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I have the opportunity to go to a SA concert next year but I'm old and Grey. I don't want go if im the ceeepy old guy. Thoughts? I do know and enjoy a bit of his misic.

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[–] not_that_guy05@lemmy.world 55 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No one cares how old you are as long as don't act like a creep. When I was going to shows and raves early 2k, there were still old heads going with parachute pants and beads. Don't know now after COVID, since I've seen videos without PLUR and becoming more of an influencer show now.

[–] Tugboater203@kbin.social 25 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'll dust off my finest Hawaiian shirt, I may have to go to Goodwill to get my parachute pants back though.

Fuck yeah! Have fun, friend!

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 34 points 2 years ago

Hell, Aioki himself turns 46 this month... I think you're overthinking it.

[–] DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca 32 points 2 years ago

I don't think you'll have much of an issue. He started getting mainstream success over 10 years ago, and he's in his 40's.

[–] HappyRedditRefugee@lemm.ee 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

There are always older peeps in rave, festivals, concerts, discos... no one cares, and to be fair, I don't think most people in communitiy would take kindly to ageisim. Enjoy!

[–] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 years ago

Go with confidence my friend

[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago
  1. Have fun, publicly and obviously
  2. Be clean and dressed not too far out of the norm for the fandom (according to the subculture norms, not familiar with the artist in question)
  3. Don't approach anyone with any kind of sexual hints, even if ambiguous
  4. Act like you know others will make fun of you for being a creepy old guy, show you own it
[–] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Is everyone a bot in here?! When did he change his name to Aioki???

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

By the way.,.yes, we're all bots... Go deal with your captchas, human.

[–] scottywh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Would you prefer that people referred to the guy as the Benihana kid?

[–] Tugboater203@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Lol a bot would have spelled it right. I'm leaving my mistake, and basking in it.

[–] Eonandahalf@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I mean…

[–] pipe01@lemmy.pipe01.net 1 points 2 years ago

Lol I was just going to google it

Keep you eyes on the show and not the kids?

[–] Devi@kbin.social 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I saw him at a festival years ago and the crowd was quite mixed, I don't think you'd look out of place at all.

[–] ursakhiin@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah.. dudes been active since the 90s. Is his crowd considered young?

[–] pip@slrpnk.net 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This sounds a tad vain, however, it would probably depend on how you dress (and act)

[–] metaStatic@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago

hello fellow kids

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How the hell would it sound vain to worry about being creepy??

[–] pip@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I meant that about what I said. That it's mainly appearance-based

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What if I don’t give a shit what kids think of me and I ignore their annoying asses the whole time?

[–] pip@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then go ahead, be my guest! Just answering, y'know, the question of the post mainly.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] volleyballcrocodile@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You aren't OP and the original comment you replied to was not addressing you. Dress how you want.

The point is fair, if you want to fit in at any event, because you do in fact care, then it helps to dress in a manner that suits the general style of that event.

If you don't care, wear what you want. I'm not sure why you are getting offended by something so trivial that was not directed at you.

It's how human nature works, before you meet sometime, all you can judge them on is their appearance. Are they wearing a filthy beard and rags at a concert? Probably a crazy hobo. Are they past middle age and wearing a mankini? Probably a big borat fan and a bit of a weirdo.

It's not a difficult concept and you don't have to care if you don't want to. It's all good.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The whole point of public comments is so that people can give you shit and everyone else can see how you can’t take a joke.

I thought the point of public comments was to have an interesting discussion with people you don't know, but if you want to make it about giving people shit then all good for you. Trolling is so boring really.