Watching an event on a mobile phone screen in real time when you're actually there
I see this a lot at gigs - people who spend the entire event recording it on their mobile phone and watching the entire thing on the screen.

Why? They obviously want to record it for posterity, but at the same time they don't seem that bothered to be there in the first place.

I don't get it... they can show the video to their mates and say "I was there", but paradoxically, they weren't really there at all.

It makes my head hurt just thinking about it.
( rofl harris, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:09, 6 replies)

And since you know it'll be on youtube anyway
...because of all the other twats holding up their phones when you're trying to watch...

As a subset - people who get on people's shoulders at gigs. Selfish bastards...
(Mumm-ra, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:11, closed)

Yes, this
I was recently at a concert and the twat in front of me was holding up his mobile phone and recording, so I couldn't see the band. I shouted in his ear that i was here to watch the concert live, not to see it through his shitty phone screen or to watch it later on youtube. He didn't get why I was annoyed and continued to record. After around 5 minutes he obviously realised it was difficult to record while being constantly digged in the back by an elbow and having beer poured over his feet - and went to stand somewhere else.

To continue recording and watching it on a 1 inch screen.
( Michael Ellis contributes nothing, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 16:22, closed)

I am short
If I don't look at camera/phone screens I generally get a couple of hours of uninterrupted backs.
(Concrete Cow, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 17:02, closed)

Many
gigs Ive spent half the night watching the gig on the camera of someone in front of me WITH THEIR CUNTING CAMERA IN MY VIEW!!!!!!!
(kitescreech still here, Thu 15 Oct 2009, 18:00, closed)

So very yes.

( Enzyme is powered by sunlight, Sat 17 Oct 2009, 0:04, closed)

im glad other people agree with this
and to people who aren't as tall and may struggle, fair enough. But a lot of the guys I've seen have been 6ft easily. If it's an exciting band it's even more bizzare.
(muzzvsworld, Sat 17 Oct 2009, 23:28, closed)