Fyre Festival

In the year of our lord 2017, washed-up early 2000s rapper Ja Rule decided to throw a fake concert/festival event in the Bahamas to scam a bunch of rich millennials out of their money. This was advertised as 5-star "glamping" with luxury accommodations, fine dining courtesy of Steven Starr, pirate ships, private jets, surfing, and an all-star line-up of epic music acts like Ja Rule, Blink 182, and the Bogdanovs. Instead, the trust funded twenty-somethings paid $10-20k to end up stranded in a POW camp with prison food, FEMA tents, Ikea beds, a single port-a-potty, and not an artist in sight. And if that weren't enough, the infamous /pol/ board got involved and started trolling.

What They Got

People actually paid $20,000 for this About missing Pics

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  Signing fake papers for refunds like idiots.
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  Human trafficking? Moar likely than you think.
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  /pol/ joins in the fun.

It Keeps Getting Dumber

Le Reddit and Twitter quickly exploded with butthurt complaints while the concertgoers still had battery life in their phones. Genuine posters were quickly joined by /pol/tards who exaggerated, false-flagged, misled, and of course blamed the Jews. The /r/fyrefestival/ subreddit ended up melting down and going offline as a result of this. What is certain thus far is that a bunch of spoiled rich kids are stranded in the Bahamas in refugee-tier conditions while the internet is busily drinking up the lulz. While there have been no reports of kidnapping or murder (yet), many partygoers report luggage and possessions being stolen by the shady security guards, waiting around for hours, and dealing with a clusterfuck of disorganization. On top of that, they flew there in shitty economy seats -- the lucky ones are stuck in Miami International.

As for Ja Rule, there is wild speculation about his master plan. He may plan to take all their money and run, sell the millennials into slavery and become a warlord, revitalize his long-extinct rap career, create an irl enactment of Lord of the Flies, or all of the above.

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