By Gather close, darlings, for the crystal ball has fogged, cleared, and shown me a single gloved hand glittering in the mist. The crowd has spoken on the most iconic dance move in pop history, and the spirits whisper that the floor itself has been sliding backward ever since.
First, the tarot of history. According to Wikipedia's moonwalk entry, the backward-gliding move became world-famous after Michael Jackson performed it on the Motown 25 special, broadcast in 1983, and it became his signature step for 'Billie Jean'. But the cards also reveal a twist: the same entry says the glide predates him, with Cab Calloway calling it 'the buzz' and similar steps reported as far back as 1932.
The rival spirits are no pushovers. Per the Gangnam Style article, Psy's horse-riding dance sparked a craze unseen since the Macarena, and the video became the first on YouTube to reach a billion views in 2012. Behold the omen: even a panda and a kangaroo were tested before the horse trot won out. Beyoncé's Single Ladies routine also haunts the ballot, and the sources I consulted say nothing about the Floss.
- The Moonwalk35%
- The Floss25%
- Gangnam Style21%
- Single Ladies18%
Now the numbers, which always undercut my prophecies. The Moonwalk leads at 35% consensus, and the Floss trails as runner-up at 25%. Those are the crowd's conviction levels, not a headcount. They come from 31 unique traders who put $39,981 behind their opinions in this Morfi opinion market. Also on the ballot: 2 other sides. Trading opened less than a day ago, so this crown is still warm.
My own take, and it is opinion, loud and sequined: the crowd chose correctly. Nobody ever needed a tutorial to understand that a human being had stopped walking and started floating. The Floss is a fine bedroom ritual, but the Moonwalk is a spell, and it was casting itself long before 1983. I will hear no horse-based objections.
What does the ball show next? A challenger could still rise from the mist, since the market is young and convictions shift like smoke. If you believe the Floss deserves better, or that a horse trot should rule the world, join the market on Morfi and put your own conviction behind it.
- The Moonwalk 34.5%
- The Floss 25.5%
- Gangnam Style 21.5%
- Single Ladies 18.5%
What the crowd says
Theses posted by traders on the Morfi market, each backed by a trade.
ok this is basically free money rn, im in
people overreact to noise and underreact to the obvious, im on the obvious
the narrative and the facts quietly disagree, i went with the facts
the chads already figured this out, im just not last to the party
i dont trust this consensus one bit, faded it