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Paris Street To 'Shut Out Instagrammers'

Posted by msmash on from the trouble-in-paradise dept.

Instagrammers love the colorful homes in Paris's Rue Cremieux. But residents of Rue Cremieux have now had enough and are calling on the city council to restrict access at certain times. From a report: Residents have asked the city council to provide a gate that can be closed at peak times -- evenings, weekends and at sunrise and sunset, when good light attracts people searching for a perfect Instagram picture. One resident told radio station France Info: "We sit down to eat and just outside we have people taking photos, rappers who take two hours to film a video right beneath the window, or bachelorette parties who scream for an hour. Frankly, it's exhausting."

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  1. Bad headline /. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    RTFA, residents want to do this, no action as described in the headline has been approved. More sensationalism on this site than buzzfeed recently...

  2. How do you say... by imperious_rex · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ..."Streisand Effect" in French? Le Effect de Streisand?

  3. Globally obnoxious. by Gravis+Zero · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm glad to read that Instagram users have gone from annoying local trend to global menace. Maybe the U.N. will finally start taking my proposal to "Hunt Instagram Users To Extinction" seriously. ;)

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  4. Re:Maybe you should have thought of that... by magarity · · Score: 4, Funny

    Seems like a rapper could easily afford some house paint.

    Yes, but rapper paint only comes in gold.

  5. Re: Maybe you should have thought of that... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "Get off my lawn in French" is roughly:

    I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries!

  6. Re:Find a better part of France by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 4, Insightful

    to be honest, if people were a nuissance around where I LIVED, I'd be pissed off, too.

    people have a right to 'quiet enjoyment' and while that does not always imply low-noise and silence, it means that people should not be hounded by strangers when at home.

    a man's home is his castle; people do believe that. you have to put up with a lot of shit at work, but at home, you should be able to have peace and quiet.

    so, I understand and agree, in general.

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  7. Re:That's why you can't have nice things. by Opportunist · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Dude, if I get photographed every other minute without getting paid for it, the 5th person doing it will have a hard time swallowing his cell phone. It's gonna go down easier for the 6th because I'll crush it first.

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