Then I see people with mad selfie skills and realize it's just me who is the awkward one

by krisbergstrom 1 day ago

I remember a comic about a transfem, a few days after her transition, she realized that she took a lot more selfies than before and question, "Is this what it's like to actually like how I look?"

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I feel too vain when I take selfies... then end up having like no pictures of myself

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Eh, if you take them often then yeah. But if you feel good and like how you look, having pictures of that can increase your self-esteem.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

y'all are so boring God forbid somebody feels good about themselves

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Right. Or wants memories lmao

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I don't object to people taking them, but I have never seen a selfie where the person‘s expression wasn't weird. Even people who are able to look nice in photographs taken by other people look very strange in their own selfie. And it's not because of how close the camera is. It's because they cannot make a natural face when they're taking their own picture.

by Historical-Party3828 1 day ago

I swear to god, the duckface is just embedded in people's faces at this point.

by Friendly_Society 1 day ago

When I see someone on Instagram recording themselves striking a flirty pose to get someone's attention and a response... Yeah, in the future people will realize it's embarrassing.

by IndividualOk4859 1 day ago

It seems I recall reading an article about this in Who Cares Magazine

by Longjumping_Cold 1 day ago

Does this extend to group selfies? Like if I have a nice day with my family at the park and I take a picture of us then that's embarrassing? Because then I'd rather be embarrassing.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

No no no no! Group selfies are perfectly fine. They have a point. People should have more of those, actually.

by Friendly_Society 1 day ago

I don't even like taking pictures. A selfie just feels so vain. I cringe anytime I see someone do it.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I enjoy photography. My grandparents had 3 kids, all of which have kids. We all lived within 20 minutes. All family gatherings were at my grandparent's place. My grandpa was always taking photographs. He had all the pics he took printed like times 5, and then made a photo album for each grandkid. Well it ended up being like 4-5 binders per grandchild. I have pics of me at the hospital right after birth, up to me standing next to my first car. Easters, Thanksgivings, Chirstmasses, etc. And it's random pics from those days too, playing NES with cousins, swinging from a tree branch out back, baking cookies with my grandma, etc. I love every single picture, but also for the small details. Remembering that one certain chair my grandparents use to have, remembering the shirt I loved when I was 12, seeing old pepsi cans, etc. Pictures show so many small details that over time, we forget. So yes I enjoy photography for that reason. But today, I'm a single guy and no longer have my grandpa taking my picture. So yes, when I do a famous hike in a national park or visit from foreign city and see that iconic "thing" they are known for, I do take a selfie. I'm not doing it for internet points, or likes. I just think in 20, 30, 40 years, it will be cool to actually see myself in some pics from my travels. My grandpa has some pics from his travels in WW2, and when he was a contractor for the US government afterwards, and it's cool to see pics he took in Germany, Italy, etc, but just my opinion, it would have been cool had he handed the camera to someone else and was in some of those pictures himself. Just my opinions. You're 100% free to disagree.

by andyhuel 1 day ago

My cousin enjoys photography. He usually goes to smaller venues, taking pictures of indie bands. Plus whatever friend/family event. So I get it. I'm just not the sentimental type. The only pictures I mostly take is of nature or my dogs.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What's so vain about it? Personally I don't do it because I'm too insecure.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Because it feels very self-centered.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Yeah agreed. We used to call those people ‘posers' - because it was seen as being so boring and unintelligent to be so interested in your own reflection. Now being that dull is normal.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Being confident in your looks is now dull?

by Trey10 1 day ago

You're so much more exciting and intelligent than everyone else bro, look how boring and unintelligent they are with their selfies Why do people feel the need to tear others down with nonsense like this?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

selfies were ok at first but now its just people doing the same poses over and over. like that one where they hold their phone up high and look up at it with their mouth open. we get it, u want likes. just take a normal pic ffs

by Special-Platypus-152 1 day ago

What's the difference between a selfie and a self portrait? What makes one vain and the other acceptable? I think the photo itself is the determining factor, not that it's a photo of yourself.

by Free-Type-4337 1 day ago

It's really the name I don't like. How else are you going to send pictures of yourself to friends?

by Opposite-Oven 1 day ago

Do the friends really demand pics? And you know, there are timers and tripods, and other people that can take photos of you if you ask them to.

by Friendly_Society 1 day ago

Literally why do you care if someone takes a photo of themselves ?

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Those people seem to be very rare, and I don't see anyone reacting to selfies the way I do anymore. Just an observation, though. I'm open to be corrected.

by Friendly_Society 1 day ago