There are literally lawn chairs in Hyde Park in London and if you sit in a dude rocks up and informs you that it costs like $2 per half hour to sit in it.
It used to be like that when I was a wee child in the Paris parks. They stopped it in the early '70s I think. I seem to remember that the fee was 50 centimes back then for 1/2 hour. I've no idea what the current equivalent would be.
So I looked up a random inflation calculator and it works out to 1€ today, taking into account the 684% of inflation.
Right? Like someone is going to put a chair or bench in a public space like a park. Ha! Call it a "park bench" or something... and let people sit on it for free?? Ludicrous! It'll never happen! /s
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I'm my local park there are hammocks that the local government puts up each year.
Benches, hammocks, flowers, swings and a free open air gym is provided as part of the tax we pay to the city
I know that you are just a rightoid moron but I just want to make clear that having nice parks that people want to spend time in is not a new and weird concept.
No hammocks here but even in the small parks they put in one device to do a variety of excersises and in the larger ones there is like a circuit of various things. They are all static type things to help with calisthenics but are pretty neat.
Force the poor cashier, who's not being paid minimum wage and needs to pay back their loans, to nervously smile at the pissed off customer and beg for mercy.
"sure, it seems like a lot but you need the understand the great value you're getting for that $70! Once you agree to a 48 month non-refundable subscription, we will ensure that our representatives do NOT follow you around with flashing lights and sirens and a big sign that says 'did not pay $70'! At that price you can't afford not to subscribe!"
follow you around with flashing lights and sirens and a big sign that says ‘did not pay $70’!
Why not just show ads? Paying the $70 reduces the amount seen. Of course we need lots of personal information to show the right ads. And everything you say or do will be recorded for AI training.
They're using an app which has an ad-supported version. I prefer Jeroba, which is only donation supported, but I'm not gonna stop people from making decisions.
They are using an app, which isn't great. Most of the aps don't do formatting correctly, which is a VERY low bar considering how much of Lemmy is text.
Sync does formatting correctly. I came to Lemmy only because I like Sync so much. I paid for the lifetime version of it with Reddit and will probably pay for the lifetime version of this eventually. To each their own wrt how Lemmy is viewed, I guess.
62 Comments
hackerwacker@lemmy.ml · 75 pts · 2y
There are literally lawn chairs in Hyde Park in London and if you sit in a dude rocks up and informs you that it costs like $2 per half hour to sit in it.
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 2y
Is that dude a street scammer?
hackerwacker@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
Nah, they even have a web site apparently: https://www.royalparks.org.uk/visit/parks/hyde-park/park-deck-chairs
Rolando@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
acts like a street scammer
puts up a web page about it
That's what "cheeky" means, right?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
It used to be like that when I was a wee child in the Paris parks. They stopped it in the early '70s I think. I seem to remember that the fee was 50 centimes back then for 1/2 hour. I've no idea what the current equivalent would be.
So I looked up a random inflation calculator and it works out to 1€ today, taking into account the 684% of inflation.
palordrolap@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
Oh. That sounds like fun. Going round collapsing all the unoccupied chairs, that is.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
Can you bring your own chair?
Sylvartas@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
What the fuck
Whelks_chance@lemmy.world · -127 pts · 2y
There's literally food in restaurants in London and if you eat it a dude rocks up and informs you it's like £15 to eat it.
I'm not sure what you expect here. A charitable or government service to provide you with deck chairs for free?
agent_flounder@lemmy.world · 61 pts · 2y
Right? Like someone is going to put a chair or bench in a public space like a park. Ha! Call it a "park bench" or something... and let people sit on it for free?? Ludicrous! It'll never happen! /s
That'll be £1.00 for reading this response. Please advise where to send the invoice.
sukhmel@programming.dev · 16 pts · 2y
I upvoted after reading the first half and then read the second and wanted to upvote again 😂
::: spoiler also I hereby entitle agent_flounder to reading this response gratis as a payment for reading their comment :::
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I wasn't going to vote at all, so I went ahead and put another one on to cover your second.
Fisk400@feddit.nu · 51 pts · 2y
I'm my local park there are hammocks that the local government puts up each year.
Benches, hammocks, flowers, swings and a free open air gym is provided as part of the tax we pay to the city
I know that you are just a rightoid moron but I just want to make clear that having nice parks that people want to spend time in is not a new and weird concept.
HubertManne@kbin.social · 9 pts · 2y
No hammocks here but even in the small parks they put in one device to do a variety of excersises and in the larger ones there is like a circuit of various things. They are all static type things to help with calisthenics but are pretty neat.
everett@lemmy.ml · 9 pts · 2y
Thank you for your service.
Fisk400@feddit.nu · 5 pts · 2y
🫡
ikka@lemmy.sdf.org · 37 pts · 2y
Would you say you are, or are not familiar with the concept of public property?
HubertManne@kbin.social · 27 pts · 2y
well he is from london post brexit.
ikka@lemmy.sdf.org · 11 pts · 2y
Yikes what a shithole
guy@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Free outdoor seating is extremely common though, it's not that far fetched it could apply to deck chairs too
jjjalljs@ttrpg.network · 22 pts · 2y
This is satire, right? Poe's law is strong with this one.
samus12345@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
The first half's snark makes it seem serious, but the second half seems like sarcasm.
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 2y
15? That's it! Where is this good deal?
The only reasonable food while out and about was supermarket meal deals when I went to visit a few years back.
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
This must be the guy who charges for the chairs lol
tfw_no_toiletpaper@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Are you fucking for real
ripcord@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
Rolando@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 2y
Don't forget to tip.
blarth@thelemmy.club · 4 pts · 2y
It’s just going to ask you a question.
rar@discuss.online · 1 pts · 2y
Force the poor cashier, who's not being paid minimum wage and needs to pay back their loans, to nervously smile at the pissed off customer and beg for mercy.
VantaBrandon@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Yes and may we suggest a reasonable default of 85%
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
"sure, it seems like a lot but you need the understand the great value you're getting for that $70! Once you agree to a 48 month non-refundable subscription, we will ensure that our representatives do NOT follow you around with flashing lights and sirens and a big sign that says 'did not pay $70'! At that price you can't afford not to subscribe!"
Rolando@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Why not just show ads? Paying the $70 reduces the amount seen. Of course we need lots of personal information to show the right ads. And everything you say or do will be recorded for AI training.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
😬 tone it down there, Aldous, that's getting a little too plausible.
MrJameGumb@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
"Your feedback is appreciated! Please create a user profile and provide a valid payment method if you would like someone to actually read it!"
canihasaccount@lemmy.world · 35 pts · 2y
At least it comes at a discount right now
lseif@sopuli.xyz · 17 pts · 2y
how are you getting an ad on lemmy ?
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 2y
Poor guy is doing lemmy all wrong.
Liz@midwest.social · 11 pts · 2y
They're using an app which has an ad-supported version. I prefer Jeroba, which is only donation supported, but I'm not gonna stop people from making decisions.
DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
They are using an app, which isn't great. Most of the aps don't do formatting correctly, which is a VERY low bar considering how much of Lemmy is text.
canihasaccount@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Sync does formatting correctly. I came to Lemmy only because I like Sync so much. I paid for the lifetime version of it with Reddit and will probably pay for the lifetime version of this eventually. To each their own wrt how Lemmy is viewed, I guess.
SLVRDRGN@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
So am I?
lseif@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 2y
i honestly cant tell whats going on in the image
canihasaccount@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
There's an ad for something, with the bell. We both use the free version of Sync.
lseif@sopuli.xyz · 4 pts · 2y
oh i hadnt realized that sync had ads....
it evidently must be a great app otherwise if people are willing to use it
agent_flounder@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y
wntd t rspnd prprly bt my vwl sbscrptn xprd. Ds nyn hv $5?
rbn@sopuli.xyz · 19 pts · 2y
LPT: Yoü can get yoür vowel sübscription with a 80% discoünt using a türkish VPN with absolütely no sideffects.
Rolando@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
0r y0v c0vld d0 l33tsp3@k
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 2y
No, but I do have a few vowels left which I can spare. I think these should be the ones you need: ae o eo oe u oe uiio eie oe aoe ae
kambusha@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Srry, n. Hwvr, hv n bndnc f Y's.
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
samus12345@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
"wyntyd ty ryspynd prypyrly byt my vywl sybscryptyyn yxpyryd. Dyys ynyyny hyvy $5?"
NakariLexfortaine@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Finally, my years of Olde English pay off...
This is fucking nonsense!
agent_flounder@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Yy! \o/
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 2y
Heh. Costs me at least 1200 to exist here, so youre getting a deal
Katrisia@lemm.ee · 8 pts · 2y
Also a video about how that's the worst thing you can do for your health with no actual advice to correct it.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
A month
sukhmel@programming.dev · 2 pts · 2y
If only
VantaBrandon@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Save with a weekly subscription
GustavoM@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Higher quality version.
Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
My existence costs $1757 monthly. Maybe i should relocate to a state park to get the $70 rate
arin@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Daily breakdown of rent is more than that... Not including food and other expenses
casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y
so that's why zoomers think touching grass is a form of consumerism.
therealjcdenton@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y
That's not funny