fyre festival is going well

srsly was glad to see oompa loompa queen seems very very kind and sensible and well.

tracer's image is killing me welcome to hard times

New FB post from the House of Illuminati!

I am reaching out to address the recent cancellation of the “Willys Chocolate Experience” event. Firstly, I want to extend my sincerest apologies to each and every one of you who was looking forward to this event. I understand the disappointment and frustration this has caused, and for that, I am truly sorry.
It’s important for me to clarify that the organization and decisions surrounding this event were solely my responsibility. I want to make it clear that anyone who was hired externally or offered their help, are not affiliated with the me or the company, any use of faces can cause serious harm to those who did not have any involvement in the making of this event.
In realtion to the gowanbank hub: this was a non profit organisation that was set during covid to provide help and support to people in need of help. Which I was responsible for. The Named directors roles were focused on supporting our community and ensuring the continuation of the hub's activities, without any direct involvement in the event’s organization or financial decisions.
Regarding a personal matter, there will be no wedding, and no wedding was funded by the ticket sales. This is a difficult time for me, and I ask for your understanding and privacy.
Regarding the refunds, I am committed to rectifying this situation. All all 850 Transactions will be continue to be refunded has been posted to ensure transparency and to demonstrate my commitment to making this right for everyone affected.
I ask for a bit of time to process everything that has happened. My intention is to learn from this experience. Your support and understanding during this time mean the world to me.
Thank you for taking the time to read this message.
Sincerely

(That is how it ended. Just, 'sincerely.')

https://www.reallycutecats.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/catmelonhead.jpg

The wedding mention is giving me 'My "Not involved in human trafficking" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt' energy.

If they don't have Sarah Sherman playing the Oompah Loompah Queen on SNL tomorrow they are really dumb

you can't believe anyone

https://gizmodo.com/new-wonka-hoax-actress-who-said-she-played-the-unknown-1851301310

I refuse to believe the Unknown was English.

Bound to have been from Paisley

Prince

#OompahLoompahTruther

I've seen plenty of Oompah Loompah's in Paisley, Glasgow, Hamilton etc right enough

Accidental Oompah

More about the guy behind it all

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-68431728

“ I ask for a bit of time to process everything that has happened. My intention is to learn from this experience. Your support and understanding during this time mean the world to me.”

TLDR: “sorry ‘bout it”

The author's biographical information describes him as an "enigmatic wordsmith from the bustling streets of Glasgow" and a "rising star of the literary world".

Are we sure this isn't Bobby Gillespie?

Oompa Loompa women interviewed on Good Morning Britain.

More scoop from the sad Oompa on her TikTok channel.

The author's biographical information describes him as an "enigmatic wordsmith from the bustling streets of Glasgow" and a "rising star of the literary world".

Looking forward to his next book Shitty Things to be filmed by Tommy Wiseau

https://knowyourmeme.com/news/wonka-actor-from-disastrous-wonka-experience-accused-of-grooming-student-from-time-he-was-a-teacher

just realised i know that lad, he went to a drama school in Hull

As Philip Larkin said, "Hull is other people."

the original wonka thing happened less than a week ago. its impact…. astounding pic.twitter.com/8O4WqNOlYS

— David Mack (@davidmackau) March 2, 2024

The Unknown known.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/unkown-willy-wonka-experience-glasgow-b2506115.html

https://✧✧✧.tik✧✧✧.c✧✧✧@feli✧✧✧.wis✧✧✧/video/7341452364940922145

OK, so TikTok doesn't work like Youtube, now I know.

Monorail Records in Glasgow are auctioning some of the Wonka backdrops a friend of theirs found in a bin, in aid of Medical Aid For Palestinians.

This is real

Glasgow Willy Wonka Experience "House Of Illuminati" orig backdrops, for sale, from us.

Auctioning 2 original backdrops and the Time Tunnel on Ebay. Rescued from the bin by a pal of the shop

All profits to Medical Aid For Palestinianshttps://t.co/HO76Fw7sIh pic.twitter.com/kKksZOot9B

— monorail music (@Monorail_Music) March 7, 2024

let me stand next to ur Fyre

https://www.usatoday.com/story/experience/music/rock/2024/04/11/skull-and-roses-grateful-dead-festival-canceled/73295623007/

A couple other users compared the situation to Fyre Festival, writing that “the world of festival promotion continues to get shadier and shadier. Everyone watched the Fyre Fest documentary and was like ‘Wait, it’s that easy?’"

so say everybody did a chargeback on their credit/debit card, how likely would the bank be to find against the buyer? does insolvency of the seller play into it at all? are 'no refunds' terms actually enforceable, or are they bullshit the same way that parking lot "we take no responsibility for damages to your car" signs are?

apparently some states like California, you outright can't get out of refunding the ticket. I suspect jail time is going to happen, assuming these clowns didn't already hop a plane to a country with a no-extradition policy

It sounds very much like they had no capital and decided to go ahead and try to mount the festival anyway, which is a terrible idea

Let's just do it and be legends man

I mean, they had successfully mounted the festival five times previously, so they'd earned some credibility and some goodwill. Which they burned through.

Was it successfully, or was as it "with mounting debts that we stay one step ahead of", in a Barry Hogan / ATP manner?

Regardless, I think the point is that fans had no reason to suspect they were hucksters (it sounds like they even canceled the “right” way back in 2020). With Fyre Fest, there was an element of “why did you trust this shady Instagram thing”

At the time of Fyre Fest, the other festival that came to mind as having gone under with a problematic refund policy was Sunset Junction in L.A., which has never been mounted since though for years before that had devolved far from its original intent as a welcoming neighborhood festival I didn't do something a bit more exclusionary and disruptive to the local businesses and residents. I wonder if there was any weirdness surrounding this one beforehand that got overlooked because they were able to pull it off.