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Download festival rockers told to take off smartwatches after moshpits spark emergency alerts
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
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I am apparently the multiverse version of this guy. Can confirm.
Moshing is voluntary and most injuries sustained are from willing participants.
Crowd surfing is dangerous because there’s an entire show there people are watching. They’re not looking for some dickhead’s boot to come whizzing past their ear and into their partners head.
It’s also no fun because there is an insane amount of non consensual contact. On both sides. I don’t want to touch your ass but if you’ve been lobbed in my direction I don’t always get to choose because I need to keep an off balance portion of 135 pounds with momentum in an overhead press or the person beside me will get crushed by a scared flying idiot.