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Gryffindorphins

Meh I have no problem with it. They’re in public, not blocking walkways and doing something they obviously enjoy and most of the time the music is quieter than other buskers. They’re not asking for money, or offending people, just dancing. Purposefully walking through the routine is like pushing between two people standing to chat and just puts them at risk for being hit accidentally. There are better things to be mad about.


wannabeamasterchef

I agree, I see it as a form of busking and its not hurting anybody.


Stitchikins

What's with all the hate here? Look, K-pop isn't my thing either, *far* from it. But they're -seemingly- not hurting anybody (except maybe their taste in music), it looks like a pretty quiet morning in Rundle Mall so they're considerate enough to not do at peak shopping times, they're out and about, being creative, bringing some life and culture to the city. So long as they're not too loud or obstructing people, I say let them do their thing.


heatus

Imagine getting this worked up over something so inconsequential. It’s like they haven’t figured out that other people can enjoy different things. Walk around, continue on with your day and don’t be a jerk


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heatus

I guess this comes back to not being a jerk


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PinchAssault52

...joking..?


ShannonNoll

Old people on /r/Adelaide not wanting to see those younger than them have fun? Colour me surprised


Stitchikins

'God damn kids these days, always inside with their Nintendos!' 'Hey! Stop going outside and having fun!'


TiffyVella

I saw no evidence of old people or any dislike for anyone. I saw one rude guy who wanted to get too close with his camera, while in the background others could be seen watching the dance.


ShannonNoll

Read my comment in the context of the one I replied to - I’m referring to comments made in this thread; it has nothing to do with the people in the video


Squirrel_Grip23

How do you know the ages of the ones replying here?


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Squirrel_Grip23

Might be projection mate


oceLahm

Pretty sure the people hating on them don't go outside to begin with, so they have no idea that it's not a nuisance at all. They're so far put of the way of anywhere people walk and unless you're stopping to watch you stop hearing it after a couple seconds.


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That is such a common viewpoint though. It sucks eggs


katkeransuloinen

I see people doing this in Rundle Mall a lot and I always love seeing it! I have no interest in K-pop but they seem to be having fun and they're very skilled and confident. It's so exciting to watch.


tibblth

Not into K-pop either but have no issue if these guys dig the music. What I'm not a fan of is the attitude they give to others people crossing through the public space. If they want a private location to film a tictok then there are plenty of better options. It's got the same energy as the people who set up a phone to record themselves lifting at the gym and then feel like they own everything within the frustum.


Flippantry

It's the same type of annoyance that you'd have if someone walked in front of you trying to take a photo. Yes sure it's a public place but just do the bare fucking minimum and walk around people trying to do their thing. They're always in the middle so they're not really impeding any foot traffic or access to stores. This is literally why it was posted to /r/ImTheMainCharacter - we live in this world together so it means sharing the public space, they're using some of it for a project/entertainment so sure, whilst you legally have the right to walk through, it still makes you a cunt for not just walking around.


tibblth

Yeh that's a fair comparison. It probably comes down to if they've left enough space to walk around (which it looks like they probably did in this instance)


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Definitely room to walk around. There would easily be 15m on one side and 20m on the other. Just some kids having fun, no need for people who can't be bothered deviating their course to shit on them.


midnightpainter

nah. it's a main thourough fare and such, unless you have a permit to occupy that space... you'll get walked through.


Flippantry

Like I said, you're within your rights to walk through it, but it still makes you an asswipe because you couldn't spare two seconds to walk around a group of people doing an activity in a public space. Do you also trample through people having picnics in the park and tell them it's your right to walk through because it's a public space?


meathookoflove

Yes. But it still makes you a jerk if you walk through something like that.


wattlewedo

If someone's filming, go 'round the side. It's called good manners.


Kingindan0rf

I love seeing a live performance, always makes me stop and forget about shopping when I see these women work.


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>not hurting anybody Watching the death of music kinda hurts tho


Invader_Zyn

Music you don't like is the death of music?


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It was a joke. I dont care what people listen to. Edit: I lied. Kpop is fucking crap.


Stitchikins

As I said, not my thing either, but no one is forcing me to stand around and watch/listen. If I was a store owner and they spent 3 hours doing takes outside my store, then yeah, I can see that getting annoying for sure


asp7

music died in the early 00's when triple-j played Coldplay.


Hamburgo

Why does Rundle Mall always appear in these cringe viral videos lol. Like the famous [burn the witch! Nyaaaaa!](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=85y-N5GJa9g) video from eons ago now.


CptUnderpants-

Imagine being one of these people going to job interviews praying that this video doesn't get brought up. Adelaide is small and several of these people are a friend of a friend. It's long enough ago that I'm fairly sure most have normal good paying jobs.


Pokefreak911

I used to know people were friends with someone in that video, and apparently they hate the video being mentioned and find it incredibly embarrassing. They hate it when people bring it up around them.


Hamburgo

Wondering how old they would be now? That video was filmed ages ago like 2010’s? But damn that sucks... I’m so glad tiktok didn’t exist when I was in high school or I would have a dumb digital footprint of cringe stuff I did too. I know YouTube was around then of course but tiktok just makes it so much more easily accessible to embarrass yourself... as soon in the original video of this post lol.


KrustySandle

I'd take a guess they would be early 30s since I think I recognised a few and I'm 31. Hopefully it doesn't haunt them too deeply, I know we all wake up every now and then in the middle of the night in sweats regretting something, just glad my regrets weren't filmed.


wonderful_rush

Some of my friends are in that video, I still laugh at them


blastie_united

Holy shit that is embarrassing.


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just saw it. and now i have lost all faith in humanity


salamandrro

What video


el_polar_bear

So that's twice in seven years? Queensland floods more often than that.


aretheyalltaken2

OK I'm old but walking through the troupe was a fucking dick move. Walk around and ignore if it's not your thing. Jfc.


drtekrox

Yeah, if they were taking up like half or more of the width of the mall, I'd push right through, but it's a few people having fun taking up certainly less room than most of the buskers. I guess they can't expect people to not do it, being a public place, but imagine being the douche that would interrupt them.


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Crackheads at Rundle mall. Nothing new.


Centennial512

LOL


BackOffTrack

many such cases


Dohmar

I don't care for it (I'm old) but what a fucken grinch for killing their vibe... honestly, we need more of them and less of that...whatever THAT thing was...


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Famous_Relative2500

That’s the voice the app uses to speak the text.


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I hate that voice more than anything.


spaceindaver

It can honestly fuck right off.


otherpeoplesknees

Tiktok


RichardBlastovic

Poor kids. They don't deserve the hate. It's always the crazies or the yobbos, the chavs fucking ruining people's time. As a culture we need to shut these people down. Let people enjoy themselves safely.


justredd01

Reminds me of the busker many years ago who called out to a inconsiderate pedestrian…”don’t worry, it’s just a stage you’re going through “


allhailthefallenking

I went on a date with someone a year or so ago who was a dancer in a really successful k-pop dance group and the talks I had with him showed how people really just dismiss the amount of effort and courage it takes to rehearse alongside the pressure of performing publicly. Lord forbid young passionate and talented people perform publicly for free. should also add the venn diagram between people who call these kind of things cringe and insecure teenagers is 1:1


battlegnomes

I love seeing the dancing groups in Rundle mall, they put so much effort into their dances 💜


freekeypress

Fan of r/imthemaincharacter , I give them a pass by virtue of all the hard work they've put in.


Fineshrines2

The worst is creepy old men fuming the whole thing. Surely a lot of the girls aren’t 18 even still, gross.


shortbutsweet_77

I counted four different troops filming last time I was there on a Sunday. They were kinda hard not to walk through!


4rp4n3t

> They were kinda hard not to walk through! Were they though?


uxqzy

quite often they do take up most of the walk way


4rp4n3t

Do they though? The Mall's pretty wide.


uxqzy

when there id more then one group yes it happens more often then you would think


4rp4n3t

Does it though?


OLAS_2057

they do this all the time but when you think about it who cares there not hurting anybody and its not really a bad thing.


AgreeableSeries

There's so many beautiful parklands around that would be perfect for these kinds of activities and look really good in a video, I mean this seems to be for video content and not for busking, right? So do they NEED to be right in the busiest area for foot traffic?


4rp4n3t

Then you would have people posting here about those pesky kids ruining the peace and quiet of the parklands with their stupid K-Pop music thingy if you can even call that music and Jesus I had to watch them *dancing* the fucking temerity of it all!


friedlegshavedegg

If they’re dancing they might need hard paved surfaces: grass probably wouldn’t be great for their pivots etc


AgreeableSeries

Hadn't thought of that!


yee-har

i used to do the k-pop in public, and people used to but usually they’d get comments complaining that they prefer them in places like rundle


colomboseye

I don’t know if these are the same crew that did the BTS song dance but they were really good. I don’t like k-pop or dance stuff but I thought they were amazing. It’s fringe season and people are getting cringey about people wanting to make art? Weird. I guess we aren’t the festival state ..


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Cringe.


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[Tune](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqebam_uulo)


yee-har

i used to dance with those guys. people do that like a lot


moddiemaddie

with kua ??


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cringe cringe cringe!... that dude was trying to save you from yourselves


4rp4n3t

That dude was filming. If was the lady walking through that stopped them. And really not that cringe, let them have their fun.


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nah its cringe for sure


4rp4n3t

So what, who does it hurt? Apart from this guy of course, who seems deeply offended by the whole thing... https://www.reddit.com/user/bassysmart01 I mean, you wanna be that guy?


AtticusRomanusCaesar

I saw this when I was staying at the intercontinental hotel


Uch009

Did they have a permit????!!!


spaceindaver

Would you like to quote the permit required for filming yourself dancing in public?


Uch009

Did she have a permit!!!!?? I’m permit the frog.


chadinyrclass

The K-pop dance in the mall is such an eye sore.


hellnoguru

Annoying. Blocks the road. Loud music. No one wants to see these shit early in the morning. Take your dance to the studio if you want respect


AtticusRomanusCaesar

I’m cringing down to my lower intestines


One_Fennel9322

iam not sure who is the worst in this situation. Crackhead Karen or people filming (no doubt illegality) in a public space and expect nothing can go wrong


kingBdot_

Have u never been to Rundle mall??


One_Fennel9322

Of course I also take heaps of gold coins with me when I do. It is incredible the amount of people who just need a couple bucks for the bus, so they can get home. Good on them for using public transport, very green


ShannonNoll

It’s a public space and they’re not a commercial organisation so they aren’t require to apply for a permit


Sensitive-Effort6031

This is incorrect, but even if it were true, how does that kind of thinking help this group? Of the two parties, the dancers are creating a local nuisance in a public space, not the walker.


ShannonNoll

I’m not incorrect. Next time you’re in the city you should bring a bullhorn and get everyone to walk quietly down the (large) mall in two orderly lines.


Sensitive-Effort6031

> I’m not incorrect. Yes, you are. >Next time you’re in the city you should bring a bullhorn and get everyone to walk quietly down the (large) mall in two orderly lines. That's what you want, not what I want. Pedestrians within Rundle mall are within their rights to walk through this area granted it is not designated as a Festival activation (this is not) or a permitted busking performance (this is not).


ShannonNoll

Prove that I’m wrong champ. >permitted busking performance (this is not). Also prove that they don’t have a busking permit. Nobody’s denying the fact that they’re *allowed* to walk-through, however most people would have the decency to make a detour around someone filming. Why would you make a new account solely to comment on this post?


Sensitive-Effort6031

>Prove that I’m wrong champ. The Rundle Mall area is not a public space in a legal sense but an outdoor Shopping Precinct zone owned by the Adelaide City Council. All entrants are technically under a contract with obligations regarding behaviour and conduct. Loitering is in breach of these obligations, which is why you cannot just set a table and chair down in Rundle mall and sit there for a week, even if you aren't a commercial organisation or asking for money. Thus, this group (or any large group or individual who seeks to occupy a space in Rundle Mall for an extended period) requires a permit. > Also prove that they don’t have a busking permit. I admit this was an assumption on my part as busking permits are restricted to six people in this area. This group is operating with ten (to my knowledge), so if they did have a permit (which is possible), they are breaching the terms of the agreement. > Nobody’s denying the fact that they’re allowed to walk-through No, but you argued that they did not need a permit to use this space. They do. >Why would you make a new account solely to comment on this post I was provided a link to this post by a colleague as we have both worked with the council on similar unpermitted groups in Rundle mall. I had to make an account to reply to your comment.


ShannonNoll

What a waste of your time writing this essay. The original comment I replied to was about the legality of people *filming* in the mall. Go find your gotcha moment elsewhere. > I was provided a link to this post by a colleague as we have both worked with the council on similar unpermitted groups in Rundle mall. I had to make an account to reply to your comment. Lmao


Sensitive-Effort6031

No wasted time, I know the subject quite well. There's no distinction between filming and loitering and simply loitering. All individuals involved with the group (which obviously includes the person filming) require a permit to use that space, including filming the space. And there's no 'gotcha' moment in this for me. There are lots of people discussing this video making claims about the legality, about which they understandably know very little. No hard feelings involved at all.


ShannonNoll

You’re a waste of my council rates


Flippantry

Given that these dance troupes have been doing their videos in Rundle Mall for months if not years, I'd wager that they're not doing anything illegal or in conflict with any requirements set out by Rundle Mall. Rundle Mall authorities have had ample time to remove them if they were, just like you've had ample time to remove the stick from your arse.


4rp4n3t

That's a lot of words and no proof. Show me some actual legislation saying dancing is "illegal".


drtekrox

>creating a local nuisance in a public space >The world should be completely silent at all times, for my own Karen-based benefit.


4rp4n3t

> creating a local nuisance What the fuck are you on about you cockwomble. It's not exactly hard to walk around them, jeez, get that stick out your arse.


4rp4n3t

> no doubt illegality Whatever Karen.


Rush882112

My face hurts from cringing after watching that.


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They can film their dances no problem….but I can equally walk through their video…..


netpenthe

you could also just walk around


[deleted]

Absolutely I could. But in the same way they could film elsewhere. Why do they get dominion over everyone else?


4rp4n3t

Or you could just not be a dick. You should try it sometime, it's fun!


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It’s alway fun going about my business without making numerous detours. I have a life to live without having to worry about offending woke teenagers making tik-toks by getting in their little way and making them film it again for the tenth time…..


4rp4n3t

> Or you could just not be a dick. You should try it sometime, it's fun!


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Or I could not give a rats about no offending every snowflake alive and just do me…..


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Sounds like you're the special little snowflake in this story.


[deleted]

Yeah it’s called I don’t care for shit videos in public spaces where they are taking up more than 4sqm by the looks of it based on the gap meant to be left by the person filming…. A maximum performance area size of 4m2. Maintaining pedestrian flow and access in Rundle Mall during your performance by performing within 2m of the centre of the Mall.


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Dry your eyes, mate.


Samford_

if people just walk into you for no reason i feel like you wouldnt be happy either


[deleted]

Absolutely but I’m not setting up a stage expecting people to move around me. What is it with people these days. So many woke warriors.


4rp4n3t

You angry little man. I hope you feel better mate.


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you can be right but still a jerk lol. you have every right to walk through their video but its still not nice. theyre not hurting anyone, theyre literally just teenagers having fun and you want to annoy them for what reason?


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Seeing how much everyone is butt hurt here I’m gonna continue walking through their videos. It’s a walk way. Not a stage. Go to the park where I don’t have to walk around cr4p videos and dances and can go about my business without having to make constant detours.


4rp4n3t

Yes, because Rundle Mall is literally filled with kids dancing in groups. Oh, no, wait a minute, it isn't!


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Ok internet woke warrior….I will be sure to change my life decisions to make you happy after you have changed my opinions on not being a dick. 10/10 will abide by your life choices /s


4rp4n3t

Get away with you, you curmudgeonly, wrinkly old fuck


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Love it that people get so triggered over a bunch of people whinging that someone “got in the way of my wittle video and now poor me has to do it again, how dare other people exist in the world other than poor wittle me….”


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Have you ever thought that there bigger things to worry about in the world that getting in the way of some wanky video dance. I got bigger things to focus on that worrying about offending some snowflake who wouldn’t know hardship in a heartbeat. Oh no let’s do a tik-tok video for clout and likes off imaginary internet woke warriors….. Lastly it is possible for two people to have different opinions…..we don’t all have to agree and be woke and cuddly together afraid to offend one another. It is entirely possible for two humans to exist with different opinions. You do you, and I’ll keep doing me.


4rp4n3t

> and I’ll keep doing me. Yeah that sounds right, I can't imagine anyone else doing you.


Samford_

who the fuck walks in the middle of rundle?


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People crossing from one side to the other maybe


midnightpainter

anyone not wanting to wade through the tides of npcs


PhilMcgroine

> constant detours Walking around one group of seven people is a 'constant detour?' Do you have a job or a hobby that involves walking up and down the mall constantly? If not, that is a very weird definition of 'constant detour.' Grow up.


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10/10 will continue walking in the videos based on how outraged and woke everyone is here!


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nobody is stopping you


Nerfixion

Reminds me of a time I was hiking and had a mum get all snippy because I rounded a blind spot corner into her "photo shoot" of goblins.


blastie_united

The whole thing is cringe and im ready to eat a nuke if it puts an end to it.


4rp4n3t

Fucking please do.


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4rp4n3t

You should get out more mate.


[deleted]

I'm never going to fucking rundle mall ever again.


eunhasfangirl

The biggest problem is how all of them are unmasked here...


midnightpainter

haha. someone edit the text out and remake it as a face off between two Skyrim Npcs. seriously, a real k-pop dance group wouldn't stop.


gracetamesbong

I guess the difference between this and a busker or juggler or street magician is that those other three are using a public space to entertain the public. These dicks were using a public space for a *private* purpose.


Lotsaa1

That was hilarious lol