The Nonsense Thread

just for ThylacineAlive. Or whoever the age group is.

 
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Earth Hour is tonight everyone!! All EST Americans, don't forget to turn off all your lights at 8:30pm tonight! For everyone else I think you'd do it at whatever time is equivalent to 8:30 here.

~Thylo:cool:
 
nanoboy said:
The website is not loading quickly. After 10 seconds, I closed it off.

Would it per chance be about Kanye naming his baby "North" as a joke? Get it? North West?
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No it's about North Korea making a propaganda video showing their army storming across the border into South Korea, destroying towns with tanks and missiles, and taking thousands of US citizens and soldiers hostage.

~Thylo:cool:
 
Chlidonias said:
Customer service, Australian style :p
Brisbane store charges $5 fee to browse
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Interesting, and I do see the shop-owners point.

The other day I went to a farmer's market on campus, and they wanted a gold coin for entry. We refused to pay that, as its like paying to enter a mall. It certainly doesn't make sense. We spent money at a couple of the stalls, so its not like we were just browsing. Presumably the stall-holders pay some sort of fee to be present, so why does the organiser need to charge visitors too?
 
zooboy28 said:
Interesting, and I do see the shop-owners point.

The other day I went to a farmer's market on campus, and they wanted a gold coin for entry. We refused to pay that, as its like paying to enter a mall. It certainly doesn't make sense. We spent money at a couple of the stalls, so its not like we were just browsing. Presumably the stall-holders pay some sort of fee to be present, so why does the organiser need to charge visitors too?
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Damn immigrants come here and don't want to conform. :D Gold coin entry is quite common these days, so get used to it! I went to a cat showand had to pay a gold pound entry recently.

If you want to protest on principle, then just don't enter at all. Did you walk straight past the guy collecting cash, or did you have a discussion and he waved you through?
 
nanoboy said:
Damn immigrants come here and don't want to conform. :D Gold coin entry is quite common these days, so get used to it! I went to a cat showand had to pay a gold pound entry recently.
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but were you going to be buying cats whilst at the show?

Paying to simply enter a shop to look at the products is ridiculous, and surely it must affect their overall sales? (Note that in my link the place in question is an actual shop, not a market with many shops or stalls contained within). I know that if I had to pay $5 just to enter the shop then I simply wouldn't bother going in unless I already knew exactly what I was going there for.
 
Chlidonias said:
but were you going to be buying cats whilst at the show?

Paying to simply enter a shop to look at the products is ridiculous, and surely it must affect their overall sales? (Note that in my link the place in question is an actual shop, not a market with many shops or stalls contained within). I know that if I had to pay $5 just to enter the shop then I simply wouldn't bother going in unless I already knew exactly what I was going there for.
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Nah, I we went to watch, but there were lots of cat-related paraphernalia on sale. So not a shop per se, but we did buy some junk.

Yeah I think it's a case of wanting to enter the shop bad enough. Are they the only shop in a 10km radius? Surely it's not a big deal if a shop owner charges people to set foot on their property, given that you can always shop elsewhere? It's not like taxes being increased where I have no choice whatsoever.

I went to Domaine Chandon winery the other day and you have to pay $5 or something to taste wine, but if you buy something, it is refunded to you. I wonder if zooboy28 will refuse to pay and still drink the wine? :D
 
nanoboy said:
Damn immigrants come here and don't want to conform. :D Gold coin entry is quite common these days, so get used to it! I went to a cat showand had to pay a gold pound entry recently.

If you want to protest on principle, then just don't enter at all. Did you walk straight past the guy collecting cash, or did you have a discussion and he waved you through?
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I think there is quite a difference between going to a place where the main objective is exhibition (e.g. a museum, cat show, car show, etc) and a place where the main objective is sales (e.g. a shop, mall, farmers market). Or looking at it more simply, whether the place is essentially not-for-profit or a business.

We walked straight past the guy. Or more technically around behind the guy when he was talking to someone else...
 
zooboy28 said:
I think there is quite a difference between going to a place where the main objective is exhibition (e.g. a museum, cat show, car show, etc) and a place where the main objective is sales (e.g. a shop, mall, farmers market). Or looking at it more simply, whether the place is essentially not-for-profit or a business.

We walked straight past the guy. Or more technically around behind the guy when he was talking to someone else...
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Haha. Damn immigrants - always bring their bad habits to Australia. :D

I saw a scrapyard advertising on TV to come buy stuff for cheap, but the cost of entry is a gold coin. This is normal in Australia - Victoria any way - so you will have to get accustomed to seeing that everywhere. Just pay a dollar: it's not a bank breaker. The other one you will see is where they ask for a gold coin donation (as compared to an entry fee).
 
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