Crans Montana Fire

[Lighthouse]

Seeing some of the videos on the BBC, words honnestly fail me. Literally dozens of people stood inside a burning with their smartphones out videoing the whole thing going on around them and not moving. It seems like it was only when the heat became unbearable that many of them were forced into a mad crush for the exits.

It's genuinely scary what smartphones and socially media have actually done to the collective psyche of society. Teenagers passively burning to death for likes on their Instagram reel.

[hypochondriac]

I'm responsible for fire safety at multiple places for a few years now and part of the training involves watching a few of these videos. You can't believe it still goes on and anyone with any training would be questioning things as soon as they walked in the room.

[S-Clarke]

2 hours ago, Lighthouse said:

Seeing some of the videos on the BBC, words honnestly fail me. Literally dozens of people stood inside a burning with their smartphones out videoing the whole thing going on around them and not moving. It seems like it was only when the heat became unbearable that many of them were forced into a mad crush for the exits.

It's genuinely scary what smartphones and socially media have actually done to the collective psyche of society. Teenagers passively burning to death for likes on their Instagram reel.

I saw those same videos actually, I thought the same. We live in this horrible selfie/views/influencer society. Everything is done for views and clicks.

Even at all the NYE celebrations around the world, all you saw were a sea of smart phones lighting up the sky recording it. Hang on, you're fucking well there - put your phone down, and record it with your own eyes and hear it with your own ears. 

Grumpy old man syndrome setting in I think. Either that, or the world is broken and I want to get off.

Edited 59 minutes ago by S-Clarke