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  • jon-nycJ jon-nyc

    Weird they have that impression now and not before Covid given those attendance stats above. You’d think it would have been more pleasant these last couple of years.

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    Copper
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    @jon-nyc said in The Invisible Hand:

    more pleasant these last couple of years.

    If you have gone there in 2020 or 2021, then go back this year you would see a huge increase in attendance. But that is an increase from greatly decreased attendance.

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    • MikM Mik

      My BIL and SIL have been rabid avid Disney World goers for twenty years or so. Many staff members knew them by name. On their last trip they just said it's completely unmanageable in every way - financial, crowding, inability to find a place to eat. They won't be back.

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      @Mik said in The Invisible Hand:

      My BIL and SIL have been rabid avid Disney World goers for twenty years or so. Many staff members knew them by name. On their last trip they just said it's completely unmanageable in every way - financial, crowding, inability to find a place to eat. They won't be back.

      Guy I work with is an ex Disney animator. He worked on Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, basically every film during Disney's second renaissance. He visited Disney in Orlando for the first time a year back. He shared a shortened video of him walking around the park. He knew the source of nearly everything they had in every section of the park—who made the thing on the wall, what sketch it was based on, what the idea was.

      It was great hearing him talk about those things. The magic and wonder they started with. Not the shitshow the park has unfortunately become.

      Please love yourself.

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        There’s another part of it as well. It’s not just the quality of the service that’s impacting the experience. It’s also the quality of the guests. The crowds are just generally uglier these days. Ready to take offense over any imagined slight, and ready to let EVERYBODY know their feelings about it. Also, with the exorbitant price tags compounded with the stress of the last few years, some families demand that they have THE PERFECT VACATION and stress themselves out over it. When it doesn’t turn out perfect, they just bring everyone (including cast and other guests) down with them.

        The Brad

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        • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

          There’s another part of it as well. It’s not just the quality of the service that’s impacting the experience. It’s also the quality of the guests. The crowds are just generally uglier these days. Ready to take offense over any imagined slight, and ready to let EVERYBODY know their feelings about it. Also, with the exorbitant price tags compounded with the stress of the last few years, some families demand that they have THE PERFECT VACATION and stress themselves out over it. When it doesn’t turn out perfect, they just bring everyone (including cast and other guests) down with them.

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          @LuFins-Dad said in The Invisible Hand:

          The crowds are just generally uglier these days.

          "God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of Fudge Rounds"

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          • CopperC Copper

            @LuFins-Dad said in The Invisible Hand:

            The crowds are just generally uglier these days.

            "God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of Fudge Rounds"

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            @Copper said in The Invisible Hand:

            @LuFins-Dad said in The Invisible Hand:

            The crowds are just generally uglier these days.

            "God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of Fudge Rounds"

            He didn't mean what you're implying. Go ahead and look into it.

            Please love yourself.

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            • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

              @Copper said in The Invisible Hand:

              @LuFins-Dad said in The Invisible Hand:

              The crowds are just generally uglier these days.

              "God, if you're 5-foot-3 and you're 300 pounds, taxes ought not to pay for your bags of Fudge Rounds"

              He didn't mean what you're implying. Go ahead and look into it.

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              @Aqua-Letifer said in The Invisible Hand:

              He didn't mean what you're implying

              He meant what the songwriter was implying.

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                I assume he is more accepting of tall fat people.

                Education is extremely important.

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                  Which he are we talking about? I love short fat people.

                  The Brad

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                  • LuFins DadL LuFins Dad

                    Which he are we talking about? I love short fat people.

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                    @LuFins-Dad said in The Invisible Hand:

                    Which he are we talking about? I love short fat people.

                    I like Short Round.

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                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                    • CopperC Copper

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in The Invisible Hand:

                      He didn't mean what you're implying

                      He meant what the songwriter was implying.

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                      @Copper said in The Invisible Hand:

                      @Aqua-Letifer said in The Invisible Hand:

                      He didn't mean what you're implying

                      He meant what the songwriter was implying.

                      No, I'm talking about the songwriter. Chris Lunsford.

                      The line is an indictment against what is and is not covered by government assistance, not fat people. He's said literally that when asked about it.

                      You're quoting something you don't understand.

                      Please love yourself.

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                        Sorry, the quote is just too deep.

                        It’s about fat entitled people at Disney World.

                        The ugly refers to both the weight and the behavior.

                        But I think you know that.

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                          "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                          The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                            So we decided to watch a Christmas Movie on Disney+ last night called Naughty Nine. Think Ocean’s Eleven with kids trying to break into Santa’s workshop. We figured that it would be fun for Finley. We made it 10 minutes before we shut it off.

                            Right off the bat one of the main characters introduced her two dads who were very physical. Then they introduced the gay 12-13 year old boy that was the worst frigging stereotype of a flamboyant gay man, who was flirting with adult men.

                            I don’t think they got the message about messaging.

                            The Brad

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                              They may have, but stuff gets greenlighted and put in the pipeline. The script may be over a year old. All the footage has probably been in the can for months.

                              “Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

                              Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton

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                                perverts

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                                  Musk recently told Bob Iger to go fuck himself, in front of an audience, in response to Disney pulling advertisements from X. I guess those movies are the moral authority from which Iger's company makes its decisions.

                                  Education is extremely important.

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                                    The interesting thing is that some are interpreting Musk's comment this way:

                                    "You think your dollars can influence what I display/say on MY platform? Go fuck yourself, you just admitted that. Spare me the sanctimony."

                                    "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                    The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                    • George KG George K

                                      The interesting thing is that some are interpreting Musk's comment this way:

                                      "You think your dollars can influence what I display/say on MY platform? Go fuck yourself, you just admitted that. Spare me the sanctimony."

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                                      @George-K said in The Invisible Hand:

                                      The interesting thing is that some are interpreting Musk's comment this way:

                                      "You think your dollars can influence what I display/say on MY platform? Go fuck yourself, you just admitted that. Spare me the sanctimony."

                                      He's a lot blunter with Disney than he is with the CCP, but he makes his real money from selling cars.

                                      I was only joking

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                                      • George KG George K

                                        The interesting thing is that some are interpreting Musk's comment this way:

                                        "You think your dollars can influence what I display/say on MY platform? Go fuck yourself, you just admitted that. Spare me the sanctimony."

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                                        @George-K said in The Invisible Hand:

                                        The interesting thing is that some are interpreting Musk's comment this way:

                                        "You think your dollars can influence what I display/say on MY platform? Go fuck yourself, you just admitted that. Spare me the sanctimony."

                                        I'm not sure how that interpretation differs from the obvious one, but the fuller context of what he said was "do you think you can blackmail me with money? GFY...". The obvious interpretation being that the richest person in the world can't be influenced by money.

                                        He goes on to say that advertiser boycotts could kill the company, though. And if X died, that would affect even Musk's money.

                                        Somehow he considered it important that the public would decide whether the advertisers would be considered at fault for the destruction of X. I didn't quite track the meaning of that. I don't think the advertisers have anything at stake if X dies. Something else will spring up to take its place, and the diffuse responsibility for X's demise would not land heavily on any one company.

                                        Education is extremely important.

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