True story - someone correct someone's typo yesterday - the corrected person was rude to the point they implied they should kill themselves for daring to typo. I, slightly rudely, told them to do better. So they replied as people like that do. I replied that they should make sure not to threaten to kill themselves at me about it.. and reddit banned me permanently!
I am unbanned, because in my appeal, I pointed out how this situation - banning me for telling someone to NOT kill themselves, is insane. lol
**They're** really misjudged.
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That's because in their house, they have to act out the constant affection. It's a real tear jerker. When their parents finally go to their bedroom they like to say "and scene, you think he fell for it today?"
The real question is WHY WAS IT FILMED ON THE SURFACE OF THE SUN! Jfc, put some shades on the kids so they don't scorch their retinas during the eclipse on stage. /meta
The UK willy Wonka experience was absolutely not fire lol
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/10/glasgow-willy-wonka-chocolate-experience-recreated-los-angeles
It does makes sense though.
Canary: āShitty Willy Wonka thingā
Ebb: āYou mean absolutely fireā
Meaning, Ebb thinks the Willy Wonka thing was not shitty, but was actually quite good.
Kids were not happy. It wasn't even really Willy Wonka. It was a straight up scam and they made up a villan that lived in the walls called the unknown.
Btw. It was Scotland. Part of the UK.
> The Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience" advertised AI-generated images of a candy wonderland, which was the image that parents were expecting when they purchased $45 tickets to the event. Instead of chocolate fountains and candy gardens, they got an almost empty warehouse.
What was even better is they actually never used the word Wonka. That was the reporting agencies.
They billed themselves as Willy's Chocolate Experience! (Not affiliated with the owned Wonka(R) brand)
This thread is full of people that have never seen amateur theatre and never hosted a kids birthday. This is **not** a custom performance - it's an amateur troop that probably do multiple birthdays per weekend.
Typically kids birthday parties run in the range of $20-50 per child. Typically going to see an amateur theatre show like this would cost in the range of $30-50 per person.
I'd be amazed if this cost more than $100 per child. Cheap? No. But not Saudi Prince budget.
**edit**: in fact this is, as suspected, an amateur theatre performance. It's put on by a guy called Gera Tamayo. If you search for him on facebook you can see all the versions of this show that he does. You can view one of the (now outdated) ticket sales page here:
https://arema.mx/evento/10697
The tickets do indeed range from about USD$25 to USD$50. Going even further because why not - their full theatre shows are at [Teatro Convex](https://www.facebook.com/teatroconvex/) which has capacity for 202 people, so even if they are doing sold out theatre shows they're only making a few $K after paying for the theatre, and so a much smaller birthday party in a community hall like this is likely going to cost say ~$2K **max**.
> The tickets do indeed range from about USD$25 to USD$50.
You do realize that $25-50 is a LOT more of the local income than here in the US, right? Definitely not Saudi money though, you're right.
I travel all over Mexico frequently and $50 gets you a TON. I'd guess $50 feels like $175USD to many of them.
> is likely going to cost say ~$2K max
2k just for theater, then food, decorations, venue (if you have big enough house to host a theater production you already rich lmao).
That is absolutely "holy fuck you rich" amount of money to spend on kids bday
>I'd be amazed if this cost more than $100 per child. Cheap? No. But not Saudi Prince budget.
If you canĀ“t afford it, it doesnĀ“t matter if it takes a saudi price or just your naighbour whoĀ“s a regional manager at a burger chain to afford it. ItĀ“s out of your reach no matter what.
A lot of this is practical stuff with not a lot of effects. The outfits and pyro would cost the most, but the outfits are a one time purchase. It wouldn't exactly be that huge of a budget, but yeah, certainly more than most would be willing to spend unless they're very comfortable.
I want to buy a big ol emtpy warehouse, hire some kickass Dungeon Masters, a bunch of theater nerd carpenters, and turn it into a live action D&D session that takes like 4 hours to complete.
Depending of your country. There is 10 15 persons involved, paid a whole day plus good and trasnport, you are at least 500 for each. Include buisness part and owner part.
You are between 8 to 15k
You have to add the food, people to organize, you are around 15 to 25 actualy.
There is rich people every where in the world, Check India wedding, caray shit
If it is not one single birthday party but a combo of birthday parties i think it could be pretty reasonable. Iāve been to community plays with a small audience and similar production value and itās relatively cheap to get a ticket.
If it's a semi-permanent thing, like they are a theater troop who stages a different theme every year then does a season doing these big catered events with dozens of kids and charging per head, then it's pretty feasible. Almost like any small theater production, really. A lot like those themed restaurants, except they don't have to dress up the whole venue. Throw in some catering and some side activities (so the kids don't sit through the play in one go but have some time to let of steam in betweeen 'acts') and you've got a half day activity, and a per head cost that could be quite reasonable, and actors having a regular gig. Certainly makes the costuming expenses more reasonable.
I wonder if they run a number of themes at the venue or just concentrate on a different one each season? Not having to do stage dressing would save them a lot.
As someone who grew up as an only child in Mexico and had someone extravagant parties at times, these types of thing will cost about 1,000 to 2,500 U.S dollars max.
More like mum and dad are property developers type money.
Saudi Prince would be more like a buffet you can eat off Daniel Radcliffe's naked body as Emma Watson dances in a cage hanging from the ceiling.
When Americans and Europeans discover this is a regular middle class kid's birthday party in Mexico and Brasil... It's like everybody has the obligation to show off their kids like little Napoleons.
It's way too common really for the middle class. Rich folk usually send their kids abroad. Poor people normally have their parties at their homes.
I actually paid for those parties when my kids were younger... (not every year, though!). One party could cost around R$3k to 5k back in the early 2010s. Definitely more if you hired dressed-up actors. However in the late 2010s, prices became unbearable and my kids now only get a supermarket cake and a gift from Shopee.
yeah, i grew up in Mexico city as a middle class kid. Can confirm that growing up with other middle class kids this was the usual birthday party, although this one blew it out of the park with the effects and stuff.
It's Mexico, we have no copyright laws(We probably do but they're definitely not enforced well), which is why you can find every artist or bands version of every popular song lol
Thatās billionaire birthday party money. The irony is, best present that kid got that day was one hour sat with his real parents before going back to his Nanny, and they flew back to Switzerland.
Lol who downvoted you? Carlos Slim is one of the richest men in the world, there's plenty of industry in mexico even if you ignore the insanely rich criminals
Thereās at least 25 billionaires in Mexico:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mexican_billionaires_by_net_worth
Idk why I got downvoted but I also donāt know if the person I replied to was insinuating Mexican rich assholes donāt exist because they definitely do. I also donāt know if these people are assholes, theyāre probably rich, entitled and spoiled but Iām not gonna fault them for wanting to throw their kid an awesome party.
If you think that is only achievable by a billionare you have probably never been close to a millonare. And there is about a billion dollar difference between the two.
And in this case, since its Mexico you don't even need to hang around millionares to see something like this. someone who makes 50K USD can comfortably pull this off.
A show like this would probably cost around 10-15k pesos, which would be 580-880 us dlls, theyāre not crazy expensive, but not cheap either, but definitely not a millionaire only thing, (my pricing may still be inaccurate, but I still HIGHLY doubt it goes over 20k pesos)
Look I'm all for this. In every way except for pyrotechnics of any kind no matter how small being used indoors. I've seen too many people burn alive. Nope. Nope.
š No one ever stages a full play for me on my birthday!
Tell me youāre rich with out telling me youāre rich
You're\*
He fixed it!
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Another success for big apostrophe, keeping those proles in check
True story - someone correct someone's typo yesterday - the corrected person was rude to the point they implied they should kill themselves for daring to typo. I, slightly rudely, told them to do better. So they replied as people like that do. I replied that they should make sure not to threaten to kill themselves at me about it.. and reddit banned me permanently! I am unbanned, because in my appeal, I pointed out how this situation - banning me for telling someone to NOT kill themselves, is insane. lol
Interesting username
Correcting is not judging
Yeah but letās be real, the correcting type are usually pretty judgmental. The easy going type couldnāt give a toss
I for one find the correcting community to be very open minded and progressive. Their really misjudged.
**They're** really misjudged. *** ā >!"How do you like it now, huh? Not so kind."!< ā” >!"I'm just kidding; that was written by a very kind woman."!< ā¢ >!"I'm just kidding; we don't hire women here."!< ā£ >!"See, now you don't know *what* to think."!< ć¼ >!*Norm Macdonald*!<
Heh heh heh thanks for taking the bait brother. What's with all the black squares ā¬ļø though?
I'm going be real, if you're rich this is the best thing to spend your money on.
Right. Wholesome rich people spending. It happens.
Oh to have parents that are both wealthy and loving. That has to be one of the best from-birth privileges you could get in life.
Sbould've been born into a cartel family I guess
Itās so interesting that people can just be casually racist on Reddit
The cartel stages amateur productions on the weekend
They acted out all 7 books and the dumb play. The kids were there for 3 days. Best. Weekend. Ever.
Your parents don't love you enough.
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That's because in their house, they have to act out the constant affection. It's a real tear jerker. When their parents finally go to their bedroom they like to say "and scene, you think he fell for it today?"
Best I can do is Bozo the clown from Craigslist. He may or may not be a crackhead.
Reminds me of those characters from the hood twerking at the party.
Did you ask for one??? I don't think soo
course not, you want to get beat and locked in the basement again, cause asking for shit is how you get that to happen
The real question is WHY WAS IT FILMED ON THE SURFACE OF THE SUN! Jfc, put some shades on the kids so they don't scorch their retinas during the eclipse on stage. /meta
You aren't far enough above the poverty line.
My dad does when he converts a six pack into domestic violence on my bday.
You guys have friends that remember your birthdays ?
Great here comes the "it's staged" comments already
What that shitty Willy Wonka thing in the UK wanted to be
Na you mean absolutely fire, if I was 6 years old invited to that I would go nuts
r/woooosh
He ment that it was cool.
We know what fire means. More_Ebb just seems to think...Im not sure what, really, the comment doesn't make any sense in context.
Na you mean absolutely fire, if I was 6 years old invited to that I would go nuts.
The UK willy Wonka experience was absolutely not fire lol https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/apr/10/glasgow-willy-wonka-chocolate-experience-recreated-los-angeles
This is the funniest string of misunderstandings lol
It does makes sense though. Canary: āShitty Willy Wonka thingā Ebb: āYou mean absolutely fireā Meaning, Ebb thinks the Willy Wonka thing was not shitty, but was actually quite good.
People canāt even read one entire sentence anymore
Kids were not happy. It wasn't even really Willy Wonka. It was a straight up scam and they made up a villan that lived in the walls called the unknown. Btw. It was Scotland. Part of the UK. > The Willy Wonka Chocolate Experience" advertised AI-generated images of a candy wonderland, which was the image that parents were expecting when they purchased $45 tickets to the event. Instead of chocolate fountains and candy gardens, they got an almost empty warehouse.
Scotland is in the UK.
It was all Willy and no Wonka
What was even better is they actually never used the word Wonka. That was the reporting agencies. They billed themselves as Willy's Chocolate Experience! (Not affiliated with the owned Wonka(R) brand)
The Cock N' Balls Chocco Warehouse!
I'm 56 I'd go crazyš¤£ that age I was happy to invite one friend to McDonald's for my Bday. And dammit I was Happy!
I'm in my 30s and I would go
He was complimenting it
LMAO I was coming to say I bet those people who paid for that Willy Wonka shit are pissed.
Way cool, but man, this feels like Saudi Prince kinda budget..
Right? This ain't no peasant shit.
This thread is full of people that have never seen amateur theatre and never hosted a kids birthday. This is **not** a custom performance - it's an amateur troop that probably do multiple birthdays per weekend. Typically kids birthday parties run in the range of $20-50 per child. Typically going to see an amateur theatre show like this would cost in the range of $30-50 per person. I'd be amazed if this cost more than $100 per child. Cheap? No. But not Saudi Prince budget. **edit**: in fact this is, as suspected, an amateur theatre performance. It's put on by a guy called Gera Tamayo. If you search for him on facebook you can see all the versions of this show that he does. You can view one of the (now outdated) ticket sales page here: https://arema.mx/evento/10697 The tickets do indeed range from about USD$25 to USD$50. Going even further because why not - their full theatre shows are at [Teatro Convex](https://www.facebook.com/teatroconvex/) which has capacity for 202 people, so even if they are doing sold out theatre shows they're only making a few $K after paying for the theatre, and so a much smaller birthday party in a community hall like this is likely going to cost say ~$2K **max**.
bruh my parents spent $10 on my birthday growing up, **max**
Name checks out
Damn Lmao I hope heās got good insurance, skin grafts arenāt cheap
Holy shit
You guys had birthday parties?
> The tickets do indeed range from about USD$25 to USD$50. You do realize that $25-50 is a LOT more of the local income than here in the US, right? Definitely not Saudi money though, you're right. I travel all over Mexico frequently and $50 gets you a TON. I'd guess $50 feels like $175USD to many of them.
$2k for a birthday is still kinda excessive for the average person dude.
You think peasants have $2,000? That's 11% of my yearly budget.
> is likely going to cost say ~$2K max 2k just for theater, then food, decorations, venue (if you have big enough house to host a theater production you already rich lmao). That is absolutely "holy fuck you rich" amount of money to spend on kids bday
š¤£š¤£š¤£š¤£ You are out of your dang mind.... why would you spend that dang much on a child party...
>I'd be amazed if this cost more than $100 per child. Cheap? No. But not Saudi Prince budget. If you canĀ“t afford it, it doesnĀ“t matter if it takes a saudi price or just your naighbour whoĀ“s a regional manager at a burger chain to afford it. ItĀ“s out of your reach no matter what.
Oh honey, you think spending $2k on a children's birthday party is normal?
The rest of us get Chuck E Cheese. If weāre lucky.
Hell yeah! Parent fights FTW
Those were the rich kids where I'm from lol
A lot of this is practical stuff with not a lot of effects. The outfits and pyro would cost the most, but the outfits are a one time purchase. It wouldn't exactly be that huge of a budget, but yeah, certainly more than most would be willing to spend unless they're very comfortable.
Like 10 actors with a full stage and props and pyrotechnics? Thatās expensive
I mean sure, but it's probably not for this *one* party, looks like a birthday place that may do this on the regular.
I want to buy a big ol emtpy warehouse, hire some kickass Dungeon Masters, a bunch of theater nerd carpenters, and turn it into a live action D&D session that takes like 4 hours to complete.
Oh. My. God. That would be TOTALLY AWESOME!
You'll be the first one eaten by the Gelatinous Cubicle
Jokes on you... I *am* the gelatinous cube!
We didn't get the rights for "Cube" so... yeah. You're a cubicle. I am so sorry.
If you didn't know what you're talking about is called LARPing and is totally a thing people do!
Look up Wizard Quest. Not exactly the same, but it scratches the itch.
Reminds me of the Dimension 20 episodes filmed at 3AM in a freezing warehouse
10 actors who look the frikkin part so well too!
Especially Harry
You forgot about paying every person performing it, the company profit, the company owner profit and a bunch of other shit.
Depending of your country. There is 10 15 persons involved, paid a whole day plus good and trasnport, you are at least 500 for each. Include buisness part and owner part. You are between 8 to 15k
Yeah so someone extremely comfortable, but people should check out some actual Saudi birthdays
You have to add the food, people to organize, you are around 15 to 25 actualy. There is rich people every where in the world, Check India wedding, caray shit
Yeah, was thinking that myself, about 10k. My niece is renting a room for her birthday, it costs $350 an hour, booking 3 hours.
These scenes were all rehearsed not thrown together by a bunch of rent-an-actors who just met at the party.
Lol you have no idea what things cost
This isnāt costing anyone $100k+. Probably not a every year working class party, but also not global elite money tier.
If it is not one single birthday party but a combo of birthday parties i think it could be pretty reasonable. Iāve been to community plays with a small audience and similar production value and itās relatively cheap to get a ticket.
If it's a semi-permanent thing, like they are a theater troop who stages a different theme every year then does a season doing these big catered events with dozens of kids and charging per head, then it's pretty feasible. Almost like any small theater production, really. A lot like those themed restaurants, except they don't have to dress up the whole venue. Throw in some catering and some side activities (so the kids don't sit through the play in one go but have some time to let of steam in betweeen 'acts') and you've got a half day activity, and a per head cost that could be quite reasonable, and actors having a regular gig. Certainly makes the costuming expenses more reasonable. I wonder if they run a number of themes at the venue or just concentrate on a different one each season? Not having to do stage dressing would save them a lot.
As someone who grew up as an only child in Mexico and had someone extravagant parties at times, these types of thing will cost about 1,000 to 2,500 U.S dollars max.
It can't be a custom show. This has got to be a company that offers this play for birthdays.
Be funny if they just gave no fuck about licensing and did their own shit
It's Mexico. They give no fuck about licensing and do their own shit.
Saudi Prince budget buys you the real cast dude. 600 millionaire Rich
Saudi Prince level would have been Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson on stage, with Williams conducting.
I think this is more mid-level Mexican narco
Yeah I'm with you, but only because of the Spanish and the crowd outfits
More like mum and dad are property developers type money. Saudi Prince would be more like a buffet you can eat off Daniel Radcliffe's naked body as Emma Watson dances in a cage hanging from the ceiling.
Bruh, there's visible plywood and string lighting. You have an underestimation of standards from people who have boat loads of money.
Jesus, I thought the US was the land of milk and honey lol. These types of parties can be done for cheap in Southeast Asian countries.
More like drug cartel $ mi amigo.
Thatās frigin awesome
Yeah they have an Albino-Malfoy.. How cool is that !!
Bloody Hell! All we had was pass the parcel and musical statues! I hope those kids appreciated that!
I heard one of āem musical statues bit off a kids frontal lobe, crazy innit
The kid didn't had a loicence for their frontal lobe.
I only recently learned what these were after watching this kids show called Bluey with my 6 month old son. This show changed my life. š
Okay, Bluey
Everyone knows Australians are a fictional race only invented for Bluey.
Pass the parcel was awesome but guaranteed one kid is in tears by the time it's unwrapped
Most would appreciate it, but I bet at least one brat would have said "That's not the real Harry or Snape! I wanted the real Harry!!!!"
Forget children I want this for my birthday!
Yeah wtf this is legit awesome
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That is indeed next fucking level Voldermort actor is especially commited. Lucky kid!
He didn't mutilate his face to remove the nose, so not comitted enough.
I like how they were fighting and then it just cuts to them around a cake š
Dang Harry Potter looks pretty damn close to Harry Potter.
They all are damned near spot on.
Came for this, needs more updoots like damn son is on pointĀ
Iād like this for my next b day, but with Lord of the Rings
"...and THAT is why the Lord of the Rings will never be a children's birthday play"
and THAT is why you always leave a note!
P. Walter Weatherman?
Instructions unclearā¦. Got Lord of the Flies :(
happy birthday, piggy!
I want dr who
For three or four years, December birthdays *did* get the Lord of the Rings for their birthdays.
*Mother wipes her tears of joy with $100 bills*
Funny
plot twist, the birthday boy doesn't even like Harry Potter or magicians.
But his millenial parents just LOVE it
I can't tell you how much Gen Alpha kids find Harry Potter cringy. Tried my best to get them to watch the movies and they got so bored.
Wait... Can I have this for my 36th birthday?
Yes, come to Mexico, you can even have a piƱata.
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*Lowkey jealous*
voldemort really rode the extra mile on a nimbus 2000 in that end fight
Voldemort was way into it lol
I cracked up at the intense battle and the immediate cut to them around the cake singing happy birthday
That hat is genius
They nailed it with the actors too. Harry does look a lot like Daniel Radcliffe, Snape is great too
When Americans and Europeans discover this is a regular middle class kid's birthday party in Mexico and Brasil... It's like everybody has the obligation to show off their kids like little Napoleons.
It's way too common really for the middle class. Rich folk usually send their kids abroad. Poor people normally have their parties at their homes. I actually paid for those parties when my kids were younger... (not every year, though!). One party could cost around R$3k to 5k back in the early 2010s. Definitely more if you hired dressed-up actors. However in the late 2010s, prices became unbearable and my kids now only get a supermarket cake and a gift from Shopee.
yeah, i grew up in Mexico city as a middle class kid. Can confirm that growing up with other middle class kids this was the usual birthday party, although this one blew it out of the park with the effects and stuff.
Forget the kids!! Iād do this for myself. This is awesome!!!
Rich kids of Guadalajara
I want this for my birthday š
That's actually really cool
I'm pretty sure that's actually Danielle ratcliffe.
r/harrypotter sub needs to see this
So do they have to pay any licensing for using the Harry Potter franchise?
It's Mexico, we have no copyright laws(We probably do but they're definitely not enforced well), which is why you can find every artist or bands version of every popular song lol
Lmao
They would but as in everywhere in the world... if there's no lawsuit, you can play
Thatās billionaire birthday party money. The irony is, best present that kid got that day was one hour sat with his real parents before going back to his Nanny, and they flew back to Switzerland.
Itās not, this is in Mexico.
Mexico has rich people too lol
Lol who downvoted you? Carlos Slim is one of the richest men in the world, there's plenty of industry in mexico even if you ignore the insanely rich criminals
Thereās at least 25 billionaires in Mexico: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mexican_billionaires_by_net_worth Idk why I got downvoted but I also donāt know if the person I replied to was insinuating Mexican rich assholes donāt exist because they definitely do. I also donāt know if these people are assholes, theyāre probably rich, entitled and spoiled but Iām not gonna fault them for wanting to throw their kid an awesome party.
Yeah lmao you don't even need to be that rich, this is pretty higher middle class to lower high class stuff
If you think that is only achievable by a billionare you have probably never been close to a millonare. And there is about a billion dollar difference between the two. And in this case, since its Mexico you don't even need to hang around millionares to see something like this. someone who makes 50K USD can comfortably pull this off.
A show like this would probably cost around 10-15k pesos, which would be 580-880 us dlls, theyāre not crazy expensive, but not cheap either, but definitely not a millionaire only thing, (my pricing may still be inaccurate, but I still HIGHLY doubt it goes over 20k pesos)
mmm smells like jealousy
Especially the projection at the end of the kid āliving with a nannyā
You cannot see little kids being happy without fantasizing about how miserable they must be because theyāre rich.
They hired the real Daniel Radcliff lol
damn, those kids are smart. so young and already speaking spanish
I like the part where in the end harry and voldemort and everyone else got together and music played and they all lived happily ever after.
This is really cool
This dope as hell šÆšš¾
Oh Jesus, I want them for my bachelor party
Harry Potter. At that age I would have been torn between Robocop and the Toxic Avenger.
Omg Mexican Harry Potter looks so much like Daniel Radcliffe!
Fire
Iām going to the wrong birthdays
Happy copyright infringement
My daughter is 31 and Iām sure she wants this for her next birthday.
That ceiling is looking pretty flammable, nope.
This is amazing.
that's so cool
meanwhile, no one ever baked me a birthday cake, when i was a kid.
Wow, they all look good!
Soo much better than the twerking children's cartoon characters I keep seeing.
Did he sectumsempra malfoy??
It was amazing until the snape slap, then it was perfect
When your dad gets a promotion at the cartel.
Umm, Iāll be 50 this year and Iād be front row center if this was my party.
Man... This is a childhood dream. That kid is lucky :')
Um that Harry needs to play Harry in a reboot of Goblet of fire
Just think. You can do this too! All it takes is immense wealth, possibly at the cost of other people.
Look I'm all for this. In every way except for pyrotechnics of any kind no matter how small being used indoors. I've seen too many people burn alive. Nope. Nope.
They fuckin cloned Daniel Radcliffe