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RE: What makes you uncomfortable? - cwvps - 10-05-2015
Meat. It makes me really uncomfortable when I see meat or seafood on the table.
RE: What makes you uncomfortable? - spjallþráð - 10-05-2015
CCTV is the worst, or people recording/taking photos in general when there is even a chance of me being in the frame. I dislike being recorded/photographed without giving informed consent on the matter.
The most irritating is those useless photographers in clubs who invade your personal space to blind you with the fucking flashbulb of their camera, which is always set to HDR, and then they post all the pictures up on their "portfolio" (read as: Facebook page).
Those annoy me for a number of reasons. Firstly, the whole "taking photo and publish without ask", also the use of flash at close range, and finally... Using fucking HDR for what is basically a portrait style photo. HDR is for big landscape and open space, not close up shot of person at bar or dancing. The photos always look awful. Most of those are because the camera is by default set to HDR and they are too incompetent to figure out proper setting.
RE: What makes you uncomfortable? - BlueScreen - 10-05-2015
(10-05-2015, 05:41 PM)spjallþráð Wrote: CCTV is the worst, or people recording/taking photos in general when there is even a chance of me being in the frame. I dislike being recorded/photographed without giving informed consent on the matter.
The most irritating is those useless photographers in clubs who invade your personal space to blind you with the fucking flashbulb of their camera, which is always set to HDR, and then they post all the pictures up on their "portfolio" (read as: Facebook page).
To be fair if you're in a public location with 20+ people you have no reasonable expectation for privacy. If you don't like people taking pictures of you, your only option is to either live off the land or just order food to your house and never leave. Its a part of our ever changing culture, and I think its more positive than not. If for example the explosions in China happened 10 years ago we would have no photos or videos of it as it was happening, and people watching who might be able to help today wouldn't even know the extent of what happened and probably never even bother to do anything about it. There's also the reduced crime rate and corruption caused by everyone being able to record anyone at any time. This is why there's no modern day "Jack The Ripper".
RE: What makes you uncomfortable? - spjallþráð - 10-05-2015
Not entirely true. While you have no expectation of privacy in a public space, such as out in the street, however in a private venue such as a nightclub where the photographs are being taken for a commercial purpose, you have a right to refuse consent for photograph to happen.
Many event photographers and such have to bring release-waivers with them for people to sign so that their likeness can be used for commercial purpose. The idiots doing the photography work in nightclubs who do not fulfill these legal obligations leave themselves wide open to lawsuits.
Personally, I feel the ubiquitous culture of surveillance and self surveillance is a negative thing overall. People are doing the states job for them, overwatching themselves and each other. I guess though that could be down to cultural differences and suchlike. I am not from a culture where the state is seen as exactly ones best friend.
As for the impact on crime, CCTV did not have as great impact as people like to think (due to the quality being shit, systems not being linked, and criminals tending to ignore it) on either apprehension of criminals nor crime rates. More effective solutions tend to be societal fixes such as education and social-help schemes.
Mobile phone footage, however, is having a fairly serious impact on the apprehension of criminals. Given anyone can record a crime, and a lot of idiot crooks record their own criminal activity, the police often have a wealth of video evidence to use.
Some interesting philosophical/sociological debate to be had on this matter at some point, I believe. I will be giving it some more thought and doing more examination.
RE: What makes you uncomfortable? - troubler - 10-20-2015
House drama, especially with people i don't really know.
RE: What makes you uncomfortable? - ida - 10-20-2015
pedophilia makes me uncomfortable
ping @BlueScreen
RE: What makes you uncomfortable? - BlueScreen - 10-20-2015
(10-20-2015, 06:01 PM)ida Wrote: pedophilia makes me uncomfortable
ping @BlueScreen
how many accounts are you seriously going to register? And do you really need to cancerpost on all of them its making the forum feel more and more like LF.
RE: What makes you uncomfortable? - Panther_ - 10-20-2015
People that I'm not really sure I am friends with or are friends of friends. If I don't know them I don't care what they think, if they are my friend it is the same, but there is that odd grey area of how far can I push it with humor and such and do they actually want to talk to me.