feat(web): Wave 4 — prose layouts + /policies on Tailwind typography
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/the-scene-is-a-meat-grinder/index.md b/content/posts/2026/the-scene-is-a-meat-grinder/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..43591ea --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/the-scene-is-a-meat-grinder/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +--- +title: "The scene is a meat grinder" +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z +draft: false +excerpt: "The rave scene chews people up and spits them out. Not the audience — the operators. The DJs, the promoters, the photographers, the door staff. The people who build the … Read more" +categories: + - Scene +tags: + - community + - format-opinion + - harm-reduction + - tone-confrontational +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/the-scene-is-a-meat-grinder/cover.png + alt: "Exhausted figure beside decaying industrial machinery" +legacy_wp_id: 16118 +--- +The rave scene chews people up and spits them out. Not the audience — the operators. The DJs, the promoters, the photographers, the door staff. The people who build the thing that everyone else comes to consume. + +## The grind + +The first 15 events were bleeding me dry. That is not a metaphor — that is a financial statement. Before you understand bar economics, before you learn that staff on drugs will not stock the bar properly, before you figure out that $500 in Instagram ads returns more than $5,000 in DJ promotion, you are paying tuition with your savings account. +Diff truncated (48 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
