Dying for a selfie?

Capt Lightning

Capt Lightning

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I've always thought that 'Selfies' were the height of conceit - all about "look at me." However, I read yesterday about a woman who paid the ultimate price for her selfie. Seems that she was taking one while riding her bicycle, lost control and was killed.

Looking into it, it seems that she was simply the latest in people who have come to a sticky end while trying to photograph themselves. Falling off cliffs, shooting themselves etc.... It would be laughable if it wasn't tragic.
 

Where was this selfie taken?

I've looked it up and there are MANY people who have died taking selfies. India seems to be a hot spot for selfie deaths. Pure stupidity. When we are in Thailand we see those very annoying selfie sticks and they are very popular with Chinese tourists.

I don't agree that all selfies are the height of conceit. Have you ever asked someone to use your camera to take a photo of you and your wife, etc? Same thing.

I rarely take selfies, but took a couple in Thailand of my husband and I while in our kayak paddling in the Gulf of Thailand. Couldn't ask anybody to take it for us!
 
I don't think they are the height of conceit. I have taken them with my camera to post on websites for dating purposes. Guys want to know what you look like ya know?
 

Ruthanne said:
I don't think they are the height of conceit. I have taken them with my camera to post on websites for dating purposes. Guys want to know what you look like ya know?
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Yes they do! And a selfie is not different than asking someone to take your photo - unless you do it in a dangerous place!

Although watching all the Chinese (and Thais) walking down beaches or down the road with their selfie sticks taking pics of themselves everywhere does look like conceit.
 
I still stick to my view.. From what I see, for many people, the idea of a Selfie is to take a picture of themselves -usually without the context. I take very few pictures of my family, and they take very few of me. I do take a lot of pictures of places and things because I want a visual record of them, not of me.
 
Capt Lightning said:
I still stick to my view.. From what I see, for many people, the idea of a Selfie is to take a picture of themselves -usually without the context. I take very few pictures of my family, and they take very few of me. I do take a lot of pictures of places and things because I want a visual record of them, not of me.
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I think it's important to family history to have photographs of family. I get great joy in looking back at my family.. especially those that died long before I was born. I love seeing pics of people I had only heard my parents talk about. It's called heritage.
 
Representative photos make sense, but the flood of photos now available with modern technology can be overwhelming and boring. The look at me and what I have done is a yawn...
 
Capt Lightning said:
I still stick to my view.. From what I see, for many people, the idea of a Selfie is to take a picture of themselves -usually without the context. I take very few pictures of my family, and they take very few of me. I do take a lot of pictures of places and things because I want a visual record of them, not of me.
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I know you don't use Facebook, but I do and most of the selfies I see are the person/people with landscape, landmark, etc in the background.
 
I don't really get this flood of photo taking, especially selfies, so many tourists I see in my city are basically ignoring all around them that they are seeing first hand, in order to take pics often themselves doing daft arm waving and so on.
 
Same here, oakapple. When I watch tourists in my area whipping out their phones to shoot photos of themselves every five minutes, I wonder if they're missing the experience of their surroundings. I love great photography as much as I enjoy fine art, but in general I think self-photography can get in the way of truly experiencing a place.
 
I still stick to my view.. From what I see, for many people, the idea of a Selfie is to take a picture of themselves -usually without the context. I take very few pictures of my family, and they take very few of me. I do take a lot of pictures of places and things because I want a visual record of them, not of me.

I agree with you. I have a perfectly fine self esteem. I just do not photograph well. Either ruddy or chalk white, even with a photo correction I still look ghostly. But I have a zillion pictures of my dogs and cats.:love_heart::love_heart::eek:nthego:
 
Disney had to ban the sticks from their parks. Idiots were trying to take selfies on the rollercoasters and other rides. I think you can imagine the implications of THAT....

Also, people were walking along with them and whacking other people in the heads. Naturally, the whackees were a mite bit perturbed with the whackers and some altercations had broken out.
 
I've always thought people who took a lot of selfies of themselves were very vain, I don't belong to facebook, but from all I see in magazines, on TV, etc., that seems to be a common thread. No nice scenery or anything involved, Geraldo Rivera comes to mind. :p Never took a selfie or owned a selfie stick. I guess it does come in handy if you don't have anyone to take the picture of you.

As far as dying for a selfie, reminds me of people who walk around texting and ignoring the world around them, and getting hit by a car.
 
I'm thinking Kim and her ridiculously big butt. Your whole occupation in life. Take selfies and try to keep your kid from crying in public. Sucks to be you. Self serving ^&*^&%$# *(&^%$% idiot.
 
Oh one more mini rant about Kimmie. You know a new height in narcissism? They say she was considering a tattoo...of herself...I'm serious.
 
Yesterday hubby and I went to the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh to protest. We got lucky and we're able to get tickets to be in the gallery during weekly First Ministers Questions. I would have loved to have taken a selfie with all the MSPS and FM behind me. But security was tight and many were scolded for even taking out their phones.
 
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