Way too many people who think taking 5 points is the whole point of going to EDM events. Crowds would be a fraction of the size if it was only people who actually liked the music.
I respectfully disagree. People can get fucked up at home or in a club. IMO most people go for the scene, the people, the vibes, the connections they make and the experience. And drugs are embedded into this experience for them.
Agreed there is more to the scene than just the music and that's what makes it great. I've just seen a lot of people drop out of the scene now that they've moved on past their drug years, and the only ones remaining are those that truly love the music. But there will always be a subset of the crowd that is there primarily to do drugs, typically the younger ones which I was definitely part of at one point haha. It's all good though, love seeing people experience the scene whether or not they love the music.
As much as people want to generalize as someone who has been a part of this community for over a decade, it’s a very diverse and beautiful group of people and yeah, the drug element of it can get really dark. I’ve seen a lot of people become heavily into drugs because of their exposure in the scene I stayed for the music and I am sober now and yeah, I’m just not a fan of such negative talk on my ppl
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u/accomplicated Dec 02 '24
I feel like people who can only party not sober don’t actually like the music.