r/Wellthatsucks • u/mattloaf666 • 10h ago

Reading festival 2026

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u/Low-Outlandishness14 10h ago

I was there in '09 and it was chaos, everyone seemed more concerned about drugs and burning tents down every night. Genuinely horrendous experience

Im sure some people were there for music and a good time but that isn't my memory of it

Took my tent home and didnt shit for 5 days so dont look at me....

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u/Regular_Custard_4483 8h ago

OK, apparently I was reading Reading like reading. I didn't realize Reading festival was a thing, I thought it was reading festival, and I was like, "A bunch of book nerds did THAT?! That's so unlike us." and then I realized I was reading Reading wrong. The drugs was what tipped me off. 

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u/slackfrop 6h ago

You never got blasted on drugs cocktail and savaged a new novel?

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u/Regular_Custard_4483 5h ago

I've tried to read books on psychadelics many times, but you gotta be careful freebasing knowledge like that. Direct download into your Id.