{"id":13765,"date":"2025-04-27T14:59:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T21:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/?p=13765"},"modified":"2025-06-02T15:03:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T22:03:44","slug":"umm-duuhhh-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigjimindustries.com\/wordpress\/2025\/04\/27\/umm-duuhhh-devices\/","title":{"rendered":"Umm, duuhhh… devices…."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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When did people stop dancing at the club?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

DJs, club owners, and patrons alike say there\u2019s way too much standing around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

by\u00a0Alex Abad-Santos<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Typically, if one is on a dance floor, they should be dancing!Simon Wohlfahrt\/AFP via Getty Images<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Clubs are, first and foremost, for dancing. One could theoretically do other things there \u2014 drink, meet strangers, conduct important and possibly illicit business deals, anything really \u2014 but likely everything but dancing could probably be done more efficiently somewhere else. At the same time, while no one\u2019s stopping anyone from dancing in other places that are more accessible and less expensive to shake and shimmy, from the gym to the bar to your own home, there isn\u2019t a better place to dance to loud music than a club.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what happens if the dancing stops?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to DJs, nightclub owners, frequent club-goers, and a number of\u00a0front<\/a>\u2013facing<\/a> camera\u00a0complaints<\/a>\u00a0over\u00a0social media<\/a>, a growing frustration at the\u00a0dancery<\/a>\u00a0is a growing number of people\u00a0not<\/em>\u00a0dancing. These nondancers are threatening to turn the club \u2014 a place where\u00a0jumpin\u2019 jumpin<\/a>\u2019,\u00a0dancin\u2019 dancin\u2019<\/a>, and maybe even\u00a0love<\/a>\u00a0have all been promised \u2014 into one of those other places where no one dances.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the surface, the divide seems split between movers and non-shakers (with a little sprinkle of generational warfare), but it speaks to the very tenets of nightlife. The puzzling act of not dancing at a place designated for dancing is one of those mysteries that raises questions, if not calls for a full-blown investigation. Why did people stop dancing? What are they doing at the club if they\u2019re not dancing? Who\u2019s sitting out and who can we blame? Who\u2019s complaining?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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