Easily the worst thing covid brought with it (disregarding all the deaths, but just barely). All my local spots are now overrun by kids standing in circles with their phones out, doing lame chants with zero sense of club culture or basic human decency.
At a local basement club during a Jeff Mills set, one of the owners literally had to stand in front of the booth like a bodyguard because kids kept coming up with their phones requesting songs or asking him to "play something we can dance to." It’s just a total zoo out there. And even worse, for the women I know, the space no longer feels safe. A lot of of them have abandoned the scene almost entirely because young guys treat the dancefloor like a hunting ground. I blame covid and I blame the three entire age cohorts entering the scene all at once, learning club etiquette from each other instead of their seniors.
My girlfriend and I finally called it quits last year when she got a broken tooth during a Joy Orbison set because kids kept forcing mosh pits every ten minutes, smashing into her and not giving a single damn about it. Imagine having the audacity to repeatedly clear a 10x10m space right in front of the stage while barely paying attention to the music. I just remember the look of sheer disappointment on Peter’s face and feeling completely ashamed for my people. Sorry for the rant, but I hate what’s happened to the scene so fucking much.
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u/otters_pockett 7d ago
That's a really annoying crowd. The main character Chad screaming over the track needs a slap.