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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 17:51:53 GMT -8
I'm getting far too excited to contain myself at this point (dear god it's only 2 weeks away), and I Dr. Garbanzoure everyone has a "magical moment" that's happened at Sasquatch. Something totally inexplicable that made your weekend even better than you could've comprehended.
I've got a few to share beyond what's I've already posted in other spots, so here goes:
In 2011 we were hoping to find some of my girlfriend's old friends who were driving up from California, but couldn't get a hold of them due to reception and it was looking very unlikely that we'd see them. We started setting up our campsite and noticed about 10 minutes later that her friends were setting up their camp in the next row, about 15 feet from our camp. I think we both ended up doing the most unexpected double take of our lives, and then much celebration occurred.
That same year, we'd split up from our close friend during the day and ended up messing up our plans to meet up. So we headed over to Deerhunter and were enjoying the hell out of the set, so we lit a joint to make the moment even better. About halfway through, I looked around me and saw that my friend was standing literally right next to me in the crowd. We had a small freak out and shouted his name right in his face and held out the joint for him to take, and I'll never forget the look in his eyes when he realized that we were right there. I don't know if I'll ever see someone as ecstatic as he was at that moment, it was pure unadulterated joy. The kind of joy you think that only dogs and children on Christmas day can achieve. Happier than we thought possible, we enjoyed the rest of Deerhunter together.
Anybody else?
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 15:39:46 GMT -8
No, it'd be a really pretentious number like 3.6 or something. As if there's a fucking difference between a 3 and a 4 if you're reviewing it anyways.
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 12:14:04 GMT -8
He also has the song that's on that Microsoft commercial during every commercial break on Hulu that makes me want to slam my skull in to a wall. Other than that, I actually have no problem with his music at all. I'm just a much bigger Vampire Weekend fan so seeing Mack is kind of out of the question.
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 11:32:46 GMT -8
To be fair, I did also mention that I could be completely wrong about that.
Sorry for not checking though, I was just going off of my faulty memory right after I woke up this morning. Probably not the best way to correctly answer someone's question.
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 11:04:17 GMT -8
Wow, I got the double fig in there without even thinking about it.
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 11:03:18 GMT -8
I was the one who posted to reddit, I figured the community over there who doesn't frequent over here deserved a notice. I noticed that both times Gibbons had posted about tickets was right after 10:00 and that's also when the ticket sales started initially, so I figured that's what time they always post tickets.
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 10:04:52 GMT -8
Looks like they're gone for the day. That was the second time this week they've released some at 10am though, so there's no reason it wouldn't happen again. All those tickets they saved for their own in-house scalping service need to get sold somehow!
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 8:25:38 GMT -8
I like that saturday has "sunshine", while monday has "BRILLIANT sunshine". Man, that monday sun will be so brill.
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 8:24:43 GMT -8
Those are some glorious numbers, my friends. This year is shaping up to be wonderful.
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Post by rüstü on May 9, 2013 6:37:13 GMT -8
From what I know, I don't think there are VIP tickets. I might be entirely wrong, but I've never noticed that as an option. I think the best way to guarantee entry to a show is to buy a ticket to it as opposed to getting a wristband. So many people get denied entry to shows even though they have a wristband that I think it's not even close to worth buying one.
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 23:23:15 GMT -8
Also, I've got to hand it to him, this line was fucking hilarious: "I eat bugs for breakfast and shit ghosts and evil all day."
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 23:19:18 GMT -8
He's definitely the most literate craigslist poster I've ever come across! Thankfully, using correct grammar and punctuation don't make a person right.
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 23:03:15 GMT -8
Here's the transcript of one of mine:
(he posted an ad for $450 and specifically mentioned he wasn't a scalper, so I had to have a go)
Me: The fact that you're attempting to sell the ticket for more than it's worth means that you are indeed a scalper. That's what the definition of scalper is.
Him: Ok. Fine. I'm a scalper then. I meant that I didn't buy it with the intention to then sell it and make money, and circumstantially fell into the situation in which I desperately need money that I did not when I bought the tickets. I stand valiantly corrected. What would the world do without your dedication to pedantically correcting strangers over minor errors? Thank you, oh glorious and mighty correct person, please feel validated forever and ever. You are superior to me both grammatically and morally. All hail.
Me: I didn't mention anything about grammar, and you don't need to get so mad at me. You're the one who is selling something for more than it's worth just to screw someone out of money. Take a look in the mirror and ask yourself if you would want someone to charge you more than what a ticket is worth next time you want to attend something.
Him: Why are you upset about it enough to be a prick to a stranger? I'm not trying to hoodwink people out of hundreds, I have something that is in demand and I'm trying to make an extra fifty bucks because I was smart enough to keep track of when the tickets went on presale and simply google what the presale code was. I didn't go into this rubbing my hands together and cackling over how I'm going to make sooo much money on this wild scheme. If somebody can afford 400 to go drink at a concert for four days, they can likely afford 450. I'm not taking the food out of a baby's mouth for Christ sake. Keep your snide little anonymous posts to yourself. Next time I want to attend something, I will buy it when it goes on sale again like I did this time, and if I fuck up and don't get the ticket and somebody charges me a little extra, so be it. I can live with that just fine. Next time you feel like being rude to a stranger, take a look at yourself in the mirror and ask if it's worth your time and if maybe your energy could be more positively spent elsewhere.
(at this point it was too easy just to bait him into responding, so I quickly jumped to the usage of hyperbole)
Me: It is always 100% worth it to shame a scalping scumbag like yourself. People like you make the concert going experience more difficult, more expensive, and therefore less fun. Have fun ruining people's otherwise good time you piece of garbage.
Him: I don't feel shamed at all. I feel embarrassed for you. I feel totally ok with my decision to buy a ticket with the full intention of going. I feel equally fine later having to sell it and trying to make a small amount of money that will help me a lot but will not greatly inconvenience the person who buys the ticket. I feel confident that I have not made the experience any more difficult or less fun for anybody else, except for maybe you, as you seem to be very upset right now. Go pick on the type of person who intentionally buys up a crazy amount of tickets with the intention of reselling for profit and driving up costs. I will go and continue to live my life, hopefully unhindered by belligerent strangers. The only person whose fun I'm enjoying ruining is yours, you arrogant trash.
Me: Every time you respond it only makes me happier. You're spending all this time trying to refute my points, but at the end of the day you're still a scalper, and somehow you have managed to convince yourself that it is ok. You are human garbage, and you know it. Tell me again how a small amount of money will GREATLY help you while only ever so slightly inconveniencing someone else? Justify it all you want in your twisted, backwards, undoubtedly ugly head, but deep down you know you're nothing more than vermin to any self respecting human.
(note the excellent use of hyperbole again)
Him: I'm hideous, human garbage, with the ugliest face, I eat bugs for breakfast and shit ghosts and evil all day. Ugly ugly vermin. Totally morally reprehensible. It's a fucking $400 concert ticket, we are arguing about the biggest privilege problem ever. I could tell you how it will help me, but you are pretty high up on your superiority mountain and I doubt you can hear me up there. I'll just stay down here with the swine, being terrible. Now leave me alone.
I absolutely loved that last email. It made me so happy to be able to get under his skin like that.
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 22:57:12 GMT -8
Oh my god I laughed way too hard at this... That was hilarious. I never would've guessed so much destruction would come from that, but I'm pretty glad it did.
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 22:56:27 GMT -8
I would normally be quite down, Nick, but since I'm buying my wristband this weekend I'm incredibly, way more poor than usual until my next paycheck. I have to hold off on my partying until Sasquatch time, at which point I'll be partying like crazy.
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 19:20:06 GMT -8
I'm not sure how I'm going to do it, but I'm definitely going to make sure to find you guys in the campsite so we can actually meet as well. As we get a little bit closer to the date we all definitely need to share details about how to find our camps!
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 17:36:55 GMT -8
I think people are starting to realize they missed the window for $450 sales and are getting nervous, which brings about anger and resentment towards those who point that out. It brings me great joy to know scalpers out there are living more stressful lives because of it.
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 17:34:38 GMT -8
Your name is altjason and Alt-J isn't your number one? What a disappointment.
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 17:14:31 GMT -8
I respond to every craigslist ad on the Portland craigslist with an offer of face value, no matter what it is. I also slightly imply that they are a jerk for trying to profit off of something they shouldn't profit off of.
In the last day, I've baited 2 different people who asked $450+ in to having long email arguments where I constantly and repeatedly call them nasty names and thoroughly outwit them. They always reply with stupid comebacks and it's always hilarious. I'm having so much fun doing this.
One of the guys' last emails ended with this: "I'll just stay down here with the swine, being terrible. Now leave me alone."
Good times.
Edit: haha, here's another reply I just got: "Stop being a jerk and just buy your ticket. noone is going to give you one"
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Post by rüstü on May 8, 2013 16:09:37 GMT -8
Festivalfan is doing god's work. Festivalfan, if there's some way I can find you at the campground, rest assured I'll be giving you a beer.
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