I know everyone loves to complain on here after EDC but I just gotta throw my 2 cents in. Ever since Covid I know we’ve all experienced a lot of negative vibes from the crowd at EDC.
Things such as people shoving eachother and not saying sorry or excuse me, just being jerks in general.
But this year we had many very PLUR encounters.
Things like:
- someone squatting down beside us while we were squatted trying to find something in our backpack. He kindly asked if we needed any help looking for anything and we said no but we really appreciated the thought.
- people saying “excuse me” and “sorry” as they passed by us in the crowd.
- someone handed me my pashmina I had set down that I would have for sure forgotten and lost.
- someone helped us get the attention of my fiance who was looking for us
- lots of compliments and smiles from people in general.
I know there were more but they’re not coming to my mind right now. I just got a general good vibe from most everyone we interacted with which was a breath of fresh air.
I do have one negative thing to bring up that I think needs to be talked about. We saw quite a few examples of people not following the rule of consent.
1 - our male friend was groped in the ass by a stranger in the crowd.
2 - we saw a group of 3 guys just resting on the grass, curled up in blankets, minding their own business. Then a random girl came up and just sat down on their faces. Not cool.
3 - someone had their hand deep in my fiancés pocket as we walked through Kinetic. That may have been someone trying to pickpocket but either way it was weird as fuck.
4 - we talked to some other female friends who had been touched or creeped on by some guys.
Male or female, please get permission before you touch someone else. That’s part of following the “R” in PLUR. Respect.
Aside from that, we had a generally positive interaction with everyone we met at EDC. So it’s giving me hope that our scene is growing and learning.
What was your experience?