And yet, despite all those words, I have absolutely no idea what point you think you’re making.
I don’t know you well enough to be able to assert otherwise, therefore I will assume you are correct and just state that I am honored to be in the same thread as you.
As you should be. Carry on!
Hey, me too! We should start a club…
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… or maybe a message board?
I would ever join a club that would have me as a member!
For some reason I’m reminded of this.
You obviously misspelled “I’m.” It’s spelled T-I-B-B-Y-’S
Per the great Mark Twain, “Anyone who can only think of one way to spell a word obviously lacks imagination.”
The smart place to put the black mesh would be on top of the convenience store. Though perhaps the store likes the attention and it’s only the rest of the residents that don’t like it.
The Lawson store isn’t being particularly inconvenienced by all these tourists. In fact, they are probably selling more stuff because of it, so they don’t have much motive to spend time or money erecting a barrier on their roof.
Meanwhile, another town has put up a similar barrier to stop stupid tourists from causing trouble while trying to take pictures:
Why is taking a picture of yourself lumped in with carving your name into the walls?
The problem with tourists were that they were leaving trash and cigarette butts and causing traffic problems, but taking cliché photos isn’t vandalism.
My WAG: Some items, such as paintings, can be damaged (I think) from a camera flash. I mean, just once might not be an issue, but if you have thousands of people every day subjecting it to a bright light, the painting might fade.
Well, he did mention “unauthorized exploration of off-limits parts of an ultra-famous and popular site,” which taking pictures of oneself doing so would be evidence of trespassing.
Trespassing was what proved to be the last straw for Johhny Somali and is what got him arrested and deported by Japan.
In the past few months, “Johnny Somali” has been trending in Japan for all the wrong reasons. The Kick streamer, whose real name is Ramsey Khalid Ismael, first made headlines in May for harassing passengers on trains with comments like “Hiroshima, Nagasaki… we do again.” Despite being forced into several public apologies, Somali continued to annoy locals and people online with his inflammatory videos. It led to him being physically attacked on a couple of occasions and the police being called. Many netizens were surprised and disappointed that he wasn’t arrested or deported.
You can only push the Japanese police so far, though. On September 21, Somali, 23, was finally taken in for questioning by officers in Osaka. The following day, his accomplice, Jeremiah Dwane Branch, 24, a fellow U.S. citizen, was also arrested. The pair allegedly trespassed at a hotel construction site in the Nipponbashi district of Chuo ward last month. A YouTube video shows a masked Somali shouting “Fukushima” at workers who asked him to leave. Branch shot the footage.
As an Olympia resident, I regularly browse the Seattle subreddit. “The Belltown Hellcat” has been the topic of a new thread every day for seemingly MONTHS now.
Oddly enough, this happens in all famous locations. People are specifally choosing to travel to Times Square to see it and take pictures of it.
Well portions of the Grand Canyon are filling up with dead bodies, a form of destruction and vandalism. “Just step back a little, you’re blocking the scene. Just a little more, a little more. That’s better.” AAHHHEEEIIIIEEEEE - Whump!
As a past Seattle resident, I am also following Miles’ exploits closely. This is somewhat OT as it only connects to 1/3rd of the topic (asshole, yes, tourist and Japan, no) but since we’re talking about this, here’s the newest (not) news.
That is true. But, besides “no vandalism”, I did not feel the need for any “Look what I did!” photos, not that I was specifically worried about incriminating evidence. Now that I think about it, I probably could have gotten some artistic shots that resulted in nice-looking photos. (Without me in them! A selfie would have simply distracted/detracted from the effect of light and shadow and the architecture itself).
In most cases, the damage that the museum is worried about is damage to their gift shop’s profits. If it were just about UV damage, then the rule would be “no flash photography”, or even “no UV flash photography” (plenty of camera flashes nowadays don’t produce UV), not “no photography at all”. And plenty of museum pieces (anything in bronze, marble, or glass, for starters) won’t be damaged by UV, either.
When I go to a museum, I want to look at the exhibits - I don’t want to have to deal with people who say I’m blocking their shots.