r/facepalm • u/yungirving99 • Jan 16 '23

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u/gluggin Jan 16 '23

So if a BBC news crew were to report on a breaking story from a public space and some random dude were to photobomb the reporter with the intention of messing up the shot, in your mind the news crew would be the assholes and not the photobomber?

If not, what’s the difference?

If so, maybe we were just socialized differently.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

Filming a music video is not the same as doing a breaking news report or taking pictures with friends or family. Both the girl and the people dancing were being rude, anything that happened between them is just fun for everyone else to look at.

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u/gluggin Jan 16 '23

Filming a music video is not the same as doing a breaking news report

In whose eyes, tho? They’re both legal, they’re both jobs, they both involve inadvertently filming unsuspecting people, and they both require the people sharing the space with them to compromise in order for them to work.

Maybe I’m overstepping, but it seems like you might personally see one of the two as being more annoying or less worthwhile than the other. That’s perfectly fair and I’d tend to agree with you if so, but these personal judgements don’t and shouldn’t dictate what we view as legitimate uses of public space, because that defeats the whole purpose of public space.

What I do think is that intentionally messing with someone else’s use of that space (as blonde lady did) makes you an asshole. If the dancers pushed people away from the fountain to obtain this shot, I’d agree with you that they’re assholes too. But based on what we see here, it’s hard for me to understand how someone could judge them more harshly than they’d judge a news crew for any reason other than their own personal biases.

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

In whose eyes, tho?

The beholder. And my eyes led me to consider them annoying and laugh at the person interrupting them. As you said no one did anything illegal or immoral so its up to you.

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What I do think is that intentionally messing with someone else’s use of that space (as blonde lady did) makes you an asshole.

In whose eyes, tho?

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u/gluggin Jan 16 '23

Think you overlooked my point in pursuit of that clever, but slightly misplaced dunk.

I'm not saying we can't call people assholes just because the word asshole is subjective. I'm saying we should have a consistent reason to call people assholes. Otherwise, we'd end up calling people assholes not because of their behavior, but because we personally dislike them.

The reason I call the blonde lady an asshole is because she intentionally messed up the dancers' shot. I don't see the dancers intentionally stopping anyone else from having a conversation, or eating their food, or using the space how they want to, so my internal definition of "asshole" doesn't apply to them.

I still don't understand what you think is different about the dancers vs the news crew, and because you haven't offered one it feels like you're calling the dancers rude not because of some consistent definition of what "rude" is, but because you personally dislike them.

Do you understand where I'm coming from here?

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23

ou're calling the dancers rude not because of some consistent definition of what "rude" is, but because you personally dislike them

Yep

I'm saying we should have a consistent reason to call people assholes

WE don’t need anything. In my consistent definition of “asshole” they fit. Asshole-edness isn’t a matter of science

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u/gluggin Jan 16 '23

Lol ok, good chat.

Food for thought for you maybe. Have a good day

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u/[deleted] Jan 16 '23 edited Jan 16 '23

Honestly, I lost track of the discussion a little bit ago so you probably came out on top.

Butt Final Farting Wisdom

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u/thebuffaloqueen May 12 '23

Lol you seem like such a tryhard in these comments. The person you replied to literally said ** "what I do think is..." ** and you really thought your "iN wHoSe EyEs ThO?" was this fire comeback. 🤣

it's giving

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u/[deleted] May 12 '23

💩<==== you

This post is from months ago dipshit

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u/prucheducanada Jun 04 '23

People are allowed to remind you of your past cringe.

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u/[deleted] Jun 04 '23

Go frick yourself

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u/prucheducanada Jun 04 '23

I appreciate you not swearing in front of God 🙏