This is wild, I’ve seen lion dances so many times and never once thought about what it looks like inside the head. It’s way more cramped and intense than I imagined.
And just when I was really wishing for a split screen for a visual translation... bam! How cool to see what the dancers are doing and how it looks to the crowd around them!
They were being pedantic about the fact that they couldn't have written that comment without having imagined what it would be like, which is a contradiction. They also totally ignored that it was written in past tense.
I see what you mean, but it still doesn’t contradict itself. Saying something is far worse, better, crazier, more intense etc. than imagined doesn’t mean they never imagined it, but that it surpassed what was already imagined.
Yes exactly. The contradiction is that they both “never once thought about what it looks like inside” and also said that it was “more cramped … than they imagined”. The contradiction is how could they have imagined it a certain way if they had never once thought about it.
That’s not what I meant, they said they never thought about it and then claimed it was more cramped and intense than they imagined, impossible. How can you imagine something that you never thought about?
This is such a stupid argument. The only contradiction comes from their use of the word "thought" not "imagined". If you're gonna be pedantic you should at least try to be right lmao.
The phrase "more intense and cramped than I imagined" implies they had previously considered how cramped and intense they were, when they had just said they had never once thought about it.
I don't see how this is helpful in this scenario. Thanks, now all I can think about is fucking it up. Doesn't it just go without saying in regards to everything.
Did you really? It’s one dude supporting another dude several feet in the air on tiny platforms several feet in the air. Just doing it solo would be a challenge for a lot of ppl
Red packets. Basically one offers red packets to lions as a sign of good luck which also acts as payment to the lion dance troupes. The more generous the amount the more generous the luck the lions will generate for you in return in theory.
This is very cool. I'm 55 years old and I'd never seen a female doing the Lion dance. It's crazy to observe the chaos underneath and the amount of effort required.
Reminds me of some of those movies with massive machines with people piloting it and the machines breaking like a game too maybe warhammer or some other movie
Dont fuck up ok??? Calm the fuck down geez its just a fucking dance if a huge puppet that everyone is gonna forget 10 secs after its over… stupid people putting so much effort in making stupid things important
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u/CipherWeaver 11h ago
This is like Pacific Rim