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AIBU to think people snapping with a Mobile 📱 phone camera are a total pain in the ar*e?

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JenRummy · 21/09/2026 21:29

AIBU to object to people taking photos or videos without your consent? Every ruddy work event these days folk are snapping away throughout, are in your grill etc just to later flex and post online. Not everyone likes it. Some of us like anonymity and aren’t even on LinkedIn.

Worst was a hen night. One hen spent the entire day and night even when asked not to repeatedly snapping away thinking it was funny to take photos of us all continually. Quel surprise all those she posted of her were immaculate whereas rest of us looked worse for wear. Not on and yet she wouldn’t stop.

Read too that in many places young ones these days don’t dance when out, as too scared of being filmed and being posted online. If true, that’s really sad also.

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musicandmen · 21/09/2026 21:40

20 year age gap between me and my littlest cousin!! When I was her age I was out, i was having fun, we were chatting to random people on the dance floor and in the chippy on the way home!!

now everything is about the aesthetic!! Go out to fancy bars and buy one fancy drink cos that’s all you can afford take loads of posed pictures and come home. They don’t dance, they don’t seem to be freely enjoying themselves! Worries about what might be posted online

work events etc are for the LinkedIn/insta/website. If it’s not up to date people don’t trust the business.

I don’t feel like there is any happy medium but it’s the world we live in

Rondayvu · 21/09/2026 22:11

It is incredibly sad really when you think some of them are not living their lives for fear of some snap happy twat taking vids or pics. It really is a shame that you are allowed to video anyone you want once in a public place.

Gobbledegoo · 21/09/2026 22:14

I would be really angry at someone like that and would insist they delete all photos of me and shame them.

seahorsessky · 21/09/2026 22:42

The thing is, if a man did that, he'd get called a creep. Why does no one call out women taking photos when she's been asked not to?
I personally couldn't care less, but some people do (and maybe I'd have been different when younger, and changed my behaviour like some of you are talking about, which is sad).

Shatteredremnants · 21/09/2026 23:25

Yep. We’re fucked. No one lives in the moment or actually experiences anything. It’s the same as the muppets who video gigs on their phone. Just put it away, maybe take the odd snap, but otherwise just enjoy what’s going on in front of you.

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