#Scalpers are evil

[barclaygoodrow]

6 & 11

6. how many pairs of shoes do you have?

I have 7 pairs of shoes, soon to be 6. I have 2 pairs of sneakers, one of which needs to see a garbage can because I'm burning through the soles with all the walking I do. I have 3 pairs of boots, one for work and two that I just thought were pretty. I have water shoes, and I have slippers.

11. what unusual talent do you have?

If you take me to a thrift store, I am always drawn to items that would normally be expensive. I got this super beautiful $80 lamp for $5 because of that, a pair of Michael Kors heels, and three pieces of a 8-piece $200 tea set once.

I also do this in a regular store but that's not as fun for my wallet lol

[theworthwhilefight]

the taylor swift hater to lover to hater bandwagon gives me whiplash. like y’all will love her when she’s popular and trendy but the second someone is dissatisfied with something she does, the hatred and misogyny jump out. it’s giving 2016. bffr.

[reimu-enjoyer]

a thing i hate the most right now is seeing people treat hobbies as things that they can earn a quick buck from and nothing else. like everything now has to be some kind of money making exercise, especially in this era of tiktok influencers promoting scams or scalping or dropshipping as a "side hustle". you can't just enjoy shit anymore without encountering some weapons grade chucklefuck trying to turn this thing that you like into a business, with 0 actual care for the source content. legit, there's nothing sadder than every so often seeing videos of grown ass adults fighting over kids toys because they want to make money off of them, or seeing grown ass adults setting up botfarms to buy out an entire online stores worth of stuff. people really do have their basic humanity eroded just for making a few cheap bucks and I'm getting real tired of seeing it.

[urgeforgoing]

I went on stubhub for Toronto just to see and people are actually buying nosebleeds for almost $3,000 each like HUH

[caruliaa]

screaming crying throwing up with my tswift tour “plan” basically just to beg and pray she does the uk as late into the year as possible and that i can get a ticket for as cheap and possible and then desperately hope that im in a position were i could go at that point and if not sell it online for a reasonable price. also ppl joke abt this but i genuinely believe you shouldnt be allowed to go if you havent heard all her albums like fuck offf if uve only heard the post 2020 albums this is the ERAS TOUR its not fucking for you !!!!!

[sailorsenshishitposter]

JJK X Sanrio

"Would you hurry it up already brat!?"

"Mind telling me what's so important that you woke me up and forced me to go all the way to Shibuya for?"

Suddenly Yuji's arm pointed upwards.

"That."

Yuji was now standing in front of a large white building plastered with the mascot of a famous cat.

"Sukuna... You can't be serious...?"

They were in front of the Sanrio store, the giant Hello Kitty's eyes boring down on them like a Goddess passing judgement.

"Oh, I'm entirely serious brat. Now get your ass through those apple doors or you can kiss your Jennifer Lawrence posters goodbye!"

Yuji sighed. He wasn't going to lose more personal items due to a curse having a toddler tantrum.

"I would have never taken someone like you as a fan of Hello Kitty Sukuna!"

"It's not like that brat! I'm just here to scoop up all the items I need before anyone else has the chance to buy them!"

He then used Yuji's arms and grabbed five blankets.

"Hey, why do you need multiple blankets!? May I remind you that I have a perfectly fine one back at my dorm?"

Sukuna glanced at his pointed nails and then back to a Hello Kitty hand mirror that he was previously holding. "One. I already tore up your blanket with dismantle while you weren't looking so unless you want to fall asleep to squares of fabric, you will buy these. And secondly, I'm buying multiple because I intend to sell these online at a high price."

"Wait- you're a scalper!? Man, you really are evil..."

Sukuna chuckled as he strode down the isle. Just as he was picking up a third stuffed animal, his grip faltered. "What is this?" He turned around only to see another hand pulling back at the soft plush."

Gojo sensei, I didn't know you were a fan of Sanrio!"

It was none other than the infamous honoured one, decked out in a large Cinnamoroll hoodie. "Is that you Yuji?" He then lifted up his shades and smiled. "So what brings you here?"

Before his student could respond, Gojo felt a tug on the item he was holding and forced himself to stay in place. There was a loud growl and he then noticed a mouth on the opposite hand holding said item.

"No way! The king of curses is obsessed with Hello Kitty!?"

Gojo began to snicker and then pulled out his phone, taking as many photos as he could to Sukuna's horror.

He wanted to protest that it wasn't like that as he did with Yuji but they both knew the sorcerers six eyes would see straight through that lie. Sukuna then looked over to Gojo's cart and his eyes widened.

"You bastard! You're the reason I couldn't find any items from the collab!"

Within Gojo's stash was the whole stores stock of the Sanrio x Tomie crossover.

"Hey, it's finders keepers, losers weepers."

"You asshole! You want me to go get the store manager and see what he says!?"

-------

The fighting had now caused a crowd to form."

Hey Mimiko, is that two guys fighting over merchandise?"

Her sister then looked over.

"Oh my God, it is Nanako! You know what I'm thinking?"

"You're going to film it and try to go viral on Tiktok again?"

"And then we can go get crepes after!"

-------

"Alright, what seems to be the issue here?"

"Principal Yaga, you're the store manager!?"

"It puts food on the table. Now would one of you mind telling me what the hell is going on!?"

Before Sukuna could get a word in, Gojo spoke.

"Poor Yuji is being forced by Sukuna to help scalp items and sell them later. He even went into the employee only area! Trust me, I saw him!"

"WHY YOU SON OF A-"

Yaga raised his arm and cut Sukuna off.

"Now tell me Yuji, is this true?"

"I'm sorry sir! He tried to bribe me with some Pochacco merchandise but I just can't let him get away with this!"

An eye then formed under Yuji's cheek.

"YOU DANN BRAT! THAT'S THE LAST TIME I TRY TO BE NICE TOWARDS YOU!"

"I think I'll be on my way now!" said Gojo.

Then a firm hand gripped his shoulder. "Stay. We haven't listening to Sukuna's side of the story yet."

'Shit!' Gojo swore internally. He was now sweating bullets.

It was then that Sukuna calmed down and composed himself. He then grinned at Gojo.

"As I was trying to say earlier, this disgusting excuse for a sorcerer has the entire stores stock of the Tomie collab in his cart."

"Satoru, is this true?"

Sukuna then used his technique to destroy the container and all the items fell out, the boxes now closing in on them waist deep.

Yaga sighed. "I'm afraid that I'm going to need to ask the two of you to leave. You are both hereby banned. Yuji is free to return as long as he can control Sukuna. Now please exist the store."

"Huh?"

"What's wrong Yuji?"

"It's Sukuna. All of a sudden I can't feel his presence anymore?"

"Well I guess that settles it. Satoru would you please follow me towards the exit?"

Gojo turned off infinity because he would rather the cops not be called but that didn't stop him from causing a scene.

"NOOOOO! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! I'LL DIE IF I CAN'T SEE MY PRECIOUS CINNAMOROLL!"

His eyes darted around until he saw a familiar face by the Pompompurin items.

"NANAMI, HELP ME! HERE'S A LIST OF ITEMS I NEED YOU TO BUY FOR ME! HEY, WAIT- CAN'T YOU HEAR ME!? NAAAAANAAAAMIIIIIIIN!!!!"

The blonde sorcerer kept his back turned. "Just ignore it and act like you don't know him..." When this was over Nanami would treat himself to some sandwiches.

Yaga then opened the apple doors and threw Gojo out, causing the man to fall flat on his ass.

"Satoru...?"

"Suguru! You gotta help me-"

"I'm just here to pick up my daughter's..."

"Oh... I see."

"...I don't know if you know this but you're kind of trending right now..."

Geto then threw his phone towards his ex boyfriend/best friend.

"Suguru, would you mind telling me what a TikTok is?"

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Yuji looked down at his cart.

"I guess I should put all this stuff back huh? Oh that's right, Sukuna tore up my blanket like some kind of house cat. I guess it wouldn't hurt to just buy one..."

Yuji was about to go to the checkout when he noticed a Badtz-Maru plush. "I guess I could get Megumi something while I'm here."

Yuji picked up the plush and noticed they came in pairs. The one he was holding also held a miniature Hello Kitty. Yuji looked downwards. "Sukuna, I don't know if you can hear me or not but if I buy you this, will you please stop causing trouble in public!?"

After paying for the items and exiting the store Sukuna took control.

"...I'll think about it."

He tore open the packaging and held on to the stuffed cat. He nuzzled into Hello Kitty and murmured "You are my special..." 

[aintmyjewelry]

the way that scalpers are absolutely refusing to lower their resale ticket prices and would rather lose money than let fans experience a concert is insane. these people aren't just money hungry, they're evil

[son1c]

You seem to be knowledgeable on sonic toys. Do you know why these figures are so much in price.

because scalpers are evil. don't buy this

[thenightling]

Those New limited edition MattelCreations exclusive Monster High style Jack and Sally Nightmare before Christmas dolls sold out on Mattel's official Mattelcreations.com website in less than NINE minutes according to some frustrated doll collector friends of mine.

Back in the 80s it was Cabbage Patch Kid dolls. In 1993 it was Power Rangers figures. In 1996 or so it was Tickle-Me Elmo In 2019 / 2020 it was Baby Yoda (Grogu) And now... in 2023... It's Jack and Sally.

The conspiracy theorist in me thinks Disney did this on purpose. Exactly thirty-years after Nightmare before Christmas premiered they make a Jack and Sally doll set the most sought after toy on the Intrenet?!

These dolls were selling for ninety dollars on Mattel's website, sold out in nine minutes, and now scalpers are selling them on ebay with two hundred dollars as a starting bid.

Well played... Mickey, you evil mouse. Well played...

[evermoredeluxe]

im 100% of the belief that locals/gp and normal fans deserve to go to the eras tour and i KNOW scalpers are the main evil but i can’t help but feel jealous when taylor is having a Moment with an influencer in the first row during bad blood 😵‍💫 you only know the song cause it’s famous (which is okay but AHHHH)

[hairscare]

literally fuck doll scalpers theyre actually evil as hell

[timoswerner]

we need to execute ticket scalpers they are deeply evil people

[momma2boys]

WIP game:

Rules: Make a new post and post your latest line from your WIP & tag as many people as there are words.

Thank you, @calaisreno, for the tag!

This line is from I Am a Camera, my current WIP which is woefully overdue for an update.

In the months leading up to the liberation of Paris, Sherlock was instrumental in bringing to justice another master of hiding in plain sight, a man my friend has described as the epitome of evil: the man known as the Butcher of Paris, the Scalper of the Ètoile, the Monster of rue Le Sueur—Dr Marcel Petiot.

I won't tag nearly as many of my favs as there are words since 1. Calais tagged all my favs already and 2. I shared a nice long sentence to assure my readers that I haven't abandoned them.

@keirgreeneyes @blogstandbygo @thegildedbee @elldotsee @iwantthatbelstaffanditsoccupant @missdaviswrites @fluffbyday-smutbynight @mama-orion @totallysilvergirl @vulpesmellifera @helloliriels @arwamachine

[afamineinyourheart]

aaaa I'm so glad! DM have such beautiful sultry songs; I love how Martin when asked about lyrics is like 'it's about sex.' but the interviewer is trying to find some other meaning (half of the genius lyrics annotations online is2g) so I just love those unabashedly slutty guys. Gahan's voice influenced my own singing so much growing up hearing my mom's cassette tapes in the car when I finally had my partner listen to them with me she was like 'huh. baby you sing like that' and I was like. fair. Since I have a smoother baritone and love riding that lower register. I will say you also have Martin Gore-core aesthetics in some of your photos, there's one of you with the bleach blond hair all sticking up that made me think that, I should have put two and two together then! It's a really nice picture too 👀👀👀.

Did you get to see them on this leg of the tour? I missed out because ticket scalpers are absolutely evil in my area. I enjoyed how the new album gave some Violator vibes, too, in terms of some sounds. I'm on a big sounds of the universe and playing the angel kick right now for my shuffles. Do you have a favorite album or songs??? (This is not very coherent I apologize, I am languishing in bed)

ok im so so so glad that you are not just a DM fan but a DM nerd like i am

hearing someone say i have "martin gore-core" vibes in my photos is like PROBLY one of the biggest compliments ever.

I also love all of their lyrics; tbh every lyric from their first album to songs of faith and devotion i headcanon as either all about BDSM or homoeroticism and or BOTH!!! songs actually about drugs? naw its about gay and or kinky sex.

I love singing to DM cos (at least when dave isn't going FULL FORCE) its easy to sing to cos he's got such a low voice.

YKW I really tried to listen to the new album a few times and it wasn't my thing- but that's because I feel like it is very mature for them and the music production in the modern era is just a different monster than it was back then when it was more experimental. But I liked it non-the less. It just isn't something I go back to often.

I got to see them for the first time back in April or May in Montreal and it was magical. I wish they would have played more off of music for the masses (my fave of theirs) but regardless it was fantastic and dave's sexy lil moves were soooo funny and cute. I love that they still got big spirit and energy.

[thowawayuntilfurthernotice]

There’s something downright evil about WB Discovery giving Olan Rogers a “license” to finish Final Space as a self published and distributed graphic novel.

You can already tell that so many scalpers are gonna buy a bunch of copies in bulk to sell for outrageous prices on eBay. As the graphic novel won’t be available in book stores or Amazon.

I don’t blame Rogers for taking the deal, as he’s super passionate about Final Space and wants to give the fans a proper ending, but the least WB Discovery could have done was give him the option to sell the book on Amazon.

Like they just had to get one final “Fuck You” in there didn’t they?

[tsuki-sennin]

After unexpectedly being sold out by Lord Kaguragi of Toufu just as quickly as he was protected by him, King of Evil Gira is put on trial for his criminal acts. With his life on the line, Gira stands nervously in the international criminal court in the tundra kingdom of Gokkan's capital city of Zaiban. In spite of its reputation of law and order, Gokkan's massive population is predominantly incarcerated thanks to the hardline stances of its Sovereign and Chief Justice, Rita Kaniska. Can Himeno and Yanma discover a way to defend Gira against Kaguragi and Racules's machinations? Or may Rita's icy heart prove to undo the justice they hold so dear? So we must discover today...

In short, Spoilers, I guess...

-Wow Gira, you... seem really into getting arrested by this extremely powerful and gorgeous person.

-...I mean, I would too, but-

-I see Racules's Radical Royal Retainer... Douga, I think his name is, he don't like the bee boy.

-...I notice I tend to kinda skim over the Bugnarok in my narrations. That's not intentional at all, but I'm just really fascinated by this Fire Emblem-ass court drama we've got going here.

-To be clear, I mean court drama as in royal court drama, not courtroom kind.

-Oooooooh, Scorpion!

-...Ironically, I don't think they can live in snow capped places like this.

-"Snowball this bitch."

-Oh hell nah, they put my boy on ice.

Rita: "International terrorism is a crime... punishable by execution. Pray that you are found innocent." Gira: "Kyaahahahah~! You kna.... Y'know, in Hell, they f-f-ffffffreeeeeeze traitors alive in the depths of Cocytus! Hah... suppose this is a mere prelude to my fate... for betraying Racules!" Rita: "Racules has no jurisdiction over you here. You're mine to deal with." Gira: "OH GOD OH FUCK, PLEASE DON'T KILL ME I'M A GOOD LITTLE BEETLE BOY, I PROMISE!"

-Ah yep. There they go. Questioning their permafrost justice.

-Oh shit, this is early.

-Ooooooh, goddamn Rita.

-I love you very much.

-Pop it On~!

-Oh their eyes...

-Man, these wind effects and snow effects are so cool.

-Wasting not even a second.

-Oh my God, they kick!

-Our prison at the end of the world. Big Daddy Alcatraz.

-No opening this week, huh?

-RITA HATES SCALPERS BASED

-SIX MONTHS IN THE DEEP FREEZE WITH YOU FUCKO

-The Judge retreats to their chambers.

-YETI

-SO CHUNKY

-MOFFUN

-God Rita

-They're so iconic, I love them so much.

-"Oh yes... Morphonia! Fetch me the King's Weapon. It's Rita Time."

-Getting massive Edgeworth vibes off of you, bucko.

-Ooooooh, seems like somebody's playing the mole.

-"Idk homie, seems like he just... made Kuwagon help him. That's not just something a bug does with simple coercion, you know?"

-SCREM

-"Who meeeee? Nooooo, noooo! You got it all wrong! Teehee~!"

-...and of course, the most biased source of information you could possibly find...

-"Kill him."

-"No."

-"Oh that's okay. I'll be sure to kill you too then!"

-OOOH POP OFF, YOUR HONOR

-"Sorry. I wanted to spare this innocent mosquito from drinking that liquid nitrogen you call blood."

-Rita Kaniska is the character of all time.

-Shaddap Scalper.

-...speaking of scalping, how DARE you touch this man's beautiful hair?

-"Can't gaslight, gatekeep, girlboss your way out of this one, boy."

-"Don't blame me, this is all on Rita~!"

-Hot damn, Gira.

-SCREM

-Here they come. All sauntering in like it ain't no big.

-Is this

-Is this fucking courtroom just a bunch of ski lift chairs

-That's fucking incredible, I love this.

-Racules.

-Oooooh

-Yassss

-Court is now in session for the trial of Gira of Shugoddam, King of Evil. All Rise for the honorable Chief Justice Rita, Sovereign of Gokkan.

-"WAIT PLEASE I DON'T EVEN HAVE A LAWYER-"

-Oh! Okay, we're free!

-"Waiiit... Wait wait wait wait, this is NOT how this trial should've gone!"

-I see we're doing this in reverse. Technical expertise, character witnesses, evidence... all laid out after a conclusion.

-RAINBOW JURURIRA

-IT WAS IMPORTANT AFTER ALL

-OKAY

-I suspected that Gira had some claim to the throne, but like

-I quite didn't expect him to be Racules's brother, but like... Goddamn.

-Gira and Racules kinda remind me of the depictions of... Richard the Lionheart and Prince John, especially in the really old Robin Hood stories.

-I just kinda figured it'd be a Hamlet and Claudius deal, but we've got a true Cain and Abel story right here.

-Well, I guess it stands to reason

-You never have a Rhino Beetle and a Stag Beetle together in a show like this without having them be related, now do we?

-Gira Hastee, huh?

-All around the room, Gira examined the faces of everyone involved in the trial as Rita laid bare their findings. Yanma, Shiokara, and Kuroko's looks of surprise conveyed a wide range of emotions, and yet Kaguragi and Himeno seemed to be not the least bit fazed. As Douga and Boshimar exhanged glares, Gira felt something inside him stir. It was an unfamiliar feeling. Perhaps to be more accurate, it was a wide range of despairful feelings: ironically it could be considered just as flavorful as the rainbow jururira, but it only left him an aftertaste as vile as rotten fruit and stagnant as the lukewarm water mosquitos lay their eggs in. Anger, sorrow, shock, dread, confusion... and yet most of all in that moment, Gira felt... a sense of betrayal. It was exactly the same sickening feeling he felt when Racules dismissed the lives of the people he was supposed to care for as ruler of Shogoddam, the same Yanma and the other rulers probably felt when Racules left them out to die at the hands of the Bugnarak. Gira had been betrayed on a level far beyond he could even imagine. And yet... Rita, by all accounts a complete stranger he'd have nothing to do with otherwise, someone who had every right to have completely dismissed him outright... They worked with those friends he made to discover the depths of his case.

-And that slowly but certainly helped his hope climb back up from the depths.

-Holy shit, man.

-Did Kaguragi plan all this?

-Not a single crime to begin with!

-Let justice be done, though the heavens fall!

-Where do you think you're going, buddy?

-Here they come! The bad buggos!

-Here they come.

-The Quintet Alliance! In its true form!

-"Stand up and fight, boy. There's no reason you can't or won't."

-"Okay, cool and all, but like... this dress isn't a snowsuit, can we make this fast?"

-"I thought I got kicked out, but okay."

-"Man, I totally saw this coming!"

-Tone Boy! Come and Kick It! Pop it On! Hatch It! Qua God!

-OHGAI

-OKAY ROB THE BOY OF HIS THUNDER, VERY NICE RITA

-Ohgai Busou!

-You are the King~!

-The bugs! Fully assembled!

-Ooooooh, man.

-Love these sets, holy hell.

-Man, these sweeping shots are so cool

-Beeg

-"King Ohger! ...that'd make a decent team name now that I think about it..."

-Oooooh, theme time!

-"Hmm?"

-Oh man, this is good for the soul.

-God Kabuto!

-You shot them!

-You jerks!

-It's a truly sad day when your level of teamwork can be compared negatively to the Donbrothers /hj

-God Damn.

-Well! We did it, somehow!

-"You fuckface!"

-Ohhhhhh

-This ain't good.

-One down~!

-OHHHHHH RACLES GONNA THROW DOWN????