Possibly settled a long time ago by Jane Austen in "Pride and Prejudice":
<< "I should like balls infinitely better," she replied, "If they were carried on in a different manner; but there is something insufferably tedious in the usual process of such a meeting. It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing made the order of the day."
"Much more rational, my dear Caroline, I dare say, but it would not be near so much like a ball.''>>
Even though I am firmly on Caroline Bingley's side as to preferred activity, I cannot authorise the banning of balls or discos. I merely choose to pursue conversation elsewhere.
(Edit: Ah, from KingdomOfRats' post, I'm suffering from a case of "wrong end the stick".
It's a particular group, not discos in general, that people may not have heard of...)
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