[Can’t find RATs? A Hillsong event is giving out free tests to attendees]
(https://happymag.tv/hillsong-rats/)
Ok. I'm so angry.
Ticketed events have been cancelled because of Omicron. The government banned singing and dancing at music festivals and in pubs and clubs.
But Hillsong? Big three day music event, no social distancing (you should see their Instagram) WITH SINGING AND DANCING. How is this fair to struggling artists? And small music venues? And to make matters more infuriating - THEY ALL GOT FREE RAT TESTS. Free RAT tests, when the rest of the general public are left to fend for themselves.
I'm so sick of these blatant double standards. Screw this government!
EDIT: Here's a link to the ABC article backing up my source. No, I'm not some innocent boomer who's fallen victim to the Betoota Advocate:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-13/hillsong-church-slammed-over-singing-dancing-summercamp/100747482
EDIT: This blew up, and I want to clarify some things.
So what if Hillsong got these tests through the private sector. Shouldn't we all be outraged that the private sector is more organised than our government, and that our healthcare workers are going without?
Hillsong is a multi million dollar business masquerading as a church. Surely the Christian thing to do would be to cancel the festival and donate those RAT tests to hospitals. Ya know, because Jesus had the whole "let's give to the less fortunate" kinda vibe? They won't cancel, though, because all they care about is profit.
We've all become hung up on RATS. The local Sydney music scene has been decimated by COVID, and the lack of funding for the arts. So many awesome venues have been forced to close down, and now the government has banned singing and dancing at the venues that are left, whilst turning a blind eye to the Hillsong Summer camp. Millions of dollars have been lost due to cancelled festivals like Grapevine Gathering - the double standards should be the real outrage.
Go buy some merch from ya fave Aussie bands, and support the arts. If you don't want to go to a local gig, buy a ticket any way to support some struggling up and coming bands! Do the Aussie thing and help a mate out!
Link: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/astroworld-deaths-1.6239810
> Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival.
> Officials transported 17 people to the hospital, including 11 who were in cardiac arrest, Pena said. Many people were also treated at the scene at NRG Park, where a field hospital had been set up.
> Approximately 50,000 people were in attendance at the festival, Pena said.
> It was not yet clear what caused the disaster.
During my first ever festival, I rushed over to a massive crowd of people gathered around a tent near to where I was camping.
Once I had fought my way to the front, I found a guy with his arm in a cast lying in a pool of mud fucking a watermelon with a hole in it, whilst wearing a sign around his neck reading “will do anything for food.”
Once he was finished, some lads threw a load of Jaffa Cakes at him as a reward.
https://purplesneakers.com.au/2022/01/news-hillsong-youth-festival-rat-test-all-attendees/?utm_campaign=later-linkinbio-purple.sneakers&utm_content=later-23764738&utm_medium=social&utm_source=linkin.bio
Link to article. The Hillsong youth Instagram has some great material to get your live music fix if perhaps a gig/festival you were planning on attending was cancelled!
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-12-09/inquest-into-cult-family-disappearance-raises-more-questions/9242376
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Hey y’all. So my friends convinced to buy tickets for Decadence several weeks ago, and I bought them cuz it seemed fun and exciting. I’ve never been to a rave type of thing before, and I love EDM, so I figured why not. Now all of a sudden I’m feeling incredibly anxious at the thought of attending the festival in general is starting to fill me with dread.
I think with the new COVID variant (Omicron wasn’t a thing at the time), the Astroworld disaster, and just general fears I have of weapons and whatnot…I’m terrified. I think the fact that I have no idea what events like Decadence are like (like what’s the layout?? how crowded is it?? how much do they check to make sure patrons don’t bring in anything dangerous??), and me being an anxious person in general doesn’t help me at all. I’m also kinda “boring” in that I don’t drink/do drugs/etc. so I worry about feeling out of place.
Does anyone have any words of advice? Is there anything I should know in general about being safe before going? Thanks.
Edit: I’m a 25F, not sure if that matters
Hey y’all. So my friends convinced to buy tickets for a music festival, Decadence AZ several weeks ago, and I bought them cuz it seemed fun and exciting. I’ve never been to a rave type of thing before, and I love EDM, so I figured why not. Now all of a sudden I’m feeling incredibly anxious at the thought of attending the festival in general is starting to fill me with dread.
I think with the new COVID variant (Omicron wasn’t a thing at the time of buying tickets, and it still seems like we’re getting contradictory messaging about it’s severity, but I’m boosted), the Astroworld disaster, and just general fears I have of weapons and whatnot…I’m terrified. I think the fact that I have no idea what raves are like (like what’s the layout?? how crowded is it?? how much do they check to make sure patrons don’t bring in anything dangerous??), and me being an anxious person in general doesn’t help me at all. I’m also kinda “boring” in that I don’t drink/do drugs/etc. so I worry about feeling out of place.
Does anyone have any words of advice? Is there anything I should know in general about being safe before going? Thanks.
