[Tiste Simeon]

I think you're quite close to my aunt and uncle, Worry. Well not at the moment as they're over here but I saw them yesterday and they said the fires were close to their house.

Hope you and yours are safe!

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

worry, on 11 September 2024 - 08:43 PM, said:

I'm not in any harm's way to my knowledge, aside from the air quality. Definitely got a sore throat going. The sky is more grey than orange today -- is that a good sign?

Yikes... if you're not already and it's at all possible of course you should be wearing an effective mask (P100 or better) at least outdoors and using effective air purifiers at home...

I'd say the government should provide them for free to people in at-risk areas, but this is America, land of the free pollution... and free disease. Besides, many people would refuse to mask on "principle", and some would try to sell the free masks / air purifiers over the internet... or shoot them and blow them up for Youtube (and possibly shit on them for more uncensored sites... hopefully while they're still burning).

This post has been edited by Azath Vitr (D'ivers: 11 September 2024 - 10:30 PM

[worry]

I've only got some K95s, but I'm just staying indoors and do have a purifier on.

[Maark Abbott]

Dealer house is no longer displaying a for sale sign. Could be good could be bad. I keep having nightmares about the fucking place.

[champ]

Had the pleasure of COVID for the last week, first time I've had it... not fun at all!

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Quote

Facebook is blocking emergency warnings as wildfires roar through West

[...] The explanation: "you tried to get likes, follows, shares or video views in a misleading way."'

Spoiler

During a scorching, relentless wildfire season, Facebook has been flagging and removing dozens of posts containing links and screenshots from Watch Duty, a widely relied-upon wildfire alert app, as well as from federal and state agencies[...]

While Facebook has misflagged posts as spam during emergencies before, disaster groups and wildfire trackers say that the issue has reached critical mass. [...] something on the social media platform changed, and their content has been disappearing at an alarming rate right when people need it most.

In nearly every instance, the platform tells users that they violated the company's "Community Standards on Spam" due to trying to get likes, follows, shares or views in a "misleading way." [...]

It happens primarily with links, even to official sites from Cal Fire, the U.S. Forest Service, sheriff's departments and AlertCalifornia, which monitors fires and disasters in real-time. [...]

The most concerning part, users say, is that Facebook does not notify them when their posts disappear from public view.

"It's not just frustrating, it's life-threatening,"

Facebook is blocking emergency warnings as wildfires roar through West - The Washington Post

Seems like it might be part of their general pattern of shadow banning / downranking posts containing external links... because they make more money if people stay on Facebook.

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[Macros]

Scalpers

should be scalped.

Tried for Linkin Park, at the O2.

Granted its not a big venue, and they did an extensive presale to their Linkin Park underground fan club.
but still, joined the Queue, got in at about 3000 out, by the time I got to 2600th in the queue, sold out.

But wait, there are a fuck ton of tickets available on resellers sites for just at least double the price.

Fuck you, and DOUBLE fuck you if you got in on the fan presale and are scalping those tickets.


mother fuckers

[Slow Ben]

Concert prices, face value or resale are all fucking ridiculous now. I remember when $100 was extravagant.

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[Slow Ben]

How do you know youre getting old? You have to take an afternoon off work to prep for your colonoscopy the next day.

Good times.....good times...

[Tiste Simeon]

Hope the having stuff shoved up your pooper all goes well!

[Maark Abbott]

Slow Ben, on 16 September 2024 - 02:49 AM, said:

Concert prices, face value or resale are all fucking ridiculous now. I remember when $100 was extravagant.

$100 IS extravagant what the heck. I haven't been to a show where a ticket was more than £20 in decades.

[Tsundoku]

Slow Ben, on 16 September 2024 - 02:52 AM, said:

How do you know youre getting old? You have to take an afternoon off work to prep for your colonoscopy the next day.

Good times.....good times...

Yeah ... that was me earlier this year. Thankfully I was under a general anaesthesia for the, uh, procedure so the worst part I recall is the prep.

All in all though, not an experience I'd care to repeat.

[Slow Ben]

 Maark Abbott, on 16 September 2024 - 07:32 AM, said:

 Slow Ben, on 16 September 2024 - 02:49 AM, said:

Concert prices, face value or resale are all fucking ridiculous now. I remember when $100 was extravagant.

$100 IS extravagant what the heck. I haven't been to a show where a ticket was more than £20 in decades.

For the big name stuff it’s ridiculous. My kids want to see Chappell Roan, but the cheapest ticket is like $364.

I’m seeing Sturgill Simpson and Trampled by Turtles later this year and they’re both around $120.

[Azath Vitr (D'ivers]

Slow Ben, on 16 September 2024 - 05:03 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 16 September 2024 - 07:32 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 16 September 2024 - 02:49 AM, said:

Concert prices, face value or resale are all fucking ridiculous now. I remember when $100 was extravagant.

$100 IS extravagant what the heck. I haven't been to a show where a ticket was more than £20 in decades.

For the big name stuff it's ridiculous. My kids want to see Chappell Roan, but the cheapest ticket is like $364.

I'm seeing Sturgill Simpson and Trampled by Turtles later this year and they're both around $120.

Quote

Taylor Swift [...] tickets sell for an average of $1,088

https://www.cnbc.com...of%20%241%2C088

... and that's from 2023... there's probably been a bit of inflation since.

Quick search didn't turn up the median ticket price for her recent shows though.

And on top of that people often travel to distant cities and/or countries for several days....

Quote

Economists forecast that Swift's concert tours yield a global economic impact ranging from $13 to $28 billion

The 'Taylor Swift effect' (secnewgate.co.uk)

[Macros]

Slow Ben, on 16 September 2024 - 05:03 PM, said:

Maark Abbott, on 16 September 2024 - 07:32 AM, said:

Slow Ben, on 16 September 2024 - 02:49 AM, said:

Concert prices, face value or resale are all fucking ridiculous now. I remember when $100 was extravagant.

$100 IS extravagant what the heck. I haven't been to a show where a ticket was more than £20 in decades.

For the big name stuff it’s ridiculous. My kids want to see Chappell Roan, but the cheapest ticket is like $364.

I’m seeing Sturgill Simpson and Trampled by Turtles later this year and they’re both around $120.

I've never heard of any of those acts, but prices are ridiculous.

Was thinking about it, AC/DC, circa 2010 for Black ice t9ur, I'm sure my ticket was about £60. 2015 or whenever for Rock or Bust, was about £85/90. PwrUp was £120 all standing tickets. (much to my shame I paid £146 to get 'golden circle')
That's the next thing that fucks me off that has only appeared in the UK and Ireland recently, but apparently has been a thing elsewhere for sometime.
Normally if you want into the 'pit' (semi circle right at stags with crowd break behind you) it's turn up at 6am and queue all day. No its a privilege you can only get by paying extra. I normally point blank refuse, but wife would never have been comfortable being at the front of the normal crowd (plus the pushing to get there and no chance of a toilet break) so for us to be standing anywhere near the stage it had to be pit.

Eta, first 2 ac/dc concerts I got up front without paying extra, first one I was there queueing in the sun all day, second we somehow lucked out and a really nice steward got us the last few pit passes as we had no chance to queue early

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