Museums Banning Selfie Sticks

callen · March 2015

brianlux said:
I had a nightmare yesterday where everywhere I went everyone was talking incessantly on their cell phones. I kept hearing about all this mundane petty shit everyone was talking about like any of it mattered and people talking about what they did five minutes ago and were presently preparing to do next. And then I found myself jumping in and saying things like, "Oh yeah, man that sucks!" or, "Good fucking idea Bob!" and then I... no... I ... was awake... holy shit. It really happened.

So glad I was able to live good portion of my life cell phone free. And even computers And forget about fkn Facebook. Gads.

Jason P · March 2015

Train Conductor hero ...

rgambs · March 2015

Hahahhahahahahhaha thats fucking awesome!
BOOOOT!

Last-12-Exit · March 2015

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Last-12-Exit said:
First, what's a selfie stick? Second, why is it a big deal to take a picture at a museum? Is it really that big of a distraction?
1. A selfie stick is an extension.
2. It is a big deal to some but not others.
3. I think selfies ruin the moment for others around.

Fuck that. If a dude taking a picture next to you ruins the moment for you, you have more problems to deal with than a ruined moment.

HughFreakingDillon · March 2015

Last-12-Exit said:

PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

Last-12-Exit said:
First, what's a selfie stick? Second, why is it a big deal to take a picture at a museum? Is it really that big of a distraction?
1. A selfie stick is an extension.
2. It is a big deal to some but not others.
3. I think selfies ruin the moment for others around.

Fuck that. If a dude taking a picture next to you ruins the moment for you, you have more problems to deal with than a ruined moment.

Nah, selfie sticks are just one small thing as part of a bigger problem: the "me" generation. The "i'll do what i want and dont give a fuck how it affects those around me". You dont see people do the quick lookaround anymore when they are about to do something that may affect those around them. I do that constantly. Its just common courtesy. Selfie sticks themselves arent the real issue, its selfie sticks in the hands of this generation of assholes that care about one thing: themselves.

even flow - question mark · March 2015

hedonist said:
One could insert any other environment for museum.

If you see, you don't need a lens. Your eyes ARE the lens and your brain is the darkroom and subsequent vision.

Kind of like Nimoy's (somewhat) last words, about the garden, how it's fleeting even in bloom.

Enjoy it, inhale it, preserve the memory and let it embed itself into your brain.

All five horizons.

I will disagree to a point. I like to take photos (with film) so you just don't blast and erase, blast and erase, it is an art in itself. I would not have wanted to leave the grand canyon with just memories that were not on film. That said. I have never taken pictures in any science building, museum what not, and tried ONCE to take my camera to a PJ show to see "what all the fuss is about"

and regretted having it with me three seconds into the show.

Good, quality, thought out pictures are for the mind that slowly loses memory!

PJfanwillneverleave1 · March 2015

I can't wait until PJ concerts are full of selfie sticks - they won't bother anyone I'm sure.

hedonist · March 2015

even flow - question mark said:

hedonist said:
One could insert any other environment for museum.

If you see, you don't need a lens. Your eyes ARE the lens and your brain is the darkroom and subsequent vision.

Kind of like Nimoy's (somewhat) last words, about the garden, how it's fleeting even in bloom.

Enjoy it, inhale it, preserve the memory and let it embed itself into your brain.

All five horizons.
I will disagree to a point. I like to take photos (with film) so you just don't blast and erase, blast and erase, it is an art in itself. I would not have wanted to leave the grand canyon with just memories that were not on film. That said. I have never taken pictures in any science building, museum what not, and tried ONCE to take my camera to a PJ show to see "what all the fuss is about" and regretted having it with me three seconds into the show.

Good, quality, thought out pictures are for the mind that slowly loses memory!

I hear you, and put that in another realm...very different from taking - constantly, it seems - photos of oneself. Less narcissistic, I guess. And less intrusive upon others?

I wonder if, before cameras, people preserved their memories of events in other or stronger ways.

...oh, and

to PJfan.

PJ_Soul · March 2015

I have never even heard of a selfie stick, so I am experiencing no sense of loss, lol.

rgambs · March 2015

At Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste this summer a fella next to me used a "selfie stick" and a GoPro cam to take footage of the crowd around us for a few minutes during songs like Deep, Getaway, and Whipping. I didn't have a problem with it at all, I only wished I had written down my email addy so he could send me the vids, that crowd was rockin crazy Euro style.

i_lov_it · March 2015

Why would you want to take a pic of yourself at a Museum anyway each to there own I suppose...but there's nothing wrong with taking a couple of pics of the museum though.

bootlegger10 · March 2015

I don't get the fascination with documenting everything.

rgambs · March 2015

As a person with a fantastic memory who documents everything, I can guarantee you that people who don't take pictures don't retain nearly as many memories or as detailed of memories as those who document and reference them regularly.
I remember better than anyone I know and I still forget a ton, but pictures keep the memories from fading as much.

bootlegger10 · March 2015

rgambs said:
As a person with a fantastic memory who documents everything, I can guarantee you that people who don't take pictures don't retain nearly as many memories or as detailed of memories as those who document and reference them regularly.
I remember better than anyone I know and I still forget a ton, but pictures keep the memories from fading as much.

I can understand taking pictures of major life events and family stuff, but I guess I just don't look back as much regarding vacations or other random stuff (I don't say that to be condescending). If I go to a concert I have moved on when I leave. I don't need to relive it on YouTube (as much as my screenname doesn't fit).

even flow - question mark · March 2015

hedonist said:

even flow - question mark said:

hedonist said:
One could insert any other environment for museum.

If you see, you don't need a lens. Your eyes ARE the lens and your brain is the darkroom and subsequent vision.

Kind of like Nimoy's (somewhat) last words, about the garden, how it's fleeting even in bloom.

Enjoy it, inhale it, preserve the memory and let it embed itself into your brain.

All five horizons.
I will disagree to a point. I like to take photos (with film) so you just don't blast and erase, blast and erase, it is an art in itself. I would not have wanted to leave the grand canyon with just memories that were not on film. That said. I have never taken pictures in any science building, museum what not, and tried ONCE to take my camera to a PJ show to see "what all the fuss is about" and regretted having it with me three seconds into the show.

Good, quality, thought out pictures are for the mind that slowly loses memory!

I hear you, and put that in another realm...very different from taking - constantly, it seems - photos of oneself. Less narcissistic, I guess. And less intrusive upon others?

I wonder if, before cameras, people preserved their memories of events in other or stronger ways.

...oh, and to PJfan.

That is why we go to museums, to see how people preserved memories before cameras, silly.

callen · March 2015

bootlegger10 said:
I don't get the fascination with documenting everything.

They aren't documenting, they are constantly seeking validation.

Look at me at PJ concert. Look at me at Grand Canyon look at me look at me. LOOK AT ME I NEED VALIDATION AND ATTENTION!!!!

So amusing to see group of girls taking selfie after selfie to get that perfect fake smiling shot.

Humans.

backseatLover12 · March 2015

callen said:

bootlegger10 said:
I don't get the fascination with documenting everything.
They aren't documenting, they are constantly seeking validation.

Look at me at PJ concert. Look at me at Grand Canyon look at me look at me. LOOK AT ME I NEED VALIDATION AND ATTENTION!!!!

So amusing to see group of girls taking selfie after selfie to get that perfect fake smiling shot.

Humans.

Bingo.

HughFreakingDillon · March 2015

callen said:

bootlegger10 said:
I don't get the fascination with documenting everything.
They aren't documenting, they are constantly seeking validation.

Look at me at PJ concert. Look at me at Grand Canyon look at me look at me. LOOK AT ME I NEED VALIDATION AND ATTENTION!!!!

So amusing to see group of girls taking selfie after selfie to get that perfect fake smiling shot.

Humans.

a friend passed last week, so I was looking back at photos of us and our friends, and it dawned on me.......this is pre-digital camera for me.......were the pictures full of perfect smiles and opened eyes? no, they were full of LIFE.

perfection is not real.

backseatLover12 · March 2015

I usually like the saying "The only thing that's perfect, is perfectly dead."

HesCalledDyer · March 2015

callen said:

bootlegger10 said:
I don't get the fascination with documenting everything.
They aren't documenting, they are constantly seeking validation.

Look at me at PJ concert. Look at me at Grand Canyon look at me look at me. LOOK AT ME I NEED VALIDATION AND ATTENTION!!!!

So amusing to see group of girls taking selfie after selfie to get that perfect fake smiling shot.

Humans.

This. Sadly, "likes" and "followers" are all most people care about any more. People value their worth by numerical badges on their cell phone app icons.

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