Over the weekend, 17,000 people canceled their #WorldCup tickets

[shansterable@ohai.social]

@benroyce
LOL
FIFA: Let's align ourselves with a brutal tyrant and present him with a fake trophy to make nice.

FIFA (later): Oh shit. We did not expect that people do not want to spend their vacations in fascistland being brutalized by a tyrant and need to call an emergency meeting to figure this out.

#FIFA #FAFO #USPol

[stillirise1963@mastodon.world]

@benroyce THIS is GREAT NEWS!!

[riaresists@mastodon.social]

@benroyce @NatureMC @tuban_muzuru
Some people don’t want & aren’t willing to learn anything.

[tk@f.kawa-kun.com]

@hugoestr @benroyce I don't even want to leave the US because I don't know if I'll be able to get back in.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@StillIRise1963

FAFO

[tuban_muzuru@beige.party]

@benroyce @NatureMC @isotope239

I lost a team of six coders on a gig at Cantor Fitz.

[linkshaender@bildung.social]

@benroyce Following the discussion here, but here’s the unpopular fact: if this continues *every weekend* until the start of the world cup (20 weeks) that’ll be 340,000 tickets. Every world cup since '98 hat roughly 3 million ticket sales, Qatar 2022 about 3.4 million. So about 90%(!) will still be visiting even IF these cancellations continue. About 10% less doesn’t look like a full-featured boycott. Bad for the FIFA yes, but no emergency. People will still flock around the soccer ball.

[adriano@lile.cl]

@shansterable @benroyce

Trump: "No no but wait, FIFA, wait, let's block paying customers from Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay from coming. That will certainly not affect the World Cup."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-suspend-visa-processing-75-nations-next-week-fox-news-reports-2026-01-14/

[maddad@mastodon.world]

@benroyce @StillIRise1963

I haven't supported sports in any way, shape or form since the mid 90's.

I love it when things like this happen.

[epistomai@mastodon.social]

@benroyce I've noticed Disney and other corporations have turned like this. Mr. Walt would be so mad if he was alive

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@tuban_muzuru @NatureMC @isotope239

they got hit hard

i was at 5 wtc

9 story building between the towers

all my coworkers made it out. but they weren't spared the carnage

i still remember the zombies caked in asbestos dust wandering in a trance all the way up through times square

i spent hours on the phone with a friend who just ran across the brooklyn bridge having a mental breakdown

i'm not religious but i went and prayed at st. patricks

and the missing posters in grand central

[hugoestr@functional.cafe]

@benroyce @tk Same

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@Linkshaender

oh yeah, it's a tiny dent

but hopefully it focuses some people's attentions who don't care we got trump. there are certain things they do care about, and maybe now they will see the consequences

[rememberusalways@newsie.social]

@maddad @benroyce @StillIRise1963

IDK Why @Stillrise1963 has me muted .

I wish I could read her comments! Perhaps one of you gentlemen could ask her to unmute me if she would be willing in grace
Thanks!

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@RememberUsAlways @maddad @StillIRise1963

i'm blocked and suspended all over the damn place

[rememberusalways@newsie.social]

@benroyce @maddad @StillIRise1963

2024 Fedi was brutal.

I hope we never repeat.

[moshimotsu@floss.social]

@benroyce As exciting as this is, the rest of the article makes it sound like FIFA’s bottom line isn’t being damaged. Actual purchased tickets can’t be cancelled, and the demand for them hasn’t gone down.

FIFA is a global organization with millions who wanna watch their games; I’m worried 17K might end up just being a drop in the bucket.

[tuban_muzuru@beige.party]

@benroyce @NatureMC @isotope239

The FDNY Wall

[linkshaender@bildung.social]

@benroyce I do hope you’re right, but anyone with an IQ above room temperature (even in C) will avoid traveling to the States already, you don’t need to warn us. The people flying over will also go on vacation in any authoritarian country elsewhere, because beaches and cheap drinks like the ones visiting Socotra that got stuck on the island. At least half of the people is more stupid than the median

[suneauken@mastodon.world]

@benroyce

I have so many great US friends and colleagues. I would never dare enter the country under the current administration.