackers?<\/p>\n The \u201cbest\u201d part of the whole situation is that this past Monday, Lebanon marked its one year anniversary without a president, to which most people said, \u201cOh, we don\u2019t have a president?\u201d <\/p>\n That\u2019s right, 365 days of political stalemate and an empty presidential chair passed virtually unnoted and with complete normalcy.<\/p>\n But back to what’s most important here: SkyBar. Where else are we supposed to drop hundreds of dollars to be packed in like a bunch of sweaty sardines in smooth vodka? Where else can we spend 98% of the night standing pathetically in front of a door begging a dickish bouncer to let us in? And where else can we spend the remaining 2% of our night enjoying the sweet stylings of blaring, thumping beats resembling something people once referred to as music? WHERE? <\/p>\n Shortly after news of the fire broke this morning, the faithful Lebanese partiers among us took to Twitter to offer a mixed dose of hysteria, cynicism, and hilarity.<\/p>\n A national tragedy of immense proportions. https:\/\/t.co\/zYaRTpBXxf<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/t1WpWCHFvH<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Mahmoud (@MahmoudRamsey) May 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n ![](\"https:\/\/www.beirut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/41197.png\")
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