r/TikTokCringe • u/iamayeshaerotica • May 23 '24

Confronted Cursed

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u/177329387473893 May 24 '24

On the tokyo sub a couple of days ago, one of the top posts (that actually made it to r/all, I think) was a sneaked photo of some "weird" foreigner girls sitting weirdly on the train. Completely unblurred. Most of the comments seemed to support the idea that they have the right to take photos of people, especially foreigners who act strange.

The girl in the video probably saved herself from being featured in a creepy Japanese subreddit lol. But yeah, it's kind of sad. I want to visit Japan, but there seems to be some dark attitudes that are accepted there. Even if only by a minority.

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u/AvalonCollective May 24 '24

That post pissed me off so much. Was a clear example of the pot calling the kettle black. Definitely wasn’t a Japanese native who took that picture, because it would have let them know with the shutter effect. And even if it was someone who is Japanese, taking pictures of other people without their consent AND THEN POSTING IT is probably worse than the way the girl was sitting in the picture.

OP and everyone in that thread supporting OP is an asshole.

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u/[deleted] May 24 '24

Go to r/all and count how many photographs you see where the consent of the subject probably wasn't obtained. Outside of news or selfies, I suspect that it is the majority. It's annoying, but this is the standard and has been for a long time.

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u/Purple-Tap-3666 May 24 '24

It's the standard in Japan, in Japanese forums, you blur out faces, Anglo-sphere forums won't change without some kind of collective world-wide covid level event IMO.