You really got me wrong. I was trying to open a dialogue on shifting norms, not assume a position of moral superiority.
Why can't you just LARP for fun? People do stuff like civil war encampments and renn faires because they're huge fun. A LARP club that gets dressed up and dances to the waltz sounds like an unusual, interesting time.
(Edited to add, I've not been to a SCA event but would I be correct in predicting there might be a waltz at a SCA event?)
Did I now?
> Most of the upper-class people I know would sooner go to the club and dry-hump a stranger than throw a cocktail/dinner party (much less waltz).
Quelle horreur!
> I'm all for having fun and using a salad fork to eat dessert...
Here's where you portray yourself as someone who likes to break the mold just a little bit...
> but I'd be interested to see the world with like 25% less depravity.
...and here's where you suggest that current norms are too much and that people who don't conform to your idea of wholesome, "classy" fun are depraved.
We must have different definitions of moral superiority.
They're just as free to pass judgment as you are to make choices that would alienate you from the others.
I don't think it reflects poorly on either party, but is just an inalienable component of human nature. It's a balance of personal choice/freedom vs societal acceptance. People fall on different parts of the spectrum and it's ok.
In other words, come down off your high horse; let people like what they like.