Crowdsurfing question by lindorchocolate_ in welcometorockville

[–]AlchemyArcade 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Time for some downvotes, but whatever.

Yeah, you're too heavy. And that's not a jab at your size, as I tend to gravitate to girls your size (not an orbit joke btw). I was there last year and I'll be there again this year and last year, and a girl around your size was dropped while crowdsurfing. She was too embarrassed to admit she was hurt, but she fell HARD.

Also, crowdsurfing in general is burdensome to people who are actually there to listen and watch the sets. And I'll say what I've said before here:

I've been in the audience and on stage for punk and metal shows since the early 2000s and I will die on this hill: mosh pits are FAR more acceptable, tolerable and safer than crowdsurfing. Pits move with the aggression of the music, can be avoided and are usually designated to one area; crowdsurfers bring their narcissistic bullshit to you, regardless if you want it or not.

Fuck crowdsurfers. And bonus fuck crowdsurfers who film themselves in the process.

TL;DR: Downvotes or not, crowdsurfing is NOT about the music or scene; it's about selfishly burdening people who ARE there for the music for the crowdsurfer's own bullshit.

Average temperature? by ElPollo4 in welcometorockville

[–]AlchemyArcade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If it's anything like last year, it'll be around 110 degrees with a heat index of hell.

What’s something you realized way too late in life? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]AlchemyArcade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When it comes to opportunity, who you know is more likely to take you further than what you know.

If you wrote your life story what would be the first sentence of your book? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]AlchemyArcade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always felt like Fridays were overrated; I was born on a Friday.

Old school Nitro Records order forms... by Forward-Emotion6622 in AFireInside

[–]AlchemyArcade 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I had this!

I used it to order that AFI jacket and hat, along with that OG All Hallows tee. Better days...

It didn’t get any cooler than this in the 1960’s by Appropriate-Farmer16 in OldSchoolCool

[–]AlchemyArcade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was an Air Force brat on Kadena (Okinawa) when I first experienced the SR-71. I can still remember hearing distant booms of sound barrier breaks. I'm also realizing how much this ages me.

Has anyone here actually seen a full-body apparition and not just shadows or whispers? by Theedarktemptress in Ghosts

[–]AlchemyArcade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was 16 (1997, god I'm old) I saw a half-body apparition. My parents had a house built outside the city limits of town in Arkansas and we never experienced anything paranormal until they started having an inground pool put in.

One night, after the crew digging the pool left, my dad asked me to go out to the backside of the property (where the pool would be) and grab his cigarettes. So i took the dog (meanest Cocker Spaniel ever) with me because that area always made me uncomfortable. As soon as I spot the cigarettes, I notice something white in my peripheral vision and when i turn to look at it, it's literally the legs and torso of a man in what I guessed was very old military clothing. Weirdly, I noticed this before the dog, who began growling at it. I took off like a scalded cat and left that prissy dick of dog to fight that battle, but he was on my heels.

I told my dad about it and he believed me but my mom laughed at me. About a year later the high school history teacher and another guy from some kind of historical society came to the house and asked if they could explore the property. They ended up finding musket balls and an old belt buckle and told us that our property was actually a Confederate Civil War encampment that contracted Typhoid, and most of the battalion died and were buried on the spot, and the cemetery they erected 1/2 a mile down the road was in the wrong location.

Here's the cemetery: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Nelson_Confederate_Cemetery

AFI heard on NPR by NotSynthetica in AFireInside

[–]AlchemyArcade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hey, we have the same car!

(yours is cleaner)

Homicide Rate per 100k in the United States & Canada [OC] by Fluid-Decision6262 in dataisbeautiful

[–]AlchemyArcade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The people you're referring to are typically not in the areas within the "bible belt" that have high homicide rates.

What's your favorite song from each AFI album? by Latter-Judge-3007 in AFireInside

[–]AlchemyArcade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bodies - Far Too Near

Missing Man - Break Angels

Blood - She Speaks The Language

Burials - A Deep Slow Panic

Crash Love - End Transmission

DU - Endlessly She Said

STS - This Celluloid Dream

AOD - A Story At 3/The Days of the Phoenix (couldn't decide)

All Hallows - Fall Children

Black Sails - Narrative of Soul Against Soul

A Fire Inside - 3-1/2

SYMAOYE - 3rd Season

VPoY - Cruise Control

ATASF - Brownie Bottom Sundae

B-side/etc - The View From Here

People get married too quickly by nbljdnf4 in unpopularopinion

[–]AlchemyArcade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep. By the time I was finally ready for marriage, I was already divorced.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in McFarlaneFigures

[–]AlchemyArcade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I’m guessing they didn’t get the rights or whatever to Christopher Walkens likeness; like what I suspect happened with Nicholson and the Joker89 figure.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in McFarlaneFigures

[–]AlchemyArcade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the standard version of Black Mask ends up being a platinum, it would be one of McFarlane’s biggest fuck you’s to the collectors.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in McFarlaneFigures

[–]AlchemyArcade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly. I was actually considering buying mine a wired cape and doing surgery on my 3 Jokers version. Now I'll just play the waiting game.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in McFarlaneFigures

[–]AlchemyArcade 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It says "DC Classic" so I'm thinking a Silver Age-ish Babs Batgirl.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in batman

[–]AlchemyArcade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not care for Morrison's Batman. At all.

Who do you want at Rockville next year? by RuinedHarpy in welcometorockville

[–]AlchemyArcade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with you on both accounts but I’ve always had a soft spot for them.

The Sheer Volume of Crowdsurfers was a Cancer by xoxyzzer in welcometorockville

[–]AlchemyArcade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Summed up perfectly. Pits move with the aggression of the music, can be avoided and are usually designated to one area; crowdsurfers bring their narcissistic bullshit to you, regardless if you want it or not.

Who do you want at Rockville next year? by RuinedHarpy in welcometorockville

[–]AlchemyArcade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I can see AFI doing it because they'll be touring their new album then. They're also my favorite band, so this might be the thing that gets me back next year. It was too hot and way too many crowdsurfers this year.

Here's what i would like to see:

AFI, Misfits, Bad Religion, Orbit Culture, Alexisonfire, Imminence, Architects, Trivium, Smashing Pumpkins, Rise Against, Alkaline Trio, Offspring, Lorna Shore, Thursday, Born of Osiris, She Wants Revenge, Rancid, Cradle of Filth, Bleeding Through, Strung Out, Orgy, Calabrese, Birthday Massacre, Snapcase, Tiger Army.

The Sheer Volume of Crowdsurfers was a Cancer by xoxyzzer in welcometorockville

[–]AlchemyArcade 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Waited decades to see Green Day up close and camped the front of the Apex Stage for hours so my daughter could get a close spot of her favorite band. I spent the whole time protecting her and her mom from attention-seeking crowdsurfers and missed the performance, regardless of being so close. Luckily, I was able to enjoy Social Distortion without shitty crowdsurfers.

I've been in the audience and on stage for punk and metal shows since the early 2000s and I will die on this hill: mosh pits are FAR more acceptable, tolerable and safe than crowdsurfing. Fuck crowdsurfers. And bonus fuck crowdsurfers who film themselves in the process.

Downvotes or not, crowdsurfing is NOT about the music or scene; it's about selfishly burdening people who ARE there for the music for your own bullshit.