The event I went to was at small bar in san francisco, walking distance from where I was living at the time. There were a bunch of older journos reminiscing in the back, saying things like “time was, they’d have flown us all to new york for some big event, and now all we get is an open bar.”
Part of me was like “what privileged jerks” and another part was like “I wish I’d gotten to do that.” That’s capitalism for ya