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We went to see Squeeze and the guy in front of me was playing games on his phone the whole time. He came alone and barely paid attention. Why did he buy a ticket?

Picture of Difford and Tilbrook playing Hourglass since I didn’t take a picture of the guy who paid an admission fee to sit in a loud room and do crosswords on his phone.

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TayamExplorer ,

It’s hilarious that you

A. Got mad enough to post about it.

B. Considered disrespecting this person you know nothing about by posting a picture of them taken without their knowledge.

C. Lack the empathy or intellectual capacity to imagine a world in which they’re justified for their behaviour because you wanted the experience to go a certain preconceived way.

D. Still think you somehow have a point, when in fact your stewing is your own fault.

intensely_human ,

I’m curious why it mildly infuriated you. Why do you care in an emotionally charged way?

possiblylinux127 ,

Probably because of friends and family

Today ,

I’m sorry. Squeeze is such a fun show! Sometimes shit happens - this was my view at Weezer in 2010.

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RootBeerGuy ,
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And he will never really watch those videos more than one time. Which means it would have been better not filming and enjoying the performance right there, in better quality.

Lemminary ,

I don’t mind someone doing whatever on their phone out of sight. But this shit drives me insane. You won’t watch that damn video ever again in your life, stop ruining it for everyone else!

TrickDacy ,
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Infuriating. I’m thankful honestly when I’ve been to shows that force you to put your phone in a secured container that you cannot access during the show. Makes it a million times better

Davel23 ,

You know what you need to do with that guy's phone.

Take it to the bridge...

Today ,

Throw it overboard…

GarrulousBrevity ,

Don’t ruin your own experience because someone else is enjoying it differently than you like to

FlyingSquid OP ,
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Kind of hard to have as good an experience as I otherwise might have had without a guy’s bright phone shining in my field of view.

bane_killgrind ,

Squeeze is great, sucks that you were distracted

In terms of concert distractions that was pretty good, asocial vs hostile. One concert I went to before COVID, some jerk literally elbowed his way to the front.

He took a few punches before getting hoisted over the barrier so w/e

AmidFuror ,

Theaters here ask people not to text during the movie. It's not about sound distraction, it's a bright, visual distraction.

TrickDacy ,
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I saw a woman use her phone constantly for a comedy show that she was also more than 30 minutes late for. I couldn’t understand why she even came and it was incredibly distracting for me.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
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Charitably, could be an attention issue. I’ve had to start learning about ADHD as I’m basically the only one in my nuclear family without it, and a common thing is needing to be doing something while listening.

It is mildly infuriating at the best of times to have someone constantly fidget and squirm and not acknowledge you while you talk, but listening doesn’t always look like listening unfortunately.

Though, I haven’t heard of this specific thing while at a concert it’s not beyond imagining that it’s just a tactic to accommodate their own needs.

FlyingSquid OP ,
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If he is accommodating his own needs and those needs involvie being a distraction, maybe he could have bought a ticket for the mostly empty back row so his phone wouldn’t shine in other people’s faces.

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

True. Being inconsiderate is not ADHD specific, fine to call it out

nightwatch_admin ,

It could also be a case of severe addiction; I’ve too often been at (different kinds of) performances where people felt the need to play games or watch sports (at their kid’s school play no less), too often for adhd. And many times it’s a boomer, so the screen goes on max brightness for visibility.

aStonedSanta ,

I’m thankful I’m always inattentive while listening so everyone just kinda knows from the start.

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