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I can imagine that anyone who reads this likes to indulge in a bit of twerking now and again. But is it true that if you do it too vigorously your bum drops off?
The Perils of Twerking: Can It Make Your Bum Drop Off?
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In summary, Miley Cyrus's "Wrecking Ball" video has caused a lot of controversy because of the way she dances in it. Some people feel that the video is inappropriate because of the way she dances and the fact that it contains lyrics that are sexual in nature.
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No, but you can set it on fire.
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Not if you do it in the morning just after you had your coffee.
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Dadface said:I can imagine that anyone who reads this likes to indulge in a bit of twerking now and again. But is it true that if you do it too vigorously your bum drops off?
If you hit the resonant frequency of your pelvis then a standing wave self-reinforces and can cause structural damage. This frequency is roughly 1.21 gigatwerkz.
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I had never even seen or heard the word "twerk" until Miley Cyrus released her infamous video a few weeks ago. Does this mean I'm totally out of touch with popular culture now?
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mmm...I didn't hear it even then...not until this thread...jtbell said:
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What does twerk mean?
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According to the Oxford Dictionary Online, to twerk is "to dance to popular music in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements and a low, squatting stance"
Twerk=twist+jerk
Twerk=twist+jerk
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It is a US conspiracy to drop all of our bums
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Here you go, enjoy, or not...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxjwc84P364
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xxjwc84P364
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Do we ban Greg for posting this video?
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FixedBorek said:
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Yuk, it's enough to put you off your dinner.
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jtbell said:
It's been around for a while. I recall seeing my friends post fb statuses about it many months ago. It just blew up now because of Miley Cyrus completely losing her mind.
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WannabeNewton said:
Hardly. She knows what she's doing. Her just released title song, "Wrecking Ball", has over 158,000,000 hits on YouTube. Don't watch it. It's bad for you.
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Yes, and I'm proud of it.jtbell said:
Not fun though is being an adult and having to define it for your parents...
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Greg Bernhardt said:
In all fairness he has got some pretty strong pelvic / hip muscles lol.
Twerkingout seems to be the new trend to keep fit.
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SW VandeCarr said:
I've seen it. She's only getting bad publicity.
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With record sales and top of the charts??
http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/5695590/miley-cyrus-wrecking-ball-swings-to-top-of-hot-100
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jtbell said:
I had never heard of the word "twerk" until this thread. Does this mean I win the "completely out of touch with popular culture" award?
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jhae2.718 said:
Nope, I did.
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256bits said:
Bruce Springsteen released an album last year with the title song "Wrecking Ball"!
Not only is Ms. Cyrus an infamous twerker, but a plagiarist as well! I think WBN is referring to the fact that Cyrus got 601,158 don't likes vs 1,088,369 likes for her song, a very high ratio of negatives for a YT video. BTW, the Cyrus video is now over 160 million hits.
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How does high record sales = good publicity necessarily? I hope you know that many artists have sold a multitude of records due to exactly the opposite.256bits said:
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nsaspook said:
Miley 1, Starship Enterprise 0
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WBN, are you saying she's mentally ill?
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As an older geezer I like this little gal's lesson on twerking.
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I'm still having trouble getting by an assertion made in the OP:
:uhh:
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:uhh:
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lisab said:
lisab
You might like the video above. It isn't what you think.
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edward said:lisab
You might like the video above. It isn't what you think.
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WannabeNewton said:
Wait, that's basically the definition. Good publicity is publicity that increases sales/money.
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Office_Shredder said:
True that. And it's been done for...well probably forever. Succès de scandale!
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lisab said:
The assertion was the frivolous bit. Or would it be better to call it the cheeky bit? The serious bit was asking whether the bum could fall off.
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Borek said:
Perhaps he didn't have the audio on when he watched it.
Should I push the "report" button, or repost the video on his wife's Facebook page?
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workin' on a per-ma-ban...
I'm workin' it, workin' it...
Sittin' here on my butt
Lookin' at that boy-oy-sl**
Lisn' to all that smut...
good god,
why does nothing rhyme with Saturday?
Iiiii'm twerkin' it...
doop doop doooooo...
Iiii'm twerkin' it...
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OmCheeto said:
pitter-patter day,
Latter-day,
pancake batter day.
fatter day,
does it matter day?