wait but I thought that free market can sort itself out, at least libertarians have been telling me this for years? how come that in a completely unregulated market, where actors are basically left to do as they please, we suddenly need - gasp! - a government to step in and break down the evil monopoly? eli5 this! /s

To add to the previous explanations - here's an animation how a 13-meter tall bridge in Prague was built in roughly 60 years (Charle's Bridge). It's an official reconstruction of the local historic society how it was built. Should answer some questions. IIRC it started 1348 and was opened 1407. (not sure about it and too lazy to check it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJgD6gyi0Wk

Edit> 1357 - 1402, meeting was less important so I actually checked it :D

Um, those are all Ticketmaster already, so no.

To what end? Do you think most of them really care about how much their fans pay? This problem has been going on for years but singers and bands have been perfectly content to keep going on tour knowing that their fans are being bled dry at every show.

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Thank you for your saving of lives.

>I believe the tomorrowland comes close to 600 000 attendees.

That sounds absolutely bloody awful.

Depends on how big the bridge is and what type you need.

A suspension bridge can be built by pulling ropes across the water. You don't even need to pull the main ropes across first, you can pull a lighter rope across then use that to pull the larger rope or join multiple smaller ropes together to make the large bridge.

You can also launch a bridge, that is, build it on land then push it out over the water. This is still an option for building bridges, sometimes by building a segment, launching it out then building another segment and repeating the process. You can do this with piers in the middle or as a single span.

You can lift the bridge out into place - this may need larger lifting gear but it can also be done in parts and then assembled in place. You can also use a crane on a boat to float the bridge out then lift it up.

All of the above can be done to completely bridge over the deep water if you can make the bridge long enough between supports. If you can't, then you'll need to put supports in. A coffer dam is a fairly common way of doing this which I see has been explained already. You can also use a drilling rig to drill a pier into the ground without needing to dive down but both of these methods wouldn't be achievable in very deep water without reasonably modern technology (post industrial revolution at least). Before that, they were limited in where they could build bridge piers to areas where they could build dams deep enough or where they could drive piles into the riverbed from the surface

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> Most people suck at both rescue breathing

I certainly did until we got the Bluetooth enabled dummies, I was pumping far, far too much breath and in and would probably have caused the recipient to vomit. I get retrained every year, and we spend a lot of time on CPR.

Most of the popular artists have been totally onboard with the ease of using ticketmaster and all the money they make them. We have some high profile acts making noise, but the vast majority are happy to let you pay $400 a seat.

I remember lining up overnight to buy Jackson 5 Victory Tour tickets for $15 at a local dept store service counter. That's where you got them, or record stores.

Yeah they typically dictate a bands tour schedule, the band has little to no say in which venues they play in, and may be obligated to play in cities/venues they otherwise wouldn’t.

I frequent Dave Matthew’s Band shows and they recently stopped going to Alpine Valley (legendary gorgeous venue) to instead play northerly island which is a flat field in Chicago and it fucking sucks. They openly prefer alpine, it used to be a special stop for them every year, which now livenation/TM does not let them do anymore.

I’m tellin ya it just takes a few of these artists to say enough and they’ll all join the fight, at least i like to hope lol

I used to have an occasional nosebleed, maybe once a month or less. Usually when I was in bed.

I mentioned it, because I had one that morning, to the doctor at the ENT clinic I had gone to for a sinus issue.

He said he could take care of that and cauterized my nose.

I started having nosebleeds once or twice a day. When it was still happening two weeks later, I called the clinic who suggested I go to the ED. Not back to them (they are part of the hospital).

I went to my doctor instead, who had a look. They eventually stopped, but I still get the odd one.

Like doctors and firefighters and timeshare salesmen.

Part of it is that artists get a share of the fees, while Ticketmaster takes all the blame. Mamy artists are in on it. Ones that trully are not can get ticket prices to be low like the Cure

Yeah, and guess who the ticket partner for Tomorrowland is?

Just people doing people things. It’d have been magnificent to restore the building and repaint and keep the sculptures and artifacts there. Of course even since then there was two world wars and man it’s just tough.

No it isn’t a medical diagnosis. It’s usually a euphemism for a mental or drug induced breakdown when applied to celebrities. Source: I am a doctor.

Are you saying ticketmaster saves lives?

America is one of the more corrupt democracies according to the UN.

One thing missing in many of the answers here is that Ticketmaster fees don't necessarily go to Ticketmaster. They pass on a significant share of the fees to the venue and the artists:

>In exchange for the rights to sell their tickets TM also usually give their clients a portion of the fees they collect such as the service fee/charge, order processing fee, and sometimes the delivery fee (each described below). Whether it's for the purchase of a ticket or merchandise, the portion TM keeps helps provide the distribution and access network used by fans and clients and, considered with other revenues, earn a profit. source

The artists come out better because the anger is directed at Ticketmaster instead of them. So unless they have a solid sense of integrity, they have no incentive to not work with Ticketmaster.

The new card is programmed by the front desk to tell the lock that the previous card should be disabled. The old card isn’t invalidated until the new one is used.

Unchecked capitalism. Ticketmaster operates in my country too, but is tamed by regulation. Capitalism has some great benefits but anti-trust regulation must be really robust for it not to morph in to a kind of feudalism

What was left was looted in the 1800s anyway...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Marbles

I guess it's not a proper democracy then?