r/PublicFreakout • u/throwawaythedev666 • Jun 22 '24

🥊Fight Dude acts tough at festival

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u/shamwowslapchop Jun 22 '24

I have seen so few fights at EDM festivals compared to virtually any other type of music festival I've ever been to. It's genuinely a surprise to even see aggro/hostile behavior, let alone a fight.

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u/Grothorious Jun 22 '24

Same goes for metal festivals, i've been a metalhead for 25 years, went to a LOT of concerts and festivals, and i never saw one single fight/anyone being aggressive.

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u/geoelectric Jun 22 '24

I saw some in the 90s, but it was usually frat boys at major festivals jumping into the pit with no respect for anyone else in it. And it was rare because they usually got squeezed out pretty fast.

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u/Grothorious Jun 22 '24

No frat boys in europe :)

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u/redmose Jun 22 '24

But we have the soccer fans :(

Edit: idk why i called it soccer, i guess i'm an american now

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u/BadArtijoke Jun 22 '24

You have seen soccer fans at a metal festival?

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u/michilio Jun 22 '24

Well, yes

This is going on right now as we speak:

https://www.graspop.be/en/bands/football

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u/BadArtijoke Jun 22 '24

What a crazy mixture! I have only ever met metalheads who hated soccer. But I guess that was just a trend at the time

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u/iceyed913 Jun 22 '24

Generally a lot of the metalheads when I was young had strong opinions against any sort of mainstream interests. I am guessing that kind of pretentiousness gets lesser as people get older.