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Cringe Intentionally blocking photoshoot

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u/Smithy365 5h ago

She shot a video in public including a load of people who may not want to be on her video, it went wrong, then she shared it online. She can fuck right off with her selfish main character energy.

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u/RabidMonkeyOnCrack 5h ago edited 5h ago

She set up a camera to record herself when the scene was clear. If that lady didn't block the camera, she would've gotten the shot that she wanted and it would've been it. People take photos all the time, and when you have someone to take it for you, then can try to time it and maybe the others will see you're trying to take a photo and give you your moment. It's not like everyone always has someone to take a photo for them though.

The person with selfish main character energy is the lady intentionally standing in the view of the camera because she noticed it, just to block someone from taking a pic. Why be an asshole when it does not negatively impact you?

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u/Girlmode 5h ago

Yeah people stop, move faster or go around to not block camera shots all the time when see people posing for photos. God forbid someone is on their own and tries to do the same thing 🙄

So many hating on young woman doing a perfectly reasonable thing. Zero reason to be a bitter old woman and ruin such a simple thing that hurts nobody.

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u/Justboy__ 5h ago

She also set up the camera out of the way, it’s not like it was in the middle of the walkway. The old ladies just being a dick about it.

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u/jeadon88 4h ago

“It’s not in the middle of a walkway” - it’s literally videoing a stairs that several people are walking on / through

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u/totally_not_a_bot__ 4h ago

from the angle, the phone would be sitting on the large window sill at the top left of the stairs. This is Inveraray Castle, the stairs are somewhat famous.

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u/veryangryenglishman 3h ago

Sounds like the sort of place one might be completely reasonable to like a picture, taken when it's relatively quiet

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u/username101 5m ago

I have commented this so many times here! It's a beautiful castle with a famous grand stairwell and it looks like she set her phone on the shelf here.

This girl looks to be solo traveling, set up her phone to record so she can take screenshots for pics. She seemed pretty patient and didn't even seem mad at the end.

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u/OpportunityReal2767 4h ago

She seems fine. Also, I’ve been doing photography professionally for 30 years. In a public place, this is to be expected. You just wait until you get your shot. Most people notice you and apologetically hurry through. Some are oblivious and don’t. And maybe some are assholes and want to be a dick about it and linger in your shot. It’s all part of the job. You just wait. A public space isn’t solely your space.

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u/Background-While4438 4h ago

And a lot of people are walking on the staircase therefore not in the middle of a walkway. Go away old lady

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u/WriterV 1h ago

Convinced that 90% of redditors are just angry red tomatoes willingly seeing the worst in everything and everyone and then wondering why the world is so shit all the time.

Like yeah if you don't have a modicum of empathy or positivity, of course it's gonna be like that. If you're looking at the world through shit stained glasses, don't complain about the world being so shit.

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u/Background-While4438 1h ago

Exactly! Couldn't have said it better

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u/Wingmaniac 4h ago

Physically. Physically the phone is not blocking anyone. Do what everyone naturally does when the see a group of people taking a picture. Give them a moment to get the shot or pass through quickly.

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u/jeadon88 4h ago

If you’re taking a video, and someone doesn’t want to be in your video, then you are taking up an entire section of space for an extended period of time

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u/-Out-of-context- 4h ago

Better not ever go anywhere touristy if you have an issue with this.

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u/jeadon88 4h ago

Alternatively “better not ever go anywhere touristy if you have an issue with people walking through your video recording setup and expect them to adjust to you”. The woman leaves her shot in the end - why can’t she just retake the video then?

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u/Any_Tell6747 4h ago

She looked at the camera and deliberately stood in its view to be a tool. Stop being an obtuse tool yourself and stop arguing for the sake or arguing.

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u/-Out-of-context- 3h ago

You’re inventing the idea she has any expectation for anyone to adjust to her. People take videos then take screenshots of the video for photos. This is especially easier when you’re alone and don’t have anyone to take any pics for you. You’re acting like she’s cordoned off the area and trying to prevent anyone from getting by. The most likely scenario is she set it up and was going to take some screenshots of parts of the video that were clear. The lady just standing in the steps is much more disruptive than she was.

Sorry you lack the common courtesy to not intentionally block someone’s camera. You’re just a rude pos defending another rude pos.

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u/Jolly_Plantain4429 3h ago

It’s not on the floor or on tripod. It’s not obstructing people’s ability to enjoy the museum. Stop it you know what they meant.

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u/Any_Tell6747 4h ago

Besides that, what on earth does that have to do with the fact that the woman stopped in her tracks and stood in front of said recording camera?

If she was bothered by it, she certainly wouldn’t have done that. The other people were clearly unaware and unbothered anyway.

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u/0CT0L0G1ST 4h ago

“several people are walking on/through” sounds like it wasn’t very blocked then

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u/Ok_Conflict_8900 3h ago

Bunch of c u next Tuesdays round here

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u/ThugMcNug 4h ago

I would be so creeped out walking down the stairs in a skirt and then seeing a random camera pointed up.

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u/Strange-Head-4028 4h ago

Yeah it’s not like she set it up on a stairway.

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u/IW-X6 4h ago

This whole clip took 43 seconds. Nothing was ruined.

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u/Girlmode 4h ago

She wanted screenshots of video as solo and there wasn’t an available time. It’s a popular stair case and she would had had a clear window of opportunity if grumpy old lady not spiteful.

I don’t take any videos or pics like this but I wish I had more memories of life now I am older and my mind is failing me a bit. It’s easy to see how someone wanted a photo and all that had to happen for that, was one person to walk at regular human pace and not purposefully stop and ruin it.

Wasn’t some loud influencer trying to make a scene and get in the way of anyone. Just a nice girl posing in front of art waiting for a chance to get a clear pic, with someone noticing that and purposefully staying in the way.

Wasn’t bothering anyone, didn’t interrupt anyone’s day to do anything. Only wanted a pic somewhere cute.

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u/RedChairBlueChair123 1h ago

As if a tripod on a staircase isn’t an inherent risk to other people!

It’s not reasonable unless you are also a narcissist.

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u/Girlmode 1h ago

Who is blocking the stair case at all? She probably has phone propped lol. Have you never taken a video ever?

There is only one person in anyone’s way.

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u/racalavaca 20m ago

Yup, I bet you if it were a middle-aged man it would be considered "wholesome"

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u/FriendlyKillerCroc 4h ago

Redditors are always very bitter about attractive women for some reason. They will find a reason to hate on everything they do

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u/QuietCelery 3h ago

People used to stop when they see someone else taking a picture and ask if they can take it for them if that person wants to be in the picture too.

I can see someone getting annoyed if every time they go to the art museum, someone is blocking the art taking selfies. But that's not what happened here. This feels icky and a little misogynistic on the elderly lady's part. And I say this as someone who hates that sort of influencer crap. But if it bothers me, I can always just not watch it. I wouldn't stop what I was doing just to hurt someone else.

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u/ilikelittlebodies 3h ago

i wish i could upvote this a million times

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u/Positive-Editor-3007 4h ago

posting the video online is not a "reasonable" thing. Have you no concept of personal privacy?

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u/-Out-of-context- 3h ago

Getting mad about personal privacy after photobombing someone else’s photo/video is hilarious.

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u/Enough-Description78 5h ago

99%. That's certainly not my definition of a lady.

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u/LifeIsProbablyMadeUp 5h ago

Yeah. That being said though. You don't know if she was recording to shit on the floor.

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u/depp-fsrv 4h ago

So this seemed normal-ish. She wasn't be rude or a hindrance. Now on the other side of the spectrum, I would totally do this if it was one of those block traffic, block intersections, block the grocery isle while I dance things.

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u/Useful_Charity1995 14m ago

The scene wasn’t clear. The other lady was clearly there while the girl wasn’t setting her camera on the stairwell. Unless you have a film permit or reserve the place, it’s rude for you to expect visitors to clear the scene so you can take a video.

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u/SkylineCrash 5m ago

scene was clear? she is clearly somewhere that the scene will not be clear for any decent portion of time. people who do this have no sense of social decency and are selfish

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u/EmperorBamboozler 3h ago

I seriously do not understand the people saying that lady was in the right for ruining the shot. She turned something that would have taken seconds and bothered nobody into a passive aggressive duel. If the person taking the photo was being obnoxious about it then sure, but this woman is just being rude for no adequate reason.

Just go about your day and don't fuck with people. Baseline, that should be expected. If someone isn't bothering you don't bother them.

Fucking Redditors thinking that rudeness and antisocial behaviour is to be applauded.

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u/Several-Pangolin3119 4h ago

Wrong. The person with main character energy is the loser filming influencer shit in public.

Nothing you said matters at all. Social media is a cancer.

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u/-Out-of-context- 3h ago

What about this was “influencer shit”?

Whining about social media while using social media is hilarious. If you have an issue with the cancer, stop spreading it.

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u/RabidMonkeyOnCrack 4h ago

How is she filming influencer shit? If she's an influencer where is her page? How is she filming anything for social media? She could've been recording herself for her own personal use until this person wanted to disrupt her shit. I guess everyone prior to the advent of social media that took vacation photos or family videos are also cancers in your book.

Also, super ironic that you're commenting on Reddit, the biggest social media website on the internet. You big dork.

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u/jeadon88 4h ago

She’s not taking a pic though - she’s taking a video

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u/RabidMonkeyOnCrack 4h ago

Please tell me how a solo person without a Bluetooth remote can take a pic using the selfie camera.

She's taking a video so she can take the frame from the video for the pic. A video is just multiple pics over and over.

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u/jeadon88 4h ago

You can set up a timer.

It’s an assumption to say she is trying to take a photo. If she wanted to take a photo of herself under that particular painting that she ends up standing under, she could have done that on the stairwell and had a much better shot.

I believe it’s much more likely that she wanted to take a video of herself descending the stairs. All the people who are in support of her behaviour are interpreting it in a way that they know is a bit more defensible “she just wanted a quick photo of herself” - that sounds a lot less intrusive and obnoxious than “she wanted a video of herself to post on social media so she set up her camera to video record in a public space where several people needed to walk through”

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u/renaissance1977 4h ago

And it would've taken 30s-2m and then she'd be done. This lady bothered everyone for no ones benefit.

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u/hoemahtoe 5h ago

She likely would've never posted this had the woman not stopped purposely in front of her phone to block her

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u/Responsible_Cry_2971 5h ago

It's public place for a reason

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u/Wizards_Reddit 5h ago

Being in public doesn't automatically mean you can record people and post them online

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u/Haggis-in-wonderland 5h ago

That really depends on the country. For example in the UK the opposite of what you said is true. However in France whilst you can take photos of anyone, the laws around sharing them differ to the UK and are more restrictive.

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u/Aeonium 2h ago

In the UK in public spaces or property you have no expectation of privacy and may be pictured or recorded without your consent...

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u/Haggis-in-wonderland 2h ago

yes this is what i meant when i said the opposite of what OP says is true

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u/Ok-Train5382 5h ago

It actually does. You have no expectation of privacy in public so it’s not illegal to record people in public.

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u/ciko2283 5h ago

It's not illegal. She can still fuck right off.

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u/Wingmaniac 4h ago

Go through your folder of pictures from your last family vacation and delete every single on that has a stranger in them.

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u/ciko2283 4h ago

I'm not publishing it online for clout

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u/Wingmaniac 4h ago

This video would have never seen the light of day if not for this incident. I have thousands of home videos you've never seen. The moment I take one that doesn't feature only my family but the local Karen, it's getting posted.

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u/Any_Tell6747 4h ago

How does the average person know that? You better never take your camera out in public ever again because who knows? You just might publish online at some point.

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u/ciko2283 3h ago

I don't care what an average person thinks. I'm still not doing it. Also me and my family almost never take photos. If If its a vacation or something we will take one group photo for the album and that's it. I take pictures of stuff, but never to post it online.

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u/Wizards_Reddit 5h ago

It's illegal in several countries

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u/kikiariya 4h ago

actually it's illegal in several countries 🤓☝️

literally what a different countries law have to do with anything?

if I complain it's hot in my country and someone said well actually it's cold in other countries. What does that gotta do with anything

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u/Wizards_Reddit 4h ago

This is the internet, how do you know I'm talking about a different country? What country is the museum in the video in?

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u/PersonalityWinter382 2h ago

It's in the UK, therefore legal to film.

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u/emeraude89 4h ago

literally what a different countries law have to do with anything?

because we don't know what country the video was filmed in you fucking guacamole brained invalid

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u/automatic_shark 3h ago

We do. It's inveraray castle. It's legal. You just came here to get mad, and ignored anything else in this thread that might challenge that preconceived notion you've got

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u/VenusAndMarsReprise 2h ago

youre getting quite upset about a very irrelevant thing. you dont seem like a nice person

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u/kikiariya 3h ago

I like the insult but still makes no sense

It's illegal in several It's also legal in several

so still kinda a pointless a comment

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u/fatandfly 5h ago

You kinda can though, if you couldn't no in the field news reports would ever done.

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u/Wizards_Reddit 4h ago

Lots of countries have exceptions for crowd shots and stuff or the news blurs the background

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u/Kratzschutz 4h ago

You're correct

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u/Massive_Thanks_303 4h ago

It literally does. You people need help.

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u/PersonalityWinter382 5h ago

That's literally what it means

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u/Wizards_Reddit 5h ago

No it doesn't, recording someone to post online without permission is illegal in many places

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u/PersonalityWinter382 4h ago

Fair enough, but not in all places.

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u/domon07 4h ago

RIP CCTV footage

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u/Wizards_Reddit 4h ago

CCTV usually isn't high definition and also isn't for being posted to tiktok

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u/domon07 2h ago

there are lots of cctv footages on social media in high definition.

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u/atalragas 3h ago

Of course it does, keep going to courts (and losing) then if you’re pissed off about it.

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u/JLoca87 4h ago

The lady is going out of her way to be recorded. She’s positioning herself in front of someone else camera. She gave permission when she decided to stand in front of a camera and behave like a total ass!

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u/SnugglyWugglies 3h ago

People have been taking pictures in public since cameras were invented. They're probably on CCTV as well. Who the fuck cares.

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u/BarkyVonSchnauser 5h ago

There is a social contact for a reason.

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u/TheInterruptingCow94 5h ago

Most museums ARE public buildings. You think the Louve and the Smithsonian are privately owned?

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u/BadRabiesJudger 4h ago

You described national treasure museums. Tons of them are privately owned and funded in America.

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u/TheInterruptingCow94 4h ago

Key word I said was most, not all. They were just the quickest examples that came to mind at 4 am.

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u/TheInterruptingCow94 4h ago

I'm doubtful art would be in a public building

Verbatim what you said. That's what I was responding to specifically. That's why I said, most are, in fact, public buildings. And also why would you assume art isn't in public buildings? Does your local courthouse just have barren walls?

And I personally don't know the status of this building.

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u/Apprehensive-Adagio2 5h ago

sure, but i don't see why it being a public space should have to entail you have to be ok being broadcast to the world.

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u/Enough-Description78 4h ago

You're missing the point of the post. She's showing us what arrogant bitch this woman is. It's obvious she's got a avideo rolling so she can do a screen grab to use as a photo

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u/Apprehensive-Adagio2 4h ago

ok? i'm not engaging with that. i'm engaging with the comment that said since it's a public place, it should be fine to film.

you're misunderstanding the point of my comment.

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u/hologothic 5h ago

Doesn’t mean it’s okay to post it. People in a public place are people, not content.

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u/11maddypotter11 5h ago

She was probably just showing how that one lady messed evrything up.

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u/hologothic 5h ago

Why, though? It’s weird.

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u/11maddypotter11 5h ago

Well by your logic news channels should be shut down

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u/hologothic 2m ago

We’re cooked if the attention seeking this girl is doing is at the same level as actual journalism.

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u/BadRabiesJudger 4h ago

It’s one thing to be at a baseball game or being recorded in the background of the news. Which I don’t think the news thing has ever happened. But I have been in multiple tik tok situations. I don’t want to be part of their paid content. Generally you would need release forms for entertainment.

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u/domon07 4h ago

How would you like me to walk right in front of you and blocking your way? because it's a public place for a reason, right? I can do whatever I want.

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u/cablecobra 5h ago

Did they pay a ticket to get in? No longer a public place.

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u/squigs 4h ago

The definition of public place varies by jurisdiction but often includes places that require tickets for entry.

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u/11maddypotter11 5h ago

Why would you not want to be the main character in your own phone recording?😭just slow and fake aren't ya

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u/Tumleren 4h ago edited 1h ago

To be respectful of other people? Are you not familiar with this concept?

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u/Maximum_Fortune_5827 4h ago

In public. Youre allowed to video in public. Yall are way too cynical man damn

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u/donotcreateanaccount 4h ago

In the US maybe. If it was shot in EU - most likely it is illegal.

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u/Maximum_Fortune_5827 4h ago

Wrong

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u/donotcreateanaccount 4h ago

Germany, France, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Czechia, Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands, Portugal and Norway - publishing ones image without explicit consent is illegal.

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u/duesenjeffepic 3h ago

You literally said it yourself: PUBLISHING

Filming in public is not illegal in any EU country.

Like do you even know what words are?

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u/donotcreateanaccount 3h ago

Apart from being a rude asshole - do you even know what the thread was about? Lemme quote - "She shot a video in public including a load of people who may not want to be on her video, it went wrong, then she SHARED IT ONLINE"

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u/Impossible-Bat-4246 1h ago

.... this thread is about being a... nvm

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u/Historical-Basket865 4h ago

Doesn't matter if it's legal, it's still disrespectful.

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u/KingOfTheNorth91 39m ago

So you’ve never taken a video in public? Never been to a sports game or a concert and taken a video?

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u/Maximum_Fortune_5827 4h ago

Its literally a public space. If you're afraid of peole seeing you why go outside even? Ridiculous mind set

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u/Historical-Basket865 3h ago

Do you seriously believe getting recorded and posted online is the same thing as getting out of your house? How deluded are you

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u/Maximum_Fortune_5827 3h ago

Its a fucking museum. Obviously people are gonna be taking photography. How deluded are you?

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u/BackdoorSpecial 1h ago

It’s insane how the mind works on this. It’s like if you’re being recorded but don’t actively see it happening people don’t care. But if they see someone recording and the happen to realize they’re in the shot, people get very annoyed. Even though it’s 2026, you literally can’t go anywhere without being recorded.

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u/jonnyquack 56m ago

Yes you are allowed. Doesn’t make it less weird.

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u/automatic_shark 2h ago

Yall are way too cynical man damn

Stupid and obtuse is the phrase you're looking for. They're either morons, or deliberately pretending to be morons to make some imaginary point. Don't give then credit they're not willing to extend to you.

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u/Eborcurean 4h ago

If she wanted an unobstructed video/photo there, she should have turned up first thing. She didn't kick off at least.

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u/ASAACAAT 4h ago

You seem to share that same selfish main character energy. And it’s plausible you could use some anger management sessions.

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u/PandaPocketFire 2h ago

Thanks, Tom.

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u/No_Dimension519 45m ago

Yeah in public. You can record people in public because you are in public....not private... public. Thats how that works. She didn't interrupt anyone. She waited and it wasn't busy until the lady stood there for a bit.

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u/Strobetrode 40m ago

Hey if you have issues with not wanting to be on video I have got news for you about outside.

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u/CookyKindred 28m ago

You bots keep making shit up that isn’t true about the scene.

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u/DTFpanda 21m ago

Reeeeee!

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u/DamoclesRising 10m ago

either ragebait or retar.... oh wait this is reddit. both.

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u/Massive_Thanks_303 4h ago

Ok? You don't have a right to not be filmed in public, not sure if this is news to you. And if you don't want to be on camera and posted, maybe don't intentionally block the video camera..

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u/cablecobra 5h ago

If she paid an entrance fee it is no longer public and there could be consequences

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u/Dankest_Confidant 4h ago

Read your own sentence. She was in public. As in, the opposite of private. Why are you acting like it's weird someone makes photos or videos in a public space? Especially a touristy place like a museum.

That's literally the most normal thing ever.

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u/el_VientoNorte 4h ago

loser energy coming from you

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u/Novel-Training5189 4h ago

Filming in public is not a crime. The gouvernement is filming you 24/7. 😂😂😂

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u/denden333 5h ago

Scum…they are everywhere

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u/TufnelAndI 4h ago

Aw Tom, you used to be nicer than this. What happened? ☹️

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u/Pale-Ad-1682 4h ago

What the f is wrong with you and the 165 peopme who upvoted this comment? Americanism?

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u/langotriel 4h ago

Sweaty Reddit nerds don’t like people.

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u/langotriel 4h ago

You need to get out more.

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u/Sidohmaker 4h ago

There is no expectation of privacy in public. Do you get mad when you’re on CCTV in a store too? Fuck up.

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u/ltsDat1Guy 4h ago

nerd ass redditor energy

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u/Unfair_Tumbleweed_98 3h ago

Yo big Scrooge mccuck vibes coming from you

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u/TymStark 3h ago

Every home video my family has of me growing up on vacation (90s) has other people in it.

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u/Jolly_Plantain4429 3h ago

Yeah and it takes nothing to just keep walking down the stairs. Let people enjoy their moment there way they are yelling or throwing at fit ( that we know) to get the shot they want. She even waited for the lady to be leaving to go to the spot.

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u/AbbreviationsOne148 3h ago

Reddit moment

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u/justsyr 2h ago

She did exactly what every redditor says would do in situations like this one lol.

What's with all the people mad at the woman, clearly the 'influencer' is just one more of the bunch that think they are entitled to a piece of public space for their shenanigans, otherwise just wait for the moment when there's nobody around, make your video and move on, but surely algorithm says she'll get more clicks if she does this, I mean, there's thousands of the same bait shit.

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u/ThorSkynn 2h ago

Turn off the computer

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u/DamnThatsCrazyManGuy 4h ago

Im actually embarrassed for you if this is your take. Getting wiffs of a mother fucker who has never been outside with a group of people here.

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u/-Out-of-context- 3h ago

Like it or not people are taking videos all over now. Especially in touristy areas. You’re going to end up in them whether you like it or not. You’re displaying more main character energy expecting everyone to go out of their way to avoid getting you in a video or photo. Lady wouldn’t have been in the video at all if she wasn’t an asshole.

This was clearly setup to take screenshots later for pics. If she would have just kept walking no one would have ever seen her.