Hampster Gull
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Selfie stick
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spring hall convert
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Depressingly indicative of how image obsessed and self absorbed we have become. The whole selfie phenomenon is this really unhealthy approval seeking (see facebook likes, twitter followers etc...)
Hampster Gull
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Will Self was a big supporter and linking it to a long journey since the industrial revolution. Evan in the end asked him if he was over intellectualising it!
Anyway, those using them seemed to be having fun
Anyway, those using them seemed to be having fun
beorhthelm
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- Jul 21, 2003
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i dont understand any reason to dislike them. need to seperate the practical act of taking a photo of oneself on holiday/event with the narcisissm of doing so with continous upload and commentry via twitbook.
Juan Albion
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Bought one for my daughter a year ago. She liked it.
JOLovegrove
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- Jan 30, 2012
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I don't get the hate for them at all. It's just a device used to take a photo. Did the tripod get this much hatred?
Chicken Runner61
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SuperBrighton
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NarcissiSTICK. It's not the device itself, it's what it represents i.e. how self-obsessed people have become (mainly the younger generation).
oh this. Watching people put pictures of themselves up and wait for positive comments. Attention seeking, I loath it.
AlbionPics&SouthCoastTwit
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They ought to have more of what that Aussie Indycar driver has..........Will Power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Power
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_Power
OGH's Libido
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Really ought to 'thumbs up' that but it would be against the spirit of your post!
Its the whole package though isn't it. The smile has cracked before the stick has been folded away, a quick fumble to upload it before wearily trudging onto the next 'must see sight'. Must say that my views were hardened after walking across Westminster Bridge last year.
Doesn't quite seem so bad when you are part of a group or a couple, and I know someone who took some great pics while surfing, but on your own? Miserable.
I don't understand the obsession for photographing everything (followed by the inevitable upload to social media) in the first place, and these things seem to just encourage more of said posts from vacuous attention-seeking idiots desperate to show everyone else what they're doing and where rather than taking the time to properly enjoy it themselves.
Horses Arse
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It's the impact on the experience itself that I can't abide. How can you really experience and enjoy a gig when you're watching it through a phone screen? The same with football matches. As for your kids plays it's unbelievable, the majority of parents are watching their kids through a screen and can't possibly enjoy the moment. It must be the same with holidays/tourism; surely you need to take in the atmosphere, experience where you are and appreciate it rather than record that you were there and move on like some sort of speed dating holiday.
Having just traveled for a month in SE Asia I really find the whole thing narcissistic, self indulgent and frankly embarrassing. Everywhere I went there were single travelers using a selfie stick whilst pouting, yes pouting whilst taking a pic of themselves in front of crowds of people - how can they not be embarrassed?
Using one to take a nice pic of you smiling in front of a monument or iconic building is one thing but to pout in front of a tree or road sign really says a lot about our narcissistic society.
It is not the invention itself that is bad but rather the way in which it is being used.
Using one to take a nice pic of you smiling in front of a monument or iconic building is one thing but to pout in front of a tree or road sign really says a lot about our narcissistic society.
It is not the invention itself that is bad but rather the way in which it is being used.
Funny. I was in Barca last week and a solo girl spent over 6 minutes pouting into her camera and checking the images on the roof of the Milo building. It was plain weird, especially as she kept swishing her hair and tossing her head for a windswept look.
PS I was not timing her, knew it took this long as I was able to listen to a 6 min section of the audio commentary and learn something whilst she preened.
tedebear
Legal Alien
Absolutely agreed...social media has become a weapon ....