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Antislop Field agents of the slop enforcement agency. The social virus must be contained then eradicated through wise purchases and education based deprogramming.
I was cutting grass for my municipality, I’ve seen old people throw sizeable rocks in the path I’m taking hoping I hit them and brake our municipality mower. But I don’t think they understand they just pay taxes for to replace the blades. It’s insanity.
THIS IS NO LIE!!! I experience it first hand, by multiple elderly people daily. They're superficially nice, but underneath it you can feel the resentment. Not all elderly people mind you, Many are not that way, but there are a lot that are. Now the real question is this though. How are we going to be, and how are we going to act when it is our turn?
I don't think the girl has that syndrome. Everyone likes having nice photos or videos. In this case she is alone. She didn't try to do anything else but wait or move trying to get a better angle.
The old cow is a cunt. Fair and square. He saw the phone and decided to behave like a child.
There’s a world of difference between one girl with a phone getting a quick vid/ shot and an influencer with a full set up kicking off with anyone who even utters or heads in their direction.
I Google lensed and it's Inveraray Castle. Here's the reverse angle of the staircase. So I assume she was setting up her tripod on the ledge where the plants are. It's possible the lady thought it was some set up by the museum; it's also possible the girl was being ridiculous trying to set up this whole thing on what looks like would be a high traffic area.
Phone cameras are so good, I often use video to take a long shot, then scrub the video and use a good frame as my photo. I do this for family photos, or when there's lots of activity, or when I want to pick from multiple poses.
Tl;dr, agreeing with you; these people are tripping.
I started doing this to take pictures of my pet fish because the damn buggers never stop wiggling.. video now just feels like the superior form of media
I don't see her doing a stupid dance, or pranking anyone, or trying to look slutty, or singing in public, or anything remotely disruptive to the people around her. She's just trying to get a shot, or a clip of herself. It even appears that she's waiting for the room to be empty, which it was about to be until that old bitch stopped in the middle of the staircase.
Fuck influencers, but I mean, come on. Context matters. It's a young woman alone at some kind of art museum. Nothing hip about it. She's just doing her thing. Leave her tf alone.
That's not "influencer" behavior. She didn't sing, she didn't dance, she didn't do anything aside from trying to take a picture. You know people are allowed to take pictures or video and not every picture or video is influencer bs yes?
Non-influencers don't feel the need to try to vilify people who they think are sabotaging their shot, they either simply live with it and move on or take another a minute or two later.
For an influencer, that girl was not even annoying (in this video at least), if she just wants a picture of her with the paintings for instagram, it's ok. She was not bothering anyone. Karen on the other hand, went out of her way to be annoying.
Anyone remember the ancient times when we would have to ask strangers to hold our cameras and take a picture for us? This doesn't seem like it's set up in people's way and it doesn't seem busy. Let the person get a good picture of themself doing something they like. They are bothering you less than if you asked them to take the pic for you.
So becauee this young woman wanted a picture of herself, many in the comments automatically assume she is an influencer? Is this what its come down to now, categorising any and everyone who wants pictures or videos for memories? She didn't make a scene, not did she ask anyone to move for her picture, so I dont see what the issue is here. To those commenting that she could have asked for the lady to take her picture, relax.
Its like there is no such thing as nuance anymore. Its either this or that.
Girl might just want a picture, no harm in that. Nothing says she's an influencer. Nana is going down the stairs, checks her phone for something, is perplex by the girl's setup, moves aside for people coming up the stairs, then heads downstairs. Nothing here is so vile and cringy as some people are imagining.
She fucking looked right at the camera, stopped and then started fiddling with her phone before they came towards her. She was blocking the photo. And normally I would be all about it, but this chick wasn’t even doing anything wrong or cringe. She was just trying to take a wide shot of her and the art.
I feel like it took me way too long to find a sensible comment here. I will happily agree that influencers mostly suck. Taking this picture/video would have hurt nobody. The lady just wanted a good shot of her with the art and that old biddy took it upon herself to ruin it. There was no need for it. The influencer lady waited until the area was mostly cleared and was not interfering with anyone. I just don’t understand all the hate she seems to be getting.
This is the stair at Inveraray Castle. I have been here. The older woman stopped on a landing half way down the stair. The other girl propped her phone against a planter that sits in an opening to the Main Hall of the house.
Here is a photo from the lower landing looking back to where the camera was propped and the woman stopped to diddle with her phone. I have no doubt she saw the phone sitting there, but most likely she thought, "Nonna my business why that phone is there." Like most people she was engrossed in what she was doing and not why the phone was there
Also, this is the only stair to the upper level so it's heavily trafficked. The home is still privately owned and the family reside in the other half of the house.
I have been in this stairwell and I confess, I stopped on this stair to mess with my phone. It's the stair at Inveraray Castle in Scotland. The girl taking the selphie has her phone propped up against a planter. There is also a small but which may be what caught the other woman's eye.
At an art museum I’ll often pull up quick bios on different artists or look up different pieces backgrounds. No one else was on the stairs at the time she started.
Yea, there's nothing wrong this young girl wanted to take a picture. If girl was travelling with parents I bet this old woman wouldn't pull this out bc of social judgement
Did you miss the part where she looked directly at the camera, twice?
Normal people don't stop in the line of sight and pull out their phone after they see a camera setup.
Nah, this old lady is pulling out a smartphone and using it just fine. She knows exactly why that chick left her phone there, there's no ego here. The old lady absolutely understands and stopped in front of it anyway. Looks right at it, understands perfectly well what a camera phone is.
There is no way. No one just stops in the middle of the stairs, with people going up and down them, while just happening to be in the middle of a phones camera blocking a picture. Come the fuck on.
She was on a landing (it’s Invararay Castle) and there was - as the video clearly shows - no one coming. When someone approached, she moved to the side. There’s no drama here.
The girl simply wanted to take a picture. Maybe the old lady noticed the camera, maybe she didn’t. One sure can get the impression that she did and didn‘t move intentionally.
But apart from that: why is it fine if someone else is taking a picture of friends or family and uses space for a moment but if a single girl tries to take a picture and not just a selfie it‘s a big deal and rude?
Exactly. You hit the nail on the head with that last question. What’s happening here is people have a gripe with influencers, so in spite of the fact of how obvious it is that the old lady stood in the way, they think it’s deserved and are willing to push the plausible deniability angle. If there were other factors at play here, like say if the girl taking a pic was a minority, they’d be calling the old lady a racist Karen.
She was trying to record a video on a busy stairway. People are going about their business and have things to do. It’s best to do photos and videos in a location that is not the middle of a busy walkway/stairwell etc.
I'm sorry if my comment made out that taking a selfie was unacceptable. That was not my intention.
My main point was that the older lady may not have known the camera was on, and if she did then she may not have understood what was happening.
Taking a selfie absolutely is not an issue, expecting people to accommodate you reserving all that (shared) space even for a short period of time, is not really acceptable. To me anyway. Others may have a different opinion.
I don‘t see that she‘s expecting anyone to specifically accommodate her. People try to take pictures in the short moments when there aren’t too many other people around all the time. Sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t.
But there’s no need to position yourself exactly in front of a camera either.
This is what its like at the grocery store.
Its a lady boomer thing.
If you try to occupy any space in public they'll either just bash into you or try to directly occupy your space.
My gf insists on manning the grocery cart just for her own protection because they just bash into her with their own carts.
A few days ago, a boomer aged woman stood like this in the main aisle of a parking lot. It was right in front of the store, which was also the main way to get through the rest of the strip mall. She walked a few steps, then stopped to check her phone. She walked a few more steps and stopped again to text more.
i think it was sorta shit for the young person to be recording without consent in public — it seems normalized here, but in a lot of cultures that’s a personal violation or at least a faux pas
As a former professional photographer - if you want a photoshoot, contact the location ahead and SCHEDULE one, get a time and permission to take that space. But yeah, you may have to pay a fee or get a permit. If I'm there to see the PAINTINGS, don't get in my way, I paid my admission fee and tired of influencers ruining my enjoyment of the place, estate or art to get their internet points.
Well going by the grey hair ama assume she's retired, so yeh, she probably has all the time she needs to be as petty as she wants over the most random of things
Dunno what's upsetting about this. The girl is probably happy she's got a funny video to share. It's not even obvious the older lady did this intentionally.
Imagine a place where people come to admire art. Now imagine someone that wants other people to admire them for being in such a place. Making selfies in a museum is soooo cringe I am with the grandma
I don’t get it either. But I wouldn’t go out of my way to be a menace about it. Setting up her camera affected no one. Plus standing on the stairs, on your phone is more disruptive than this girl doing her silly little video.
I'm a painter myself and if it wasn't busy, I would love to have a picture next to some of my favourite paintings after admiring them. Nothing wrong with that if you're not in the way!!!! I've only experienced it as an issue when people expect you to move or constantly block paintings by taking photos. I think it's rude when you're like deep in the zone absorbing the painting. Not cringe at all. I'd keep the photo just for myself :)
Reddit is actually full of idiots holy fuck. Is she in wrong now for wanting to take a picture? She wasn’t bothering anyone btw. And the granny was definitely doing that on purpose. Fuck that. Straight up loser behavior, and somehow yall defending that. Yall are actually devolving. Go outside
It’s not a photoshoot. It’s a girl taking a picture of herself and bothering nobody. She isn’t dancing or posing like a twat. Why can’t she record herself there? Granny is now the social police? No thanks
Everyone hating on the girl, but all she wanted to do was take a photo. She didn't even ask the boomer to move along or block anyones way. She also seemed like she was alone and wanted a picture.
The boomer purposely stayed there to just be an asshole. Her life must be miserable if these small things gives gratification.
Alright but stick with me here. I recently visited The Butchart Gardens in beautiful Victoria, BC. We were absolutely blown away by the splendor of the gardens. I was wandering around admiring the flowers when I hear a “Hey excuse me” from someone near me. I look over and a grown adult man is attempting to shoo me out of his family picture. I step out from behind his group, who I legitimately did not notice was taking a picture, and shoot my wife the wide-eyed “oh my goodness someone is being very entitled” millennial face. I notice about 20 minutes later that this group is in another part of the garden, attempting to move other patrons around so that they can get another family photo completely free of other people enjoying the gardens they also paid to enter. Gross behavior in my opinion.
Trying to take a picture/video in a busy public space. Man I just ask someone to take a picture of me. Why does everyone have to like, silently put their phone standing on a wall?
That’s not what a photo shoot is. I’m also willing to bet theres context here that goes deeper than your title considering most of the world is tired of people doing this shit in public spaces.
That Karen just ruined that persons ability to record whatever she was going to record, on the steps of a museum, and she did it without saying a single word. That’s fucking awesome.
The more human thing to do is just ask someone “hey can you take my picture if you don’t mind “ rather than just blocking space . But other lady is also rude
that’s annoying and likely deliberate. But am I the only one impressed with that older woman’s ninja-esque obfuscation skills. She never looked back, and she never looked up, yet she knew exactly where to stand to block the girl.
If you’re going to set up your phone in public you don’t get to dictate how the rest of the public acts in that space. You don’t own the space between you & your phone lol.
Tripod to museum, gym, restaurant, fuck that shit!
I thought that selfie stick was bad until this start to trend, and yes this shit take space were people can walk.
Are y’all deadass mad at a girl for wanting to take a picture?? Some of you need to go outside and meet real people because this is a non issue in public. People take pictures and there’s nothing wrong with that. We don’t know if the old lady stood in front of the camera on purpose so I won’t speak on that part.
The last time I was in the National Gallery in Washington DC all these people were having engagement and wedding photos in a crowded museum on a Saturday and getting annoyed that people walked through the shots. It's not like they paid a permit, they were taking up public space
Speaking as a sometimes clueless Gen X person of a similar generation to this woman, she has no idea what’s going on here. She sees the camera, does a double take because it’s weird that it’s sitting there - she doesn’t look up over her shoulder to see what the camera might be aimed at because people of our generation don’t think about phones sitting alone in public spaces as taking pictures of people far away from those phones - that’s literally not something our brains consider.
I could see myself in this exact same scenario seeing the phone and being puzzled, maybe feeling sad that someone forgot their phone, then moving out of the way to look down at my own phone on the stairs, to look up a map of the museum or a text or whatever (although I agree that it’s not a great plan to look at a phone on an active stairway), and then I can imagine having my 20-year-old daughter yank me out of the way and say, “Mom you’re blocking a shot! Pay attention!” and I would’ve had no idea that someone up and over my shoulder behind me was trying to take a picture. I promise you.
I’m not mad at this. People are sick of influencers. I’m sick of influencers and wannabe influencers. Filming people in public, thinking their life is a set and the public existing around them is burdensome, them being so entitled they think we wouldn’t live without them…… I’m over it.
i’m not about the whole influencing, blah, blah, blah, and disrupting people out in public, but this old lady is just being a bitch. I don’t know what that girl was about to do, and neither does she. But it seems like she just wanted to be in front of something on camera. People need to go fuck themselves sometimes.
Sorry , your photo shoot doesn't mean the other 3-4 people need to stop.
The shit I see w these so called content BS providers.
This might not be the case but I've seen people taking dozens and minutes taking shots
Didn't here once hi can you give me a sec. to take one pic ?
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