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Why Gen Z Doesn't Want To Dance · The Cubby and Christine Morning Show

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  Speaker 1: Speaking of dancing, Christine, if you go to a wedding
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  Speaker 1: reception and you find that more and more people aren't
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  Speaker 1: dancing these days, it may not be what you think. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The music might be great. You're thinking, why are they
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  Speaker 2: not dancing to these great songs?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, yes.
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  Speaker 4: Happens to Eric. He plays weddings and he's like, why
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  Speaker 4: aren't people dancing? What's going on?
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  Speaker 2: But we think we might have a reason. By the way,
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  Speaker 2: we're Light FM. It's Cubby and Christine. We're just chatting here. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Kristen's hanging out, producing our show. So, yeah, what's the reason?
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  Speaker 4: Because we don't want to be shamed, Cubby. Thank you
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  Speaker 4: very much.
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  Speaker 2: Because of all the cameras.
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  Speaker 4: All the cameras.
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  Speaker 3: So, look, this is actually a mental health care provider,
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  Speaker 3: LifeStance Health, says they have taken a look at this
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  Speaker 3: and they're finding the people least likely to step out
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  Speaker 3: and dance are Gen Z.
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  Speaker 4: So that's us.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. Yeah, I believe.
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  Speaker 3: Right? Yes.
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  Speaker 2: I always forget. We talk about it a lot. No,
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  Speaker 2: Gen Z is younger. They're the younger generation.
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  Speaker 4: We're Gen X.
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  Speaker 2: Gen Z is Kristen.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. No.
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  Speaker 4: Kristen's millennial.
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  Speaker 2: You're millennial. All right.
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  Speaker 4: None of us want to get out there and dance, basically.
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  Speaker 2: Christine, you and I are Gen X, right?
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  Speaker 4: We're Gen X.
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  Speaker 2: But Gen Z, okay, they're afraid of being videotaped. I'm surprised.
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  Speaker 3: Honestly, I'm surprised because I thought it was going to
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  Speaker 3: be Gen X because we get shamed. But it's actually
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  Speaker 3: Gen Z because of what you just said, Cubby.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry. Because they are getting shamed.
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  Speaker 2: Shamed.
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  Speaker 4: Because people are going, oh, check this out, and posting
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  Speaker 4: it on socials. And it can be embarrassing.
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  Speaker 1: And they're afraid they're going to be all over everyone's
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  Speaker 1: TikTok and other songs we put underneath it.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: They'll become the butt of all the jokes.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: They said they don't want to act silly. There's, you know,
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  Speaker 3: like where you're supposed to be having fun and you
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  Speaker 3: can let down and let loose. And it's sad when
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  Speaker 3: you don't allow yourself on the dance floor. I don't.
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  Speaker 4: Life is too short.
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  Speaker 2: Just go.
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  Speaker 4: Just dance.
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  Speaker 3: But maybe you should tell people, yeah, like turn the
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  Speaker 3: phone around because we're not all great dancers. Right.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 3: But I can't get through the door. So, you know, it's,
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  Speaker 3: it's like, it's okay. You're supposed to just be having
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  Speaker 3: a good time. But they said they, you know, a
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  Speaker 3: lot of times, and speaking of millennials that like falling
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  Speaker 3: into Kristen and I'm sure for us as well, you
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  Speaker 3: don't want to be like Elaine from Seinfeld.
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  Speaker 4: Oh yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I've seen that. See that again.
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  Speaker 4: I've seen that a lot.
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  Speaker 2: That became viral.
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  Speaker 1: Right.
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  Speaker 2: That whole clip. That whole clip.
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  Speaker 3: Went viral and then side by sides, they were at
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  Speaker 3: a wedding and they saw somebody like that.
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  Speaker 4: So, So, yeah, we're getting embarrassed.
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  Speaker 2: Do you dance?
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  Speaker 1: Do you think about cameras and all that when you're
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  Speaker 1: at a party?
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  Speaker 2: You can hit us up at 44363 on text. We'd
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  Speaker 2: love to hear from you. But, yeah, it's a darn shame.
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  Speaker 4: You go to a wedding. It's a joyous event. You
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  Speaker 4: want to dance. Let us know.
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  Speaker 3: All right.
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