Public body shaming doesn’t just happen to females or celebrities.
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Back in February, a photo of a man was uploaded to 4chan — the image bulletin board where users can upload and comment on photos anonymous.
The person who initially published the photo cruelly wrote: “Spotted this specimen trying to dance the other week. He stopped when he saw us laughing.”
One Twitter user named Cassandra saw the photo and was outraged by the blatant bullying. She posted her own message on Twitter:
Anyone know this man or who posted this? There’s a huge group of ladies in LA who would like to do something special pic.twitter.com/DGbu3AXOrB
— Cassandra (@CassandraRules) March 5, 2015
Thanks to the power of social media, other Twitter users began their search, using the hashtag #FindDancingMan with the hopes of inviting him to a dance party!
#FindDancingMan Help us find this dude with the moves! Let’s do this, ladies! pic.twitter.com/JvBIkpIxdi
— TheElleWord (@TheElleWord) March 6, 2015
And guess what, less than a day later, DancingMan was found!
YAY TWITTER!!! @Dancingmanfound #FindDancingMan ❤️❤️❤️ We are going to dance!!! pic.twitter.com/G7FxuiSsIh
— Cassandra (@CassandraRules) March 6, 2015
The movement caught the attention of Moby, who volunteered to deejay the yet-to-be announced dance party!
i offer my dj services for free for #DancingMan #DancingManFound #FindDancingMan . no one should ever be ashamed about dancing.
— moby Ⓥ (@thelittleidiot) March 6, 2015
And now Pharrell wants to get in on the #DancingMan action, too!
Hey @CassandraRules keep me posted about your dance party! @Dancingmanfound, never be ashamed of yourself. You are both truly #OTHER🙏
— Pharrell Williams (@Pharrell) March 6, 2015
We can’t wait until his L.A. partay!
Count us in, too! Everybody dance!
UPDATE:
We aren’t the only ones who are ready to party! The world’s foremost party expert Andrew W.K. agreed to play the dance party, and Ellie Goulding tweeted:
I want to dance with #dancingman and play at the party.
— Ellie Goulding (@elliegoulding) March 8, 2015
Amazing!
But even more incredible, the L.A. Coliseum offered to serve as the venue for what’s shaping up to be the greatest shindig of all time:
@CassandraRules @Dancingmanfound @Pharrell we would love to donate the “worlds greatest stadium” for the worlds greatest dance party!
— LA Memorial Coliseum (@lacoliseum) March 7, 2015
The L.A. Coliseum for FREE!
Of course, coordinating this big a party is going to take a lot of work! But as soon as everyone can get a date coordinated, we’ll let you know when the World’s Greatest Dance Party is happening — so you can dance along!
[Image via 4chan.]
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