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thisismycalculator t1_jcpo0vo wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Levels of carcinogenic chemical near Ohio derailment site far above safe limit by Additional-Force-795

I’m a petroleum engineer and I’ve worked in oil and gas my entire career. I have seen some very sketchy environmental issues over the years. When I heard that they popped open those tank cars and lit them on fire I thought - “Holy shit, I would go to prison for that.” I can’t believe that that was considered the “best” option regardless of cost.

I can’t believe that the management team made that decision without trying anything else first. I can’t believe that every oil and gas company I have ever worked for (public and private, large and small) was more environmentally conscious than one of the largest publicly traded railroads in the country.

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ICantThinkOfANameBud t1_jcpnixm wrote

Reply to comment by LeonSilverhand in Lance Reddick, 'The Wire' and 'John Wick' star, dies at 60 by d01100100

People in my family tend to die in their 50's. Both of my maternal grandparents died at 55, uncle died at 59, moms uncle died at 54, aunt dead at 57. My father is 55 and my mother is 53 now. They take care of themselves better than the rest of the family who died (no drinking, they eat healthier, both quit smoking, etc) but my father also just found out he's diabetic. Every time either of them gets a cough I find myself thinking "shit, is this it?". I am not ready to bury my parents. My mother was only 31 or so when she buried both of her parents, which is the age I am now.

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justinsimoni t1_jcpn0t3 wrote

Reply to comment by moneyfish in Robert Smith of The Cure convinces Ticketmaster to give partial refunds, lower fees by eastbayted

I played a festival with Blink 182. Back area had a catered lunch. They refused to sit with everyone else. It was kinda crazy - there's Iggy Pop, there's all the guys from Rancid, but Blink 182 took some sort of second story all for themselves. More deviled eggs for me, I guess.

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I spent the entire night in our tour bus to make sure our stuff wouldn't get stolen, as it rained through the night. We barely got out what with all the mud. I couldn't imagine it was all that fun for general admission to have camped.

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tokes_4_DE t1_jcpi6l6 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Robert Smith of The Cure convinces Ticketmaster to give partial refunds, lower fees by eastbayted

These tickets were all listed at only 20 dollars, stop trying to make these guys out to be the bad guys. Ticketmasters fees added up to more than the tickets themselves, which the bands have zero control over those fees. Dont even listen to the cure but getting their fans back like half the extra fees they spent (which the band sees 0 dollars from those fees) is a good thing.

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Time-Guess6600 t1_jcpfirn wrote

Reply to Robert Smith of The Cure convinces Ticketmaster to give partial refunds, lower fees by eastbayted

People need to understand that the point of ticketmaster is to take the heat for high concert prices. That $150 ticket with $150 in fees? That's really a $300 ticket. The artists and concert promoters don't want the greedy optics of charging that kind of money. So they play the "good guys" and only charge their $150 for the Ticket. Then Ticketmaster intentionally plays the bad guy and picks up the other $150.

The money goes to the same place in the end, it's just that Ticketmaster takes the heat off the artist for charging $300 a ticket. Keeps the fans happy.

You're supposed to get mad at them, that's the point of their existence.

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