OK, so there are lots of bad selfies. We can all agree to roll our eyes at the 15 year old girl who takes 20 a day.
But for the rest of us? There's something special about a selfie, especially a group selfie. When you go on vacation or to some event you can show off a photo, and everyone who is involved in the photo is also in the photo. Think about how unique that is. Normally there is one person who has to be apart, to be separate from everyone else, for a photo to get taken. But a selfie removes that limitation, and lets everyone be part of the moment that will be preserved and remembered forever.
"Autoportrait photographique fait à bout de bras, la plupart du temps avec un téléphone intelligent, un appareil photo numérique ou une tablette, généralement dans le but de le publier sur un réseau social. "
Translation :
Photo selfportrait done at arm length, most of the time with a smartphone, a digital camera, or a tablet. Usually for the purpose of publishing on a social network.
This isn't true for everyone (so no, holy rampant generalizations batman! haha) but for some people it's important for their self-esteem to be able to take pictures of themselves that they like. Personally, at a heavier weight body image and self-esteem is a fragile thing and until I got comfortable with taking selfies occasionally it was a lot harder to hold onto positive thinking. There are plenty of narcissists and duck faces out there in the mix too, but it's not all bad at the end of the day.
Yes logically it's ideal to not care what other people think but that's not how social anxiety and eating disorders tend to work. I just try to take the approach of let people do their own thing unless it harms others ✌
I used to have this same sentiment until my gf got one. She always hated pictures of herself and hid from the camera every chamce she got. After looking at the photographs from a vacation it appeared like she wasn't there. After getting the selfie stick she loved taking pictures of herself. She was able to present herself in the best light possible. And us and all of our friends were able to be in the picture together instead of leaving one out to take the picture.
I don't own one but here's a defense for it: traveling alone makes selfie sticks seem quite desirable! Saves the trouble of bothering nearby people and you can have pics with the places you visited. I'm considering purchasing one honestly haha.
Selfie sticks, oh god, selfie sticks...
Selfies in general...
:|
Rampant Narcissism.
OK, so there are lots of bad selfies. We can all agree to roll our eyes at the 15 year old girl who takes 20 a day.
But for the rest of us? There's something special about a selfie, especially a group selfie. When you go on vacation or to some event you can show off a photo, and everyone who is involved in the photo is also in the photo. Think about how unique that is. Normally there is one person who has to be apart, to be separate from everyone else, for a photo to get taken. But a selfie removes that limitation, and lets everyone be part of the moment that will be preserved and remembered forever.
That's why I love the French name for it, egoportrait.
Haha, that's amusing. I assume that's a direct translation?
It's not a translation, it's the French word for it.
The translation is selfie. :-P
Edit: Dictionnary page : http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=26527058
"Autoportrait photographique fait à bout de bras, la plupart du temps avec un téléphone intelligent, un appareil photo numérique ou une tablette, généralement dans le but de le publier sur un réseau social. "
Translation :
Photo selfportrait done at arm length, most of the time with a smartphone, a digital camera, or a tablet. Usually for the purpose of publishing on a social network.
That is actually hilarious lol.
Gj French language :D
I tried to do a selfie once. I got too embarrassed and took it down immediately. I really don't know how they do it.
Duckfaces. Oh God.
This isn't true for everyone (so no, holy rampant generalizations batman! haha) but for some people it's important for their self-esteem to be able to take pictures of themselves that they like. Personally, at a heavier weight body image and self-esteem is a fragile thing and until I got comfortable with taking selfies occasionally it was a lot harder to hold onto positive thinking. There are plenty of narcissists and duck faces out there in the mix too, but it's not all bad at the end of the day.
I personally think it's unhealthy to care too much about what others think about me so I mostly shun things like selfies and mark them as pointless.
But I guess to some it is useful.
Yes logically it's ideal to not care what other people think but that's not how social anxiety and eating disorders tend to work. I just try to take the approach of let people do their own thing unless it harms others ✌
I used to have this same sentiment until my gf got one. She always hated pictures of herself and hid from the camera every chamce she got. After looking at the photographs from a vacation it appeared like she wasn't there. After getting the selfie stick she loved taking pictures of herself. She was able to present herself in the best light possible. And us and all of our friends were able to be in the picture together instead of leaving one out to take the picture.
Once cameras had timer ^^ But well, it's cool if it helped your gf with her image/self esteem :)
A timer is not really helpful if you don't have a platform to put the camera on.
Then you have to get creative and improvise.
I don't own one but here's a defense for it: traveling alone makes selfie sticks seem quite desirable! Saves the trouble of bothering nearby people and you can have pics with the places you visited. I'm considering purchasing one honestly haha.
I like bothering people while I travel, it's part of the travel's charm for me I guess :p
My son started talking about taking selfies, with his tablet, and I told him he is not allowed to, because it is a sign of selfishness.