phogeyman wrote:
yes money seems right . and its cheap .value for money. at what cost ?:crazy_diz
well I don’t actually think its killed the scene (it was already sufferening from problems by the late 90s simply due to the darkside of drug culture in general), but I think its recent use has sucked out a lot of enthusiasm and energy out of people
The short-term memory loss and disorientation ends up fucking up everyones vital organisational skills at a time when the opposition to parties is as organised and vehement as it could ever get and that isn’t good at all.
Although K gives some euphoria and removes a bit of paranoia if done in the right doses its not the friendly happy buzz that you once got at least at the peak of a rave – nor the buzz that makes you want to talk to new people.
Although I’m fairly quiet at raves I do try and chat to people and on occasions I find a lot of people way too mashed to interact with or because they don’t “know” you (i.e you’re not in their snorting clique) they are a bit para of you – yet when I first started raving and until the mid 90s it was all about wandering around the place, meeting new people etc…
I do think people here (East Anglia) are trying to do less of it but its hard as another reason people do K is because they’ve already binged on MDMA and other stimulants, had bad comedown/paranoia experiences and thus already lost the good feelings from these drugs.
K doesn’t initially have a “comedown” (until you start caning it loads and paranoia can start to kick in) so it fits in with todays binge culture..
I do find it a bit sad when I see people 10-15 years my junior already in that state where they need to do tons of anything to get high,
Although most of them don’t actually totally fuck up to the point of needing rehab/treatment they often “burn out” a lot quicker and give up partying as early as their mid 20s…
Sometimes I feel like telling them “check yourselves a bit, just do slightly less now and you can have years more fun” but I when I’m outside at a party I try to just “ave it” not to come across as a patronising oldie…
