Let’s be honest about something for a second. Most of you reading this are soft. You are sitting in a room that is roughly seventy degrees. You probably have a cup of coffee that cost five dollars within arm’s reach. If your internet goes out for ten minutes, you act like it’s the end of civilization. You tweet about your trauma. You complain to the manager. You are weak.

Now, look at the reality in **Kyiv**. It is the dead of winter there. It is freezing. The kind of cold that hurts your face. On top of that, the **Kyiv power outages** are relentless. Why? Because a bunch of rich, angry men in suits decided to play war games with real missiles. The grid is fried. The lights are off. The heaters are dead. It is miserable. It is the kind of situation where a normal person would just curl up in a ball and wait for it all to be over.

But that is not what is happening. Instead, locals are walking out onto a **frozen river** and throwing a dance party amidst the blackout.

I want you to really think about how insane that is. The ground beneath them is literally ice. It could crack. The sky above them is a threat vector; it could rain fire at any second. And yet, there they are, twitching and moving to music in the bitter cold. The news will tell you this is “inspiring.” They will use high-ranking keywords like “spirit” and “resilience.” They will try to sell you a heartwarming story to make you feel better about the fact that the world is on fire.

Don’t buy it. This isn’t a Disney movie. This is the raw, ugly, beautiful truth of being a human animal. When you take away the electricity, the Netflix, the jobs, and the heat, what is left? Just the body. And the body needs to move.

It is cynical to say, but maybe they are dancing because they have nothing else left to do. The politicians have failed them. The global community offers thoughts and prayers while the lights stay off. The systems that are supposed to keep us safe and comfortable have collapsed. So, you go to the river. You stomp your feet. You prove you are still alive.

There is something deeply funny about it, in a dark way. Think about the people dropping the bombs. They think they are achieving something grand. They think they are rewriting history. They want fear. They want submission. And down on the ground, the “victims” are raving on a sheet of ice. It renders the violence stupid. It makes the **war in Ukraine** look like a joke. You can destroy the power plant, but you can’t stop people from acting like idiots on a Friday night.

This is why I hate the political talking heads on both sides. The Right thinks money and guns solve everything. The Left thinks hashtags and feelings solve everything. Both of them are useless when the temperature drops to freezing and the missiles fly. Neither of them understands the people on that ice. Those people aren’t thinking about ideology. They aren’t thinking about the stock market. They are just trying to keep their blood moving.

We love to pretend we are civilized. We wear ties. We have meetings. We talk about “policy.” But strip all that away, and we are just monkeys who like a beat. The dance party in Kyiv proves that civilization is just a thin coat of paint. Scratch it off, and you find something wild underneath.

So, spare me your pity for them. Pity yourself. You are bored in your warm house, scrolling through your phone, looking for something to be angry about. You are comfortable and miserable. They are freezing and dancing. Who is really winning?

In the end, this is all we have. The leaders will keep lying. The bombs will keep falling. The prices will keep rising. The world is a giant, stupid machine designed to crush you. You can cry about it, or you can find a frozen river and dance until the ice breaks. It doesn’t change anything. It doesn’t fix the power grid. It doesn’t stop the war. But it’s better than sitting in the dark, waiting for permission to live.

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### References & Fact-Check * **Event**: Civilians in Kyiv, Ukraine, were filmed dancing on a frozen river (identified as the Dnipro or nearby waterways) during ongoing winter power outages. * **Context**: Russian missile strikes on energy infrastructure have led to widespread blackouts across Ukraine. * **Source Authority**: [Watch: Frozen river hosts dance party in Kyiv (BBC News)](https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c5yvw9zq5q0o?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss)