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and really kandi has been around forever, even b4 raves. it was bead craft. but to me kandi is a rave thing. outside of that its epic crafts and freindship beads. plur and kandi were 2 dif things back in the day. and i doubt many ppl know the origin of plur or the origin of trading kandi. if u did u might understand y "kandi" is more of a rave thing lol

I had a similar incident recently. I was walking down a street with my elbows full during this art show we have every first friday of a month downtown(called First Fridays... go figure). Anyways, I was walking and a group of like 20-somethings pulled me off the sidewalk and asked me where I got all my kandi. I told them I got some in mail trades, and some at raves(almost all of my singles are from rave trades). And they laughed and said to me, "Oh, good. Because if you said you didn't get any of those at raves, I would have ripped them all off your arms". I almost shit my pants. These guys were old-school, VERY old school. However, they were drunk, and I gave them some kandi and walked away. I know what you mean. Some of the old-schoolers are turning into rotten people. What happened to PLUR?

First things first, people have no right to judge. Secondly, people who judge obviously did not do there research. A lack of knowledge is what results in many forms, one such as your friends treating you badly. They don't know that Kandi or how most people that don't know the Kandi culture would call it, phony beads, was first a craft. Go to any craft store and I garante that is where most or at least some people get there kandi. From personal experience, I fell in love with Phony beads in 1999. I later learned the culture. So my opinion is don't pay attention to haters. Its something found under Arts and Craft. Never did it say on the bag of Phony beads that I had to be a raver. PLURR comes along with the Kandi Kid Culture so if they have problem maybe they should be making a self examination. Ravers uphold PLURR to right? In conclusion, do what makes you happy, Kandi makes me happy, so it doesn't matter if I am not a raver. Cheers!

I know exaclty what you mean, as soon as i joined this site i was harrased by somemone because i don't rave. I'm too young to Rave atm, and even if i was oer 18, my parents would kill me if I went to a rave on my own. In my family, a rave would be a one off thing with a CRAP TON of my friends, but I still want to make "Beaded Bracelets". Why does Raving really matter if you at least make Kandi for the right reasons and still trade with people, just not at a party? :/

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