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> This is yet another judgy, post-intellectualizing Medium piece whose purpose isn't communicating any particular point but garnering clicks and attention for t
by bartread 11y ago
> This is yet another judgy, post-intellectualizing Medium piece whose purpose isn't communicating any particular point but garnering clicks and attention for the author. You really think Instagram ruined your trip to Angkor?
Yes: this. It all seems so reasonable until you step away a little and have a think about it. Tourists have been behaving this way since tourism, and especially since photography, became a thing. It is not Instagram's fault.
I am moderately annoyed with myself for falling into the trap of clicking on the link to, and then actually reading, this article.
- nommm-nommm 11y agoI have noticed a dramatic change in tourist behavior in the last 4 years or so. I literary have been hit in the head by people welding selfie sticks too engrossed in getting pictures of themselves to pay attention to others in a crowded area. What's worse is the people who are repeatedly asked by staff to refrain from doing something and just blatantly disregard instructions. I never saw this happen before the age of smartphones and cheap DSLR cameras.
- bartread 11y agoI'll give you that - the selfie stick phenomenon is completely ridiculous. Actually the entire selfie thing leaves me cold, but perhaps I'm just getting old.