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dumb question. dancing is physical activity. physical activity feels good.

>>4859653

Some things are better to simply do than to think about.

>>4859686
this

>sex
>religion
>politics
>dancing

Have you ever found yourself tapping your feet to some music? It's that on a bigger scale.

I've never read anything worth reading about, but I've never looked.

>>4859680
Thanks but I don't want that discussion to come up again. Yes, it's fun. I enjoy it too. But I want to see what people have written about it.

>>4859686
This. But if you absolutely have to dissect it, it's fun because it's something you feel and do, but you don't really think about so much. It's improvisational, subtle, and fleeting. You can hit some great moves one moment and look like a total spaz the next. It's also a great way to communicate non-verbally. It makes a great metaphor for sex in that way.

>shaking arbitrarily to electronica
>dancing
>not a formalized set of moves that require skill and timing

Plebus maximus

I don't mind dancing if I've already swagged a girl, but I raise cautious alarm when it comes to using dancing as a form of flirting with strangers.

>>4859680
But here is the big question: why does it feel good? Someone must have written something about it.

People seem to be focusing on it as a physical thing: pleasure, can't help it (ie, it's involuntary) and I think they are right. But I guess it's interesting for the OP's question when you ask why do people dance the way they do and it illustrates an obvious sociological, cultural dimension to the practise of dancing in a public space.

I've never seen a man dance in a non-embarrassing way. It's one of those things you can't get away with.

>>4859726
People do it the way they do BECAUSE it's cultural and social. If you want to talk specifics then you can get a PhD focusing on just how a certain group of people dances in a particular region in a particular time period. But it's culture, that's what people do, make culture. I don't understand what's mysterious about it.

It's fun, we are physical bodies so we try to express ourselves like that, more precisely a combination of expression and showing off. This is taken further by tradition and art.

I was a bboy, now only trying to do powermoves or dancing however I like and in whatever way I want. That translates into mostly training, trying to achieve whatever you though up.

Example of a great bboy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7v4FnzS9L8

The events themselves are fun, unfortunately every dancer is quite dumb, this is what turned me off from most of the local dance community.

>>4859737
Are you a girl?

Dancing is the vertical manifestation of sex and proof of one's physical ability and creativity. You know how bitches passed out when Elvis moved his hips? Yeah, he was basically penetrating them from a distance.
I like dancing, even though i'm a total beta. I guess deep inside i still lust for sex even though i put next to no effort to get it.

It's about control, as I said in the other thread. It's the same thing that has you dreaming of superheroes who can do incredible things, it's the same thing that gives Harry Potter his appeal, it's the same thing that has people dreaming of space and the depths of the ocean, etc. ---except it's something we can all do, and so do. It's power, and especially as far as women are concerned.

>>4859765
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56Hb632BCCw

>>4859773
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHZIUdHm6b4

Have you ever seen Die Welle? There's a fantastic scene where the teacher gets all the students to start marching in time on the spot, to make them feel more like a joined unit.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MESx8th3mtQ
That's part of the reason anyway.
I think dancing is hilarious myself. People are fucking bizarre.

Be less retarded and realise obvious things

>>4859780
Thanks. But everything posted so far is what I've been thinking myself more or less. Still want to read some scientists explanation.

>>4859653
A man should know two things: that no means no, and that you should never take no for an answer.

Think about it.

>>4859779
It's solipsism, basically. We all start out solipsistic as fuck and exert ourselves more and more upon the world. This is also why sex is such a big deal --because it's becoming a part of everything, rather than being the butt of the joke. This is why virgins are laughed at. Will to Power --read some Nietzsche.

>>4859786
>i need a scientist's explanation to explain dance to me
Is this really what the world has come to?

>>4859788
so...uh, that means i can still get her back, right?
right?

>>4859789
Yeah, totally. We enjoy sex because of philosophy. That makes sense.

>>4859790
>there are things in this world i do already, why should i bother to read about it
Is that what you are saying?

>>4859798
>because philosophy
You're retarded. Fuck it, stay that way, I don't mind.

>>4859800
>This is also why sex is such a big deal --because it's becoming a part of everything,
Did you already forget you wrote that?

>>4859800
Just for fun, though: why do you think males very commonly name their firstborn after themselves?

>>4859803
See:>>4859806
And be less retarded.

>>4859806
They don't, you just think they do because you live in a western bubble.

>>4859799
no, i realize it's interesting to read about things in life, even relatively normal things, like dancing. But dancing is supposed to be a release from mental workout, thinking about it is just going to ruin the pleasure one might get from it.

>>4859810
Enjoy being retarded

>>4859812
Good comeback, you really proved me wrong. Enjoy creating fallacious universal theories on localised phenomena.

>>4859813
lol those big words, tryhard retard
Maybe you get why people dance now though?

>>4859811
Fair enough, but I don't think I will lose my joy in dancing. A painter who reads about art also won't lose the will to paint, right?

>>4859816
This from the guy who was trying to use Nietzsche to back up his argument? Nice one. Why do you think I'm OP, given that the post of mine you first replied to was a response to him?

>>4859822
Who said I thought you were OP? I was just regarding you as completely oblivious.

>>4859819
>A painter...
oh, but he might - he might realize painting is futile and he will never compete with the classics and whatnot. That said, he can, and will - if he is a dedicated enough painter - get out of that mindset.
Sometimes it's better not to complicate things, but sometimes it's worth taking the risk as you might see a thing in different light and actually improve your practice of it.

>>4859825
If you say so. I'm sure there's absolutely no possibility that you're wrong. It would be inconceivable that you're getting angry and calling me a retard simply because you don't understand what's going on. That never happens.

>>4859827
ok at this point i can rephrase my original comment to this - It's potentially good to read about dancing, but be careful.

>>4859831
So far there is nothing to fear as it seems that there is nothing written about it. No recommendations at all /lit/?

>>4859829
Actually I was just looking to demonstrate my point in being so aggressive. Sorry, mate. But thanks for being so compliant, for so greatly exerting yourself upon the world with your big words in the face of adversity. Now think bigger. The world's a scary place, anon.

>>4859789
Lol what? First you get the power, then you get the women, hombre.

It really does baffle me how stupid people are.

>>4859834
Sure you were. Why are you so upset by a handful of relatively simple words? I haven't exactly broken out the thesaurus. It's telling that you reacted as you did.

>>4859833
maybe you should write something about it?

>>4859840
Mate, you still don't get it. Why would I get so hostile over people not knowing why other people dance? You just got played hard as fuck. I kept on pressing down on you, dismissing you, pressing down on you, and what did you do? Rose up in defiance with some fancy verbiage, just like why it is that people dance ---to feel in control.

>>4859845
I see! You're a master troll and you've been playing me this whole time! That's hilarious. You should be on TV.

>>4859845
And then that applies pretty much everywhere. Straight up everywhere, in fact. Nietzsche really did finish off human psychology. Or outside of the chemistry of it anyway.

>>4859847
I'm rather masterful all right. I'd consider myself a mentalist rather than a troll though. There's an ominousness to "troll", or a childishness perhaps.

>>4859850
I agree, you are a mentalist.

>>4859851
So clever ;________;
lol

See what I did there?

>>4859680
Is that the girl from this puzzle game for the PS3 with the blocks falling down?

Is autism painful, OP?

>>4859878
I don't know. But reading seems to be painful for you, otherwise you would do it while being in this thread.

>>4859886
>le xD

Reading this thread is an exercise in cancer. The fact that people actually attempted to discuss this autistic horseshit is pathetic. It is obviously linked to sex and culture. There is a strong possibility music was created before language. I have sincere doubts that you understand very much about "what it is to be human" if this is how you spend you time on the book section of the anime image board.

Stay mad and retarded OP.

>>4859894
>It is obviously linked to sex and culture
Oh really? Wow, thanks for clearing that up, genius. But I was asking for book recommendations, so I can read the thoughts of someone who actually studied the topic. Your "explanation" isn't really enough.

>>4859894
Holy shit man, stop dampening my glory in this thread with your retard mimicry

>>4859694
>politics
nigga politics is boring as fuck

> sitting
> public speaking
> sitting and listening for ten years to get anywhere

>>4859894
>I can't believe people need to do discuss this
>here is my opinion with 0 depth and 0 rationale
>the conversation is OVER go away you IDIOTS

You are a trash person and will never contribute to anything.

ecstasy - irvine welsh

>>4859945
He's just young and dumb. He'll learn.

>>4859713
>formalizing the most artful and basic of human expression into boring contemporary dance garbage
kek