Basically, you notice an event unfolding which isn't typical or normal, and you just stand there in witness-mode....observing.
Twenty years ago, across Germany...this would occasionally occur, drawing a crowd. You'd say that they were just confused or wondering what-the-hell was going on.
Today? In an average week, I'll notice this in some fashion....while shopping or going through a shopping district, or while in a train station. Even I'm guilty of this behavior because there's just weird stuff that occurs on a regular basis.
A couple of weeks ago, I stood there in Wiesbaden where some woman (probably in her 50s) was on some type of Opioid-trip....acting zombie-like (taking a step or two, then resetting her pace/statue of body). This was in mid-day, at the edge of the shopping district.
Back around March, I sat on a bench in Wiesbaden, with two reckless kids on E-scooters...doing all kinds of movements to threaten walkers in the shopping district. Eventually, with at least 20 people focused on this/watching....one kid had a pretty bad crash and stayed on the ground for a good 60 seconds, with no one rushing up to help him. I was mostly of the mindset that he was begging for attention and didn't care if he got hurt bad.
A danger? No....there's nothing dangerous about safari-park mentality. But it is focusing your attention on something pretty harsh and negative....making it influence you politically.
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