Why do people have to record and share everything?

Padre_Pio

https://nypost.com/2021/02/08/koala-rescued-after-causing-six-car-crash-on-australian-freeway/?utm_campaign=SocialFlow&utm_medium=SocialFlow&utm_source=NYPTwitter

You see this?!

Wouldn't have believed it if someone didn't take pictures

pgj2015

Aongus Von Bismarck wrote: »

I saw the video this morning on Twitter. If this is the type of thing that annoys people then they must be in a permanent state of low-level irritability at best, and a fully-blown crank at worst.

It was a good news story in a time where good news is very welcome. I said it on the thread last week about the Garda video, but this site is fast becoming the premier online hangout of a sort of extremely contrary and frustrated man in his 30's/40's. It's always so bleak, pessimistic, and mean-spirited. Bizarre.

good news lol

its not news.

jmlad2020

They post this crap because they like attention and there should be an invisible banner spread across everything they share "Like me, I hope you think I'm good"

They won't post about their piles or the argument they had with their other half. Just the stuff that makes them look good (in their view)


Some people just need the validation, a large proportion of the population actually.

SAD

anewme

jmlad2020 wrote: »

They post this crap because they like attention and there should be an invisible banner spread across everything they share "Like me, I hope you think I'm good"

They won't post about their piles or the argument they had with their other half. Just the stuff that makes them look good (in their view)


Some people just need the validation, a large proportion of the population actually.

SAD

Not everyone goes around like a big black pool of negativity, thankfully.

paw patrol

i love getting random videos on whatsapp and telegram.
even more now with covid.

please record more random stuff people.

Gruffalux

Have not seen dog video. Will probably see it later and think awwwww..
Seems it would be harmless compared to others.
Recently I saw a video compilation of a guy donating to a homeless woman from his car in LA. Repeated incidents. Food. Jeans. Money. Whatever. All filmed and put together as a little record. I thought it was horribly invasive of the privacy of the lady, who was always glancing suspiciously at the camera. I mean who the feck wants to be recorded looking snaggled toothed and down on their luck for all the world to see?

But the worst is babies being constantly hounded by the camera phone. They are learning to place their centre of awareness outside of themselves into the ever watchful all - seeing eye. Not good. Derealisation and depersonalisation in the long run.

_ZeeK_

At a time of unrelenting, round-the-clock covering of Covid misery - I, for one, welcome any form of light-news relief however contrived it may be.

whisky_galore

Dog was lucky he didn't get taken out by a farmer, and not for a nice meal.

corcaigh07

I liked the dog rescue story but:

Just wait for the barrage of "I got jabbed", "My first pint since March 20", "Look at me at this match, mad", "Here's me putting my camera phone in the way of someone else at this gig" etc etc.

aaronjumper

People want to feel like their lives matter would be my guess.

Padre_Pio

aaronjumper wrote: »

People want to feel like their lives matter would be my guess.

People share this stuff with their friends. Then it gets shared more and more and grows legs.
But that's social media, you don't have to partake if you don't want to.

There's a load of people getting pissy their friends and acquaintances are sharing content. If you don't like it, don't watch it!!

aaronjumper

Padre_Pio wrote: »

People share this stuff with their friends. Then it gets shared more and more and grows legs.
But that's social media, you don't have to partake if you don't want to.

There's a load of people getting pissy their friends and acquaintances are sharing content. If you don't like it, don't watch it!!

I know I don't have to partake, my response was more general directed at the title of the thread.

anewme

aaronjumper wrote: »

People want to feel like their lives matter would be my guess.

"I'm so small" said the mole.
"Yes" said the boy, "but you make a huge difference".

The Boy, the mole, the fox and the Horse.

.anon.

pgj2015 wrote: »

its the same as famous people who bang on about giving their money to charity, genuine people just give it and don't need to tell everyone.

Exactly, I'm always giving money to charity, but I never go on about it, or any of the other really nice and kind things I do on a daily basis.

irishguitarlad

To be honest if you're relying on the news for a feel good story to feel some way positive then you probably need to see a psychologist.

irishguitarlad

irishguitarlad wrote: »

To be honest if you're relying on the news for a feel good story to feel some way positive then you probably need to see a psychologist.

Others head outside and get some fresh air for a sense of wellbeing, I recommend it.

Thelonious Monk

The great Alan Watts was even saying this in the 60s

Most of us would have
Rather money than tangible wealth
And a great occasion is somehow spoiled for us unless photographed
And to read about it the next day in the newspaper
Is oddly more fun for us than the original event
This is a disaster
For as a result of confusing the real world of nature with mere signs
We are destroying nature
We are so tied up in our minds that we've lost our senses
Time to wake up!

Wanderer2010

Bang on the money, OP. Whats even worse are these vacous attention seeking nobodies like Una Healy posting and talking about every single, minor, insignificant thing that happens in her life as if anybody gives a flying fcuk about her body issues and her opinions on nature, relationships and how bread is sliced.
Its a sickness, narcissism but i dont think there is any cure.

LollipopJimmy

irishguitarlad wrote: »

To be honest if you're relying on the news for a feel good story to feel some way positive then you probably need to see a psychologist.

I don't think anybody is relying on the news to bring a feel good story, more questioning why somebody would bemoan the news bringing a feel good story

SAMTALK

There's a big difference between video of dog rescue and someone posting about, clothes, houses, what they had for dinner, how wonderful their kids/partners/pets are


I know which I'd prefer to watch. It was a nice story and made a change from hearing Covid news

Strumms

LollipopJimmy wrote: »

Why don't you write to RTE and say you only want bad news in future?

corcaigh07 wrote: »

I liked the dog rescue story but:

Just wait for the barrage of "I got jabbed", "My first pint since March 20", "Look at me at this match, mad", "Here's me putting my camera phone in the way of someone else at this gig" etc etc.

Wait till you see the ones asking and wanting to get a pic with their doctor as he places the needle in their arm... #jabbedsafe... with a waiting room full of people, a busy and tired doctor ...but he or she just foaming at the gash imagining the likes and comments.... loving it, the attention...awhhh “sorry doctor can you just hold it a bit straighter to the light and I’ll get the reflection with the filter it looks cool, err sorry what, just get the **** out ? #totesmorto gawddddd”

Id imagine if they asked my GP that, a brilliant and sound gent of a human but one not quite known for suffering fools... “ you can put that away, or I’m putting this in your eyeball, thanks “

Hyperbollix

A similar video popped up on my youtube recommended lately. A woman rescued a hypothermic dog who was wandering the streets in snow. Poor divil had been abandoned by his owners and looked like he was on his last legs. She took him inside, covered him up and planked a gas fire beside him. He made a good recovery......

Then I scrolled down and saw a bunch of animal rescues by the same person, millions of views a piece. I suppose it's a nice feel good thing in an otherwise lousy time, but you just get sick to the hole of the Like hunting and commodification of everything

Zebra3

Padre_Pio wrote: »

LOL, "Loads of us couldn’t give a toss. We have lives." he says while posting about it online.

I think it's safe to assume the opposite there Zebra :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Slow day in work today.

SAMTALK

Strumms wrote: »

Wait till you see the ones asking and wanting to get a pic with their doctor as he places the needle in their arm... #jabbedsafe... with a waiting room full of people, a busy and tired doctor ...but he or she just foaming at the gash imagining the likes and comments.... loving it, the attention...awhhh “sorry doctor can you just hold it a bit straighter to the light and I’ll get the reflection with the filter it looks cool, err sorry what, just get the **** out ? #totesmorto gawddddd”

Id imagine if they asked my GP that, a brilliant and sound gent of a human but one not quite known for suffering fools... “ you can put that away, or I’m putting this in your eyeball, thanks “

Already see the cards re appointment for vaccine and follow up vaccine.

Seriously who needs to see these? Great you have the 1st dose got and a date for 2nd . Is that not what's supposed to happen to us all .

Man Vs ManUre

Lugnaquilla. I once did a 18km loop walk of this same mountain, it is the highest peak in Leinster. Although there isn’t much of a peak, it’s fairly flat and vast on top. I was fairly bollix€d by the end and had sore legs for a week. This dog was very lucky to have somebody carry him down, he must be a posh dog.

Harry Palmr

I thought all the boards.ie cranks were on the so called current affairs/in my bogus opinion forum these days.

Mister Vain

Are people still doing the post coitus selfies?

Strumms

Deemed as Normal wrote: »

I don't mind people sharing the footage. What annoys me is the fact people are already thinking ahead while the actual incident is occurring. Know what I mean? People don't care to just embrace the moment... they have to think ahead while it's occurring.

You’ll probably have a situation , a doctor out for a meal with his wife.., man collapses at the table beside him, doctor rushes over trying to resuscitate him... he pauses though and says to his wife... “ Jesus, Bernie, are you just going to stand there watching me ? “ her : “ no sorry love I’ll call for an ambulance “
him : “ look in a minute, film me, on your phone... I’m about to maybe save a life here, no feck it, he’s dead, Bernie, BERNIE, put that phone away, good woman, no wait, maybe.., #itsoktolooseone, yeah, great Bernie, get my good side now”.

Aongus Von Bismarck

Harry Palmr wrote: »

I thought all the boards.ie cranks were on the so called current affairs/in my bogus opinion forum these days.

I visited that forum once or twice and my immediate thought was ‘what has gone so wrong in the lives of these people that this is how they spend their day?’

Padre_Pio

Wanderer2010 wrote: »

Bang on the money, OP. Whats even worse are these vacous attention seeking nobodies like Una Healy posting and talking about every single, minor, insignificant thing that happens in her life as if anybody gives a flying fcuk about her body issues and her opinions on nature, relationships and how bread is sliced.
Its a sickness, narcissism but i dont think there is any cure.

And why did you read it if it bothers you so much?
I can only presume you did read it, since you remember what she spoke about.

Most of us avoid content that's not interesting to us, weird that you do the opposite :rolleyes:

mfceiling

I was queueing for a coffee last week. Local little coffee trailer and a few people behind me (all socially distancing and masked up).

2 youngish ladies behind me (early 30's) and one has a baby in a pram. Conversation is along the lines of how little sleep she's getting and how tired she is.
Then I hear this...."ah not only am I exhausted but look what I came down to in the kitchen this morning (hands the phone to friend). The dog got sick and had diarrhea all over the floor"

The friend laughed and said "ah you poor thing"


My initial thought was "who the fcuk takes their phone out and starts taking pictures of dog shīt and vomit?"

Any time my dog has been sick or dropped a load on the floor the last thing on my mind is "must get a picture of this".

Feisar

mfceiling wrote: »

I was queueing for a coffee last week. Local little coffee trailer and a few people behind me (all socially distancing and masked up).

2 youngish ladies behind me (early 30's) and one has a baby in a pram. Conversation is along the lines of how little sleep she's getting and how tired she is.
Then I hear this...."ah not only am I exhausted but look what I came down to in the kitchen this morning (hands the phone to friend). The dog got sick and had diarrhea all over the floor"

The friend laughed and said "ah you poor thing"


My initial thought was "who the fcuk takes their phone out and starts taking pictures of dog shīt and vomit?"

Any time my dog has been sick or dropped a load on the floor the last thing on my mind is "must get a picture of this".

Sure didn't some header post on FB that there baby was choking and what should they do?!!

Lewis_Benson

pgj2015 wrote: »

I saw that video of the couple who rescued the dog(on the journal.ie I think) on the mountain somewhere in Ireland. someone else was talking about it, I said where did you see it? on RTE news.

I and loads of people I know have done similar over the years with cats and dogs etc, never did I think oh wait I must record this and then upload it to tiktok or instagram, etc and put some soppy music with it, then just watch the likes shoot up.

Its like the time some Irish guy brought his taxi driver in Dubai into a theme park, nice thing to do you might say, no, he had to take pictures and then plaster them all over facebook looking for likes and praise.

Has no one ever heard of doing something and just keeping it to yourself?

It really makes me cringe to be honest.

Yup
Its all about instant gratification these days, getting likes for being a gobshyte.

sporina

StevenToast wrote: »

Were they 5kms from their home?....they were breaking restrictions....

Sure it doesnt matter..they saved a dog...

Must remember to rob a few pets when organising the next rave out the country

sure, great that the dog was found... BUT seems the dog got lost while the family wer out hiking on Lug.. Lug is a 12km loop hike..
so had they been adhering to the restrictions like the rest of us who are, the dog wouldn't have got lost in the first place...

Well, at least none of them needed mountain rescue to go out - risking the volunteers lives too!!!

Good news story for sure - poor Dog - glad she's ok - she doesn't know about covid - she's the only hero.. how she survived 2 weeks - legend.

anewme

sporina wrote: »

sure, great that the dog was found... BUT seems the dog got lost while the family wer out hiking on Lug.. Lug is a 12km loop hike..
so had they been adhering to the restrictions like the rest of us who are, the dog wouldn't have got lost in the first place...

Well, at least none of them needed mountain rescue to go out - risking the volunteers lives too!!!

Good news story for sure - poor Dog - glad he's ok - he doesn't know about covid - he's the only hero.. how he survived 2 weeks - legend.

If you read the story.

HER name is Neesha.

sporina

anewme wrote: »

If you read the story.

HER name is Neesha.

thanks for pointing that out! post edited. V important point! :rolleyes:

Man Vs ManUre

If this dog cannot even conquer lugnaqilla I would hate to see her on K2.

anewme

sporina wrote: »

thanks for pointing that out! post edited. V important point! :rolleyes:

Half edited....still has references to he.

If you are going to criticise, at least get the facts straight.:pac:

Quantum Erasure

anewme wrote: »

If you read the story.

HER name is Neesha.

Was it Neesha, or Naoise....

anewme

Quantum Erasure wrote: »

Was it Neesha, or Naoise....

I've been following since she was lost and I believe her owners call her Neesha.

sporina

anewme wrote: »

Half edited....still has references to he.

If you are going to criticise, at least get the facts straight.:pac:

gee silly me - i have re-edited it..

can you check its ok now please seeing as the gender of the dog is plays a significant role in the points i am making.. thanks lol.. :rolleyes:

anewme

sporina wrote: »

gee silly me - i have re-edited it..

can you check its ok now please seeing as the gender of the dog is plays a significant role in the points i am making.. thanks lol.. :rolleyes:

All about attention to detail.

Easy to criticise... with a half read story:rolleyes:

sporina

anewme wrote: »

All about attention to detail.

Easy to criticise... with a half read story:rolleyes:

lol awe bless...

no its all about how the poor dog would not have been stuck up the mountain in the first place had the family been adhering to the restrictions like the rest of us who are.. sorry if that bursts your good story buzz.. lol

Plumbthedepths

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anewme

sporina wrote: »

lol awe bless...

no its all about how the poor dog would not have been stuck up the mountain in the first place had the family been adhering to the restrictions like the rest of us who are.. sorry if that bursts your good story buzz.. lol

No, its about having the correct information before you go off criticising others.

Nobody is perfect, as your errors show.

Bear that in mind before you crib about the owners!

Some people might have a negative view of people constantly using lol.

LOL.

anewme

anewme wrote: »

No, its about having the correct information before you go off criticising others.

Nobody is perfect, as your errors show.

Bear that in mind before you crib about the owners!

How do you know how the dog identifies?

You can't be sure of the preferred pronouns.

sporina

anewme wrote: »

No, its about having the correct information before you go off criticising others.

Nobody is perfect, as your errors show.

Bear that in mind before you crib about the owners!

lolllllll... well i won't have any trouble sleeping as a result of my error...

but I bet the owners of the dog had a few sleepless nights knowing that they got their poor dog lost on a Mt when they shouldn't have been out on one in the first place lol..

awe thanks for the laugh.. lol

Bigfatmichael

That one was genuine so don't mind it.

Its the fake ones on youtube that annoy me and people fall for it.

SuperSean11

For ego and validation due to social pressure. Plus likes are addictive

anewme

Lewis_Benson wrote: »

Yup
Its all about instant gratification these days, getting likes for being a gobshyte.

Deleted User wrote: »

How do you know how the dog identifies?

You can't be sure of the preferred pronouns.

We can only go on the information available from the family.