Selfies are out of control

[Forgettable]

Why shouldn't I?

Because

It's ruining the experience for the rest of us. Some people just want to enjoy the moment.

and eventually you'll have to realize that you can't make other people do what you want.

[Tennis]

Because and eventually you'll have to realize that you can't make other people do what you want.

Says who.

We all need to do our part to make society better.

[Naxere]

Being a mid-30s adult, I never got into the selfie craze or the constant need for "Hey, look at me!" attention that some people crave.

[Tennis]

Being a mid-30s adult, I never got into the selfie craze or the constant need for "Hey, look at me!" attention that some people crave.

How would you feel if everyone around you did it?

[Naxere]

How would you feel if everyone around you did it?

I'd think they're all self-absorbed narcissitic people doing it for the "likes."

[Jester Joe]

Yeah right. Cameras are a relatively recent invention.
Don't be dishonest please.

I hate the term selfie and the selfie stick as much as the next guy, but you do know that even before the invention of cameras, rich/royal people would pay famous artists to paint them?

The ability to have a picture of one's self isn't something that was restricted to the camera.

[Gib Lover]

Yeah how would you, a well adjusted (i assume) mid-30's adult, feel about people holding a tiny rectangle in their hands outstretched using the frontfacing camera to snap a picture of them in front of something? Something tells me a well adjusted individual wouldn't really care.

[Deleted]

It's ruining the experience for the rest of us.

Nice try, Tennis. But no...just no.

[Lotus Victoria]

Why does one need to constantly take photos of themselves?

Because they want, I guess. I really don't have a problem with that, as sometimes I take a selfie too.

[Forgettable]

Says who.

We all need to do our part to make society better.

Says who? That's just common sense.

And society will be better when you stop complaining.

[ComputerNerd]

Your concern for unimportant things done by strangers is fascinating.

Given the behaviour impacts others around them, then it is far from "unimportant".
Look at the number who have injured or killed themselves, or even those who have caused damage to the very things they are so keen to photograph.

What I want to take a photo of something from a distance, but it has been swarmed by people standing right in front of it so they can get their face in a picture.
Hell even before selfies really took off we have had to deal with attention seekers who insist on photobombing other people's pictures.

[Deleted]

Says who.
We all need to do our part to make society better.

And who decides what a better society is? You?

[RippedLife]

only ugly people hate selfies

[Gib Lover]

only ugly people hate selfies

I'm starting to think if someone really hates selfies, they are a weirdo NEET.
You do it to show friends where you are. You do it so you have a picture to remember what you were doing at that time or remember a landmark/event. You do it to update what you look like on social media. If people around you are having a good time and taking selfies and you sit there with your arms crossed going "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SELFIES, NORMIES TAKING PICTURES REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE," you have issues.

[Stacyrect]

Last time I traveled internationally was back in 2001, before the selfie craze hit, and the only real difference is that everyone had cameras, rather than phones, and got friends to snap pictures of them. Tourist sites were still chock-full of people taking pictures of themselves.

This

/10char

[Jester Joe]

I'm starting to think if someone really hates selfies, they are a weirdo NEET.
You do it to show friends where you are. You do it so you have a picture to remember what you were doing at that time or remember a landmark/event. You do it to update what you look like on social media. If people around you are having a good time and taking selfies and you sit there with your arms crossed going "REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SELFIES, NORMIES TAKING PICTURES REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE," you have issues.

As much as I love your usage of certain terms here, personally I'd just rather take a picture of the scenery. My friends already hopefully know what I look like, so I'd rather not block what's around me.

[Gib Lover]

As much as I love your usage of certain terms here, personally I'd just rather take a picture of the scenery. My friends already hopefully know what I look like, so I'd rather not block what's around me.

Oh absolutely. I just have no problem whatsoever if someone snaps a picture of the landscape and then flips the camera around and gives a thumbs up in front of it after.

[Khadgar]

So people do not look back in time to take selfies in dangerous conditions??????. Anyway, that is not sad at all, it is simply Darwin hard at work trying to keep the gene pool strong........

Pretty much, wether it be behind the wheel of a car, in heights, near cliffs, on boats, near dangerous animals, railroad tracks, highways, etc. you name it.

here's a perfect example, guy almost gets himself splattered by a train.

[Jester Joe]

Oh absolutely. I just have no problem whatsoever if someone snaps a picture of the landscape and then flips the camera around and gives a thumbs up in front of it after.

Oh, yeah. For some reason it slipped my mind that's possible. I blame not having coffee yet.

[Rudkobing]

#BanSelfies