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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 28, 2017 19:02:14 GMT -5
www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39743303/luxury-fyre-festival-is-cancelled-with-ticket-holders-still-stranded-in-bahamasBasically, this festival on the Bahamas with Ja Rule, blink-182 and Tyga planned to play there has turned into a Dashcon level Clusterf*** twitter.com/search?q=fyre+festivalIt was intended to be some festival pretty much about massive consumption. Tickets between $400 and $12k, tents on a private beach island, expensive catering, a rumored $100k worth of buried treasure planted around etc Attendees arrived to a half constructed festival, with "luxury" catering that turned out to be cheese sandwiches, skeleton crew, tents that turned out to be leftover disaster tents from an earthquake supply, blink 182 not performing because they took one look and bounced right out again, basically nothing going right. Now the US Embassy has had to step in, people are getting robbed, flights in and out are being cancelled left and right, and people are tweeting for help because they're stranded. Yikes.
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Post by Zone Was Wrong on Apr 28, 2017 19:09:13 GMT -5
Oh you've given me something to do all night while I work. These tweets are perfect. Sucks for those involved though. This is like epic levels of messed up.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 28, 2017 21:00:21 GMT -5
I've been laughing at this all day.
The tweet responses alone are worth it.
Few things funnier than seeing the wealthy over-dramatize a moderate inconvenience to their flaccid attempt at showcasing their version of decadence.
I hope this is the work of Nathan4You.
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Post by Tom Turkey on Apr 28, 2017 22:28:16 GMT -5
This is like DashCon on steroids.
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Post by Perd on Apr 28, 2017 22:33:47 GMT -5
However you spell it, it's been quite a day for the word fire.
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Post by Oh Cry Me a Screwball on Apr 28, 2017 22:56:25 GMT -5
Please tell me they at least set up a ball pit.
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Apr 28, 2017 23:03:03 GMT -5
Please tell me they at least set up a ball pit.  Ask and you shall receive! |
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Post by xCompackx on Apr 29, 2017 0:33:50 GMT -5
Gotta say, if I was going to spend such a large amount of money for something that doesn't even sound like fun if it were going as planned, I'd probably hold out for better acts than Ja Rule and Tyga. Blink-182 would be fun to see live, but even they aren't worth $400 minimum.
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Post by El Pollo Guerrera on Apr 29, 2017 2:16:46 GMT -5
Promotional video:
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Post by BrodietheSlayer on Apr 29, 2017 2:44:01 GMT -5
Always fun to break this one out....
Warning: Bad Language
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Post by No Name is needed Bro Beans on Apr 29, 2017 4:58:44 GMT -5
Should have held the frye festival instead  MMA Legend Don Frye |
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Post by Chainsaw on Apr 29, 2017 5:17:55 GMT -5
Not to be Old Man Grandpa or anything, but this is the perfect encapsulation of what we're doing wrong in society. Constantly buying into hype that is impossible to live up to. If the story I read from someone who actually worked on Fyre Festival is right, this was sold on the hype, and organizers just figured it'd somehow all work out in the end...of course on the strength of the people they'd hired and planned on not paying shit for.
I love Millennials, I love that they're willing to not be pushed around by the generations before them, but man, sometimes they make really bad decisions, especially when they're trust fund babies. And the mentality of "fake it until you make it" is one that I'd be happy to see die a quick death.
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Post by Welfare Willis on Apr 29, 2017 5:27:20 GMT -5
Should have held the frye festival instead MMA Legend Don Frye Damnnit, I was going to make that joke!  I was going to go to the Don Fyre festival, but I got confused and went to the Tom Selleck look alike festival instead. |
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Post by Yamashita Enforcement Division on Apr 29, 2017 5:56:20 GMT -5
Not to be Old Man Grandpa or anything, but this is the perfect encapsulation of what we're doing wrong in society. Constantly buying into hype that is impossible to live up to. If the story I read from someone who actually worked on Fyre Festival is right, this was sold on the hype, and organizers just figured it'd somehow all work out in the end...of course on the strength of the people they'd hired and planned on not paying shit for. I love Millennials, I love that they're willing to not be pushed around by the generations before them, but man, sometimes they make really bad decisions, especially when they're trust fund babies. And the mentality of "fake it until you make it" is one that I'd be happy to see die a quick death. It's not millennials as a generation chief (because millennials are on average, poor) it's the rich idiot millennials making the same mistakes of the past, only with more of an emphasis on being loud and the center of attention. There have been amazing shit shows all throughout human history, it's just now we can laugh at it in real time. |
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 29, 2017 6:58:00 GMT -5
Not to be Old Man Grandpa or anything, but this is the perfect encapsulation of what we're doing wrong in society. Constantly buying into hype that is impossible to live up to. If the story I read from someone who actually worked on Fyre Festival is right, this was sold on the hype, and organizers just figured it'd somehow all work out in the end...of course on the strength of the people they'd hired and planned on not paying shit for. I love Millennials, I love that they're willing to not be pushed around by the generations before them, but man, sometimes they make really bad decisions, especially when they're trust fund babies. And the mentality of "fake it until you make it" is one that I'd be happy to see die a quick death. Most of the problems are in the hands of the organisers, not millennials. They banked on selling way more of the stupidly priced tickets than they did, and tried to power through with no money when not many people bought one. themuse.jezebel.com/fyre-festival-was-such-a-shit-show-i-didn-t-even-make-1794757121 Some articles are indicating a total scam washout too. I will say though that they're 15 minutes walk away from a town and hotels, and they're acting like they're abandoned in the woods even though they're pretty much on a regular camping trip right now. |
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Post by Sephiroth on Apr 29, 2017 7:20:15 GMT -5
Not to be Old Man Grandpa or anything, but this is the perfect encapsulation of what we're doing wrong in society. Constantly buying into hype that is impossible to live up to. If the story I read from someone who actually worked on Fyre Festival is right, this was sold on the hype, and organizers just figured it'd somehow all work out in the end...of course on the strength of the people they'd hired and planned on not paying shit for. I love Millennials, I love that they're willing to not be pushed around by the generations before them, but man, sometimes they make really bad decisions, especially when they're trust fund babies. And the mentality of "fake it until you make it" is one that I'd be happy to see die a quick death. Most of the problems are in the hands of the organisers, not millennials. They banked on selling way more of the stupidly priced tickets than they did, and tried to power through with no money when not many people bought one. themuse.jezebel.com/fyre-festival-was-such-a-shit-show-i-didn-t-even-make-1794757121 Some articles are indicating a total scam washout too. I will say though that they're 15 minutes walk away from a town and hotels, and they're acting like they're abandoned in the woods even though they're pretty much on a regular camping trip right now. So Blair Witch Project for stupid rich people? |
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Post by Alice Syndrome on Apr 29, 2017 7:25:30 GMT -5
Most of the problems are in the hands of the organisers, not millennials. They banked on selling way more of the stupidly priced tickets than they did, and tried to power through with no money when not many people bought one. themuse.jezebel.com/fyre-festival-was-such-a-shit-show-i-didn-t-even-make-1794757121 Some articles are indicating a total scam washout too. I will say though that they're 15 minutes walk away from a town and hotels, and they're acting like they're abandoned in the woods even though they're pretty much on a regular camping trip right now. So Blair Witch Project for stupid rich people? I mean, Blair Rich project was right there... |
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Post by Chainsaw on Apr 29, 2017 8:05:52 GMT -5
So Blair Witch Project for stupid rich people? I mean, Blair Rich project was right there... And now I have the title for the movie I want to make about this. Yoink! |
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Apr 29, 2017 8:14:48 GMT -5
on the one hand I feel bad for the people getting robbed and stranded but on the other hand, there is a bit of schadenfreude too.
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Post by Alucard on Apr 29, 2017 10:58:40 GMT -5
Some say Ja never was quite the same after losing the opportunity for that threesome with Monica.
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