Jaded Raver
You might be a JADED raver if...
- You snicker when you hear someone say "PLUR".
- You finally realized that phat pants are heavy and unpractical.
- You refrain from dancing unless the circle is of rather large
dimensions.
- When you do dance, you "battle".
- You learn to spin, and therefore have graduated to the "superior
rave status".
- You find out just how crooked promoters really are.
- You hate massives.
- You blame candy kids for everything retarded in the scene.
- You say "the scene" a lot.
- You find out how much better european electronic music really is.
- You find out that glow sticks were cool TEN years ago in the UK.
- You have pretended to be rolling at a party just to get a quick
laugh out of your friends.
- When you ARE on E, you do your best to act normal.
- You realize how cool Drum n' Bass is.
- You realize how lame progressive trance is.
- You find out that American DJ's are completely overrated.
- You have close friends who don't give a fuck about raving.
- You think that maybe YOU don't really give a fuck either.
- The smell of Vicks makes you physically sick.
- You can't help but laugh when someone tries to give you a "glow
stick show".
- You learn to break.
- If you want to actually "roll," you have to eat about four pills
at
once.
- You can get those four pills for the same price that everyone
else
pays for one.
- You drink beer at after parties.
- You quit collecting fliers.
- You have unsubscribed from your rave mailing list, because "none
of
those fucking little kids understand a thing about raving, dammit!"
- You can't remember the last time you went to a party and didn't
think it sucked.
- You can't remember much in general.
- You realize that ravers aren't nearly as genuine as the hippies
were.
- You wouldn't mind if that kid with the whistle accidentally
swallowed it and died.
- You are actually called by your real name.
- You realize that the general public shouldn't be blamed for
hating
raves.
- You think ECKO is the sickest gear money can buy.
- You talk shit as much as possible.
- You value things in terms of vinyl, (ex: "that's an eight record
pair of pants.")
- You DESPISE Happy Hardcore.
- You DESPISE candy.
- You have seen a thirteen year old "raver" on ecstasy and felt
like
leaving the party because of it.
- You know what a 303 is.
- You no longer feel the need to advertise your "rave-ness" to the
world.
- You realize shell toes are shitty shoes.
- You can't count how many pairs you have owned.
- You know that post-rave sex is awful.
- You've punked kids who tried to get in a circle that was outta
their
league.
- You can determine where a raver is from just by the way they
dance.
- You know that LA ravers can't dance worth a shit.
- You find out that underground parties still happen quite
frequently,
despite what 98% of the raving populous thinks.
- You party sober and now understand how stupid you looked when you
didn't.
- You know who PRODUCED your favorite tracks, not just which DJ
bought
it and put it on a mix CD.
- You read URB.
- You have day-dreams that involve the Telletubies and a large
rusty
chainsaw.
- Your parents gave up on you becoming normal a long, long time
ago.
- You know why GHB and special K are for fucking idiots.
- You understand electro and minimal techno now.
- You hate rave ho's.
- You could out-dance any boy band, any day, while smoking a
cigarette.
- You begin to notice how often big DJ's blow mixes.
- You think sweaty guys who run around the party shirtless should
get
thrown out.
- You act like a punk-ass bitch to security, police, and any other
authority.
- You purposely wear way too much clothing to parties, because you
know that dancing in a turtleneck sweater looks fucking ill.
- You say "ill" a lot.
- You have replaced Caffiene, JNCO, and Adidas with Technic,
Vestax,
and JBL.
- You know that raving is all about the music, but RAVERS are not.
- You find the jungle room much more appealing now.
- You can actually dance to jungle.
- You hate Feelgood and Coolworld.
- You laugh out loud when you walk into Jamba Juice and they're
playing dance music.
- You see guys from your high school football team at a party.
- You know raving is mainstream as fuck.
- The bigger the flier, the less you want to go to the party.
- You can re-tell the story of how raving came to America quite
accurately.
- You hate Anthem tracks.
- Your sleeping, and eating habits are completely fucked up.
- You're not racist, but you just have to wonder where the hell all
those Asian kids are coming from.
- You sit around with friends and tell old "rave disaster" stories.
- You are amazed that you are somehow still alive.