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BritishBatman
idk about you but I'd forget that moment in about a day.
AskMeAbout3DPrinting
I got to see a presidential motorcade. I recorded it and believe it or not I was able to watch it with my eyes at the same time.\
GeorgeGeef
r/forwardsfromgrandma
LordOfTheDownvotes
As someone who used to only live in the moment, its a lot nicer having pictures to look back at.
Reaperman64
"I don't get technology and I need to feel superior somehow" - OP
Fusionxglave
I don't know those other guys look pretty happy to me.
catsandcheetos
Meh I have a horrible memory so taking pictures really helps me remember amazing things and organize them in my head.
schulace
I think it's a contradictory to say that anyone who wants to photograph a moment is not paying attention to it.
acertainlazychosenone
Top comment every time this was reposted: Shit! I forgot my phone
Soundwizardzzz
Taking a photo takes 3 Second. Live in the moment all the other seconds. God this is stupid.
brdnprc1
Just because a different generation enjoys something in a slightly different way doesn't necessarily make it any less meaningful to them
BrisketandBeans
But it doesn't beat criticizing how others live their life. THAT'S the best!
melodramaticbat
Tbf the old bitch got a front row seat, I'd be the short fuck who couldn't see without my phone, like 60-70% of those people
odkaandpowerade
plot twist: that lady's been dead for 45 minutes. the crowd will snap pics with their phones of the EMTs carrying her off
truerwords
I have a bad memory. I love that I can take lots of pictures easily at moments in my life that I want to remember.
whatspaulplayingtoday
Or, hey, try not being a fucking pedant and let people enjoy things how they want to enjoy them.
Malloon
While it's true that making photos with your phone makes you less receptive to the actual situation, I usually get around that by first 1/2
Malloon
snapping a few photos, then putting my phone away and enjoying the moment. 2/2
KillingTlme
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20150901-are-you-taking-too-many-pictures
WindyConditions
That's nice , I like this
Dra9onslayer
i hardly ever take pictures on vacation. too much hassle and too much excitement in the moment
mynamejenkins
or you can do whatever the fuck you want
TheStealthHippopotamus
She doesn't have any friends left to show the pictures to.
MyOcContent
I know moments like these will be captured in HD for news stations, why do i need a crappy video of my own...
stillborntoiletbaby
You can do both fucking dipshit
kuramiqnko
Yeah, sure you can
AlwaysandEventuallyHannah
NO I HATE NEW THINGS
owmyribs
Indeed. I take maybe 1 or 2 pictures, then put the phone away and enjoy the moment.
webcamtarantula
Yeah because all of those other people look so miserable here /s
ManiaGamine
Or you can do both like the woman in blue who has her phone out but isn't staring into it to see if she's getting a good shot?
wofulunicycle
But, but I want to be pretentiously judgmental of these sheeple!
iamthisguy247
I started doing that. If my daughter is on stage at a school, I make sure I'm all lined up then record a video and watch with my eyes.
segacollection
How often do you watch the video? Honest question.
iamthisguy247
A couple times after taking it. And I my daughter might want to watch it herself. But that's about it.
RobertLoewen
...by some guy who decided to photograph the woman rather than "living in the moment"
TheThunderCrafter
*by some guy who is probably getting paid to photograph the event*
failphins2
OP clearly didn't take this picture, Idk what you're talking about
exezeex
Thats not the point
failphins2
The point is invalid and dumb as hell. You don't know that the person taking the picture made the caption.
AztecLizard
webcamtarantula
I always hated that picture, freeman just looks like such a smug asshole in it.
SmokeyDragon
mrhatnklogs
IamTonyStark
IamTonyStark
josh777mc
zooomenhance
Says the person taking pictures of the old lady on their smartphone
failphins2
You really think OP took this picture himself?
moxymox
You really think OP put the text with the photo?
failphins2
Probably neither
moxymox
Right. OP has nothing to do with it, and nobody is suggesting otherwise.
failphins2
Except their wording DOES suggest that
CowboyScientist
I agree, but the point of the smartphone is that those people are going to share their experience with friends, and maybe that's neat too.
Gaarwaronja
Nobody wants to see that shit anyway
RandomImgurian
Or just take a picture or video to remember the experience later.
TlNYshark
People who record concerts should be shot. Nobody cares about your blurry light orgy.
jsktrogdor
If only there was like a professional media production system using expensive cameras & microphones to document big events for everyone.
thirtyhelensagree
Yeah, it would be pretty sweet if literally everything was professionally recorded, big or small... But it's not, my friend
trapinch
all her friends are probably dead
SomeGeographer
I go through my old photos and it makes me happy being reminded of exciting times I don't remember as clearly as the photo.
ThatWierdOne
True. but nothing is as good sitting down and telling the story and the details instead of showing it makes a long story short
moxymox
"… and that's why the movin' pictures will never take off! Never, I tells ya!"
CowboyScientist
Same could be said for the written word. "People these days always writing things down... in my day we had a rich oral history."
distractedFreek
Hehe...oral.
quietlysinister
"Back in my day we just grunted at each other and made signs as to where the nearest berry bush was."
Jean616
Mmmh mammoth.
TedTheMan
I wish I had friends..
Fl0zilla
me too
TedTheMan
Careful, there are strange people here.
Fl0zilla
Did you just alert me of Stranger Danger?
TedTheMan
And maybe I am the strange one.
TedTheMan
Dad mode, can't control it. (As a man, I know the male heart. )
Rhewin
Or just let people enjoy things the way they want to. If that includes recording it with a phone, why should that matter to anyone else?
ThatGuyWhoTellsPeopleToFcukOffAndGoBackToFacebook
THANK YOU!
Crims0nTider
Because every concert I go to, idiots hold their phone up the entire time blocking everyone's view behind them.
InvadingYourSpaces
I don't care as long as some dick isn't holding his iPad up over his head, blocking the view of others.
kidswat
Yeah it's the dicks who record outside their space that piss me off.
Rhewin
Yes, this. Because then you're keeping other people from enjoying.