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Originally Posted by sacajaweaD
making it up yourself isn't really fun because then there's no story or point to the name. As far as I know, rave names are about a part of you that people can see, maybe something that you know about yourself, maybe something you didn't realize other people knew, or just something you like. You can get named by a good friend who has watched you rave for a long time, someone who you just met who you feel connected too, or an e-tard who just KNOWS what your name should be. Old friends, new friends, it can be your first rave or you can be named after 10 years of partying. Haha you can get a million suggestions for a name before the right one comes along or the first name you ever get can just feel perfect. It's ok to say no to a name somebody names you and if you rave for a long time then there are definitely people who go through different phases and don't relate to their rave name anymore, just like people switch nicknames in "normal" world.
It's ok to rave without a name, your friend should just wait until someone comes up with a name that he loves, he'll like it better than something he comes up with himself.
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Sounds about right to me.
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Originally Posted by Tych0
The whole rave name thing just has me in stitches. It cracks me up when someone comes up to me at a party, totally serious and goes "hi, my name is Dragonstar, what's yours?"  I mean, a cool nickname is one thing, like Chip, or Crash, or Osiris or something like that. Hell, Momo ain't too bad. But seriously what goes through peoples minds when they call themselves rabbitsparkle or some dumb shit like that? |
I guess rave names are not the easiest part of the culture to understand. There are two explanations I've thought of, and I think they are probably both true: I guess the superficial one is that it's not exactly smart to go around announcing to everyone who you really are when your on drugs, ect. The second is that rave culture brings out something like an alter-ego in a lot of people. Often times it's a much nicer, more empathetic, uniting in the movement side, hence names like sunshine, bounce, sparkle etc.
I think people the names also serve a lot of other purposes, such as "initiation" into the scene, denoting a part of a personality, denoting a purpose/function in the culture, etc.
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Originally Posted by juicebox_07
what goes through their minds?? come on, think about it...
ask any raver with a stupid fucked up name where they got it from or what it means..
what do they all have in common??
DRUGS!!
pretty much everyone who has a stupid name came up with it when they were high,
or when they did something stupid while they were high
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I really don't think it's just a random thing people do on drugs. It's way too widespread to not be serving a purpose in the culture.
What do other people think about the purpose of rave names?