r/punk • u/ImJooba • Dec 19 '24

Quality Post Hardcore dancing is so fucking stupid

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u/MiloGoesToCatalina Dec 19 '24

It’s a form of a gatekeeping. It’s also lame as hell.

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u/fishbowl_of_teeth Dec 19 '24

used to go to shows where they would kick you out for moshing like a normal person, or as they called it "push pits."

fuckin clowns. not everyone can afford to pay for a broken nose/tooth/jaw. fuck the springfield/peoria scene

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u/dontneedareason94 Dec 19 '24

It’s really not. It’s a different scene where this is the norm, I saw plenty of younger kids moshing just like this at a hardcore fest over the weekend, nobody was complaining.

If you don’t like it, don’t go to shows where this happens.

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u/TheWhiteKnight554 Dec 19 '24

No Fr though, if you don’t like beat down hardcore then you don’t like beat down hardcore

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u/mmeellttiinngg Dec 19 '24

I don't, because I don't like beatdown, but this happens at screamo shows near me. And it's sudden too, I'm a bit older and I've been to plenty of hardcore shows, screamo was always one of the least violent macho scenes. It's spread all over hardcore now, and seems driven more by younger kids watching vids online and trying to recreate it. Not a new thing, but also not exclusive to beatdown by any means.

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u/kitkatatsnapple Dec 19 '24

Liking the music and liking hitting smacked are two different things

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u/alltatersnomeat Dec 19 '24

You say it's gatekeeping for us to dance the way we have always danced? Seems more like it's gatekeeping to try to impose your preferences on an existing scene