That this is extremely depressing.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn9z0d9pd2xo

I just read this article on the. BBC.

Personally I find the fact that voyeurism has become so normalised really really disturbing.

This just so put me in mind of The Truman Show.

AINBU to think zoning in on other people living their lives is pretty sick

AIBU and filming everything for public entertainment is now just normal

I cannot think of anything more dull.
Reminds me of that article that was around yesterday about a man that saw him. And his girlfriend on a porn.Site having been secretly filmed at a hotel. He was horrified.
Ironically, he saw it because he was on that porn site and had been looking at secretly filmed porn for years.

I don’t get how you can hear what people are saying over the music? Would be pretty boring if you can’t hear conversations.

We’ve always been voyeurs though. It’s part of being human. This is no different to Big Brother, which started 26 years ago. Even if you’re sat in a cafe you do a bit of people watching, and if a bit of drama, like an argument breaks out, everyone stares. Because we find other people fascinating. I don’t think it’s depressing or abnormal. Yes it’s depressing if people are suddenly choosing to stay home and watch a bar’s livestream INSTEAD of going out and experiencing it for themselves but I don’t think that’s what’s happening.

I also thought this was a bizarrely written article - what was the point of it? That 5000 people would rather spend an evening watching a lifestream of a pub? That this is a stark indicator of how shockingly isolated and atomised we're becoming? That this is an invasion of privacy for those who do venture out into meatspace only to learn they're being watched by thousands. Or that the bar doesn't make this clear and is breaching privacy? It was just a very very bizarrely written article. Almost like a promotion for TikTok in some places and at other points a plea to get in back online. Depressing we live in this dystopia now. What will life for our children be like.

Clearly is whats happening when there's nearly 10x the number of people watching at home than in the place

I try not to judge but this is really pathetic, massively dull, and just about typifies the insular, crap society we’ve become / are becoming.

I do think it’s a massive invasion of privacy for the people in the bar though. He’ll have to inform them but that can be via a sign stuck on the wall that could easily be missed.

I still don’t understand how the audience is supposed to hear people’s conversations!…

I never watched Big Brother or similar programmes because I found the whole concept repugnant.

It seems as though TV shows like Big Brother have just normalised perving on every detail of other people's lives.

I just find the filming in the bar so intrusive for the customers there. And sad beyond belief that someone is sat at home watching total strangers socialising - the epitome of loneliness.

Seems a bit weird. I just sit watching cat videos 😀