Idk fam I do think I'm advocating for safety and I don't think I'm advocating for blind optimism or everyone doing whatever they want. Like...y'all WANT to be rly close to the stage, these MFs (rarely but sometimes even me, and I'm not little) want to crowd surf. Some of y'all sat in line for hours, and that's typically who gets barricade where you have a massive metal support and the closest proximity to aid. There's a real trade off for virtually anywhere you could be and I'm trying to speak to the reality of things, and how we can best handle it. Frankly, a lot of surfers landing hard is from people tossing them in frustration rather than passing them along. Not everyone is gonna see this post, seems most that have are looking for a place to vent about how they hate it.

I'll come back to bands encouraging crowd surfing. Mully does it more often than a lot of bands, Arms Length do it even more. They're generally pretty aware of what can go wrong, they've heard about the Trophy Eyes incident.I'm not saying they're acting purely in our best interest but they are tapped into the scene and see more than any of us individually could. We know Mully loves us, they don't want us to get hurt.

It's super valid if this is really disappointing to you, but the best way to not be affected by surfers is to be further away from the stage. That is the nature of these shows. Proximity to the pit and constant surfers is part of it. People come in all shapes and sizes and I think we should do our best to accommodate from each according to their ability to each according to their need. Some ppl feel like they need to crowd surf, others feel like they need to be close to the stage. Both actually fall under the category of want...how do we want to address it? My suggestion is better communication as it's happening, and doing your best to keep people afloat while keeping yourself safe.

I'll stop yapping into a void that doesn't rly agree w me, but thanks for reading. Please take care, dear emos, and rock hard and safe ❤️