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u/thejevster 16d ago
It's actually kinda crazy how many people had the same idea immediately. It's almost as if someone should've told him that stage diving in this state/country/wherever this is, is a bad idea.
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u/Secuter 16d ago
Probably somewhere in Africa. But yes, know your audience. For instance, that sort of violence would (likely) not have happened in... well, most places. But find a place poor enough that doesn't give a shit and you will.
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u/usernameisokay_ 16d ago edited 16d ago
So don’t do it in the United States of America either, on the same if not worse level.
Edit: 3rd world country people getting mad over this comment and threat being me in DM’s? Good I don’t live nor go to bad places.
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u/CL0ver4Leaf 16d ago
I've been to many concerts in American, like dozens, none would ever do that to the performer.
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u/ThatPatelGuy 16d ago
Yes I've been to hundreds of Taylor Swift concerts and this has never happened
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u/cremaster304 15d ago
There is a very distinct difference between the crowd at a swift concert and this crowd.
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u/CL0ver4Leaf 16d ago
Lol a $24 million dollar diamond vs $500 ear rings... plus the fan got beat up and he got his diamond back. So yea kind of ig but not really.
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u/someLemonz 16d ago
to be fair, exactly what you said would "never happen" happened and now you want to throw $ limits?? you were wrong
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u/LuquidThunderPlus 15d ago
Why in hell would you expect no price limit as if that doesn't change the severity??
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u/usernameisokay_ 16d ago
For instance, that sort of violence would (likely) not have happened in... well, most places. But find a place poor enough that doesn't give a shit and you will.
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u/Xenomorph_25 4d ago
You're saying that this would never happen in America, but it has on many well known occasions. A$AP Rocky being one of them:
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u/Secuter 16d ago
Let's be honest. That's very likely not what would happen in the USA. The social fabric is too strong whereas it barely exist in some countries in Africa.
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u/ThatPatelGuy 16d ago
There are absolutely areas of the US where this would happen especially if it were a free concert.
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u/SushiGato 16d ago
Like where?
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u/ion128 16d ago
Wale SXSW 2012 Austin, Tx. I was at this show and found it funny that he framed this as some sort of 'moment of clarity'. I was wondering why he was getting rid of all his valuables. Right up until he jumped into the crowd.
When he did join everyone on the floor I realized why. He had been through this before and knows what people are capable of.
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u/NinjaWrapper 16d ago
Have you ever seen a Black Friday midnight opening? Are we referring to the same USA? The one where people have died in concert stampedes? The one where concerts get mass shootings? The one where over half of voters went against their own interests in order to hurt other Americans? The same America that had slavery, Japanese internment camps, and now alligator Alcatraz? Maybe there's some other USA in Scandinavia that I'm unaware of.
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u/eidetic 16d ago
This is such a ridiculously dumb comment.
Yes, people go crazy for black friday sales. Yes, we had slavery, internment camps, essentially exterminated the native population and forced the survivors to horrible reservations, and have committed all sorts of atrocities.
None of that means a performer at a concert would have their earrings ripped out at a concert. I'm not saying it is impossible, but rather that using those examples as proof is about ridiculous as you can get.
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u/Relative-Ganache-824 16d ago
Nothing but the truth, of course they will downvote cause 'murica best
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u/eidetic 16d ago
Yes, everything they said is true. However it is a ridiculous jump to use it as proof that a performer would get their earrings ripped out at a concert. That's what the downvotes likely are for. They aren't because "Murica is best!", but rather trying to shoehorn America's unsavory history in the topic when it isn't relevant to the current topic. Essentially, it's at least borderline - if not outright - whataboutism.
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u/InevitableAd2436 15d ago
I want to agree with you, but I think they would if they weren’t insulated with security.
Axl Rose jumping in the crowd to fight fans was cinema though
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u/Relative-Ganache-824 16d ago
☝️🤓
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u/LuquidThunderPlus 15d ago
You don't seem to understand how conversations work so I'll explain it real quick for you.
Usually when ppl converse over something and someone makes a statement the other party disagrees with, they will convey whatever information they know so as to spread knowledge and help said person to not look like a fool moving forward.
Stop being a fool bro
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u/Relative-Ganache-824 15d ago
I don't particularly care to be honest mate, Its reddit, I'm not exactly coming here for social interactions.
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u/wait_what_now 16d ago
Yeah, wtf? He hit the nail on every point.
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u/Firewolf06 15d ago
everything they said was just irrelevant whataboutism. yes, each individual statement was true, but thats a low bar
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u/usernameisokay_ 16d ago
I’ve seen and had a lot better experiences in whole of Africa a I’ve had in the 8 months I’ve toured in the USA.
Robberies, murders, straight up junkies talking bad to you? Yes it happened in Africa but compared to the USA? Yikes.
I can leave my phone unattended in quite a lot of busy places in Africa for a while and in the USA it’s gone in under a minute.
Get off your high horse.
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u/Firewolf06 15d ago
africas a pretty fuckin big place, my friend
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u/usernameisokay_ 15d ago
Yes, so is the USA and been to many countries in Africa, felt safer in most places compared to any place in the USA.
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u/MoodyEngineer 16d ago
You’re hilarious 😂! Go take a break from the internet. I need one sometimes too
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u/TattedDLuffy 13d ago
Literally watched Juicy J throw a $20,000 chain into a crowd and they gave it back….. in Mississippi
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u/usernameisokay_ 13d ago
Do that 100 times and 99 times you won’t get it back. It’s a terrible country, literally the worst out of all I’ve been and I’ve been to countries that are in a war or war torn. Only ons that topped it were Jamaica and Haiti.
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u/KentuckyFriedEel 15d ago
When you're poor and somebody is waving gold and diamonds in front of you, for the taking, you're ALL gonna have the same ass idea.
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u/Technical_Control403 16d ago
Reminds me of the time coolio did this somewhere in Europe and they stole his shoes
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u/LeBronze_Jayce 16d ago
The irony of "ice on my neck" playing in the background fucking gets me everytime this is posted
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u/Sang1915 16d ago
Why are they so uncivilized?
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u/Secuter 16d ago
Don't know why you're being down voted. He was almost choked to death for his jewelry at a concert. If that isn't uncivilized I don't know what is.
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u/distorted_kiwi 16d ago
Well, the end goal wasn’t to choke the man. It was to snap the necklace and steal it. The end result though was choking man in broad daylight.
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u/koolaidismything 16d ago
Towards the end he’s pretty much unconscious lol holy shit. Choked him out. Aaaawkward.
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u/Falcon_Alpha_Delta 16d ago
Crowd knows he’s allergic to fake jewelry. They’re just tryin to help him
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u/LGL27 15d ago
Imagine finding out your fans are absolute horrible people
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u/Warfyr84 15d ago
Imagine being surprised that the people who enjoy listening to you sing about committing multiple felons are in fact not the best buds you thought they would be.
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u/SnooSongs2345 16d ago
Did they tried to get his eyes for lucky charms or something?
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u/ThatPatelGuy 16d ago
They think he has gold in his head
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u/Federal_Designer4002 16d ago
I had to quit reading after the 2nd paragraph because I couldn't stop laughing... bald heads full of gold 🤣
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u/OmegaPegasus 16d ago
I remember when I was a kid, one of my friends tossed a junebug onto and anthill and we watched as the ants swarmed it. This reminds me of that
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u/ArchangelZero27 16d ago
jokes on them, its fake gold, or those candy necklaces kids used to eat lol
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u/padaboumboum 15d ago
There was a video in my feed just above of a young girl in the pit at a Dillinger Escape Plan gig. That made me proud to be a metalhead.
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u/Kenji1912 15d ago
Like a heard of zombies. Anybody else see that one dude try to rip his face off?
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u/Zeppelanoid 16d ago
Never noticed until now the guy in the back wearing a Montreal Canadiens jersey
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u/_MindlessApe 16d ago
Damn, I had no idea that French concerts are such fire, there is so much emphatic energy in this diverse crowd, they want to hug him so bad. What a cheerful moment to witness!
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u/mearbearcate 16d ago
This is the problem with treating celebs like gods lmfao. Hope dude’s okay
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u/prem_201 16d ago
Lol, they are stealing hus jewelry.
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u/mearbearcate 16d ago
Something that happens with insane fans too. They wanna put it online and say theyre selling the artist’s jewelry.
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u/Omega_Primate 16d ago
Jeeze... he's just a man, not your God, lol.
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u/pmmeyourapples 16d ago
…brother they’re mugging him lol. They’re not trying to get blessed lmao
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u/Beneficial_Size6913 16d ago
How many times must I watch this poor man get his gold earrings ripped right out of his ear