a post about selfies.

[everyjuan]

Do you take them in private? Public? Don't care?

I see kids these days (lol) unabashedly taking them wherever, whenever.

I'm no stranger to a selfie, but if someone walked in on me taking one, I would probably die. Like, a far less extreme version of someone walking in on you masturbating, but about the same amount of shame.

Even when someone asks to take one together and it's in public, I feel embarrassed. lol.

What do you do?

[bab]

I don't take selfies...like ever. No

[ElizabethBennet]

I don't even let H see me take them.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

If I'm alone, I refuse to take them in public. It makes me feel like when people read something over my shoulder as I type it. No! That's not for you! You can only see the finished product!

If I'm taking a group selfie I don't care as much because I have multiple people to split the weirdo feeling with.

[Deleted]

My theory is this is a big dividing line between the Millennials and everyone else. Millennials love the shit out of selfies. No shame!

[hisno1girl]

I'm not ashamed to take selfies in public, but normally it's a group thing or me and DH.

I get the lolz when I see girls taking selfies and doing the trout pout + peace symbol pose.

[hi725]

I only take them in my house. To be honest, it's less about feeling stupid then it is about me hating the camera angle. My face looks all asymmetrical and distorted when I take them myself, unless I do the overhead MySpace style pose like in my PIP thread.

[lexxasaurus]

If I'm alone? Taken in private. OR occasionally I try to take it all sneaky like in public, and end up looking really awkward, or like I've done something wrong because I'm hiding to snap a selfie.
With another person? No shame. So many of my friends have come to visit from out of town, so getting pictures while we are out and about is sometimes the only way we're going to get any.

[birdistheword]

I'm totally ashamed to take them in public. I feel no shame if another person is involved.

[Marle]

I'll do it in public if it's when I'm with someone else. I mean, the same people judging should be offering to take our picture.

[waffletime]

I do my best not to take them in public, unless I'm doing it with someone else. I just feel lame if it's just me taking pictures of myself while other people watch and judge.

[Marle]

Sabotage the selfie! Offer someone to take their picture!

[daisybuchannan]

I primarily take baby selfies. Do they count?

Eta- avatar is a baby selfie. Regular selfies usually look way too MySpace for me, especially those with an errant gaze and half smile.

[slcjess]

I have no shame if I'm with someone else. If its just me in the pic, I'll do it at home/in the car (Not while driving, duh!), but not where others can judge me. Haha.

[PeonyParty]

I used to never take them as a general rule. Now that I hike and climb a bit, I like selfies for documenting (usually a pretty great view behind me). You've seen my Insta, you know what I'm saying! lol

[lilybug]

I try to be subtle if I'm in public, but I'll still do it.

At home I have no shame and will take 59 to get the best (read:skinniest looking) one.

[Elsa]

I rarely take them but when I do it's only in private.

[Deleted]

Unabashed.

And I even decline help from others because, damnit, that's no longer a selfie.

[Deleted]

And we are all about the selfies when traveling.

What if a stranger runs off with your phone or camera?!

LOL.

[TrickyBob]

I don't even take them in front of my husband unless it's a duo selfie. I close my office door to take mine.

[Deleted]

I'll occasionally take one of me and DS in public. Just me I only do in private. Sometimes H will take one of the two of us in public. I'm OK with it, but I never do it myself.

[tacokick]

We've only really taken them on vacations, not like at a rando restaurant or something.

[wambam]

I am not ashamed of taking a selfie in public but I can't say I've done it a lot either. I'm more embarrassed about taking food pictures. wowhead made me send her pics of my tacos this weekend (heh) and I looked around to make sure no one was looking before I did.

[Deleted]

Jan 26, 2015 19:27:16 GMT -5 wambam said:

I am not ashamed of taking a selfie in public but I can't say I've done it a lot either. I'm more embarrassed about taking food pictures. wowhead made me send her pics of my tacos this weekend (heh) and I looked around to make sure no one was looking before I did.

Oh, I'm not shy about this either.

For some reason, servers always ask if they can take a photo of me for me, and I'm like, "No, I just want photos of food, not people."

BWAHAHAHAHAHA.

[Deleted]

I used to never take them in public. But now....

[Deleted]

I took this on the busiest street in downtown. Lol.


I'd rather have the picture than worry about looking stupid.

[pantsparty]

Almost all my selfies are taken when drunk or on vacation. Sometimes both. So I never feel ashamed! LOL.

[marylennox]

If I'm by myself, I don't take them in public. Well, I'll take them of myself in the car while H is driving, that's about as public as it gets. If there's someone else with me to be in the pic I don't care if we're in public. I am also embarrassed about taking pictures of my food but I do it anyway and try to be quick and discreet about it, lol.

[olive]

I'll only take them in public if I'm on vacation or with a group of friends. The ones I do to check myakeup or hair are always in private because I'm embarassed by my level of narcissism. Lol.

[Queen Mamadala]

I've taken them in public and in private, though the vast majority were taken at home. Some of my favorites of me are selfies.