Re:Stop Filming Strangers in 2023
by bigiain on Sunday January 08, 2023 @10:13PM
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That's pretty much the "not all men!!!" argument that jerks use whenever women are on guard against approaches from strange men...
Sure, there's a "spectrum". But if you're videoing people without consent to humiliate them for your TikTok content, then you are a dick. And there are so many of those dicks that if you are walking around in public with a microphone and a friend videoing you, I'm just gonna assume up front that you are a dick. There is zero downside for me doing that, and potentially a huge upside. Maybe you are somehow on the "not dick" end of the spectrum of people walking around with a microphone and a film crew, I don't care. You can cry #notAllTikTikCreators all you like, it's always in my best interest to assume you are a dick.
Sure, there's a "spectrum". But if you're videoing people without consent to humiliate them for your TikTok content, then you are a dick. And there are so many of those dicks that if you are walking around in public with a microphone and a friend videoing you, I'm just gonna assume up front that you are a dick. There is zero downside for me doing that, and potentially a huge upside. Maybe you are somehow on the "not dick" end of the spectrum of people walking around with a microphone and a film crew, I don't care. You can cry #notAllTikTikCreators all you like, it's always in my best interest to assume you are a dick.