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Why the hell do people dance?
| >wanting to move it move it
>no idea
>taste, but usually you move to beats
>practice and trial and error
>enjoyment
>its fun
>see above
>you're overthinking it lol
for this g/u/rl its not very different from other "performances," so to speak.
I think its just a matter of self confidence and self consciousness.
| I like to dance but I know everyone would hate my dancing so I'm too ashamed to do it.
| It's a mating ritual.
| idk, same reason as to why people do things
i cant dance, dancing hates me
| Some people just can't resist dancing, when they feel the music
| Moving along very rhytmically with music can look and/or feel satisfying. I mean, can YOU help atleast tapping your finger to a rhythm? Its also a sport, it makes your health better. And overall just makes people feel good. And theres no particular movement to a particular sound lol. People just dance how the feel like. Dancing can convey emotions just like music, its kinda like a physicl music video you can do any minute
| you can dance if you want to
you can leave your friends behind
but if you have no friends then you just feel lonely and want to die
| it's in our soul sucka. lot of animals do that tooç
| i just like watching dat T&A bounce
| it's basically shaking and wobbling around
| >>404738
"enjoyment" and "it's fun" are just words you say about something you like doing, you're not explaining anything. Not that it's untrue, just that you're saying >"I like it" in several different ways
Thanks for trying anyways.
>you're overthinking it lol
I wouldn't overthink it if I could do it.
| >>404825
>can YOU help [tapping]
Well yeah I do it sometimes. I can also whistle about any song I know.
>And theres no particular movement to a particular sound lol. People just dance how the feel like.
That's what I mean. What is it that makes people put their hands on their hips or do a jump to their left.
>sport
Another thing I can barely understand. I do like swimming and archery though.
>its kinda like a physicl music video you can do any minute
funny parallelism
| >>404825
>And overall just makes people feel good.
I'm definitely not part of the overall here
>Dancing can convey emotions
I guess I'd need to have at least _some_ positive emotions about it, or have an interest in having someone else's emotions conveyed to me through random unpredictable movements and invasion of my personal space.
Oh and thanks.
| It just feels amazing, becoming more than just some person slogging around in a meat frame for a time
| >What tells them a particular sound or rhythm calls for a particular movement?
it's not as specific as this, unless it's a dance you learn first, like a waltz. there's no specifc pattern for each specific move, you just do whatever fits best at the time.
| >>405012
That's the thing, you understood my question but at the same time you didn't understand it.
I know there isn't a specific pattern unless it's a particular formal dance meant to be performed to a particular style of music.
My question is. In the absence of such a pattern, what is it inside people that tells them "now move like this, now move like that" of the infinite possible moves they could potentially make.
| Protip: if you don't know how to dance simply bob your knees and do the reload animations from various games. Works every time.
| We can dance if we want to.
We can leave your friends behind.
Cause' your friends don't dance,
and if they don't dance, well they're
no friends of mine.
I say, we can go where we want to.
A place where they will never find.
And we can act like we come from out of this world!
Leave the real one far behind.
We can dance.
-Men without hats
| I want a guy to ask me to dance and then I'll be like "oh no.. I'm too embarrassed in front of all these people" and then he'll take me somewhere private and convince me to dance and then be like "wow, you're such a great dancer" and then we'll kiss and I'll cry.
Basically, I want a cheesy romance story.
| >>405129
Not really. I can sing or whistle songs I already know, sometimes (rarely) I do it together with my friend who plays the guitar, but I can't really improvise anything. I've been getting into harmonicas for the last few months because they're one of the few instruments to ever catch my attention.
Seriously I'm dead inside or some shit.
| h-how can i dance
| >>405194 Nah, his name doesn't have to be Chad. Honestly, a name like Chad is kind of a turn off, but if I really like him I won't turn my nose up at him just because I dislike his name.
| >>405282
Idk why I thought maybe.
Well dancing is like any other form of expression really. It's not about looking good to others, it's about doing the things you like. You try to move in whatever ways, until you find something you like.
When you feel like you like moving like that, then you're gonna remember that.
When you'll try again, you'll find something different you like, and you're gonna move this different way cause it feels alright to you.
| Cont.
You unconciously build yourself by finding things you like (no reason is also a reason). Of course, when you look at others and go "I like that", there's a good chance you'll try to mimic, because it looks like fun.
Depends what you like in dancing.
Analogy with music: y'know that sequence of frequencies, the one that really hits your spot? That one musician does it and it sounds great to you? Well that's cool, cause you just found something you like...
| Cont. Bis.
But remember, the things you like to experience as a spectator, can also be things you dislike doing.
Big example, I like looking at people playing Super Smash, but I hate playing it myself.
I love the rhythmic guitar in some songs, but I hate to play it.
It's not simple really.
| >>404899 same gurl you replied to here, in case my id has changed. I really hate dancing too let me tell you. It can be fun to do random movements, but when I had dancing for a hobby for about 2 years it was awful. Because I was kinda forced to do the excact "right" moveset and we just practised the same stuff each lesson. Slow dancing also really sucks (although for different reasons) I think everyone can agree. I still do get the appeal, but Id rather just do anything I WANT to d
| >>405412
That's mostly solid except it assumes it felt "right" at some point, which it didn't.
>things you like to experience as a spectator, can also be things you dislike doing.
I've never really gotten that either, I'm not usually into watching people do stuff, much less stuff I'm not into doing myself.
I've never watched sports and I sure as hell am not going to watch how somebody plays videogames, I'd much rather play them myself.
| >>405480
You don't have to watch. You just said you'd rather play them yourself. That's solid evidence you like playing them.
So why do you play vidya? Tell me? For example I don't play often at all.
Why the hell do people play videogames?
| >>405496
It's an artificially-meaningful stream of semi-controlled hallucinations that exploits reward feelings making for legal yet very strong escapism.
The redeeming quality being that some of them manage to be multimedia works of art.
(Actually, videogames are my job)
| are you by chance on the spectrum
| Cuz it's fun
| >>405569 I get asked that over the internet but no psychologist, psychiatrist, doctor, or random person has ever brought it up in real life.
So the answer is either "no" or "stealth crit"
>>405585
I don't have such a cynical view of dancing, but then again I've never been addicted to dancing. Therefore I don't need to look for "redeeming qualities", I just can't do it.
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| -What is it that they are expressing?
-Why do they enjoy it?
-What tells them a particular sound or rhythm calls for a particular movement?
-How do they manage to establish any sort of communication through it?
-What is it that drives them to do it?
-Why do they like to see other people dancing?
-Why do they want to dance with other people?
=What the fuck is wrong with me?
P.S.: I can speak up in public, sing, and act. Doesn't mean I'm good but *I can*. Oh and whistle too.