Paperless Concert Tickets--designed to give true fans the chance to get great seats at face value instead of having ticket brokers jam the phone lines and websites buying up prime seats only to resell them at ginormous prices. What happens is, when you buy a ticket to the concert, you do not get tickets. The day of the show, you must present valid "U.S. Government issued" i.d. and then swipe the credit card that you purchased the tickets with. A seat identification receipt is then printed and you go find your seats. This is great..in theory. Nothing chaps my ass more than finding out ticket brokers have bought all but the nose bleed seats and are trying to sell you the good tickets at six times the face value rate. HOWEVER, what if I myself am not going to the concert? What if I am buying them as a gift? Well, according to the FAQ section, you are to use the person's credit card you are buying the tickets for and then reimburse them. So it would go something like this..."Here BFF I bought you and your husband tickets to see AC/DC because I know that "You Shook Me All Night Long" was your first dance song at your wedding. I just need your credit card to complete the transaction. Thanks!" Yeah, doesn't work at all. The majority of BFF's I know will share clothes, toothbrushes, showers, and boyfriends, on occasion, but not credit cards.
Fat Free Peanut Butter--terrific theory, as if you could sap the fat out of peanut butter it would be fabulous. It does not work, at least not to eat. It's terrific at repairing dry-wall, though. (Fat Free mayonnaise and ranch dressing also fall into this category--epic ideas turned epic failure when you try to use them.)
Obama-Care aka HealthCare Reform. Now, don't get all "up in my ass" on this...I know our healthcare system is broken, HOWEVER if you think the majority of the "fixes" laid out by this plan are good, talk to an insurance agent and make sure you have a defibrillator handy when you get your insurance rates on Jan. 1, 2014.
I whole heartedly agree with the elimination of pre-existing conditions and that is about it...here's an example of why this fix is fucked up...if you have ovaries, no matter how old you are, your insurance policy must include maternity services. Meaning my 65-year-old mother cannot get a policy without it including labor and delivery coverage. Mental health services are also mandatory in all policies. Fine, I can live with that, as I could easily go off the deep end and need committed this afternoon, however...if we have eliminated pre-existing conditions, why are mental health services and maternity coverage MANDATED in all policies? If my policy did not include maternity, but I found out I was preggers, could I not call and add it to my policy when I needed it, since they cannot deny my pre-existing condition? Same with my mental health services...add it-no questions asked WHEN NEEDED, do not force me into coverage I do not need.
How about instead of telling me I have to pay for coverage I don't need, you tell the pharmaceutical companies to stop charging me $300 for a pill that cost fractions of a penny to produce? Or how about you tell insurance companies and healthcare lobbyists to go to hell? Oh that's right...they contribute millions of dollars to your campaigns while we citizens just continue to get raped financially....
Men's skinny jeans....I don't think I need to expound why these ideas only work, in theory...let me add a graphic to explain it...
I do need to clarify, there is a difference between skinny jeans and tight jeans....
See the difference?
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