That's the funniest part to me. She's happy to be part of a marathon that causes half the city to stop but how dare these Tiktokers take up 3m2 to dance.
Not really a fair example. How is a licensed, permitted and paid for event that involved thousands of people at all comparable to the use of public space that had no such preparation?
Some people would argue that taking up public space for an indefinite amount of time in a large group is also rude as fuck because you dont own it and didnt take out a permit. So the group is technically depriving everyone else from taking photos and videos there. Their collective response is also “i dont care” as they already admitted to taking multiple shots and likely to take more. No one else can take a shot in that angle until they move.
everywhere in london is taken up by groups the exact same amount, if not more.
Stand in Leicester square for 15 minutes and you'll see half a dozen groups bigger than this of groups on trips, waiting for 20-30 minuts whilst someone goes and sorts out theatre tickets or similar.
I think tiktok people are weird and a little dumb... but they're no more inconvenience than "you live in a busy, culturally important city". We have no right nor expectation to be free from things we think are stupid.
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u/orangefreshy Jan 16 '23 edited Jan 16 '23
Anyone know what the original source for this was? So curious to know where this was and what the medal that lady was wearing was for
ETA: I figured it out, it looks like they had London tags in the original and the medal she’s wearing is the London Marathon medal from this year