Paid $50 to see that Milo Yiannopoulos speech last year just to watch him get shut down after 10 minutes.

Wasted my cash on a ticket to some auditorium in Portland where the protesters drowned him out before he even got to his main points, and now I'm wondering if anybody else has dropped money on these campus circus events and regretted it?

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the_elizabeth2mo ago

Actually, Milo Yiannopoulos didn't get shut down in Portland last year - it was a different city where he had a similar issue. I only know because I followed the news about it pretty closely after a friend brought it up. Still, I get the frustration; paying full price for a half-baked event is a raw deal no matter where it happens.

emerycarr2mo ago

My buddy spent $35 on tickets to see some comedian at the college in Eugene last fall, and the guy showed up half an hour late, told two jokes that bombed, then spent the rest of the time complaining about the sound system. Ended up being more of a rant than a show, and we all just sat there awkwardly sipping our overpriced sodas. He still brings it up every time someone mentions going to see live comedy.

oliver_mitchell2mo ago

Oh I have to push back on this a bit. $35 for a show with a comedian who showed up late and bombed sounds like a classic case of someone buying a ticket to the wrong kind of event. Those college shows are usually open mic nights or last-minute fill-ins, not polished performances. You can't expect a headliner at a student union for that price. I've paid $60 for actual comedy clubs and gotten terrible shows too, but that's the risk you take with live entertainment. The real question is why your buddy keeps bringing it up months later instead of just moving on and picking a better event next time.