> Without scalping, it doesn’t matter how badly I want to go to an event, if I am not lucky enough or fast enough, or able to wait in line, I can’t get a ticket

> Without scalping, it doesn’t matter how badly I want to go to an event, if I am not lucky enough or fast enough, or able to wait in line, I can’t get a ticket. Except it does matter how badly you want to go... if you really want to go but you don't want to wait in line, and someone else also badly wants to go, and they do want to wait... they want it more. They deserve it. So really you're against a meritocracy based on how badly someone wants to go to the concert, and instead want to define merit based on discretionary income. It takes some self-awareness but people really need to take themselves out of their bubbles before they speak. I can't imagine people who don't live in the HN bubble saying things like "if I really want to go I can just pay more, duh" it's a bad look that's the root if why people look down on "techies" as being aloof and socially backwards.