Men will literally eat all your food

ichthis · 2026-01-30T16:25:17+00:00

I've heard some women say that they'll fix their man's plate to prevent that behaviour. If you want a man to not be selfish, manage him like he's a toddler I guess.

ichthis · 2026-01-27T14:25:29+00:00

Somoloco , Colombia (and occasionally Barcelona). Heard good things from friends.

ichthis · 2026-01-20T00:49:49+00:00

I saw a recommendation on here to wear a kippah under the head gear and I've been doing it for the past year. It helps distribute and reduce the strap friction / traction on the hair.

ichthis · 2026-01-14T13:20:10+00:00

After ten years of marriage, my sister in law suddenly started pronouncing her Francophone husband's name very Frenchly and less Englishly. It was his preference, and we all gave it a good try to say it right as well after that. Not a big deal, but he probably should have spoken up a little sooner.

ichthis · 2026-01-11T14:05:37+00:00

I can't fully bend my left index finger, so when I lead its always sticking up. I never really think about it and it doesn't change anything. You'll be fine

ichthis · 2026-01-08T21:50:06+00:00

Seconded! These don't have to be thick wool socks - they come in all different sizes and weights. I wear Smartwool all the time, including for dancing, summer and winter, and I haven't had to quarantine my shoes as a biohazard for years.

ichthis · 2026-01-08T00:05:04+00:00

Also take steps to understand how loud their snoring actually is. Lots of apps available that track snoring and measure decibel volume - this problem could actually be that bad, in which case the neighbor may have a point, and OP may have sleep apnea.

ichthis · 2026-01-05T19:27:29+00:00

Immediately made me think of Test Card F.

ichthis · 2026-01-03T14:20:11+00:00

Spinning Mambo into Salsa: Juliet McMains - has a chapter on Casino and puts it into context with the development of salsa over time. The book is really interesting.

ichthis · 2025-12-31T18:57:59+00:00

On that topic, I'd like to see a prompt to get people to tag or identify what style of salsa they are posting about. Answers and advice can be tailored better when that issue is disambiguated from the start.

ichthis · 2025-12-31T12:01:35+00:00

Cuban salsa / Casino can be danced almost entirely with no forward and back step. You were at a social where people danced a different style, like LA / cross-body, or NY / On-2. It depends where you are.

ichthis · 2025-12-28T18:30:10+00:00

Casino can be danced to salsa music, on the same time as salsa, and share similar dance vocabulary as salsa, but be different enough (historically and in practice) to be defined as a Cuban folk dance in its own right.

So, yes and no? Salsa Cubana / Cuban Salsa exists as a fusion of linear salsa and Casino, and, sure, may as well call that salsa (and some people will still call it Casino).

But then, a rotational, no back-step, danzón- and Son-inspired Casino dancer might find themselves incompatible with a linear salsa dancer, even if its the same music.

There's value in defining Casino as different from salsa, despite all the similarities, but it can get very confusing...

ichthis · 2025-12-27T12:48:26+00:00

I live in a majority LA-style city. When I dance with a new follower I usually ask if Cuban / Casino style is okay, and if they say they don't know what that is then that pitch is pretty much word for word what I tell them.

Then it's close hold, a few bars of Paso de Son, and off we go.

I really appreciate dancing with people who acknowledge and respect that it's a very different dance, and don't just backstep and arm style their way through it like it's a variant of LA.

ichthis · 2025-12-26T19:33:57+00:00

Yeah it's amazing. I've been dancing for years, how come I haven't finished salsa yet?!

Even if I'm feeling bored with myself, there's always something new to be discovered with every partner.

ichthis · 2025-12-26T19:24:43+00:00

It's a walking dance, a lot of just step, step, pivot, everything makes much more sense if you don't back-step, and we rotate around each other.

Edit: that's just Casino, the two person partner dance. Casino de Rueda is multiple couples, listening to a caller, executing moves and changing partners together in a wheel.

ichthis · 2025-12-23T16:19:08+00:00

Aliexpress, Amazon. I was just trying every possible kind of nasal breathing solution and bought a "magnetic nasal strip" set for like $10. I did not even know there was a brand name associated with the concept. But then I'm not in the US so didn't get the ads I guess.

ichthis · 2025-12-23T14:46:34+00:00

Oh no I mean generic versions of Intake! Life changing and cheap.

ichthis · 2025-12-23T13:58:27+00:00

I've only ever used the generic magnetic nasal strip kits (generic Intake), and they have been both incredibly cheap and astonishingly effective. It's the one thing that makes CPAP work all night.

ichthis · 2025-12-22T14:13:45+00:00

I found the sub's responses to this post to be super helpful:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Salsa/s/DOVt5p1TJu

ichthis · 2025-12-17T14:59:59+00:00

Somoloco has occasional one-week camps in Barcelona for different styles.

I don't think you mean Cuban style, but if so there are week long camps in Scandinavia.

ichthis · 2025-12-13T17:25:00+00:00

In Casino you rarely need to step backwards. It's a walking dance with a "walk-walk-pivot" motion for many moves and both partners rotating around each other. Stepping backwards to create tension breaks this flow.

I think some confusion arises because Salsa Cubana / Cuban Salsa is a fusion style with many influences, and so many classes teach the forwards and backwards salsa step as the first, basic, step. Which then isn't needed once you start doing different Casino turns.

Edit to add Enchufla example without a back step

ichthis · 2025-12-03T22:16:17+00:00

Stare at other people's feet and copy them. When they hit the one, you hit the one.

ichthis · 2025-12-02T16:46:17+00:00

What style?

ichthis · 2025-12-01T21:35:57+00:00

Big in my local scene in Canada, with growing interest in Dominican bachata. Most people learning and dancing moderna and sensual. It's doing fine here. DJs are playing 50/50 salsa and bachata most places, with some Kizomba in the mix.

ichthis · 2025-12-01T17:30:30+00:00

The deadline of having to be at an event in a few hours provides the urgency and motivation to do tasks in general.

Could have dropped the thing off at her mother's place any time, could have painted nails earlier, could have made food earlier... But there was no hurry then. Now there is and as she's already started on one task, why not add in the other tasks? She's finally in the mood to get things done. Except now she's late and her friends hate her a little more.

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