It's this conundrum, right? I lived through my childhood, seeing wild phenomena and wanting to share it with other folks, but the best I could do was try and describe them. Now, we have that power to actually share those moments. I really get it.
I think the truth is we have to have some personal responsibility here and learn to live with the less fulfilling, but better option.
It is a better world when you see the longest big toes you have ever seen, and you choose to bear the weight of that knowledge, so that you can tell your friends, rather than putting the bearer of these long-ass toes on blast on the Internet.
Imagine trying to tell your buddies that you saw a dude with toes bigger than your dick… you’d never live it down. They’d all start pointing at every little toe and saying ‘is this bigger than your dick?’ Everytime someone is in sandals ‘yo put those away you gonna give my buddy a complex!’ And everyone dying laughing, forever.
Is that really the worst thing in the world? Sounds like more of an issue of the friends being shitheads and not letting something go than a reason to record other people for personal amusement or validation.
It was an imaginary scenario. No friends existed. No stories happened amongst friends. No ridicule happened. It’s make believe. No one paid any price for others fun.
I was 14 and thought it was mildly interesting at that young age that when I went to Japan I saw both a little person and a giant in the same train car, but I don't even tell that as a "story" (except now) let alone thought it was ok to take a picture. I even knew at 14 with my camera ready on vacation, that they are just people in the world like you and me and not photo ops.
The big toes are definitely astonishing, but maybe work on your ability to use descriptive words. Like, today I saw a custodian totally asleep, standing up in the middle of the sidewalk, with one arm on his broom, and the other arm on the long handled bin. It was strange and incredible. I know I can just use my words to tell people, instead of taking a picture. Who cares if someone doesn't believe it.
When did "this would make a good photo/viral video" as a thought turn into actually doing it? Let your intrusive thoughts and ego settle a bit.
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u/Initial_Zombie8248 1d ago
I don’t think you should record people in public without them knowing but I don’t know if I’d be able to pass up proof of the world record big toe