To photobomb, or not to photobomb. That is the question!

[chrismb22]

To the people saying "nobody takes just one photo today" I have a question. Have you ever tried to wrangle a group of kids (or even two) for a picture, let alone get them to smile?

I love when my son/nieces and nephew take funny pix (in fact, we usually do one silly/one posed) but sometimes you want that ONE shot and for some random person to come in and do something rude during it, that's just wrong.

 

[TX Southern Belle]

My 17 year old cousin just died of cancer last month so yes I do understand...however he LOVED a good laugh...if someone did that to them while they were on their Make a wish trip to Hawaii in December and it was done in a fun way then yes he would have laughed and his parents would have cherished seeing him laugh like that and they may have even thanked the person for making him laugh....then they would have taken another pic.

I totally agree that it is not right to do something rude or jump in shot and make faces and am not condoning that at all but sometimes you can't help be in someone else's shot especially at a place as crowded as disney...smile and say cheese.

That's great that your cousin would have gotten a laugh out it, but I can say that when we got to Disney & our Dad who is battling cancer & not getting better will be with with us & his grandkids that we wouldn't think it's funny, not even a little. This is our cherished family picture with our dying father/granddad & a photobomer won't funny. Even though there's nothing we can do about it (we may not know they are there until we are home) it still doesn't make it any less upsetting...

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

That's great that your cousin would have gotten a laugh out it, but I can say that when we got to Disney & our Dad who is battling cancer & not getting better will be with with us & his grandkids that we wouldn't think it's funny, not even a little. This is our cherished family picture with our dying father/granddad & a photobomer won't funny. Even though there's nothing we can do about it (we may not know they are there until we are home) it still doesn't make it any less upsetting...

I an very sorry about your dad, I did say I do not condone the rude jump in shots. I hope that you get lots of great pics with your dad.

 

[maxiesmom]

I an very sorry about your dad, I did say I do not condone the rude jump in shots. I hope that you get lots of great pics with your dad.

What some people don't seem to understand is that, for many, any jump into their shot is rude.

For those that want to photobomb you either need to contain it to your own family, or admit that you know others may not find your actions funny, and that you just don't care if your ruin their pictures.

 

[Yellosno]

I see nothing wrong where if your walking through and smile in the background. I personally would find it funny if someone came up and posed with me or my family I know im the exception with that.

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

What some people don't seem to understand is that, for many, any jump into their shot is rude.

For those that want to photobomb you either need to contain it to your own family, or admit that you know others may not find your actions funny, and that you just don't care if your ruin their pictures.

Again.... I did say it is rude to jump in someone else's pics however at places as crowded as Disney you will have other people in your pics, it is almost impossible to get a shot of only your family, I really do try to stay out of others pics but sometimes it is unavoidable....I personally much rather have people in the background smiling then frowning or looking away. You can not control every single moment of your vacation...enjoy life, laugh at the things you can't always control and don't let it ruin your vacation.

 

[palmtreelover08]

To accidentally be in someone's picture is one thing- to out yourself in there on purpose is something different completely. I'm glad the 17 year old got a kick out of it- I did not. I am allowed to get angry over things that don't upset you and visa versa- don't judge me for it. What you may view as something serious may be irrelevant to me. If you want to be fun and spontaneous- go for it- just not at someone else's expense or aggravation.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

What some people don't seem to understand is that, for many, any jump into their shot is rude.

For those that want to photobomb you either need to contain it to your own family, or admit that you know others may not find your actions funny, and that you just don't care if your ruin their pictures.

I suspect that many of those who find it funny will probably find it even more funny if they suspect that the person taking the picture is so up tight that their "bomb" might result in a rant.

Whether this is rude or not will not change the fact that many, many people like to prank others. It has become pretty mainstream in our society. Some people prefer to prank people who will laugh with them. Others prefer to prank people who will not.

 

[Disneyglobegirl]

To accidentally be in someone's picture is one thing- to out yourself in there on purpose is something different completely. I'm glad the 17 year old got a kick out of it- I did not. I am allowed to get angry over things that don't upset you and visa versa- don't judge me for it. What you may view as something serious may be irrelevant to me. If you want to be fun and spontaneous- go for it- just not at someone else's expense or aggravation.

I'm sorry about your mom
I hope you had some great memories on your trip.

 

[chrismb22]

I suspect that many of those who find it funny will probably find it even more funny if they suspect that the person taking the picture is so up tight that their "bomb" might result in a rant.

Whether this is rude or not will not change the fact that many, many people like to prank others. It has become pretty mainstream in our society. Some people prefer to prank people who will laugh with them. Others prefer to prank people who will not.

They won't find it funny when they prank the wrong person. Years ago my father (this was the 1940s) used to "prank truck drivers with snow balls as a kid. Well, guess what, one of those truck drivers got out with a baseball bat and scared the you-know-what out of them. He never did it again.

IT'S NOT A PRANK IF SOMEONE GETS HURT, technically it's vandalism. Think about it, you ruined something of someone else's. If you wrote on someone's wall, sure it could be painted over but it's still vandalism.

Again, we are not talking the people in the background. That's not photobombing. Acording to urban dictionary:

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=photobomb

 

[BuckeyeBama]

They won't find it funny when they prank the wrong person.

Actually, they will. They greater the reaction, the more successful the prank.

 

[chrismb22]

Actually, they will. They greater the reaction, the more successful the prank.

Not if they run into someone who gets them thrown out of the park for lewd behavior. Or God Forbid they pull this stunt somewhere other than Disney where they could get shot or physically hurt. This is our society, it's bound to happen. Look at that poor man who got killed while texting in the movies.

 

[Magpie]

Not if they run into someone who gets them thrown out of the park for lewd behavior. Or God Forbid they pull this stunt somewhere other than Disney where they could get shot or physically hurt. This is our society, it's bound to happen. Look at that poor man who got killed while texting in the movies.

I get what you're saying, but I need to pedantically point out that the poor man you mentioned wasn't texting during the movie. The movie hadn't even started yet, and he was texting his little girl's babysitter (edit: who had texted him, first).

It was just a case of a senile ex-police chief who should never have been allowed to own a gun, considering he'd had confrontations with other movie goers in the past.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Up...ng-Man-who-killed-texter-had-been-texting-too

The man who was killed did nothing wrong, except possibly toss his popcorn at a nutbar who had been inexplicably harassing him and his wife in the theatre.

 

[BuckeyeBama]

Not if they run into someone who gets them thrown out of the park for lewd behavior. Or God Forbid they pull this stunt somewhere other than Disney where they could get shot or physically hurt. This is our society, it's bound to happen. Look at that poor man who got killed while texting in the movies.

The drama that you imagine is just too rare an occurance for any reasonable person to factor into their decision making process.

 

[chrismb22]

I get what you're saying, but I need to pedantically point out that the poor man you mentioned wasn't texting during the movie. The movie hadn't even started yet, and he was texting his little girl's babysitter.

It was just a case of a senile ex-police chief who should never have been allowed to own a gun, considering he'd had confrontations with other movie goers in the past.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/USA-Up...ng-Man-who-killed-texter-had-been-texting-too

The man who was killed did nothing wrong, except possibly toss his popcorn at a nutbar who had been inexplicably harassing him and his wife in the theatre.

Totally agree -- that guy was doing absolutely nothing wrong. You are right, I guess that was a bad example but what I was trying to get at was there are nutjobs in this world and you never know when you are going to run into them.

 

[JeremyGNJ]

How did a thread about photo bombing turn into Cancer , Death and Shootings!?

Lets go back to talking about how it's ok to Photobomb if you're a little punk who got a summer job at Disney, but not if you're the average guest.

 

[BlackMagicWoman]

It can be funny, depending on the context. We were goofing off on the Tower of Terror taking pics and the girl behind us photo bombed us. We didn't realize it at the time but when we did we thought it was hilarious. It's one of my favorite disney pics actually.

Now if someone had jumped in a posed picture of us in front of the castle, I might not find it to be as humorous. But that depends too, if they aren't doing anything obscene and are generally being pleasant, I don't think that I would care to be honest.

 

[rpk1951]

Only happened to us once at Disney. We had all the kids and gandkids with us from different cities. We were attempting to get a group picture in front of the castle. I was in the back row and a young man (20's) ran up and attempted to push off my shoulders to get above the picture. Being the jumpy grandpa I am, I twisted and ducked as soon as I felt him. He did end up in the picture, but he was laying on the ground. The photographer told me it happens all the time, but this might have been the best outcome. I did not intend to hurt him, but had no idea he was coming. I felt sorry for him as he was not moving to fast after.

 

[TX Southern Belle]

I an very sorry about your dad, I did say I do not condone the rude jump in shots. I hope that you get lots of great pics with your dad.

Thank you & hope we get some too. I completely get what you are saying. I guess I haven't thought about photobombers when we go on our trip & now I guess I will have to pay attention to it.

 

[Magpie]

Lets go back to talking about how it's ok to Photobomb if you're a little punk who got a summer job at Disney, but not if you're the average guest.

I happen to think cast members do a fantastic job under very difficult circumstances, and I appreciate what they do. They're the reason Disney has our loyalty, and the reason we keep coming back year after year.

It's guests who view them the way you evidently do, who make their jobs harder and less rewarding.

I have far more respect for those "punks" than I do for the average guest.