# StubHub will you please die in a fire? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 15, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901 "2012-04-15T23:54:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/41 "2012-04-16T02:21:36Z")
> [@KinkiNipponTourist](#): > > What do you do? How do you save lives? I’m a pharmacy tech in a major metro hospital. On the mundane side of the job I put aspirin into med drawers, on the life-saving side I prep STAT amiodarone IVs for people in the ER going into cardiac arrest. At any given point in a global disaster (most likely an earthquake as we’re on the SA fault) I would be called in to triage people and act accordingly. Am I qualified to like boy bands? ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/42 "2012-04-16T02:22:49Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I have not noticed that. No. My peers apparently do not have as rigid and uptight a definition of “normal” as you do. Bullshit. You do not know anyone in your age group who engages in this behavior. And you know it. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/43 "2012-04-16T02:28:15Z")
> [@mister\_nyx](#): > > I googled “One Direction”; clearly none of them is prepubescent. Thank you. There is “Tiger Beat” One Direction and “Internet” One Direction and LOL. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/44 "2012-04-16T02:29:16Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > Bullshit. You do not know anyone in your age group who engages in this behavior. And you know it. Oh I didn’t say that. I’m saying they don’t care so why do you? ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/45 "2012-04-16T02:30:59Z")
> [@mister\_nyx](#): > > I googled “One Direction”; clearly none of them is prepubescent. **voguevixen** is never going to fuck you, Prince Charming. You’re too old. ---
**Author:** ![splatterpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@splatterpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/splatterpunk)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/46 "2012-04-16T02:33:11Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > Oh I didn’t say that. I’m saying they don’t care so why do you? You mean they don’t say anything. That doesn’t mean they don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/47 "2012-04-16T02:34:51Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > **voguevixen** is never going to fuck you, Prince Charming. You’re too old. No, I do not age discriminate. See how that works? I’m into George Clooney and my favorite, unattainibly gay Neil Tennant from Pet Shop Boys (57 I think?) Throw in David Letterman and I don’t know what all. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/48 "2012-04-16T02:37:48Z")
> [@splatterpunk](#): > > You mean they don’t say anything. That doesn’t mean they don’t care. No, we joke around about it, because it’s funny. It’s not a big deal like you’re making it out to be. Some of my coworkers SALUTED me for living my dream. They get roped into my enthusiasm. I can’t explain it but we enjoy it. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/49 "2012-04-16T02:38:43Z")
Well, **I** like you, voguevixen. Just don’t do something dumb like go into a hotel room with these boys. And as long as you can pay the bills, blow your money any way you want. Um, I could use some, BTW. I swear, I’m the NEXT GREATEST THING EVER, next week! ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/50 "2012-04-16T02:41:28Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Well, **I** like you, voguevixen. Just don’t do something dumb like go into a hotel room with these boys. And as long as you can pay the bills, blow your money any way you want. > > Um, I could use some, BTW. I swear, I’m the NEXT GREATEST THING EVER, next week! SQEEE!!! (Don’t list on StubHub) ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/51 "2012-04-16T02:53:36Z")
> [@DianaG](#): > > Why? Do they not make associated bedding? Katniss is a GIRL, DUH. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/52 "2012-04-16T03:11:30Z")
> [@Boyo](#): > > Well, I like you, voguevixen Yea, I have no interest in boy bands, but I kind of like having **Vogue** around. Partially because I go to Cafe Society so I can get caught up on pop-culture without having to actually experience it. Then at least I know vaguely what the late night comics and my college students are talking about. And we already have like 30 people that drag Firefly into every single Cafe Society thread whether its relevant or not. Having one person that does the same for Justin Bieber at least adds some variety. I used know a girl whose dad was really into collecting Star Wars crap. He had a whole room of his house devoted to it, and people used to make fun of him behind his back for being “childish”. But he seemed like a good dad, had a fairly high level job so its not like he was burning his kids college funds to pay for lightsabers, and the stuff seemed to make him happy. And he was blissfully unconcerned that he was viewed as “unadult” by some of his peers. So if your happy with your hobbies and your not hurting anyone, I hardly think you should let the **DianaG’s** of the world shame you out of them. Let your freak flag fly. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/53 "2012-04-16T03:13:37Z")
> [@Zjestika](#): > > Sometimes I wonder if you _like_ everyone freaking out over your unusual interests. Considering I was one of the few who actually responded to the OP and follow up comment and was ignored, I agree with you. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/54 "2012-04-16T03:15:17Z")
> [@voguevixen](#): > > I’m a pharmacy tech in a major metro hospital. On the mundane side of the job I put aspirin into med drawers, on the life-saving side I prep STAT amiodarone IVs for people in the ER going into cardiac arrest. At any given point in a global disaster (most likely an earthquake as we’re on the SA fault) I would be called in to triage people and act accordingly. > > Am I qualified to like boy bands? Perfectly. In a larger context I suppose the arched eyebrow you’re getting is not so much the"liking", but the $ 1000 for a single ticket liking. It’s just a bit odd for a mature woman to be that emotionally invested in a boy band, whose primary appeal is not so much high musical standards or artistic interpretation as being fresh and sexy for adolescent girls. If a grown heterosexual man confessed to being a Hanna Montana superfan the rolleyes you’re getting for your musical choices would be a kiss compared to the beat down he would get. Having said that if you’ve got the cash, do what you want! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/55 "2012-04-16T03:19:01Z")
> [@astro](#): > > Perfectly. > > In a larger context I suppose the arched eyebrow you’re getting is not so much the"liking", but the $ 1000 for a single ticket liking. It’s just a bit odd for a mature woman to be that emotionally invested in a boy band, whose primary appeal is not so much high musical standards or artistic interpretation as being fresh and sexy for adolescent girls. If a grown heterosexual man confessed to being a Hanna Montana superfan the rolleyes you’re getting for your musical choices would be a kiss compared to the beat down he would get. > > Having said that if you’ve got the cash, do what you want! What about bronies? Surely they have a place in this scale of supposed adults with a much larger than normally appropriate interest in something more aimed at children or other types of nonadults? ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/56 "2012-04-16T03:28:28Z")
Sorry I was away for a sec because I was tweeting Scooter but I am full on for bronies despite knowing nothing about that. I mean we’re just bitching about Smurfs and Dungeons and Dragons at this point, right? (And auxiliary Duran Duran.) ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/57 "2012-04-16T03:30:08Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > What about bronies? Surely they have a place in this scale of supposed adults with a much larger than normally appropriate interest in something more aimed at children or other types of nonadults? The major difference there is, again, the difference between “liking something technically age-inappropriate” and “apparent fetishizing an actual person who is actually age-inappropriate.” ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/58 "2012-04-16T03:34:59Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > The major difference there is, again, the difference between “liking something technically age-inappropriate” and “apparent fetishizing an actual person who is actually age-inappropriate.” Not to mention the whole “different species” thing. Which, if the bronies were advocating the sexual desirability of ponies, would still be fucking creepy, but on a different level. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/59 "2012-04-16T03:35:46Z")
You know, I once considered creating a line of clothing and accessories for penises based on _My Little Pony_. I was gonna call it _My Little Pants Pony_. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2012, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901/60 "2012-04-16T03:37:51Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > The major difference there is, again, the difference between “liking something technically age-inappropriate” and “apparent fetishizing an actual person who is actually age-inappropriate.” They are “Of Age.” Who decides if that is appropriate? Especially if as I say one of them fetishizes OLDER women? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stubhub-will-you-please-die-in-a-fire/618901.md?page=4)