I'm new here and would like your opinion

shone · 11-21-2018, 01:19 PM

To any concert goers here, I'd like your feedback. What feelings do you have towards concert goers using their smartphone flashlight as the new lighter? Do you like it/dislike it? Do you see a lot of it?

I'd be happy to explain my thoughts further if anyone here wants to have the conversation.

Thanks!

**Exo** · 11-21-2018, 01:42 PM

Lighters weren't really ever an actual thing. That **** happened on TV or strictly at Guns N Roses concerts. Phones however are a thing. My opinion is get your f*cking phone out of my sight line and live your life. You can quote me in whatever school paper you're writing.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 11-21-2018, 03:16 PM

Well, most cell phones are less likely to set things ablaze than lighters are, so that's a positive.

But like Exo said, if you shine that sh!t in my face, I'm going to punch you in your face.

The Batlord · 11-21-2018, 03:18 PM

You not only look lame but you make the concert look lame and by extension make the artist look lame.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 11-21-2018, 03:20 PM

My ex wife was like that, where she had to take pictures with her phone EVERYWHERE we went. We couldn't go to eat at the f*cking Olive Garden without her making a photoshoot out of it. And me, not being photogenic or caring, didn't want to participate, which led to many an argument. She walked out and left me at a restaurant once because I didn't want her snapping flash photos. Everyone there thought she was insane.

**Frownland** · 11-21-2018, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dharma & Greg

You not only look lame but you make the concert look lame and by extension make the artist look lame.

But it can make your snapchat look lit.

windsock · 11-21-2018, 05:21 PM

The lighter is the only way to convert any performance that you're at into Wake Me Up When September Ends.

~~[MERIT]~~ · 11-21-2018, 05:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by windsock

The lighter is the only way to convert any performance that you're at into Wake Me Up When September Ends.

F*ck that noise. It's Free Bird or we riot!

EPOCH6 · 11-22-2018, 12:29 PM

Yes I see a lot of it and find it irritating, as most people do. Hopefully a passing trend. It's extremely distracting to both audience and the performer, moreso than a lighter or even the dim screen of a digital camera was 15 years ago.

khfreek · 11-22-2018, 12:50 PM

I hate seeing cell phones at shows. It comes from this deep human need to be known - we want people to know we were at the cool thing. But the people taking pictures the whole time are sacrificing a real connection they could have with the artist by being emotionally present.

Cellphones as replacements for lighters are even more obnoxious to me. Lighters are for smoking weed, phone lights are for going to the bathroom in the middle of the night.

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shone Groupie Join Date: Nov 2018 Posts: 0	I'm new here and would like your opinion To any concert goers here, I'd like your feedback. What feelings do you have towards concert goers using their smartphone flashlight as the new lighter? Do you like it/dislike it? Do you see a lot of it? I'd be happy to explain my thoughts further if anyone here wants to have the conversation. Thanks!

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Exo All day jazz and biscuits Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ Posts: 7,359	Lighters weren't really ever an actual thing. That **** happened on TV or strictly at Guns N Roses concerts. Phones however are a thing. My opinion is get your fcking phone out of my sight line and live your life. You can quote me in whatever school paper you're writing. __________________ LastFM SUPREME POO BAH MODERATOR EXTRAORDINAIRE*

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~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	Well, most cell phones are less likely to set things ablaze than lighters are, so that's a positive. But like Exo said, if you shine that sh!t in my face, I'm going to punch you in your face. Last edited by [MERIT]; 11-21-2018 at 05:52 PM.

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khfreek What a guy Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brentwood, TN Posts: 2,123	I hate seeing cell phones at shows. It comes from this deep human need to be known - we want people to know we were at the cool thing. But the people taking pictures the whole time are sacrificing a real connection they could have with the artist by being emotionally present. Cellphones as replacements for lighters are even more obnoxious to me. Lighters are for smoking weed, phone lights are for going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Welcome to Musicbanter! You gonna tell us about yourself? __________________ last.fm

11-21-2018, 03:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
~~[MERIT]~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Missouri, USA Posts: 4,814	My ex wife was like that, where she had to take pictures with her phone EVERYWHERE we went. We couldn't go to eat at the f*cking Olive Garden without her making a photoshoot out of it. And me, not being photogenic or caring, didn't want to participate, which led to many an argument. She walked out and left me at a restaurant once because I didn't want her snapping flash photos. Everyone there thought she was insane.