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But wouldn't you like to watch all those concerts again today, just to reminisce? We have the technology now and I can't really fault people for using it. Sel

But wouldn't you like to watch all those concerts again today, just to reminisce? We have the technology now and I can't really fault people for using it. Selfies I could go without, especially when the subject of the photo is something else and the only reason for putting yourself into the shot is proving it really happened.

elzbardico 4y ago
I call this FOFI - Fear of Forgetting It Like its relative, FOMO, a perfectly irrational feeling.
- HKH2 4y ago
  Yeah, I think it's impossible to encapsulate feelings anyway. I think we think we remember how something feels, but we just simulate it on demand, and there's no way to tell the difference.
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ninth_ant 4y ago
In my experience, photos taken with the intent to remember an event later are more interesting when they have people in them. I don’t feel like I need to “prove” I attended an event but years later it makes the recollection more visceral — at least for me.
kuratkull 4y ago
Is this something you actually do? Watch a crummy video of a song you know, with the sound distorted to cracks and pops? I never understood the appeal, knowing I was there is, and should be, enough. Also, someone remembers your phone in front of their view.
- pdntspa 4y ago
  This is why everyone should follow the lead of Dead & Company and offer places to patch in to the sound system so people can record high-quality bootlegs
- ctvo 4y ago
  > I never understood the appeal, knowing I was there is, and should be, enough. The video captured that couple in front of you who were ridiculous, and that nudged you to remember talking about them afterwards with your friends. You wouldn't have remembered it otherwise because memory is not very durable or accurate at the best of times.
- chrisseaton 4y ago
  I think you're begging the question by describing it up front as 'crummy'. A band I like play very differently when live to when recording, almost like a different vibe. It's great that some people have recorded it as otherwise there wouldn't be any way to remember it.
  - kuratkull 4y ago
    My main gripe is with disturbing the attendees who paid for a ticket and went to the live show. You getting to see the show through other peoples phones is not something the paying guests care about, but have to suffer for anyway.
    - lancesells 4y ago
      I find the phone screens distracting my view with their light to be pretty annoying at a live show. I try not to be too judgemental as I typically will record about 15 seconds of a band that I'm seeing to send to my son and someone else in the crowd could be doing the same thing. People have become content creators for better or worse. Maybe there could be a "concert" mode on your phone that turns down brightness to a low percentage and cuts the view down to a quarter of your screen.
tssva 4y ago
Not the OP but as someone who has attended many concerts and music festivals I can say I have no desire to watch any of them again. I have my memories of them and would rather spend my time making new ones.

elzbardico 4y ago

I call this FOFI - Fear of Forgetting It Like its relative, FOMO, a perfectly irrational feeling.

HKH2 4y ago
Yeah, I think it's impossible to encapsulate feelings anyway. I think we think we remember how something feels, but we just simulate it on demand, and there's no way to tell the difference.

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ninth_ant 4y ago

In my experience, photos taken with the intent to remember an event later are more interesting when they have people in them. I don’t feel like I need to “prove” I attended an event but years later it makes the recollection more visceral — at least for me.

kuratkull 4y ago

Is this something you actually do? Watch a crummy video of a song you know, with the sound distorted to cracks and pops? I never understood the appeal, knowing I was there is, and should be, enough. Also, someone remembers your phone in front of their view.

pdntspa 4y ago
This is why everyone should follow the lead of Dead & Company and offer places to patch in to the sound system so people can record high-quality bootlegs
ctvo 4y ago
> I never understood the appeal, knowing I was there is, and should be, enough. The video captured that couple in front of you who were ridiculous, and that nudged you to remember talking about them afterwards with your friends. You wouldn't have remembered it otherwise because memory is not very durable or accurate at the best of times.
chrisseaton 4y ago
I think you're begging the question by describing it up front as 'crummy'. A band I like play very differently when live to when recording, almost like a different vibe. It's great that some people have recorded it as otherwise there wouldn't be any way to remember it.
- kuratkull 4y ago
  My main gripe is with disturbing the attendees who paid for a ticket and went to the live show. You getting to see the show through other peoples phones is not something the paying guests care about, but have to suffer for anyway.
  - lancesells 4y ago
    I find the phone screens distracting my view with their light to be pretty annoying at a live show. I try not to be too judgemental as I typically will record about 15 seconds of a band that I'm seeing to send to my son and someone else in the crowd could be doing the same thing. People have become content creators for better or worse. Maybe there could be a "concert" mode on your phone that turns down brightness to a low percentage and cuts the view down to a quarter of your screen.

tssva 4y ago

Not the OP but as someone who has attended many concerts and music festivals I can say I have no desire to watch any of them again. I have my memories of them and would rather spend my time making new ones.