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Concerning the drugs/attendance.. i know theyre a crucial part of the scene, im not saying all ravers HAVE to be sober or anything, that would make me a hippocrite, its just i have brought the WRONG type of people to parties to try and beef up attendance. But sometimes its people who dont even give a shit about the music playing, who expect a cocktail of drugs when they step in the door, and in some very bad cases, prey on the girls, start fights, deal crap/fake drugs to try and rip people off, and so on. Theres always some.. i think chicago is comparitively doin good compared to other scenes i have partied in. I do my best to bring people out who enjoy the music and the environment and have a chance of becoming regular partiers. Lately cuz iv heard promotors are loosing $ from no attendance iv been spreading the word and bringin out any random soul who is willing. And when i do bring/meet first timers i try and make sure they have a sweet ass time so theyl come back. But a lot of times when i bring people who just arent into it (The music/environment), they just come to 1 party and thats it... I guess im not the one losing money for attendance (or in general) it so i can see where youre coming from.. but hopefully it wont be as much of an issue one day so you can see the relevance of my point here.
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Sorry i really want to touch on this topic a little more. It sucks getting ripped off. It sucks getting into fights, it sucks if your girlfriend gets advantage taken of her. It does. But this is a life lesson for everyone. You will learn more about street smarts going to raves than doing practically any other activity youngins can do. I know because of raves my street smarts are far beyond friends of mine that never got into it. This is exactly the reason for this though, because you either get smart, or you get burnt. Young ladies out there, if you dont want to get advantage taken of you, stick by your friends, dont get too fucked up that you wont know whats going on (no matter how much fun that is lol) - If you dont want to get ripped off, dont buy from people you dont know, or learn how to read people so you can judge if someone seems like an honorable person. You learn how to read people like that by getting ripped off 100 times - after a while you start being able to pick out the bullshit. What doesnt kill you makes you stronger. What it comes down to though is being able to roll with the punches and at the same time, keep a step back and be observant of every little detail of what is going on and how people are. You can learn a lot about people just by paying attention to the little things.
but yeah, thats just the way it is... with any scene, there will always be people you dont want there, don't think raves are anything different or anything special (aside from the fact that we have the best music
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