WTF Stories of the Week - Page 188

Moonliner · 09-18-2009, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

Here's a real WTFer - Ticketmaster enacting policies that might help the consumer!
Trent Reznor-approved.

Yeah, I'm a bit worried about this one. Of course we have Miley Cyrus tickets for her upcoming concert here in DC. However the credit card I used to purchase the tickets was recently replaced due to a fraud alert. So now I don't have the card used to purchase the tickets. I'm not sure how that's going to work. I guess I'll have to call Ticketmaster.

innerSpaceman · 09-18-2009, 05:03 PM

Yeah, I suppose there has to be some sort of provision for cards you no longer have, since concert tickets in particular are purchased far in advance.

I kinda like this idea though. But why not limit the resale value to a tiny profit rather than a 100% profit? It may discourage most scalpers and ticket brokers not to get at 150,000% profit, but tickets should plain and simply not be purchased for the purpose of re-sale. If legitimate circumstances call for such a thing, the seller should be entitled only to a profit for time and effort of original acquisition and resale.

Still, it's a step in the right direction that I heartily applaud.

Ghoulish Delight · 09-18-2009, 05:06 PM

Considering the number of places that already use the "card you used to purchase the tickets" method of verification for will call, I wouldn't anticipate an issue with that.

bewitched · 09-22-2009, 05:08 PM

Kirk Cameron and some religious group he's affiliated with has added a crazy, religious to The Origin of Species. He claims Darwin was racist, sexist and has an "undeniable connection" with Hitler (yep, he just kinda throws that in there).

[Darwin]"Someday a bat**** crazy, facist dictator will be able to use my work for eeeeeviiiiiilllll...mwahahahahah!"[/Darwin]

Kirk Cameron attempts to stay relevant.

Alex · 09-22-2009, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bewitched

He claims Darwin was racist, sexist and has an "undeniable connection" with Hitler (yep, he just kinda throws that in there).

That's not a thought (the Hitler part, I've no doubt that by our standards he was racist and sexist) unique to Cameron. It is a very common view expressed in certain creationist circles. Mostly based on the mistaken assumption that Social Darwinism was his idea (which led to eugenics which led to some of the atrocities of Hitler).

ETA: Actually watching video now. Who wants to tell him he got the title of the book wrong?

bewitched · 09-22-2009, 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

That's not a thought (the Hitler part, I've no doubt that by our standards he was racist and sexist) unique to Cameron. It is a very common view expressed in certain creationist circles. Mostly based on the mistaken assumption that Social Darwinism was his idea (which led to eugenics which led to some of the atrocities of Hitler).

ETA: Actually watching video now. Who wants to tell him he got the title of the book wrong?

I like how showing college students mindlessly grabbing some free handout on campus is "proof" that no one disagrees with it. I personally have mindlessly taken many a Bible being handed out near my various colleges over the years.

Ghoulish Delight · 09-22-2009, 10:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

That's not a thought (the Hitler part, I've no doubt that by our standards he was racist and sexist) unique to Cameron. It is a very common view expressed in certain creationist circles. Mostly based on the mistaken assumption that Social Darwinism was his idea (which led to eugenics which led to some of the atrocities of Hitler).

ETA: Actually watching video now. Who wants to tell him he got the title of the book wrong?

I happened to have just read the chapter about Francis Galton in The Drunkard's Walk today.

Gemini Cricket · 09-24-2009, 12:08 PM

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This week, the Allwetterzoo Zoo of Munster, Germany assumed responsibility for the upbringing of a baby rhino whose mother rejected it at birth.

Source

Listen here, Rhino mama, if you ain't gonna take care of a baby, don't have a baby.

Cute cute cute pics.

Cadaverous Pallor · 09-18-2009, 06:20 PM

Wow, I actually like a move that Ticketmaster made. WTF.

Kevy Baby · 09-18-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

...but tickets should plain and simply not be purchased for the purpose of re-sale.

Why?

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Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

If legitimate circumstances call for such a thing, the seller should be entitled only to a profit for time and effort of original acquisition and resale.

What is a "legitimate" reason?

If there are people who would rather pay more for the convenience of having someone purchase their tickets for them so that they can avoid the annoyance of having to be online at just the right second, why should they be denied the right to pay for this convenience.

And what is someone's time worth? Minimum wage? $300 bucks per hour (which in the legal profession is not uncommon)?

09-18-2009, 05:03 PM	#2
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Yeah, I suppose there has to be some sort of provision for cards you no longer have, since concert tickets in particular are purchased far in advance. I kinda like this idea though. But why not limit the resale value to a tiny profit rather than a 100% profit? It may discourage most scalpers and ticket brokers not to get at 150,000% profit, but tickets should plain and simply not be purchased for the purpose of re-sale. If legitimate circumstances call for such a thing, the seller should be entitled only to a profit for time and effort of original acquisition and resale. Still, it's a step in the right direction that I heartily applaud.
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09-18-2009, 05:06 PM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Considering the number of places that already use the "card you used to purchase the tickets" method of verification for will call, I wouldn't anticipate an issue with that. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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09-22-2009, 05:08 PM	#4
bewitched 101% Yummy! Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I know Kung Fu. Posts: 1,413	Kirk Cameron and some religious group he's affiliated with has added a crazy, religious to The Origin of Species. He claims Darwin was racist, sexist and has an "undeniable connection" with Hitler (yep, he just kinda throws that in there). [Darwin]"Someday a bat** crazy, facist dictator will be able to use my work for eeeeeviiiiiilllll...mwahahahahah!"[/Darwin] Kirk Cameron attempts to stay relevant. __________________ ~Whitney Wondering about the future of Ellington Woodard's punk@ss sh!t.**
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Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	Wow, I actually like a move that Ticketmaster made. WTF. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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