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drpinkcream t1_ixqva9d wrote

Reply to comment by V6Ga in TIL the first media report about the shift from lighters to the cellphone was a U2 concert in Chicago in 2005. by PlasterBaby

Well young'un back in my day when we went to concerts and we're connecting with some deep shit in a ballad tune, we'd all hold up our cigarette lighters in unison. We all had cigarette lighters on us because we also were all smoking cigarettes back then, and we liked it!

Nowadays you young'uns are too soft to smoke a pack a day, so you never carry lighters with you. Instead you hold up your phone screen and to get a similar albeit lamer effect.

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lostan t1_ixre51k wrote

> connecting with some deep shit in a ballad tune

lol, those were the days!

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bluebirdgm t1_ixsenv3 wrote

>Instead you hold up your phone screen and to get a similar albeit lamer effect.

I’ve also seen it done with a phone’s “flashlight” feature.

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V6Ga t1_ixrcsd4 wrote

I always thought that holding up lighters thing was a movie thing.

People really did that? That's weird. But then again so is taking videos of things that are happening instead of actually watching what it happening.

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Dickastigmatism t1_ixy5f34 wrote

Weed legalization is bringing it back, I see lots of lighters at outdoor concerts

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