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This trend seems to extend to the UK too. To be honest, I don't mind it in open public spaces likes parks and such. I mostly travel on the London underground th
by Aromasin 5y ago
This trend seems to extend to the UK too. To be honest, I don't mind it in open public spaces likes parks and such. I mostly travel on the London underground though, which is cramped place at the best of times, and a frankly ridiculous amount of people have recently started listening to music through their loudspeaker on full volume.
The most baffling part is it's often people on their own, not in groups. Every time I think to myself that now might be the time to pull out the old homemade EMP gun and take it for a spin.
- mhh__ 5y agoMaybe empathy is pareto distributed.
- Cthulhu_ 5y agoI'm no sociologist, but I'm guessing it's a kind of self-expression and attention seeking, they want people to notice them - and negative attention is also attention.
- rogual 5y agoI've always got the impression it was territorial; "I hereby claim this space"