July 8, 2008

• My friend who works at Disneyland told me this story about how at the end of the day, he noticed a little 5 years old kid having a temper tantrum, while in the tram ride to the parking structure. He assumed that it was because the kid did not want to leave Disneyland. When they got off the tram, the kid proceeds to continue his temper tantrum, lying on the ground, while everybody was just staring at him as they pass by. The dad decides to whip out his camera and starts to capture the moment on video. Now imagine that kid ten years from now, and his parents decides to whip out that video of him in a temper tantrum, while in front of his girlfriend. Embarrassing isn't it? So that's the way it's going to be done now? Instead of photos of the past to embarrass someone, it's now videos. Wow, sign of the times indeed.

  This also goes to show the current trend on how it's easy for just about anyone to capture something on video or photo. Whether it's something entertaining, or if it's something horrible. This is the "youtube generation" afterall, and people want to be able to be junior journalists capturing a moment to share with everyone. Even if getting a particular shot could cause them their life. This is just the way things are I guess. "Somebody's in pain, get it on camera phone now!"

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