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Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by antihero »

Amadou wrote: post #68
jka wrote: post #65

For anyone who enjoyed this and might like to look at similarly themed pieces (impact of social media / internet communication on relationships) - the following might be of interest: * Catfish [movie, USA] - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1584016/ * Black Mirror [series, UK] - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2085059/ Both a little on the bleak/dark side, forewarning!

FYI, MTV has spun off a weekly reality show based on Catfish. I'm not 100% sure, but I think it may be their highest rated show currently airing. It is now about midway into a second season.

I like Catfish. There are lots of sketchy/unrealistic things about it, but I think it's fantastic that they've finally made a show covering something that's been happening since the dawn of the internet. Also Nev and Max are massively charismatic and likeable.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by drhowarddrfine »

billybob255 wrote: post #20

Am I the only one that doesn't really like it? I see all these websites talking about how amazing it is, but it's just, eh. Everything pre-chatroulette was alright and realistic but then a third of the movie is wasted time jumping around dick shots until he magically hits upon a girl who has a quick speech talking about how fake Facebook is. The bond between those two parts doesn't really work for me. And it seems li…

A third of the movie did not jump around dick shots. You dwell on the Facebook ending with was maybe 30 seconds? And if you're looking for realism, dramatic movies are not what you should be commenting on.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by stephengillie »

cclogg wrote: post #54

Is this how people actually use their computers? I only watched the first couple of minutes, but it seems kind of odd. I did grow up with internet (25 now) but I don't use Facebook, so maybe I'm out of touch... but seriously do people just open tabs or flash games and porn while talking to someone via video chat? What's the point of video chatting then? I will say though, the way he didn't really pay attention to her…

I'm surprised he had so few tabs open. I'm 32.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by stephengillie »

alphakappa wrote: post #59
jessedhillon wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Nice. Don't add anything useful like, say, why you think it's terrible. Just go ahead and post a passive-aggressive, oblique insult at my life experience and what I've learned from it. Bonus points for framing it in a way that asserts your right to exercise an option I clearly articulated and invited you to in my first sentence. I don't know why OP is concerned about keeping his kids away from chat roulette. Seems to…

You are right. It's normal to want to shield kids from sexual imagery because we are fearful for their supposedly pure minds. However, from my own experience (and of friends) , we all saw sexual stuff growing up. Porn, erotica, suggestive imagery in movies (that wanted to avoid showing sex, but it's not like we kids were fooled) and outright sex in the few R-rated stuff we saw anyway. I don't believe any of those aff…

My parents caused way more harm to me by trying to shield me than any sexual scene could have caused. I've spent years just trying to convince myself that I'm allowed to express that I'm attracted to women.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by stephengillie »

rfnslyr wrote: post #69
cclogg wrote: post #54

Is this how people actually use their computers? I only watched the first couple of minutes, but it seems kind of odd. I did grow up with internet (25 now) but I don't use Facebook, so maybe I'm out of touch... but seriously do people just open tabs or flash games and porn while talking to someone via video chat? What's the point of video chatting then? I will say though, the way he didn't really pay attention to her…

I will say though, the way he didn't really pay attention to her in Skype is similar to what I experience in person... with regards to people texting. I automatically lose any respect for anyone if they do this a few times in a conversation without warning. Infuriating and disrespectful. When you start texting during our conversation I lose the will to continue speaking.

When you check your phone, I check mine. It's a new social custom and it's not rude.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by stephengillie »

honzzz wrote: post #79
jack-r-abbit wrote: post #14

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Really unfortunate about the NSFW part! This could have been a great tool to show kids about the darker sides of social media and the skewed perceptions you can have with digital communication... and stuff like that. But I don't really want my kids to see a bunch of dicks. The Chatroulette part could have been just as powerful without actually showing dangling cocks and jerking off.

But I don't really want my kids to see a bunch of dicks. Your kids will see dicks, period. They can either see them with you and you can talk to them about that, explain possible dangers, emotionally support them and create the atmosphere of trust and openness to make sure that your kids come to you when there is something confusing or even dangerous... or you can leave your kids to see them on their own while you li…

50/50 chance your kid already has seen his own dick.

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by stephengillie »

jack-r-abbit wrote: post #52
jack-r-abbit wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Really unfortunate about the NSFW part! This could have been a great tool to show kids about the darker sides of social media and the skewed perceptions you can have with digital communication... and stuff like that. But I don't really want my kids to see a bunch of dicks. The Chatroulette part could have been just as powerful without actually showing dangling cocks and jerking off.

Too many replies all bashing me for the same opinion to reply to them each so I'll just reply to myself and address them. I don't think making a PG edit of this video would be any different than the radio edits they make to songs or tv edits they make to movies so the FCC doesn't kill them. Anyone who enjoys the edited version but would still like to check out the original is free to. I would never tell an adult what…

If your kids can watch this, then it's past time to have "the talk".

Re: Short film set entirely on a teen's computer screen

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Post by lotharbot »

stephengillie wrote: post #87
rfnslyr wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I will say though, the way he didn't really pay attention to her in Skype is similar to what I experience in person... with regards to people texting. I automatically lose any respect for anyone if they do this a few times in a conversation without warning. Infuriating and disrespectful. When you start texting during our conversation I lose the will to continue speaking.

When you check your phone, I check mine. It's a new social custom and it's not rude.

If it isn't rude, why are so many people offended by it?

People invented the "everyone's phone goes in a stack in the middle of the table, and if you touch it you pick up the check" custom because they find it so rude that people check their phones during dinner conversation.

When you're with someone, pay attention to them. Sure, if there's a long break in the conversation and neither of you has anything to say, maybe you can check your phone. But don't start checking it during an ongoing conversation; that's rude. That's a way of telling the person you're talking to that they're less important than the random minutia of facebook, texts asking if you're up for COD, the latest score in the football game, etc.

There are obvious exceptions. If mom's in the hospital due to a heart attack, or your best friend is stranded in the flood zone and you don't know if he's made it onto a helicopter yet, it's OK to signal to the people you're having a casual conversation with "hey, this is important enough that I'm willing to cut you off mid-sentence to keep up on it."

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