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Benedict Arnold

Have "selfies" changed the way we perceive ourselves?

Until now many people have shied away from having their photograph taken in case their photograph was unflattering. Have selfies changed that?

Posted - February 18, 2017
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  • I think they again set this standard of how we should look like or live like.
      February 18, 2017 9:42 PM MST
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  • Hi Grin. Welcome to answerMug. I hope you enjoy yourself here. If you need any assistance understanding anything, just yell. We're glad to help.
      February 18, 2017 9:48 PM MST
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  • Thanks for the warm invite. I will.
      February 18, 2017 9:50 PM MST
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  • 7792
    Only if you take an ugly one.
      February 18, 2017 10:08 PM MST
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  • Zack, they're the only kind I CAN take. 
      February 18, 2017 10:13 PM MST
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  • 7792
    Me too and I've stopped for awhile. You're being way too critical of your looks. No doubt that I'm the same way too. I guess you can keep taking them until you are happy with the one you end up with. That one good one could create interests in taking more.
      February 18, 2017 10:17 PM MST
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  • Would you believe that I've never taken one? 
      February 18, 2017 10:23 PM MST
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  • 7792
    I thought I was a late bloomer. People who don't take any or very many are the way that you and me seem to be. I'm told it's perfectly normal. This post was edited by Zack at February 18, 2017 11:06 PM MST
      February 18, 2017 10:25 PM MST
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  • 7683
    Selifes are making people narcisstic Didge, we were at Grand Canyon in June 2016 and there was this guy precariously standing at the edge and taking selfies.....we all helplessly watched because even if we shouted at him he would be startled and one slip meant......the end!
      February 18, 2017 10:23 PM MST
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  • He sounds like a potential candidate for the Darwin Awards. :(
      February 18, 2017 11:07 PM MST
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  • 7683
    Really Didge we wanted to thrash that boy....he just laughed when we all expressed our fears.
      February 18, 2017 11:12 PM MST
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  • Not for me they haven't. But the whole business is moderately interesting. What do people do with them all - if someone takes a picture of themselves once an hour, say, for a significant period of time the accumulation would be vast but what motivation is there to look at them. They would be more or less the same, by some kind of definition.
    If I likened it to a disease would I be going too far?
      February 18, 2017 11:22 PM MST
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  • Disease? Maybe. Certainly an aberration. I imagine they spend lots of time posting them on social media where their friends can ignore them.
      February 18, 2017 11:32 PM MST
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  • 5835
    I am only aware of two people taking selfies. My niece is proud of losing a bazillion pounds and she posts several pix every day in her Zumba outfit. My grand nephew likes to hold the camera above himself for some reason, so I feel like god looking down on him and whatever he is doing.

      February 19, 2017 1:25 AM MST
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  • Thanks, Jewels. That pic may be just about right. :) 
      February 19, 2017 6:20 AM MST
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  • 373
    That's a really interesting question.
    I guess they can some people a big ego.
      February 22, 2017 3:43 PM MST
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