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Post by Lizard King & Kali on May 19, 2013 16:44:33 GMT -5
Hey, this will be my first Roo and I've been reading and watching stuff to prepare. I ran across this video and to say it politely, I was disgusted.
Not referring to Fuse interviews about Porta-Potty experiences (that's funny.) More so being filmed when you're not even consciously aware you're being filmed and some douche posting it.
How do you guys feel about being filmed while on the farm?
I have 1 question and 2 comments. Where was this guys friends? The guy filming this and putting it on youtube is a douche. The guy could have ended up with a heat stroke. In 2009 I drank so much, I blacked out and was walking around talking to my neighbors in the nude, thank God there was no one that filmed it.
I have 1 question and 2 comments. Where was this guys friends? The guy filming this and putting it on youtube is a summers breeze. The guy could have ended up with a heat stroke. In 2009 I drank so much, I blacked out and was walking around talking to my neighbors in the nude, thank God there was no one that filmed it.
That's my thoughts exactly! We come to let loose and have a good time. Some have a "great time!" We've all been "That Guy" at least once in our life.
Put the camera away. Laugh and point at me but dont film me! lol
Post by crazykittensmile on May 19, 2013 17:02:17 GMT -5
I'm more disturbed that out of all those people in the video nobody gave him water.
People are dicks, there's not really much you can do about it aside from maintain control of yourself if you don't want a video of you like this on the internets.
Yeah, I agree with Phi: don't act the fool on the farm, but there are many ways to act the fool, including leaving a brother in the blistering sun with no shirt on and no water and a head full of snakes and being tormented by swarms of invisible aphids...being filmed is the least of his worries. Honest to God, man...this is how people get taken down by sunstroke.
Edit: pretty cool how so many of us cross-posted the same thing at the same time.
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Post by FuzzyWarbles on May 19, 2013 17:18:28 GMT -5
"This is the coolest thing I've ever seen" says the dickhead filming. Really, how do these people consider this entertainment. He is lucky the guy didn't eat his face off.
The unfortunate reality is that with 70,000+ people on the farm every year there are going to be dickheads and morons and occasionally those who are both dickheads and morons. Nobody involved in that video isn't at fault. People shouldn't be videotaping someone in the state, they shouldn't have uploaded it, they should have offered him water/helped him in some other way. That said, his friends clearly left him (or worse are those filming), he took too much of something he shouldn't have taken in a strange place, he himself didn't prepare by carrying water around.
This is reason enough for everyone to carry an extra bottle of water. Be smart and be kind. This situation will invariably repeat itself year after year, so make sure it isn't you or anyone around you.
Ugh. That's five-plus minutes of my life that I won't get back. I didn't find that remotely funny. Maybe if I knew the person I would (but these people didn't seem to and they thought it was the funniest thing in the world). I just found myself more and more concerned for that dude's well being.
As far as being filmed, you waive your right to privacy when you go to the festival. That doesn't make it cool to film someone else's misfortune. It also doesn't excuse getting yourself into such a state where you could endanger yourself and, potentially, others. I'm heartened that the video has a lot more negative votes than postive ones, though. If the trolls that comment on YouTube videos think that you're an asshat you really have to rethink your life choices. (Or accept that you're Donald Trump.)
cdevaney calls it right. You oughtta go see the comments on this video at YouTube. It's about 75/25 in favor of the guy with the camera being an asshat.
Post by canexplain on May 19, 2013 18:56:17 GMT -5
Many people want to be filmed at their highest. Think Jim Morrison or Timothy Leary. Some love to be filmed at their most stupid. Think Jackass. We all make our own bed and most of the time, I think it's what we want either outright, or to show something not often seen in ourselves by others. How's that for off the top of my head cuz I love to take pics but I try not to be intrusive in a way you would not want ... cr****
Post by Whatsnew_c on May 19, 2013 19:23:08 GMT -5
I have seen this video before along with a few others were people are quacked out of their mind. If i'm not mistaken at one point they try to talk to him but he isn't even able to respond. They should have at least tried to see if they could help him at all (water or anything else). Also, I don't think it's a big deal to be filmed but not if you're doing it to make fun of someone or at their expense. I like taking pics of unique styles or costumes that people are wearing.
I agree, where is the love there? I am always amazed by the acceptance, kindness and spirit of community on the farm. filming someone who is clearly out of their gourd instead of offering help is not in line with the roo spirit IMO.
also, I say it all the time but thank God I went through my crazy phase in a time before smartphones with camera/video capability. there were so, so many times that I acted like a complete idiot, and I would hate for them to be immortalized on film.
edit: comments are in reference to the first video
Post by pondo ROCKS on May 19, 2013 20:31:10 GMT -5
it kinda blows. I have had the fortune of being filmed several times at Bonnaroo and most ask permission (especially during interviews) but to exploit a person in the way they did is just bad.
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lol again, if you dont want to be "immortalized" or "exploited" than dont put yourself in a position to be. my head is going to explode at some of these replies.
Would you guys really approach someone like that and offer him shade and water? He seems SO out of it; he might think the person approaching him is a danger to him and attack. I don't think it was very nice or "bonnaroovian" for them to stand around and laugh and film him but I'd honestly have to build up the nerve to approach someone like that. I'd be more likely to alert security or medical staff.
I have no issues with the video but it is sad when people don't offer help to those spun that hard. Just check in with them and offer water. Ask if they are lost ect. Only takes a second to turn someone's bad situation into something more positive. Still take video and call it "helping spun out wook at bonnaroo 20xx". You can still have a chuckle at their state while giving them a helping hand. Nothing wrong with that.
Also, I did help someone that was wasted last year. Just about the time superjam started a couple came and stood next to us. I could tell they were wasted and before you know it the girl went into a seizure. No one seemed to be aware of what was going on. I did everything I could to get someone to help her. She was so wasted that she didn't want to get help. I talked with her. I reassured her that she needed to be checked out and that they wouldn't hurt her. And it was obvious she didn't want to go because she was so wasted. I think if I wouldn't have helped her that her boyfriend would have just let her walk away after the seizure and who knows what could have happened to her.
Would you guys really approach someone like that and offer him shade and water? He seems SO out of it; he might think the person approaching him is a danger to him and attack. I don't think it was very nice or "bonnaroovian" for them to stand around and laugh and film him but I'd honestly have to build up the nerve to approach someone like that. I'd be more likely to alert security or medical staff.
you make a good point. I had a guy wander into my screen tent and literally pass out cold a couple of years ago. I'm a nurse so I tried to assess him but it was sketchy... and he was completely unresponsive. eventually the Mounties came by and took him to medical, since he didn't rouse at all. but if it was someone that messed up, you don't know how they would respond. I guess my thought is just that I would either offer or get help rather than film it and laugh.
If you don't feel safe/confident offering help find someone that can/does. There is nothing wrong with that. Your personal safety comes first but if there is legitimate concern get someone to help. You are not getting that person in trouble you could very well be saving that life.
Would you guys really approach someone like that and offer him shade and water? He seems SO out of it; he might think the person approaching him is a danger to him and attack. I don't think it was very nice or "bonnaroovian" for them to stand around and laugh and film him but I'd honestly have to build up the nerve to approach someone like that. I'd be more likely to alert security or medical staff.
Certainly no shame in turning a problem like that over to professionals. What was it Hunter Thompson said? "You can turn your back on a person, but never turn your back on a drug, especially when it's waving a razor sharp hunting knife in your eye."
That quote reminds me of a story my old EMT instructor once told me. He'd worked something like 30 years as a street medic in Boston and it had made him a very wise albeit cynical man. It seems he and his partner rolled up on what was supposed to be a stabbing only to discover a knife fight still in progress. No cops there to break it up. His advice for such situations was to back off and let the cops get things under control when they arrived, or, failing that, to stand by in the safety of the ambulance and watch the show until both belligerent parties bled out to the point of unconsciousness. And then, and only then, to move in with the stretchers.
