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Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by testfrequency on Friday March 15, 2024 @07:35PM (#39721796)
You know, I didn’t want to get attacked by Berliner’s for saying this…but I was pretty….whelmed…by the techno scene when I was there for a month.

I’ve enjoyed far more raves in LA and Detroit, and lots of harder techno clubs in Chicago that felt a lot more authentic. The Berlin crowds were kind and chill, but there definitely was this odd feeling where it all kinda felt..scripted?

I hadn’t gone to Berlin up until two years ago, so I can only imagine it was pretty incredible a decade ago before tourism swamped them.

And before anyone asks, I was rolling with native berliners and service industry folks, so I was fortunate to get in to and attend a lot of the best parties while I was there. I’d love to go back, I do just feel like it was slightly overhyped before I got there :/.

Happy for them regardless, they deserve the recognition even if I didn’t get to really experience the best of it

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Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by seabass-labrax on Friday March 15, 2024 @08:05PM (#39722002)
Clarification requested: surely that's underwhelmed? Or are you saying that you were emotionally involved in it despite the 'scripted' feeling as you describe?
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Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by testfrequency on Friday March 15, 2024 @08:33PM (#39722162)
The latter. I don’t think it’s fair to say I was underwhelmed (I wasn’t), I enjoyed my time despite the feeling of how prescribed a lot of the parties/clubs/people felt (party enough like I do and you’re sure to come across this, it’s not unique to Berlin).

I just had this possibly _too_ high expectation of the Berlin techno club/party scene before I got there, and it just didn’t wow me like I had heard it would (despite having a great time and no issues).

Berlin as a city, however, exceeded my expectations..which definitely adds to my confusion on my overall sentiment towards everything

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Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by satvikpendem on Friday March 15, 2024 @08:33PM (#39722165)
"Whelmed" is new slang to mean, it was ok, just alright. It is a reaction to over- and underwhelmed which now carry a bit more extreme connotation.
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Re:Berlin's techno scene added to Unesco intangible cultural... by testfrequency on Friday March 15, 2024 @08:36PM (#39722192)
Exactly :)
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