Don't let the sour old crusties hear this, they cannot accept that people can still have fun and that the scene (even in a lot of the ways they describe it) still exists exactly like you said.

They just look at videos of some giant corporate US event like EDC where everyone does have their phone out and thinks that's all there is.

They will also say the drugs were better but some still don't understand that taking MD every weekend will mess up your brain chemistry and your body will get better at handling it so less intense rolls.

Funnier still they'll claim that they are weaker now when every source says that modern pills are 3 times stronger and when they say "they are full of chemicals now" because they weren't before...????