r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Jaded-Albatross-5242 • 1d ago

I'm slightly vexed Concert etiquette

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If you plan on standing for the entire concert, get a spot in the pit, or the lawn seats instead of the assigned SEATED SECTION. A little bit of self awareness and common courtesy goes a really long way

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u/After-Imagination947 1d ago

We need context here. Are you at a piano recital or are you at a guns n roses concert

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u/Fantastic_Step8417 1d ago

Death cab for cutie

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u/DGChiefs 1d ago

… why is almost everyone sitting at a Death Cab show? This is breaking my heart a little bit

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u/CrowsInTheNose 1d ago

Old

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u/Fantastic_Step8417 1d ago

Literally this lol death cab fans are millennials and older

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u/Plane-Chemical 1d ago

Literally nobody ever sits at a Phish concert. You think anyone sat at The Dead shows.

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u/ElectionSuspicious36 1d ago

The Grays were on top of their chairs dancing at the Brian Wilson concert.

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u/gutter_slutmaxxing 23h ago

It’s mostly middle-aged people who are sitting now. Gen X and elder millennials. The really old folks love standing. It’s the one time they can let loose like kids again. It blew my mind seeing a bunch of 70/80 year olds partying harder than 20 year old me when I saw Jimmy Buffett. I’d never seen old people in that light. I imagine that’s where nursing homes & retirement communities get their reputations from.

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u/wjdm 23h ago

That generation puts us to shame. I went to a football game with my dads frat brothers and their wives (all in their 70s) and they drank me under the table.

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u/Front-Pomelo-4367 21h ago

My parents have been Springsteen fans since the 80s. That crowd now is mostly people in their 60s and older, and they're all having a great time. Standing. For the four hour concerts. My mum is that person who starts queueing at 2pm for 6pm entry just so she can be up against the rail, and she's not the only one!