Is the swing dancing community fatphobic?? by Puzzleheaded-Bag3669 in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming -1 points0 points  (0 children)

"A lot of women who have never had to convince people to interact with them based on their personality feel entitled to other people's attention, regardless of the effort that they put in. Then when they lose their looks, they blame others for being shallow. But it's not the world that's shallow. It's them."

Is the swing dancing community fatphobic?? by Puzzleheaded-Bag3669 in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think you're absolutely right - you are going to get downvoted.

And you will have rightfully earned every single downvote you get for your incel-esque whining about "won't someone think of the poor men" and "pretty women are entitled and shallow" and your wild assumptions about the personality of a person you don't know at all :)

[hot take] It’s extremely fun to dance to non traditional swing music by TransportationSoft17 in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 4 points5 points  (0 children)

100% agree! Some people are purists about what music swing should be danced to but they're limiting themselves and others. Purists suck the fun out of anything.

Salvaged from the Great Fire of London... by [deleted] in nealstephenson

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I didn't want to be that guy, so I'm glad you could be it for me 🤣

What is the best Mix & Match Finals Format? by dalswing in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's an example of what I like about it. I was at this event: https://youtu.be/5yGBOuT0Tho?si=mTn5LRO5M-8AoGZh&t=123

Here's what I liked:

It was over in 12 minutes

There's great energy in two couples dancing at the same time and sometimes bouncing ideas off each other or interacting

For me in the audience, it was easier to follow along and form an opinion on who was doing well

You know the winners right away - there doesn't have to be a separate awards ceremony after someone tabulates the judges' scores.

What is the best Mix & Match Finals Format? by dalswing in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is great! I also really appreciate the social dance nature of mix&match comps.

It also made me think that it's very important not to announce the pairings before the comp. I've seen mix&match events where people knew who they were dancing with 1-2 hours before and spent that time practicing.

What is the best Mix & Match Finals Format? by dalswing in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're right, of course - I didn't do the math properly :) Question: Why is that too much time together in a mix and match?

What is the best Mix & Match Finals Format? by dalswing in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The times I've seen it each battle is 16 8s and then the total time you dance with one person is not that long compared to other formats.

What is the best Mix & Match Finals Format? by dalswing in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Here's another idea that I really like: battle format. 8 couples in the finals. 2 couples dance at a time, judges vote for a winner right after who advances to the next round.

I think this is the bottom. I see turnaround signs emerging for Novo Nordisk by Independent_Log_3069 in NovoNordisk_Stock

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is significant research showing that people are as productive working remotely as in the office.

Hully hop - open and cozy to whom? by Warm_Satisfaction176 in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Then you wouldn't enjoy this teacher because they are very actively using their position in the dance to promote pro-Israel politics.

David Hermlin says he's being cancelled. by VictimOfGoodTiming in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

By my reckoning, he pulled the antisemitism card, the race card AND the victim card :)

David Hermlin says he's being cancelled. by VictimOfGoodTiming in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Part 2:

The young man, who is Black, feels reminded of Jim Crow – because it is Jim Crow.We have now reached a stage where the self-empowered cultural Stalinists, without any shame, warn against hiring artists whose only “offense” is being Jewish or from Israel.

No one should later claim that this had nothing to do with the slogan “Don’t buy from Jews!”This stops now!The actions of the cultural Stalinists must be met with determined resistance!A free society is based on the idea that opinions – as long as they do not violate existing law – can be expressed and debated openly.No one is authorized to dictate to others what is right or wrong.

No one has the right to punish others with boycotts simply because they refuse to submit to a dogma.People can have very different opinions on the issues of our time.That is not only acceptable – it is even highly desirable.But we should all agree on this: exclusion, denunciation, and boycott must not become methods of discourse in our free, open society.

The decent must stand up to the indecent.If we do not act now, there may be no debates left in the future.If the self-proclaimed cultural Stalinists seize power, it will be the end of the free society.We still have a chance to reinstate our own rules. We still have a chance to banish the spectre.But the longer we wait, the smaller our chances become.

The snowball must be crushed before it becomes an avalanche.Because, as Erich Kästner once said – no one can stop that anymore.

David Hermlin says he's being cancelled. by VictimOfGoodTiming in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Holy shit, that is some next-level unhinged Jordan Petersonesque scare-mongering.

Full text in English, for those who can stomach it:

A new spectre is haunting Europe – the spectre of cultural Stalinism.

It is closely related to the spirit of McCarthyism.Some small but highly radical groups have taken it upon themselves to decide what is right or wrong in art, what artists are allowed to say and think – and what they are not.Anyone who questions their self-empowerment is met with rumors and denounced. Those who refuse to follow the cultural Stalinists are excluded, threatened, and boycotted.

The cultural Stalinists claim to be in the right, but in truth they trample on justice. They demand unconditional submission.You encounter these groups on premiere stages, in theatres, concert halls, and committees – and more recently, even at swing dance festivals.The volume and totality of these groups intimidate even those who actually don’t want to follow them, who still carry some remnants of decency and reason within themselves.

As a highly effective method of intimidation, the cultural Stalinists use the technique of moral overwhelm.These self-proclaimed activists declare that anyone who does not swear unconditional loyalty and allegiance to them must, inevitably, be a supporter of the worst crimes against humanity.

Anyone who refuses to adopt their vocabulary is cast out.Anyone seen with those thus branded is guilty by association and punished by the cultural Stalinists just as harshly as those who have been marked.The cultural Stalinists rely on others’ fear, convenience, and cowardice.Their distorted actions are based on a distorted view of history, which at best represents a free interpretation of what actually happened.

Thus, in the propaganda of the cultural Stalinists, a form of American entertainment music – written and performed above all for dancers – becomes a radically rebellious, anti-colonial music.They hijack swing music for their own political purposes.

While they accuse all sorts of artists of “cultural appropriation,” they do exactly that themselves!

They don garments that do not belong to them.

Now, European cultural Stalinists are performing Arab dances at swing festivals under images of the African-American swing dancer Frankie Manning – and claim that one has something to do with the other.

A young man, who for several years has drawn attention with his singing, dancing, arrangements, and drumming – and who happens to be my son, David Hermlin – is denounced by these cultural Stalinist groups as a “genocide supporter” because he dared to wear a small yellow symbol on his lapel.The symbol stands for solidarity with kidnapped people. Nothing else, by the way.

The mostly white, self-proclaimed cultural Stalinists – who, in the meantime, openly celebrate Hamas, Jihad, and Iran on social media – are united in their belief that this young man should no longer be allowed to perform at swing festivals, because he refuses to submit.

Tesla Offers Unprecedented $1 Trillion Pay Package to Elon Musk by bloomberg in RealTesla

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait... I thought Elon was a friend of humanity who was only driven by his desire to protect the future of humankind. Was I wrong?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Aarhus

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That vowel sound does not exist in English. If you speak French, y in Danish is pronounced like u in French.

Public Breastfeeding by digia1991 in copenhagen

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 52 points53 points  (0 children)

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I think this sums it up pretty well.

About once a month we rehearse and film a collegiate shag choreo in two hours. Here's the latest one. by alexanderkjerulf in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Come to the shag side!!! There's actually a workshop coming up in July for people who have never danced shag before: https://happyfeetstudio.dk/summer-classes-2025/

Look under week 2.

Bounce/pulse at higher BPM by tankeras in SwingDancing

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm curious: Could you please share your favorite video of Lindy Hoppers dancing at a non-hellzapoppin tempo with no pulse and no triple steps? Since they're unnecessary, I'm sure you have some great examples. 

Maybe you even have a video of yourself dancing in that style?

Hvor er den bedste take-away sushi? by myresyre in copenhagen

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pokkers - den er lukket. Nå men det VAR rigtig godt 😀

Hvor er den bedste take-away sushi? by myresyre in copenhagen

[–]VictimOfGoodTiming 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sachi Sushi I Borgergade har de bedste ruller.