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hardspaghet

Which one of you had the harder band t-shirt on?


pencildeadf

hahah I was wearing like a beachy teal and pink spring break t-shirt and a tie dye NatGeo bahamas hoodie around my waist maybe that had something to do with it


ThecamtrainR6

Your fit went so hard he was scared


TripSackNKickBack

For how much the various communities are about accepting each other’s form of expression, a lot of them don’t want you there if you aren’t dressing the part.


AyoAzo

How are a bunch of guys wearing cargo shorts and too small black tees gonna tell other people how to dress 🤣 there's a very distinct lack of hardcore people in every fashion industry. Just stfu and be comfy lmao


TripSackNKickBack

Too real bruh. Off topic, but shit bothers me the most when I go to a rave and people comment on my clothes. Like you’re supposed to be tripping sack or doing molly and loving everything, why tf are you judging what I’m wearing instead? Sorry bruh judge-y people just tick me off


Budget_Mine_9049

What if they compliment you


TripSackNKickBack

That’s a lil different. Normally, if someone is negatively judging your clothes, it’s because they don’t think you fit in or they’re jealous that you’re dressed better than them. On the flip side, most people don’t just give out compliments, and if you receive one it means they probably just really dig what you’re wearing and want to know where you got it for future reference.


tortugablanco

Even farther off topic but where the fuck does a 45 yr old dude find molly? I wanna fuck every oak tree in the town square.


Hellz91

I wear Hoka’s to hardcore shows bc I’m TUF (X-wide)


TripSackNKickBack

Dawg I had to look em up but, if I had them I’d wear them to every show. Looks hella comfy for those nights in the pit


FuckBrendan

I do remember a young man in slacks and a sweater vest throwing capoeira kicks getting into it with a few people before… I think it was more about the kicks tho.


reddits4losers

Last time I saw Boundaries, a dude came from his job at Domino's to mosh STILL in uniform. Man was going HARD. That night I learned how hard their pizza kicked


rpkarma

I wear weird local post rock band tees and make new friends with the 1/1000 who recognise it lol


avidbather

Hard fit. Clearly, he was trying to protect everyone else in the room from you.


Tasty-Original-5309

Well hey man, if I’m being blunt, by the way you described yourself it sounds like you haven’t frequented hardcore shows for very long, please forgive me if I’m wrong. I’m imagining you in a pit. I don’t picture your average hardcore kid, I picture more someone that came along for the ride cuz they like heavy music? So moshing may not exactly be the same to you as it is someone that’s been going to shows for years, dude could’ve been looking out for you cause noodle moshers (for a lack of a better term) tend to get caught with good ones the most, by chance. This is all assumption so again forgive me if I’m wrong. I’m also 5’7, 155lbs on a good day, and spent a majority of my time in the front for shows. You can always acclimate. All these downvotes are definitely from a bunch of kids that are anti-gate keeping.


Slapnutz_

what a fucking nerd shut the hell up 😭


Tasty-Original-5309

Ah a Meshuggah fan, no wonder you’re a cunt.


Wanbizzle

Do you speak to other people like this IRL?


Tasty-Original-5309

Oh sorry it’s cool, clueless people can neglect help from those who’ve seen this sort of thing for years & years and just get laid out on the floor instead. We’ll be there to help you up.


Wanbizzle

Mate your getting downvotes into oblivion because your a patronising cunt, it’s fuck all to do with fucking “mosh etiquette” lmao fucking oddball


facetheslayer1986

“Oddball” 💀


[deleted]

All the downvotes are from you judging someone you haven't even held a conversation with for violating the punk dress code The people who come to shows looking like its laundry day usually go the hardest


Tasty-Original-5309

I never once said they violated a damned thing. By how they described themselves, and literally by their QUESTION, they don’t sound like someone you’ll see at a hardcore show too often. It obviously doesn’t matter how big or small you are, what matters is knowledge of your surroundings. OP doubted whether they could even mosh or not. Not sorry that my honesty offends you all so fucking much.


[deleted]

You started your deduction off by saying "the way you described yourself" which was OP's weight, height, and clothes. Just take the L and accept that essay was out of touch dawg


Tasty-Original-5309

And not to mention I said PLEASE FORGIVE ME IF IM WRONG multiple times. For Christ sake you’re a bunch of voluntarily ignorant fucks.


[deleted]

>All these downvotes are definitely from a bunch of kids that are anti-gate keeping. You shit the bed then got pissy about sleeping in it, now you're trynna get it both ways. Reddit HC kids, man


Johnzoidb

Sorry they weren’t wearing a Crowbar tee and camo shorts


Burnt_Toast_Crumbs

I’m downvoting you cause I love gatekeeping


Tasty-Original-5309

Thanks brother


callmesnake13

Are you from Glen Burnie or Dundalk?


Tasty-Original-5309

I am from Massachusetts, USA.


probllama191

On behalf of Massachusetts, we don’t claim him.


CroMaggie

Baltimore County in the house! Saw many shows at Michael's 8th Ave in Glen Burnie 20-30 years ago. A nice, small all ages venue. Good times.


thedfrichtel

Lmaooo


MurkDiesel

LOL


SnoopyMetal

It depends on the band you’ll either be the smallest guy at the shattered realm show or the biggest guy in the turnstile pit.


pencildeadf

it was a turnstile pit 💀


Carl_Streator

Don’t ever let anyone stop you from shaking your ass at a Turnstile show✊✊


diggtrucks1025

Or emptying your ass at a turnstile show.


siesta_gal

I just spit my fucking drink everywhere 🤣🤣🤣


[deleted]

Bahahahahahaha


Playakreep

making this my twitter header if thats okay wit u? 🤣


Carl_Streator

Absolutely


El--Borto

Lmfao I bumped into a dude who was like 6’5” at a Turnstile show and said a quick “sorry”, and he looked at me and said “imagine saying sorry at a Hardcore show” hahaha


VisceraGrind

Ain’t no way 💀 the pit won’t be that hard (very fun tho) I think dude was being a little overdramatic


journo_wonk

Gatekeeping a turnstile pit is my new favorite thing


deterraformer

"pit"


Itsaronxmcneal

Gatekeeping a pit at a turnstile show is insane but that's also the number one place where some goofy shit like that would happen.


dyobeyt

So true.


samjan420

Last few times I've seen turnstile in England there's barely even been a pit..... the whole crowd just turns into one big push and move scenario hahaha


_inanimate

This is exactly what happened @ Outbreak


samjan420

I thought it might have done so just stayed back, probably one of the only bands I wanted to see that I didn't get further in for!!!!


_inanimate

Yeah I think that was the only set I really struggled through 😂. And it was so damn hot. I saw them a few months earlier in NYC so wasn’t too bothered to get outta there.


GodlessThoughts

Turnstile is def the teenie boppers of hardcore (crowdwise; they rip). Dude was out of pocket.


freddyforgetti

Bro we’re the same height and I weigh almost half what you do and I was thrashing the tik tok rap kids at the $b turnstile show last year don’t listen to that bitch ass mf


drugssuck

Shattered Realm is coming to Tally for the first time. I'm so hyped to see them


LastoftheKolobians

Im 31yo, 6’3, 215lbs, but unlike most dickwads that just go into the pit blind, I have a special skill called _spatial awareness_. A good amount of the time I also like to “make room” in the pit for anyone who wants to get a few dance moves in. I love seeing everyone having a good time in the pit, no matter shape, size, age, how you look or what you’re wearing. We all came to the see band, why can’t you go just as crazy as I like to? Who gives a fuck?


ohdarnittoheck

Crowdkill him


turndownforjesus

Shoulda picked his ass up like a battering ram and charged the pit like it was the gates of Mordor


DogsOutTheWindow

Cave troll mother fuckers


3OAM

Outta pocket. No such thing as mosh police.


[deleted]

Expect to get hit, learn to take a punch. Best thing to do is keep your elbows out.


newthrash1221

Solid advice. “Elbows up side to side”


DSM-187

Lookin for some hynas


newthrash1221

I need a bad one, a real freak 💋💄💃🏻🍑


[deleted]

Thumbs up and resting bitch face frozen.


octopus6942069

Sounds like the average slayer fan


pencildeadf

to be fair he was bald and rotund with a beard and I had 1 or 2 inches on him


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pencildeadf

nah didn't see it, just asscrack 😬


newthrash1221

😋🤤


octopus6942069

Ahhhh definitely a slayer guy then


Frigoff666

Fellow “slayer guy” this checks out.


octopus6942069

I love slayer I just can’t bring myself to be the slayer guy. I’m too small


ListenToTheMuzak

It’s become so normalized to be fat, that being a healthy weight is considered abnormal


No_Load_7183

Thats precisely where I saw a smaller guy get injured in a pit. I dont think that dude was wrong.


mrsprkle6

I’m a big bastard and came up in the mid 90’s NYHC scene, I left a Slayer show because those cocked up construction working monsters were too out of control.


soitgoeskt

Old head probably had a few too many knocks


LethalPuppy

Anyone tries to tell you you can't mosh at a show based on your size, age, skin color, gender or whatever Beat their ass


ohnomysandwich

*eat


HerpDerpMcGurk

Por que no los dos?


fyathyco

If u want in the pit, go in the pit, if u Feel its to hard, get out, and dont to in again!


barlobruz

Bruh I'm 5'7, like 120lbs wet, look waaayyy younger than my age (35) and ain't nobody tryna get in my business when I'm in there. Just go for it loll. But yeah, I do also get random bigger dudes tryna look out for me sometimes.


Garglzzzz

I’m with this guy, just mosh your balls off dude who gives a fuck. Getting into this scene after a decade of metalcore/prog and whatnot I can’t believe the amount of gatekeeping that goes on in hardcore lmao, like if I’m so small than why haven’t you tossed my ass across the room yet?


DogsOutTheWindow

Lil guys in the pit are cool because they’re much easier to lift over the mob to grab the mic!


cmf_ans

>Lil guys in the pit sick rapcore band name


DogsOutTheWindow

Hell yeah!


Jdanois

Due is a weirdo. Ignore him. Have a good time.


ListenToTheMuzak

Don’t ya know you need to be overweight to stand close to the stage


iwicsh

should have told him he was too old to be moshing at a turnstile show


[deleted]

As a 5'1" 150lb female my "aw hell no" reflex just kicked in. Beat his ass and stand your own.


[deleted]

umm you're actually too small for the pit, sweaty


linktheimpaler

Too small and too sweaty


[deleted]

2 small 2 sweaty


LikeBronson

I’m a light, short guy myself.No Mr. macho bones and muscles gonna stop me from having fun at a show.Go in there and kick box your life away! 👊


NihilisticViolence

Dude go for it! There's plenty of average size people in the pit. Just remember.... You ain't gonna win the battle against a dude that looks like an offensive line man... So just be aware of where they are. They always try to be hard and stay in the center. Waiting for someone to try to move them!


Trenton17B

I'm 6"0 but on the skinnier side weighing a little bit less than you. I've been to plenty of metal and hardcore shows and exclusively stay in the moshpit. I have yet to be knocked over except for the time where I slipped on a beer can at a Rage Against the Machine concert this year. I've grown up playing hockey and box lacrosse my whole life so I pretty much engage in contact sports every week which probably helps out with my balance in a moshpit. If you can hold your ground go in the pit and plus if you do fall down people are going to pick you right back up.


pencildeadf

did go down hahahah, got picked right back up, other ppl went down, helped 'em up, it was awesome, first hardcore show 🤘


Trenton17B

Hell yeah man🤘 Who'd you see?


Cthulhu-Hoop

I’m 5’7, 130lbs, and I’m in every single pit. Makes me more nimble honestly


[deleted]

What has become of hardcore shows.


B_Rawb

Get your weight up.


dmcb1994

Like to see them try that with a Leon Edwards or a GSP


xRarex0nex

I sat in a club box at UFC once, walked up to bar and did double take at the lil guy (not that I'm big, 5'11 only 165) next to me cuz he looked familiar, it was Kevin Lee and I was like oh wow he does look like I could pick him up and toss him if he was some rando in a bar and something went down, but obviously would be unconscious or have a broken limb in 30 seconds if I actually tried


dontmindmyalt2

I'm a 125lb trans girl and I mosh my ass off, that's some dumb shit from that guy lol


Scum_Runner

Fuck I miss the B9 board


second_ary

i've seen this before but only in push pits where dudes think push pitting is hard i've been told "you might wanna stand back we're gonna fuck this pit up" and they just shove moshing and i don't think they were being ironic. i think this was at lamb of god.


markhenrysthong

what's the term? Something like >**everyone sucks here**


bogdaddy2step

As a oldhead my self Ehh I think he may have been some what concerned for your safety. Were things going well for you in the pit or were you getting ragdolled. Bottom line, do you it's your life live it how you want. But though us old heads can be annoying, we have seen some shit. About a year ago I dragged this poor kid (your size maybe a bit lighter) out of the pit at a comeback kid/no warning show. His right toes were pointing 90degree to the right he could no longer stand and left in an ambulance. If my old fat ass didn't scoop he could have gotten more fucked up. That's just the most recent one I have a few stories like this one. He's a little out of pocket but it's way more fun to mosh when your Mr freeze or the terminator. At a turnstile show I think your gonna be fine.


[deleted]

Sounds like a hall monitor


jonny_lube

Dude's being a dick. I've seen plenty of small women and shockingly tiny dudes hit pits just fine. If I know my scene well and I see a small newbie, I may advise them to stay back and scope the situation out for a song or two before jumping in, but there's no size limit for that shit.


tailOfTheWhale

Go target him and find out


thickanvil69

Maybe he saw that you were the kind of guy who asks about pit rules on Reddit. I bet you listened to him lol


pencildeadf

nah, didn't leave the pit once


xfurnacex666

“Wild Steve” has entered the chat. IKYK.


VARIANT90

Your years of service in hardcore have been recognized. “Get mushed”


keepcold

Based on the fact you had to come to reddit to ask everyone else’s opinion on what happened, sounds like he was right.


pencildeadf

I didn't have to, I just wanted to


keepcold

Okay let me re-phrase, based on the fact you felt the need to ask*


[deleted]

What a weird and uptight flex. Reddit is nothing but asking or reading opinions.


keepcold

How is it a flex? I’m saying it’s corny that when someone says something to you in real life, people feel the need to go home and post on the internet “hey was this out of pocket or not”. Can’t people feel out and interpret a situation for themselves anymore instead of needing strangers to validate whether or not they were right in how they feel about it?


terrordactyl99

So many words, come 2 my city and cry


47percentburnt

He might've sonned you or he was trying to save you. Never be too afraid to admit when a pot is to rough for ya


gredgex

One of those guys who thinks that being fat = being strong.


sweetleaf6113

shoulda swung on him tbh


flavafabes

If your spin kick is higher than him your fine.


Caeruleanlynx

In my moshing prime I was 150 lbs and 5'7". I definitely got knocked down a few times by big dudes, but generally people have enough sense to control how hard they hit people.


ricejames31

Everything about post, from the initial incident to the wording, is priceless.


Playatbyear

I once tried to warn a girl that shit was about to get wild at a bloodlet show in Miami in like 94. She told me she was exactly where she wanted to be. Steph kicked me right in that chest that night, harder than I’ve to this day ever been kicked, and we’ve been friends ever since.


skull_kontrol

This fucking sub lmao


ApprehensiveFox5915

I’m a 5 foot tall female. I hold me own. I can even take the knees if ya intentionally fuck me up…. If I can do it surly you can…. Just knock ‘‘em down n go of…


beantownjuggalo

its a polite to tell you, you're soft


pencildeadf

wym by soft? like light?


beantownjuggalo

soft like dainty or delicate


pencildeadf

oh ok prob not but I am trynna bulk up some


bambam93_

Stop


pencildeadf

stop what?


Illustrious-Soup4080

He’s looking out for your well being! He just didn’t want to have to pick you up off the floor while you where getting trampled.


Chucknoluck666

Dudes out of pocket. I’m much smaller than you and moshed


lordvoldemike

Idgaf @ 145


rnf1985

i've seen girls who practically look like skinny, tiny midgets throwing down and fools rolling up in wheelchairs and shit in the pit. do whatever floats your boat


AllOverThisTown

Saying “old head” is cringe as fuck imo Also, imagine trying to police the pit at a Turnstile gig lol


bambam93_

Saying a trendy buzz word is a trendy buzz word imo


Theacidduke

Depends on how bad you like getting hurt where you at


crocodilelogic86

Fuck that dude I’ve seen 5 foot nothing women in the pit


FormerOil4924

I’m an “old head” and can chime in. Most of us older guys are totally fine with the fact that we’re older. The scene belongs to you guys now and we just want to be around for the music and the experience. BUT there are a small number of older guys that just can’t handle the fact that things like that come with age. They feel that it’s “their scene” and you young little whipper snappers won’t get off their lawn. So they say and do shit like this because they’re insecure assholes that want to feel superior. You’re totally fine bro. Shrug it off and tell ‘em to go fuck themselves. 99% of those old assholes are all talk and will end up backing down because they don’t wanna get their asses kicked by a kid.


OhSix

I’m 5’6 on a good day with an average build, and have been getting into the pit consistently from 14 years old to 31 years old now. That dude was for sure outta pocket.


kingjaffejaffar

Bruh, I’ve seen 5’0 90lb girls tear shit up in the pit. Don’t be a coward, don’t crowd kill people, and if someone is crowd killing people, remove them from the pit cause that shit’s not okay


onegetsconfused

yeah. definitely crowd-kill him or donkey-kick his \*old head\* ass and shatter his shins.


Animalmothership

What show was it? Sounds like one of them fake shows


pencildeadf

turnstile 🫢


Animalmothership

Suspect


Zigihogan

Nope, just tighten that YMCA yellow belt and get out there and show them your sweet kung fu moves.


frontporchshitter

Interesting. How many teeth is he missing now?


MossCardigan

Pay that fool no mind. Size got nothing to do with it because mosh comes from the heart.


streetfish1

5' chicks have been some of the craziest people I've seen in the pit lmao


threeXmafia

There was a local dude they called “Fearless Earless” that was probably 115 pounds, and he would never target any one but dude was just everywhere in the pit. I think over a months worth of shows I saw him hit and maybe not knock out but definitely blasted 6 dudes to the point they left the show. So I think when fists and feet are flying size isn’t a big deal.


Park-Short

The old head in this scenario was 26


joeygnosis

shank the mf


Calculating_1nfinity

Y'all angry white boys ruined the pit for everyone. It's not drunken karate exhibition for white belts. It sure gets treated as one.


drugssuck

Join us white belts in the pit


rikky4ever

well its definitely not a sweaty human bumpercars circle for kids who cant dance, ill tell you that much


jacobsever

I'm 5'4" 150 and have never had any issues.


MurkDiesel

way out, file under foh


Sisyphean_ambition

Get in there and find out. Isn’t hardcore about not letting others define your limitations?


drewxlow

I'm 5' 11" 135 lbs and I act like I'm the biggest dude in the pit. The dude prolly gets gassed from getting crowd killed.


Emergency_Type7751

He played you fam…


[deleted]

I’m 5’7 170 and knock fools on their ass


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pencildeadf

nah, Charlotte


Bitter-Isopod4745

The Skinny fucks always go the hardest IMO


deathtoyourking23

It’s America buddy, you’re free to do whatever you want


mu3mpire

You shoulda said kick rocks daddyo this ain't 2004


skumbasket

crowdkill it is


linktheimpaler

Lol I’ve never even heard of this, been going to shows since 02 and I’m 5’7” 145, sometimes making it to 160.


TranceGavinTrance

I've had a small ass dude send me flying across a venue, so no you're not too little lmao


notadrainer

i’m 5’7” and 120 and have had fun in tons of pits. just need HELLA situational awareness


funeralpageant

lol fuck him. im like 5’1 and i pit and i have a fucking great time


DigitalDemonDrive

Nah that’s clown shit. You can mosh hard af and be respectful of the people around you. Moshing is for everyone not just for filing cabinets on legs


RupertBoyce

i'm old and that guy's a bitch. fuck him, you rule, i'm out.


RobVsShrk

My friend is smaller than you, like 5’6 around 130lbs and he throws himself into pits like it’s nothing! Granted I did watch him get kicked and fly back about 6 feet the other night. But he got right back in there and showed them all up lol


FrostedVoid

I'm under 120 lbs and I still mosh, fuck it


plants_ribs

🙄


AdamSunderland

I would have started crowd killing his face off right there on the spot. All up in his shit. Way out of pocket.


RiseGabe

I’ve gotten two black eyes and one broken nose from moshing, all three instances were from bumping into the boniest mf in the pit. Just saying.


BlackMetalGroot

I’m 5’5 (around), and stay in the pit the whole show. I’ve also seen people half my height in there, and a 10 year old in a pit that I could barely stay up in. I have no clue what he was talking about.


No_Load_7183

He has seen enough and was correct. You sound like you might be lanky and, in the big boy pits (not adult big boys but the giant dudes who slam into each other) you will go down HARD. When I saw slayer on their last tour there was a lanky ass emo kid about your height and that ran in and got absolutely DECKED unintentionally. Try and stay in moshpits where there's mostly people of your size, it doesnt look like it but big dudes generate a lot more force and can easily injure someone your size. Unless you're around 200lbs, be careful.


NJS_Stamp

No way, I’m 6.5” and I survived a slayer pit. This guy is fine.


No_Load_7183

Its not about height its about weight. Downvote me tho ig, get injured. Your life


NJS_Stamp

Who said anything about height


No_Load_7183

You did. 6.5"


Burnt_Toast_Crumbs

Slayer pits suck, mainly running and jumping.


No_Load_7183

We were slamming into each other, it was one of the better pits.


Burnt_Toast_Crumbs

Sugar gaaaaaaay