Mermaids DigiFest

[Whatisthisfuckery]

Mermaids need more money, apparently. Quite where the rest has gone I can’t imagine.

mermaidsuk.org.uk/digifest2020/

Aaah so that's where they all are...

See theres a surprise guest in the comments

The harrop donated 500£

So he could be on Mermaids TV?

Sex Shops and Sex Toys.

Are these really suitable subjects for the guests to be laughing about on Mermaids DigiFest (yes, I've just been watching). And one of the guests has a comedienne friend who's made a great movie about Hazing apparently.

Immediately after making comments about Sex Toys, the guests was asked by Jake and Hannah if they had any advice for "all the kids watching".

At least there were only 332 viewers.

• oh, and the list of "recommended channels" down the left hand side were populated with violent video game channels.

Thought these people wanted "safe spaces"?

Dear god.

Immediately after making comments about Sex Toys, the guests was asked by Jake and Hannah if they had any advice for "all the kids watching".

Ugh.

It is, sunlight, though.

Although I do think that sometimes even with the curtains wide bloody open, people aren't actually seeing the illumination. But, fortunately, they do in the end.

A very creepy slothhead person on dividers now - casey something - sounds like an adult?

Sarah Stuart's thread was up to her usual standards. I don't know how she stands doing the reportage on face to face events like this.

I see mermaids have had to cancel all their training sessions. Every cloud has a silver lining.

That is bloody brilliant news.

From Mermaids website

What services are closed or postponed?

We have taken the difficult but necessary decision to cancel or postpone all group events or appearances with immediate effect to allow people to self-isolate and minimise risk

For the latest information on changes or cancellations relating to events including residentials, please refer to our events page

Unfortunately, other cancellations and postponements until further notice include:

– Local Mermaids groups: For more information email: [email protected]
– Training sessions. For more information email: [email protected]
– Public events / appearances including Pride events until further notification
– Broadcast media contributions unless via video link or phone from isolation

mermaidsuk.org.uk/news/covid-19-information/

So GNC kids still get to be .....GNC kids. For a few more months anyway.

I don't have twitch and don't propose to start now, but the clips mostly didn't top 100 views. Is that just a web thing and the app did better, or did DigiFest fall flat on its ass?

Telethons are a dying art form, ain't they? Even Comic Relief and Children in Need are creaking with the effort of filling an entire evening with waffle punctuated by two minute 'special' skits of well known soaps and costume dramas.

Mermaids drumming up excitement for Jeffrey Marsh doing a 'meditation' and then arrogantly talking over a young TM is barely going to register.

They said they raised £11,000
Money raised to target children.

Utterly shameless

Interesting given hbomberwhatsit raised £300k ish.

11000 is nothing really. I mean it would be if you were trying to cover court fees or a holiday but not for wide scale work...

Mind u at the same time presumably they have almost zero expenses given they just need a couple of people on a phone/lap top right now.

So what it going on?

and 332 views ?

3 of those were harrop susie and MM ...

That cant have been it

In terms of the afore-mentioned telethons, £11,000 is basically the head of Natwest, Banbury coming on the breakaway local segment with an oversized cardboard cheque and looking awkward before cutting back to London where John Barrowman is waving his cock around again.

Hadn't thought about this but yes - all the workplaces they do training for are the kind where staff will now have been sent home to work. Schools are closed. And training like this will not be a high priority when the lockdown ends and companies have to get back on their feet. Indeed a silver lining.

I didn't spend any time on it but the little I saw was pretty dull and there didn't seem to be much activity. £11,000 seems a lot.

Not considering that £4850 of it came from one single anonymous donation (why not £5k on-the-dot? Very odd)

Most training sessions at corporates will be paid for by the company they visit. Travel expenses often included.

£11k pushes them just over the £10k they said they wanted. Modest amount, can't be seen to show a loss on target, especially during captive audience lockdown. Not a chance they'd put that much effort into getting just a few grand. They wanted waaaaay more than that. Oh well.

What happened to Russell Tovey? He was the biggest 'name' they originally had on the line up and he abruptly disappeared. His Twitter account still posting yesterday, but no mention of it at all and he disappeared from the line up. But no apologies, no 'sorry won't be appearing as ill' type announcements. Wonder if he had second thoughts?

Maybe he did due diligence ?

Is there some rule about disclosing donations over £5K that would explain someone giving £4850?