Visited the traveling carnival with my family.
Saw a ripped dude with a 3% tattoo, which was cool. Complimented him and asked him if he’d read any Lysander Spooner. Said he hadn’t, but he will be tonight.
The rest of the night I played the “identify who’s packin’” game, which is always a good way to pass the time and maintain situational awareness when out in public.
@eriner how was it?
@Richard good. First night of the week, and nobody (relative term) was there.
As far as I'm concerned, the first night of a carnival is a high-risk high-reward gamble.
Pro: If people don't know it's there yet, there will be a smaller crowd.
Con: Carnies just set up their shit, so odds of malfunction and horrific death are probably higher on the first night.
@eriner you are right on all accounts, the main issue for me is, at least down here, the cost.
Carnivals/Fairs range from terrible to okay, but time was, 20 bucks got you 2-3 hours of entertainment. So it was cheap enough to be worth it, even if it was pretty terrible.
Now the prospect is closer to 50. And there is much better things to do for that.
@Richard Here it was $25 for an all-day (night) pass, which is reasonable. We were there from 5-9, so ~$6/hr.
Kids loved it.
If it was $50/kid, I would have said Hell no and we'd be shooting cans in the back yard instead.
@eriner that's nice, the couple around here still do the buy tickets and it is {x} tickets per ride depending on the ride.
Meh, probsbly go anyway, the kids think it is great.