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May 30, 2009 09:48

Stolen from lori_holder:

I watched this right after getting another stupid-ass forward from my mother, this one about how Obama is the next coming of Hitler (don't ask, unless you really want me to get all ranty). I found myself getting all misty, and I have decided to make a choice to be completely non-meta about it. I'm not going to wonder anything about ( Read more... )

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merispork May 30 2009, 14:56:24 UTC

Flashmobs and asking nicely. He's got a cool blog. Ask Badger about him sometime...

opheliasavalon May 30 2009, 15:10:15 UTC

I never get tired of this video. Ever.

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panthyr May 30 2009, 16:57:09 UTC

No offense to you or Mer, but like I said in my post - I have made a choice not to ask those questions. I don't know, I don't wanna know, I don't care, I don't wanna care. I'm just enjoying the dancing.

lori_holder May 30 2009, 18:15:24 UTC

It made me choke up too, and I wasn't sure why either. Now that I've watched it three times or so, I think it's because this is a pan-global fun fest.

So many times when I see these places he's gone in the news or on the TV, it's because some hideously depressing thing has happened there. This doesn't have any of that. It's just a lot of people, not afraid at all of looking silly, having a great time.

It's weird, but I got the same feeling when I went on the whale watch last summer. There were five or six boats out there, all crammed to the gunwales with people, and all of us sharing a common response to the 40 whales breaching and blowing all around us: WOW!!!

sollite May 30 2009, 22:13:31 UTC

:D

I get this feeling when I watch "Boom De Yada" also. The first time I remember feeling it was actually New Year's Eve 1999-2000. People from around the world were celebrating the Millennium, and I got to see/hear about it all from my home.

For me, it's the sensation of "World Soul" (anima mundi). It is a very simple but overwhelming affirmation that the best and most simply joyful in each of us is mirrored back by each of us - regardless of geography, nationality, or culture. Sometimes it's more buried than others, but it's always there. Even if people don't or can't dance, they want to.

It's the hope that as bad as everything can get, the good still goes much, much deeper.

auntbijou May 30 2009, 23:57:06 UTC

Yeah, that is one of my favorite "Put Auntie's Bad Day Back Into Perspective" videos, a definite mood lifter!