Let them be

original alt text: "I hate when people take photos of their meal instead of eating it, because there's nothing I love more than the sound of other people chewing."

I think I've been one to flip-flop between these two ideas, and reading this swung me toward the let-them-photograph side because it makes a lot of sense. Especially, perhaps, for someone like myself.


Does having the ability to photograph an experience make my memory less strong? Perhaps. I have been one to say that. But it also means I can look back on that experience, literally. It means I can share it with others with more than stumbling words. It means I go and search for more similar experiences. And it means when I do forget it, I can find it again.


So, it's true, there will probably always be people taking more pictures than they need to and who are forgetting what is in front of them, but may we let them be. Most of us just want a picture, of an experience, that we want to remember, because it is special.