Every time I attend and leave an emo/hardcore show I always get this nagging voice in my head that keeps saying >”Stop wasting your whole life”Is this a thought worth listening to? I try and fail every day but I also try, and slowly picking myself up to get to the “do” part. I felt for the longest time these were the safest places to be, since everyone there are fuckups. But that means that I surround myself with negativity, violence, and loud, depressing music. As a Christian, I see it as “music or the appcalypse”, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Do I follow the voice to stop wasting my time on Earth, or could this send me into further doom? Could I make a good compromise?I do like to do stupid things at shows, for example dance like someone who doesnt know how to dance, just exploding with the meager energy I have, as well as getting high before the show, or having very little sleep.
Correction: I mean like the theme of these kinds of events is that it is full of vice and sin, its a bit harsh to call them fuckups.
>>34634686You can live a good life and still engage in fun activities. You don't need to do hard drugs or whatever to attend hardcore/emo shows. Just dance, my nigga.
>>34634682>Every time I attend and leave an emo/hardcore show I always get this nagging voice in my head that keeps saying>>”Stop wasting your whole life”>Is this a thought worth listening toYes. However, you haven't given any alternative paths that would actually solve you wasting your life. Edgy emo shows, Christian goodie two-shoes, same posturing crap that are both wastes of time. False dichotomy. Two sides of the same coin.If you're not gonna fill the time with something actually constructive, then going or not going to le edgy emo music night actually makes zero difference in the end.>I do like to do stupid things at shows, for example dance like someone who doesnt know how to dance, just exploding with the meager energy I have, as well as getting high before the show, or having very little sleepAnd like the other guy said, dancing isn't the stupid part. Just dance you pussy. However the ruining your own bodily health just to attend a useless event is pretty stupid, ie getting high or sleep deprivation.
Speaking as someone who like, hardcore is my life dude, its good to think things like this. It's good to question the shit you surround urself with and be conscious of how an environment like that can impact you. For me, the whole culture of this stuff can be just as much the depravity you see in it as it is lifting eachother up and calling out the bullshit going on around in the world. Theres positive and negative, like any other community or whatever. I think the best mindset is to not like, just fall in with the crowd dude. The great thing about hardcore/emo scene is that its very individualist. If you have a better way to view what you doing n shit with this, stand on it man. So if you are looking for "compromise" or whatever, that's it to me, stand up for yourself and take more initiative and confidence into what you are doing. Otherwise I say try knocking out the shows and weed for a bit and see how you feel about things. Maybe the problem is something else, or maybe this scene just isnt for you, could always just experiment by taking a break from it all and seeing whats up ykno
It depends if the rest of your life is lacking and you need to sort yourself out, me personally I go to local metal gigs as and when I can but all of my affairs are in order in my personal life and I dont get fucked up at these places, couple of beers and thats that. Stop being an actual fuck up, the shows arent the issue.
>>34634759>>34634812>>34634686>>34635478I struggle with embarrassment when dancing. Its mostly why I do drugs at shows :(And you know, Im gonna try again and just dance tonight, cause I feel like an idiot sometimes and I just gotta own it thanks for the advice
>>34634682Just enjoy it
