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I'm pretty sure this is fake because most arranged (consentual) kidnappings I've heard of have cost much more than $4.99/month.
by gee_totes 13y ago
I'm pretty sure this is fake because most arranged (consentual) kidnappings I've heard of have cost much more than $4.99/month.
- sargun 13y agoI'm pretty sure it's a concept / hoax / Tacocopter-esque sort of thing. It looks pretty cool though. Some background on the person behind the project: http://www.sosaythewaiters.com/ http://www.sosaythewaiters.com/
- mesozoic 13y agoMaybe it's like a lottery where 1 member a month gets a kidnapping. The idea is super weird to me though.
- gee_totes 13y agoA friend of a friend payed for college by doing kidnappings like this. Basically, people would come to him wanting to be kidnapped, to feel a rush of adrenaline that comes with a life threatening experience. Paying his rates for kidnapping -- 10K and up -- was not something a rational person would do. His clients were similar to those of the high-end dominatrix; rich, successful, people (usually men), with deep-seated complexes. Maybe the meaning had left their lives. Maybe a past trauma had gotten them addicted to adrenaline and violence. Maybe they saw themselves a big kidnapping targets, and the faux kidnappings were just training for the real thing. Whatever the reason, people paid him to do it.
- greenyoda 13y agoAssuming it wasn't fake, all sorts of things could go wrong with something like this. For example, what's to stop someone from scheduling a non-consensual kidnapping of another person as a prank?