Why we hate selfies so much

[mominatrix]

What a bunch of pompous bullshit.



...and this is coming from somebody who has a pretty high tolerance for both pomposity and bullshit.




People hate selfies because they're democratizing 'self portraits' Really, now?

No.

People hate selfies because duckface makes nobody look good.

[Deleted]

Please.

[ttt]

I hate selfies because of the presumption that other people are *that* interested in seeing what you look like sitting in your car every day.

[pixy0stix]

Feb 5, 2015 11:07:03 GMT -5 ttt said:

I hate selfies because of the presumption that other people are *that* interested in seeing what you look like sitting in your car every day.

Everyone needs to see my makeup, ok?

::hair flip::

[andrealynn]

It isn't the taking of selfies that's annoying, it's the posting of them constantly, on multiple SM platforms that's annoying.

[tacosforlife]

You know why selfies are the tits? Because fewer people stop me on my walks and ask me to take their pictures in front of the Capitol.

See also: why I support the selfie stick!

[cattledogkisses]

Feb 5, 2015 11:13:59 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

I don't hate them but I'm vain and take them regularly. I used to hate taking pics until selfies came along and I could control how I looked. I never shy away from the camera now. So for me, anyway, it's been helpful.

All of this, and also, as stupid as this may sound, when I'm having an "ugly" day it helps to peruse selfies where I look damn good. (99% of my selfies never get posted to social media though. I try not to be obnoxious about it.)

[ESF]

Feb 5, 2015 11:13:59 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

I don't hate them but I'm vain and take them regularly. I used to hate taking pics until selfies came along and I could control how I looked. I never shy away from the camera now. So for me, anyway, it's been helpful.

I agree.  I also think that because selfies are always kind of bad, then I'm less insecure about looking terrible, KWIM?

Plus thanks to the MUT, I look way better in photos now than I ever did, so yeah, I kind of love them.

I have embraced my vanity.

[itsme]

I currently hate a friend's multiple selfie a day obsession. All are selfies taken at the gym or on her way to the gym. She either makes a weird face, points at something on her, or flexes. It's too much. I go to the gym multiple times a week or run but I don't have to show it by taking three pictures a day about it. She also uses about 30 hashtags on each picture.

[ESF]

Feb 5, 2015 11:21:31 GMT -5 andrealynn said:

It isn't the taking of selfies that's annoying, it's the posting of them constantly, on multiple SM platforms that's annoying.

And then following them with 800 hashtags.

#selfie #smile #beautifulday #ilovelife #fit #postworkoutselfie #fitlife  #fitspiration #5milerun

[LoveTrains]

Feb 5, 2015 11:13:59 GMT -5 @soudesafinado said:

I don't hate them but I'm vain and take them regularly. I used to hate taking pics until selfies came along and I could control how I looked. I never shy away from the camera now. So for me, anyway, it's been helpful.

I was taking selfies  (mostly with my friends) with disposal cameras in high school. That shit would be so hilarious when it came back from the one hour photo at CVS and it was totally effed up and askew. We would mostly make kissy faces at the camera.

[MrsAxilla]

Feb 5, 2015 11:21:31 GMT -5 andrealynn said:

It isn't the taking of selfies that's annoying, it's the posting of them constantly, on multiple SM platforms that's annoying.

I don't know.  When we were in Vegas, people would stop in front of whatever view and block other people people from seeing it while they snapped a selfie, then walk away without even looking at the amazing view they needed a selfie in front of!  It was weird.

[andrealynn]

Feb 5, 2015 11:29:44 GMT -5 ESF said:

Feb 5, 2015 11:21:31 GMT -5 andrealynn said:

It isn't the taking of selfies that's annoying, it's the posting of them constantly, on multiple SM platforms that's annoying.

And then following them with 800 hashtags.

#selfie #smile #beautifulday #ilovelife #fit #postworkoutselfie #fitlife  #fitspiration #5milerun

#blessed

[itsme]

Feb 5, 2015 11:29:44 GMT -5 ESF said:

Feb 5, 2015 11:21:31 GMT -5 andrealynn said:

It isn't the taking of selfies that's annoying, it's the posting of them constantly, on multiple SM platforms that's annoying.

And then following them with 800 hashtags.

#selfie #smile #beautifulday #ilovelife #fit #postworkoutselfie #fitlife  #fitspiration #5milerun

^^^^ this is exactly what said friend posts plus about 21 more.

[jlt19]

www.facebook.com/video.php?v=993543070692883&pnref=story

[ajj]

Feb 5, 2015 11:47:06 GMT -5 jlt19 said:

www.facebook.com/video.php?v=993543070692883&pnref=story

Omg, I'm getting second hand embarrassment from that.

[Queen Mamadala]

I used to take selfies more often, and mostly good ones since I'm a photographer. I didn't post them to social media all the time, however. I spent many years avoiding the camera due to being obese class II and III, and when I lost a shit-ton of weight, damn right I wanted to document that. But most of my photos are actually the self-portrait variety.

Duck face selfies... no.

[ttt]

Also I don't care about people *taking* selfies. Just as I have no issue with people who take 75 photos of their kid's first poop or whatever. I just care about whether they insist on sharing every single one of them. Where is this idea coming from that you are so important that people are dying to know what you look like RIGHT NOW? I mean, you got a new haircut, did something new with your makeup, are wearing a new outfit you really love, are at some cool event or something, are doing something interesting, sure. But just "hey, here's me, I'm sitting in my car!" and "hey, here's me standing in front of my office bathroom mirror ten minutes later!"....nobody cares, sorry.

Freaking Millennials, man. 

[ladybug2002]

Feb 5, 2015 11:47:06 GMT -5 jlt19 said:

www.facebook.com/video.php?v=993543070692883&pnref=story

This video combined with the song playing in the background made me LOL. "I don't want the world to see me..."

[NitaX]

Chile Please

[Velar Fricative]

I wonder what his buddies in the 1800s were thinking when they saw Robert Cornelius' selfie. "Fucking narcissistic early 1800s babies, man."

[blink]

I don't get the selfie-taking hate, only the social media selfie-posting hate. But I like seeing everyone's makeup selfies.

ETA: I forgot to add that taking selfies and sharing (with a limited number of people obviously) has improved my self-esteem. For that reason alone, I can't hate all selfies, just when it is posted 5 times a day, every day on Facebook followed by 10 or more hashtags.

[ttt]

Feb 5, 2015 13:06:54 GMT -5 Velar Fricative said:

I wonder what his buddies in the 1800s were thinking when they saw Robert Cornelius' selfie. "Fucking narcissistic early 1800s babies, man."

I don't know, he's not making the duck face and you can't see the toilet stalls in the background, so...

[Alyssa]

I can handle a couple selfies here or there....but when you start thinking you're Kim K 2.0 and every other picture is of yourself then you have gone too far.....especially if you're over 21 years old.