Jack White bans phones at gigs for “100% human experience”

Post by PuffinBlue » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 10:05 AM UTC

Pyxl101 wrote: post #275

ken wrote: post #189

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I think the viscerality of this response is fascinating. Putting your phone in a case is a "prison", and you must check it every time you go to the toilet, and you're concerned about a terrorist attack -- enough to want your phone, but not enough to stay home, as if your apps could somehow save you. > Treat people like adults. If they break the rules, ask them to leave. Isn't that what we've been trying for the past…

Taking your phone out at a concern is not misbehaving. It's fine and accepted. What OP is proposing is to make phones prohibited at a concert. Then it will be misbehaving, and you can eject people who are breaking the rule. I think this would be a fine idea.

Post by nicky0 » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 10:15 AM UTC

lobf wrote: post #374

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Because it is pathetic. You're available for work while at a Chris Rock show?

...pathetic, thanks. I work freelance film production. I get calls for work at random hours and if I don't respond quickly that offer can expire. I also work on high-pressure, quick turnaround jobs a lot, and part of the deal as a freelancer is that I'm always available. As a result, I keep my phone with me. I'm sorry that my earning a living is pathetic to you.

Post by tomcooks » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 10:18 AM UTC

frogpelt wrote: post #346

ken wrote: post #189

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I think the viscerality of this response is fascinating. Putting your phone in a case is a "prison", and you must check it every time you go to the toilet, and you're concerned about a terrorist attack -- enough to want your phone, but not enough to stay home, as if your apps could somehow save you. > Treat people like adults. If they break the rules, ask them to leave. Isn't that what we've been trying for the past…

There are a couple of cool apps on phones called "Telephone" and "Messages" and you can call or text people in an emergency situation. I'm pretty sure those are the apps one would use during a terrorist attack. But I've never been involved in one, so I could be wrong.

Post by titzer » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 10:22 AM UTC

aerovistae wrote: post #443

ken wrote: post #189

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I think the viscerality of this response is fascinating. Putting your phone in a case is a "prison", and you must check it every time you go to the toilet, and you're concerned about a terrorist attack -- enough to want your phone, but not enough to stay home, as if your apps could somehow save you. > Treat people like adults. If they break the rules, ask them to leave. Isn't that what we've been trying for the past…

Don't be ridiculous. Fear of terrorism is not the only factor. Cellphones are one of the past century's greatest contributions to public safety. If you want to be antagonistic about the threat of a bombing, how about a more commonplace example: you're a very drunk young girl who's been separated from her friends at the concert and a pushy, aggressive guy you don't know is trying to get you into his car to go home wit…

Post by NLips » Fri, Jan 26, 2018, 10:31 AM UTC

dazc wrote: post #453

davb wrote: post #87

I experienced the Yondr phone prison last night for the first time (at a Chris Rock show). While I detest people being disruptive with their phones, I don’t think this is the right solution. From a practical standpoint, it took a lot longer to get into and out of the venue when phones had to be locked up. Checking your phone when you pop out to the toilet meant waiting in a queue to have your phone unlocked, and bein…

'At the extreme end, you’ve got things like the Manchester bombing, where access to a phone would be a useful thing.' If this is your normal way of thinking the terrorists have beaten you already.