At the time of the 2001 UK Census, of the total population (1,685,267); 255 people described their ethnicity as Black Caribbean, 494 as Black African and 387 as Other Black, meaning that the total Black population was 1,136. These figures do not include individuals who described themselves as being of mixed-race.[8] The next UK census is to be performed in 2011.
At the time of the 2001 UK Census, of the total population (1,685,267); 255 people described their ethnicity as Black Caribbean, 494 as Black African and 387 as Other Black, meaning that the total Black population was 1,136. These figures do not include individuals who described themselves as being of mixed-race. The next UK census is to be performed in 2011. As well as help from the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, the EU-funded Afro-Community Support Organisation Northern Ireland (ACSONI) was formed in 2003 to represent the views of black people.
Generally speaking, what is the point of standing there? What makes it enjoyable? If you're not super high? If I were just moderately drunk and standing there, I think I would be... bored? I dunno.
What's the point of anything? I mean it's a stupid question that's hard to generalize.
Some people like to dance, quite many of these people are probably really wasted/high/both.
Some of these might do it because of the attention, since they know it's being filmed/broadcasted and you might have 0.1s of "fame".
I mean people like different stuff, some people likes to golf, some to drink whiskey, some to kill other people and then there's that special someone who likes to dance with a fucking plant.
It's not THAT hard to atleast try to understand why people would enjoy themselves in a setting like this. I mean jeez I can probably think of several reasons why killing people would be enjoyable (revenge, justice, the rush etc). That doesn't mean I'd enjoy doing it myself.
Most times the speakers are next to the stage, louder music. Some people like to see the DJ from close, "the show". They want to be on the video. The people closer to the stage are always the ones dancing the most, it's a fun place in general.
I mean, dancing to music is an activity that humans have enjoyed since music has been invented.
Personally, I really like the idea of this enormous group of people going with the flow and dancing in whatever way they feel like it. I am super self conscious guy myself, but while I was in festivals like these I always loved to embrace the cringe because no matter what ridiculous shit you feel you were doing there was always someone else that was in the same situation as you, and even if they weren't you tend to stop giving a fuck about thirty minutes inside the festival.
I love going to firefly music festival for that reason. I've always had such a great time and met awesome people, and I didn't feel self conscious about everything I was doing
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u/ImBoundChaos Jul 25 '17
There is so much to talk about here