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Standing against a guy that’s a raving lunatic doesn’t make it OK to be senile. Hilary was a shit candidate and look what that got us.

Hillary didn’t lose because of a cult of personality or a few swing states, she was just simply a shit candidate.

If you’re worried about losing to Trump, then get your own candidate that’s not senile.

What constitutes high risk? A magnitude 8 or more once per year?

If you sell cars at a one hundred percent profit margin but everyone refuses to buy, so you then do some market research and realise people will buy at a 50% profit margin, you lower your price and start making money.

See how the government didn’t need to step in there?

If the customers buy your cars at the 100% profit margin, despite mumbles and grumbles, why would you lower the price?

Inb4: But if there was only one car manufacturer, you’d have to pay!?!?

Yes if you needed a car, no one needs to see Taylor Swift live.

Good luck to you.

We could argue all day. I take a principled stand of refusing to participate in things that I view as unfair.

If you and others continue to contribute to a system that you view as unfair, knowing that you don’t have to, that’s something you have to come to terms with yourself.

Whatever. I’ve seen quite a few gigs that looked good but when I saw the ticket price I thought “fuck that”, it’s really simple. Did my single action cause a price drop? Of course not, but one rain drop doesn’t cause a flood. All we need is for people to stick together but instead we get people like you crying to daddy government about how unfair it is.

If you want to complain about how expensive something is and then still pay it, that’s a you problem.

You can refuse to accept basic economics if you want, I can’t make you. Things are priced to sell, it’s as simple as that

Go back to comment 1. Not buying IS an option, no one is forcing you to attend the gig, if the price is too high, then don’t go.

I’m more than willing to vote with my wallet. If everyone else wants to hold themselves captive that’s their choice, they just shouldn’t pretend that refusing to pay isn’t an option.

Your analogy of uprooting your life to live in another country is a bit of an over exaggeration, we’re talking about missing out on a gig, it’s not akin to starting your life over.

It would only take one or two big tickets gigs to not sell to see prices come down.

If people are fine paying that price, there’s no problem.

I’m not saying that refusing to buy will break up the monopoly, it’s just basic economics, if no one buys due to the price being too high, they will drop the price.

I’m not arguing against government action.

Are you familiar with reading English?

They weren’t saying “buy from someone else”, they were just saying “don’t buy”.

You’re right, they’re not people, they’re fucking parasites.

Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll check it out

Edit: It needed me to sign up with an email address and I saw it had in app purchases that put me off a bit. But when looking for that app I found Musicolet which looks pretty perfect, just a simple ad free music playing app without all the bollocks!

Fair play

I liked Google play too. I was not pleased when they moved to YouTube music and made accessing your own music a total pain in the balls.

They’re absolutely objectively worse from an audio stand point.

I agree that they give you a different listening experience, which is subjective.

Retro sound of a CD?

They sound exactly the same as the digital releases. Only audiophiles up there own arses believe that they can hear a difference. Vinyls sound different but for obvious reasons.

I agree that some cases are brittle but I’ve not seen a disc get fucked since I was a kid, when I couldn’t be bothered to put them back in the case.

I’d buy the vinyl as a collectors item, but the CD to upload on to my phone.