Skua

Agreed on this. There are at least four separate moments of incredible reveals, and so many little details work towards creating a powerful atmosphere. It's amazing

Trico may not exactly be a dog, but Trico is still a very good dog

Outer Wilds, both at the end and when I found the DLC spoiler character. Good tears, though. It's beautiful

Absolutely phenomenal headline and it's not even an exaggeration

Honestly I don't think dropping them is a particular loss. I use them in work writing and then in more casual writing if I happen to be using the keyboard I use for that work since I have a key binding for it, but that's all. The distinction of dash length (or of dashes from hyphens) doesn’t bring anything useful to our writing in my opinion

You'll be fine! Especially since you're there with your wife, you've got good company to distract you from whatever anyone else is doing if the show isn't already doing that. All sorts of people show up at concerts, even if they don't always show up in the photos and videos of those concerts as much

I went to a Heilung gig a few years back (incredible experience, by the way) and it was really funny in a lovely way to look at the crowd. It was like a straight 50/50 split of people that looked like the very stereotype of 60s hippies and equally stereotypical metalheads. Flower crowns and corpse paint right next to each other. We all had a great time together

I'm quite a tall guy and not the most outgoing a lot of the time, so I do understand how it's easy to feel like you're sticking out in a crowd. Thing is though, everyone is there to see the act, not to people-watch the audience

That's largely limited by ticket sales nowadays, right? Responsible / law-abiding venues (in countries with good regulation on it) don't sell so many standing tickets that the risk gets too high

The wiki page you linked in the other reply has a link to a list page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal_crowd_crushes

You'll notice that very few recent ones are at concerts, and those that are consistently involve serious mismanagement of the event and usually something inciting large-scale fear responses

You are right that it's less safe than being seated, and you do need to watch out for your surroundings and be ready to get yourself out if you think it's too much. It is a problem that we know how to handle for the most part without banning all standing areas, though

Feminazgul

I'm surprised to see someone say that they don't think standing tickets are allowed any more, what gave you that impression?

Regardless, being in the standing section is exciting and usually a very good view. It's not necessarily the right atmosphere for every person or every show, but if you enjoy the feeling of being in the crowd as everyone moves together it's great

Reddit seems to be a substantial source if the many bits of questionable advice that google famously offered are any indication

But no irony here—I actually wrote it myself.

I see that em dash I know what you're doing

Replace the key with a tiny crank handle in the dashboard that you turn to generate just enough power to send a signal to the car's computer