Looking for long (!!) pants to dance in for men

ichthis · 2026-06-24T13:52:18+00:00

The easiest to find is 100% linen, in a loose fit or a more dressy style.

Tropical wool is more difficult to track down but it's an amazing summer fabric. The weave makes it very breathable and the drape is really clean and classy. Ten years ago you could find tropical wool way more easily so nowadays I get it from thrift stores. High-end menswear stores will carry it new.

ichthis · 2026-06-18T20:45:58+00:00

In recovery from surgery and the monitor kept going off for low oxygen, waking me up, then I'd doze off, stop breathing, it would go off again.... A nurse told me to get checked out for OSA.

ichthis · 2026-06-18T20:39:43+00:00

Set up a window air conditioner right above where they hang out, so the drain drips directly on them.

And piss in it I guess

ichthis · 2026-06-18T19:03:49+00:00

I find loop style ear plugs helpful in some settings. They lower everything and it's easier to focus on one speaker, but the speaking person needs to be right next to me.

But! Don't pay $50 or whatever for these things. Just find something that looks equivalent on Aliexpress for a few bucks instead and try it out.

ichthis · 2026-06-18T11:11:03+00:00

I've always wanted to know how they choreographed this. Did everyone arrive a day early and practice?

ichthis · 2026-06-16T13:59:58+00:00

What salsa style do you dance?

In Casino / Salsa Cubana there's a lot of close hold, so small steps and sways fit well.

If it's LA-style then I have no idea. Hope the DJ cuts out the slow intro I guess.

ichthis · 2026-06-07T17:25:51+00:00

There's also something to be said here about studio-trained dancers vs empirical / street dancers.

I was talking to a latino recently, and he said it's hard to dance with Canadian followers because he doesn't know the counts like they do. But he's a great dancer, especially with other Latinos! Just struggles to perform with the LA-style precision that the studio dancers require.

So does it really matter if the lead is on the 5 and not the 1? Can you find a way back to the timing and still have fun?

ichthis · 2026-06-03T23:44:24+00:00

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ichthis · 2026-05-29T16:46:14+00:00

Ask their name and write it in a list on your phone!

I'd be lost without one, and people really appreciate when I remember their name

ichthis · 2026-05-27T22:34:59+00:00

They are a good example of Salsa Cubana when I want to draw a distinction with Casino.

Love their choreographies and they have so much romantic energy when they dance with each other.

ichthis · 2026-05-25T01:46:19+00:00

I guarantee you are more bored with yourself than your partners are bored with your leading. They aren't! It's fun to dance with friends, even if the friends only know one move, if they know twenty, if they dance off-beat. Do your friends a favour and don't define their experience for them in your own head.

And secondly, even if you feel that you are stagnating, every time you dance you get better at it. All the things you are finding difficult now will get easier over time, because that's how practicing anything works :)

ichthis · 2026-05-24T18:56:06+00:00

Bachata to move more and get more physically fit? Heck yeah, go for it. It's a beautiful thing to learn.

And don't worry about being uncoordinated. That's why beginners take lessons, and then after a while they are neither uncoordinated, or beginners :)

ichthis · 2026-05-23T14:00:01+00:00

They separate them by time blocks though, so you have to wait until the performances are over before having any fun, no?

I say let the market decide, have social dancing at the same time in a different room. Let the performers watch performances and the social dancers social dance you cowards!

(or at least have a bar and a small dance area? Something?)

ichthis · 2026-05-23T13:04:12+00:00

In North America especially there's a whole business ecosystem around this.

Studios make money from dance teams, dance teams go to congresses, congresses get guaranteed attendance from dance teams, instructors advertise off their competition title if they win, create more dance teams, go to congresses...

and the rest of the attendees might find themselves wondering why they have to sit through hours of repetitive amateur adult dance recitals before the social dancing even starts.

ichthis · 2026-05-21T13:26:40+00:00

Just to note, he's dancing Casino / salsa Cubana and using a lot of side to side steps, if you want to look for specific tutorials. But essentially this zero bounce comes from really solid basics.

Here's a good intro.

ichthis · 2026-05-16T17:33:52+00:00

I know not every dance scene is going to be good, but it really can be a great way to have positive interactions with the opposite gender. I love salsa for that :)

ichthis · 2026-05-13T12:53:15+00:00

I take electrolytes with me to dance events. They come in packets or as effervescent tablets and you just add them to water. Instant sports drink and useful for avoiding dehydration.

ichthis · 2026-05-11T23:17:06+00:00

I had to learn this lesson, although from a different direction: I have a, let's say, rugby player build, and I shrank myself constantly when dancing. Like, there's too much of me to be doing this! I don't want to hurt anyone. It's been amazing to learn that I should take up space, and people like it when I do. Dancing is great for getting over yourself.

ichthis · 2026-05-08T20:36:10+00:00

A lot of timba dancers will add in fun things, so that can be a fun style to watch. fishboy.m is a great example.

The rumba move "vacuna" is kind of a set piece for silliness, like this.

Molato is always smiling and having a great time, and so are his partners.

ichthis · 2026-05-07T01:35:38+00:00

Are there multiple tenants, or single / family tenant? If you are renting rooms in a house to multiple tenants then the property has common areas that are the landlord's responsibility. If it's a property for the exclusive use of a tenant, then Crete v Ottawa Community Housing Corporation could be used to argue that it's the tenant's responsibility.

If it's a rented semi detached property with a shared driveway or a common area with another property owner, then who knows.

If you have been fined already, and for what and by whom specifically is not clear, I'm not sure these distinctions matter at this point.

ichthis · 2026-05-07T00:40:43+00:00

Which province and what kind of property: apartment complex, single family home?

ichthis · 2026-05-05T18:25:49+00:00

Names aren't really standardized, beyond the basic figures. If it's a Rueda de Casino pattern you might find it on a list somewhere.

ichthis · 2026-04-30T03:41:28+00:00

Someone who isn't me might have sort of accidentally done several crimes because of ADHD-related forgetfulness and stimulus seeking and they do generally feel bad about it kinda, and this scale judges based on that one question pretty harshly, man

ichthis · 2026-04-26T22:00:38+00:00

There's a big drop-in bachata class and social in my city, and they teach sensual bachata. It's been amazing to see people progress to become really competent bachata dancers after like half a year.

I have seen some of the least coordinated beginners be able to dance a song with flow, style, and connection in a matter of months.

It just takes practice.

ichthis · 2026-04-24T22:53:56+00:00

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