Friday booze!

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Well, fellow chronic drunkards decent folks, sounds like we got famous!

The BBC is at it again! Waving their moralistic-preachy righteous indignation into our face!

The full piece:
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Now, I won't waste your time rambling about who ordered said documentary, what their agenda was, whether it presented things in a fair way (the comment sections speak for themselves), and who wins and who loses from such a development.

Funny thing is, the journalists who did this piece seem to truly believe they're making, as the PC term goes, "constructive criticism", while what some at this side of the tourism business divide are calling, "an intentional smearing campaign". But let me remind you folks that there's nothing like bad publicity. There's just... you know, publicity. If the BBC "investigators" truly believed/hoped their investigation would make Western (British?) youngsters think twice before going to booze heaven aka Sunny Beach, I'd say they don't know shit about how youngsters' brains operate. Sooo... expect the number of drunken tourists crawling on all fours along the Sunny Beach alleys at night to double next summer! All the while, vacating all the remaining parts of our amazing coast for the, you know, more normal folks who want to get something out of their experience that goes beyond drinking one's fill with cheap booze and then vomiting it all on the pavement. Win-win. Hoorah?

And while we're at it, and because it's Friday, here's a glimpse of the "decent" Western youth who definitely behave themselves just right when they're not spending that extra week off at our depraved but utterly irresistible Black Sea coast. Generously compiled for your convenience by a site that aptly calls itself Embarrassing Night Club Photos. Enjoy if you can!

What A Special Family!


So Romantic!


"How The F**k Did I End Up Here??"


Busted!!!


No Shame!


What's Going On Here Then?


Looks Like He's Had One Too Many!


Don't Do Drugs!!


Taking The Song "Pass Out" To New Levels...


The Party Was Raving!


We Know Who Wears The Trousers!


Read The Badge???


Set Of Dogs...


LOL


Mind you, I did spare you some of the more unbeaeable crap. In some cases, quite literally.


And now, reality strikes back.

The overall conclusion: the BBC movie is in fact a scathing verdict on the mindless drunken oblivion of the British youth, and is entirely Britain's problem. Alcohol really forgives no one. In fact, turns out, as filming proceeded, a number of British tour operators had personally met with the investigator and asked them to please leave their hotels and urged them not to reveal to the British public what their youth really looks like. As the larger picture reveals, the problem is not with Sunny Beach, or Phuket, or any other such place; the problem is with the scum that goes there to get wasted.

Comments

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

From where I stand, it seems the documentary is indeed focused on the degradation of the British youth rather than the arena that this resort happens to be in this particular case. It could be any resort, anywhere. The actors are what matters to the investigation. And, while this is the real task of journalism, to put a mirror in front of society, unfortunately I do not expect this to have any sobering (pun unintended) effect for the society this film is attempting to address.

This is only confirmed by what you said about the probable effect of the film. I have no doubt that next year the influx of tourists aiming at cheap booze will be much more, and largely thanks to unintentional advertisements like this.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

You know, the really sad thing is that there are tons of cultural and historic sites just a couple of miles away from that place, a fascinating UNESCO heritage site (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/217) featuring a millenia-old city dating back to Antiquity, etc... But if you ask any of the folks from this documentary if they know a thing about Nessebar and the likes, they'd just stare back at you and yell, "Duuuude, gimme more vodka!"

[airiefairie.livejournal.com]

Yes, and my point is that the BBC investigators did not "truly believe/hope their investigation would make Western (British?) youngsters think twice before going to booze heaven aka Sunny Beach". They were fully aware that the youngsters would probably just move to another booze heaven and do the same things. You are correct, the problem is not Sunny Beach or any other arena. It could even be Wolverhampton or Southend, Portsmouth or most likely Brighton or whatever.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile, it's not like we don't share part of the responsibility. We've intentionally turned this particular resort into booze heaven for the sake of profit. And then some of us act so surprised and hurt when it's called what it really is.

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

Go into any UK town on a Saturday night and the gutters will be flowing with vomit; and staggering, legless, young men and women will be falling over and pissing themselves in alcohol-induced bouts of incontinence.

And 'twas ever thus:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Lane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin_Lane)

Sorry that your folk have to clean up after these inebriated louts.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Been there, done that. There was a rock nightclub somewhere near Islington where I literally saw rivers of vomit on the pavement outside.

[papasha-mueller.livejournal.com]

Bulgarian gov't ain't no match to BBC.
BBC have bigger budget.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

No gubmint got nuffin on them BeeBeeCee, comrade!

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Nice try, but...

BBC budget for 2012 (http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/annualreport/pdf/bbc_executive_2011_12.pdf) = J4.808 bn ($ 7.775 bn)

BG budget for 2012 (http://www.euinside.eu/en/news/bulgarian-2012-budget-sans-changement) = BGN 31.648 ($ 22.052 bn)

That makes your estimate off by roughly 3-fold.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Still, a media has one third of the budget of a country. WTF, Sofia!?

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

Well, the Pirates of the Caribbean movies cost a total of $0.450 bn. That puts them on par with some of the minor countries in terms of annual GDP.

[htpcl.livejournal.com]

Now imagine how many hungry kids that would've fed!

[johnny9fingers.livejournal.com]

You're in danger of sounding like me.

[papasha-mueller.livejournal.com]

per capita.

No, let me rephrase myself.

BBC budget is ALL used for propaganda. Except for the wild nature documentaries, of course, which is cheap to make (lions and crocodiles are not paid for acting).
Bulgarian government, except propaganda, have to spend to maintain army, police, courts, national post, railways, weather forecast bureau, public telephones, general health and VD prevention. Etc.

BBC auditorium is half of the 'western' world (est.)
What the Bulgarian government says nobody gives a fuck. Except Bulgarians themselves, of course. Well, half of them (est.)

The efficiency, or ROI of BBC per capita is incomparably higher.

Hope this helps and sorry for inconvenience.

PS. Please bear in mind that costs are fixed:
making a propaganda bullshit is same thing, while the number of people watching it differs.

Now, that's it, for now.

[luvdovz.livejournal.com]

per capita.

Aah. Goalpost shifting, then. Good, goood.

[papasha-mueller.livejournal.com]

I've just elaborated on it, pls re-read.

[nairiporter.livejournal.com]

The comments under the video really speak for themselves. Most are calling out the hypocrisy behind the documentary, many are acknowledging the fascinating side of your culture. This is a refreshing and encouraging change from the usual pattern existing in the Youtube comment sections.