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It's always weird to me when everyone at a fireworks show on the Fourth of July has their phones out taking video. There are a gazillion videos of better firewo
by idopmstuff 3y ago
It's always weird to me when everyone at a fireworks show on the Fourth of July has their phones out taking video. There are a gazillion videos of better fireworks shows taken with better video equipment. Why do you need a phone video of this one?
If you're taking a short clip to post to social media, I can understand that, but these people who hold their phones up and watch the show through the screen for the entire duration... why?
- mcv 3y agoI usually prefer my own crappy amateur photos over other people's professional ones. Not specifically of fireworks, but I really like the photo I just made of the Jungfrau while the Eiger and Mönch are covered by some really cool clouds, for example.
- mvdtnz 3y agoTry watching an American Grand Prix but focus on the shots of the crowd. At least half of all attendees will be watching the GP through their phone screens. It blows my mind.
- paradox460 3y agoIs that really any different than using an AM radio while at the ball park?
- bombcar 3y agoThe commentators on AM were amazing, and it was real time - hardly any noticeable delay at all. Best of both worlds.
- matwood 3y agoRacing has really embraced technology. You can watch races from the drivers standpoint, and see all the detailed stats in real time. It makes sense to watch both the live race and your phone.
- mvdtnz 3y agoWhen I say people are watching through their phone, I mean they have their camera app open and are capturing terrible video of the race instead of just being there and enjoying the moment.
- foobarian 3y agoEven without that kind of feed, I could see people using the phone as binoculars. My eyesight is going and I find myself doing this a lot :-)
- Tao3300 3y agoI believe in taking your own crappy pictures. I took a phone picture of a damselfly on a stem once. It was slightly out of focus, and the important part was very low resolution. But I had a wonderful time using it as a reference to make a drawing of a damselfly that is completely uniquely mine.
- JenrHywy 3y agoBecause photographs are most powerful as a store of/trigger for memories, and my photographs are better at that than someone else's, for the most part.
- hindsightbias 3y agoConcerts would occassionally be annoying if you were too close to the one or two whistlers thinking they’d make the live album. Now it’s all weird, concerts are just phone conventions. Perhaps I should create a whistling app.
- afpx 3y agoStudies show that people value things more highly if it’s their property. We are animals. The stuff we collect (including our pictures) is part of our territory.