/his/ - What caused the dancing plague? - History & Humanities

A virus of some kind, possibly similar to that recent African one that made a bunch of Ugandans uncontrollably "dance". Just more virulant
>https://youtube.com/watch?v=NEN5ipiZiFo

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)17:31:32 No.18363315

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)17:31:32 No.18363315

>>18363262
the jews

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)17:46:23 No.18363333

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)17:46:23 No.18363333

>>18363283
Could be a motor neuron disease, certain ones make you jerk around in your last days, like Huntington's Disease

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAMGRuhtdxA

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)17:47:08 No.18363335

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)17:47:08 No.18363335

5G

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)18:32:42 No.18363380

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)18:32:42 No.18363380

>>18363262
Masturbation.

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)18:37:55 No.18363391

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)18:37:55 No.18363391

>>18363262
Dionysus-Bacchus-Odin

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)18:55:44 No.18363420

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)18:55:44 No.18363420

>>18363262
Some bard dropping sick beats on the lute

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)18:58:34 No.18363423

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)18:58:34 No.18363423

>>18363420
This is what he was playing
https://youtu.be/4PgWNRSHQ8k?si=5nkbFXG1yGEtr-t4

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)19:06:35 No.18363431

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)19:06:35 No.18363431

>>18363262
Satan.
Enjoy dancing in Hell!

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)23:46:37 No.18363702

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)23:46:37 No.18363702

>>18363262
Scientists suspect it was a variant of either the Rockin' Pneumonia or the Boogie-Woogie Flu.

Anonymous
02/24/26(Tue)23:51:45 No.18363710

Anonymous 02/24/26(Tue)23:51:45 No.18363710

>>18363262
My SoundCloud mixtape

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)01:33:23 No.18363806

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)01:33:23 No.18363806

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>>18363262
My kind of party

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)01:35:08 No.18363808

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)01:35:08 No.18363808

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>>18363806
>foids dancing
>post-pubescent males dancing

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)01:44:59 No.18363814

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)01:44:59 No.18363814

>>18363262
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codpiece

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)03:06:47 No.18363919

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)03:06:47 No.18363919

Just humans living in the moment and enjoying life. Now..since the industrial revolution and its consequences everything has gone to shit, and humans cant dance anymore and enjoy life.

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)03:47:42 No.18363940

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)03:47:42 No.18363940

>>18363262
Probably ergot poisoning followed by mass hysteria

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)04:05:28 No.18363949

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)04:05:28 No.18363949

>>18363262
literally a fad
it was like what zoomers do weekly but they only got one

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)05:49:51 No.18364016

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)05:49:51 No.18364016

>>18363262
los del rio
https://youtu.be/zWaymcVmJ-A

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)06:35:44 No.18364048

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)06:35:44 No.18364048

>>18363262
Mass hysteria
People seriously underestimate the power of mob mentality

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)19:17:59 No.18364906

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)19:17:59 No.18364906

>>18363262
once I was with two dudes. we were laughing, probably at nothing, and we didn't stop. the people were gathering around and start laughing with us for no particular reason. this lasted for some minutes. why? dunno. maybe because it felt good. everybody who laughed enjoyed for sure

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)19:22:33 No.18364912

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)19:22:33 No.18364912

>>18363940
I'm inclined to agree but folks did ergot in ancient greece too and came out with mystery cults and shit

Anonymous
02/25/26(Wed)19:50:00 No.18364939

Anonymous 02/25/26(Wed)19:50:00 No.18364939

Likely caused by several factors. Hallucinations caused by ergot poisoning or alcohol. St. Vitus' for the younger of the victims, if not some nerve disease. All this ultimately lead to mass hysteria as >>18364048 mentions