We've become a world of self-obsessed/"selfie" taking people....
04 April 2015, 08:18 AM
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We've become a world of self-obsessed/"selfie" taking people....
My girlfriend and I have have spent a mini break away in Barcelona this Easter week and what we both couldn't help and notice is the amount of people with cameras and phones. I know that pretty much everyone has a camera or a smart phone (or both) but literally every single person from the ages of 4 all the way up to 80 had one or both while out and about. Before, say about 5+ years ago, if a family or couple went on holiday it would usually just be one person with the camera and they'd have the responsibility of taking all the holiday shots; now it's every single person!
...and it's not just that. A lot of them will take a picture on their camera and then immediately after a picture on their phone! This was particularly more noticeable with the Chinese for some reason? Do people not know how to transfer pictures from their camera on their laptop/computer? I guess it's because they want to immediately upload a picture off their phone and onto their social media page.
...and another thing! "Selfie sticks!"
At first I thought that they were a pretty handy invention e.g. not having to ask someone to take a picture of you both which can result in an out of focus, poorly cropped photo, but after seeing the type of people that use them, I would never go and buy one now. While outside admiring the Sagrada Família, I literally watched one girl spend 10 minutes with a selfie stick trying to get the perfect snap of herself, obviously wanting to immediately upload to social media. Every time someone walked past behind her and got in her way, she'd give them a really mean stare and quickly look back with a smile into her phone 
. Another girl I noticed didn't spend quite as long, but she forced herself to laugh in front of her selfie stick obviously trying to capture a giggle mid-motion for social media of course. 
Anyway, we did have a really good time and visited and admired a lot of things, but it was just one thing we couldn't help but notice. Sad really.
Here's a picture I took on my camera, the ceiling of the Sagrada Família, fantastic place if you haven't visited
.
...and it's not just that. A lot of them will take a picture on their camera and then immediately after a picture on their phone! This was particularly more noticeable with the Chinese for some reason? Do people not know how to transfer pictures from their camera on their laptop/computer? I guess it's because they want to immediately upload a picture off their phone and onto their social media page.
...and another thing! "Selfie sticks!"
At first I thought that they were a pretty handy invention e.g. not having to ask someone to take a picture of you both which can result in an out of focus, poorly cropped photo, but after seeing the type of people that use them, I would never go and buy one now. While outside admiring the Sagrada Família, I literally watched one girl spend 10 minutes with a selfie stick trying to get the perfect snap of herself, obviously wanting to immediately upload to social media. Every time someone walked past behind her and got in her way, she'd give them a really mean stare and quickly look back with a smile into her phone . Another girl I noticed didn't spend quite as long, but she forced herself to laugh in front of her selfie stick obviously trying to capture a giggle mid-motion for social media of course. Anyway, we did have a really good time and visited and admired a lot of things, but it was just one thing we couldn't help but notice. Sad really.
Here's a picture I took on my camera, the ceiling of the Sagrada Família, fantastic place if you haven't visited
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04 April 2015, 08:36 AM
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We've become a nation of people so self obsessed and far up our own ***** nowadays, even young males have become almost like girls when it comes to they're looks.
04 April 2015, 11:20 AM
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The human race as we know is dooooooomed. 
Obviously the technically savvy will have a high-quality camera with built in Facebook uploading, and will Wifi to the mobile phone which is setup to act as a mobile hotspot so pics are automatically uploaded. You can't expect sheeple to manage that level of complication.
Not that I do that.: I have an old Canon A650IS, that takes AA batteries. Still better pics than the iPhone.
Obviously the technically savvy will have a high-quality camera with built in Facebook uploading, and will Wifi to the mobile phone which is setup to act as a mobile hotspot so pics are automatically uploaded. You can't expect sheeple to manage that level of complication.
Not that I do that.: I have an old Canon A650IS, that takes AA batteries.
Still better pics than the iPhone.
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04 April 2015, 12:15 PM
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There is a girl on Facebook who posts 'perfect' pictures, usually with some comment to say she is in some far away fairytale land being showered with diamonds etc..
Sunsets, expensive bottles of bubbly with the label conveniently in-picture. Job title with 'director of..' in the script etc.. Zzzzzz
Please!
Great ceiling picture btw. Always a difficult shot due to indoor lighting etc.
Sunsets, expensive bottles of bubbly with the label conveniently in-picture. Job title with 'director of..' in the script etc.. Zzzzzz
Please!
Great ceiling picture btw. Always a difficult shot due to indoor lighting etc.
04 April 2015, 01:18 PM
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Went to a rather posh restaurant the other night.'perfect couple' on table nearby
She spent the whole night fiddling with her telephone.lol
She spent the whole night fiddling with her telephone.lol
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I hate people who constantly take selfies, especially when they're ugly. Also people taking pics of their fooking tea!! And worse, taking pics of their kids eating the fooking slop they have produced!!! What the f*ck is wrong with people. It's even worse at Christmas!!!!!
04 April 2015, 07:40 PM
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I was in New York and every idiot has a selfie stick, the only time I could ever think a selfie stick would of been usefull for me was when I went to see Tutankhamun in the Egyptian museum as it was that busy if I fainted I wouldn't of fell over so a selfie stick would of got me a picture although I doubt I would of been able to put my arms down once I had took the picture as it was that friggin busy.
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LSh, good pic, and slight modification with light can make it look like a rib cage of a goth mammal.
People obsessed with selfies are looking for attention and recognition. "Look, this is ME there
" Their need for attention is simply insatiable. Then again, if the photos of the places they visit doesn't involve them, then who is to say they've been to it? 
Also, you don't have to ask a passer-by to waste their time in taking your out-of-focus mugshot on the pi$$, so there are plus points to this self picturing act, which need not become an obsession.
People obsessed with selfies are looking for attention and recognition. "Look, this is ME there
" Their need for attention is simply insatiable. Then again, if the photos of the places they visit doesn't involve them, then who is to say they've been to it? Also, you don't have to ask a passer-by to waste their time in taking your out-of-focus mugshot on the pi$$, so there are plus points to this self picturing act, which need not become an obsession.
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There are that many pickpockets in Barcelona that my mobile phone didn't leave the apartment at all during my last visit.
As for what's wrong with selfies, two words say it all: Kim Kardashian.
As for what's wrong with selfies, two words say it all: Kim Kardashian.
05 April 2015, 06:31 AM
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Whats a selfie stick?!
05 April 2015, 11:23 AM
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That's for you to buy on Ebay next time, Loz. 
. Then you can take your own pictures on your new iPhone 5 with reasonable distancing of the camera from yourself, with a prop or two in the back, better visible in your selfie. Another benefit is that your camera holding arm will not show the lift in your own picture, to make you look like some 'I just sooooo love myself!' poser. Nothing complicated about that stick, so it shouldn't really contribute to your technophobia, and taking pictures on iPhone 5 is a piece of p1$$ as it is.
. Then you can take your own pictures on your new iPhone 5 with reasonable distancing of the camera from yourself, with a prop or two in the back, better visible in your selfie. Another benefit is that your camera holding arm will not show the lift in your own picture, to make you look like some 'I just sooooo love myself!' poser. Nothing complicated about that stick, so it shouldn't really contribute to your technophobia, and taking pictures on iPhone 5 is a piece of p1$$ as it is.
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It's a stick onto which you mount your Ł500 smartphone so you can hold it about a metre and a half away from you to give the drive by cycling smartphone thief an easy way to steal your phone without risk of clouting you as he whips it out of your hand. HTH
05 April 2015, 01:10 PM
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lol.lol
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What I'm trying to ask is how this Selfie taking works, just with one Selfie Stick thingy that they sell on Ebay. Or, does it come with another stick.
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I made one myself, in order to save my money. I tied my iPhone to a garden cane, held that cane in my left hand, and moved it a metre and a half away from me; facing the camera to me, of course. But then my right hand wouldn't reach the iPhone due to the distance, in order to click for the picture taking. So, I had to tie another metre and a half long stick to my right hand, in order to poke my iPhone to capture my mug. Even if I had stuck the main stick into the ground and freed my left hand, I still would have essentially needed another stick to poke the iPhone.
What I'm trying to ask is how this Selfie taking works, just with one Selfie Stick thingy that they sell on Ebay. Or, does it come with another stick.
What I'm trying to ask is how this Selfie taking works, just with one Selfie Stick thingy that they sell on Ebay. Or, does it come with another stick.
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My girlfriend and I have have spent a mini break away in Barcelona this Easter week and what we both couldn't help and notice is the amount of people with cameras and phones. I know that pretty much everyone has a camera or a smart phone (or both) but literally every single person from the ages of 4 all the way up to 80 had one or both while out and about. Before, say about 5+ years ago, if a family or couple went on holiday it would usually just be one person with the camera and they'd have the responsibility of taking all the holiday shots; now it's every single person!
...and it's not just that. A lot of them will take a picture on their camera and then immediately after a picture on their phone! This was particularly more noticeable with the Chinese for some reason? Do people not know how to transfer pictures from their camera on their laptop/computer? I guess it's because they want to immediately upload a picture off their phone and onto their social media page.
...and another thing! "Selfie sticks!" At first I thought that they were a pretty handy invention e.g. not having to ask someone to take a picture of you both which can result in an out of focus, poorly cropped photo, but after seeing the type of people that use them, I would never go and buy one now. While outside admiring the Sagrada Família, I literally watched one girl spend 10 minutes with a selfie stick trying to get the perfect snap of herself, obviously wanting to immediately upload to social media. Every time someone walked past behind her and got in her way, she'd give them a really mean stare and quickly look back with a smile into her phone . Another girl I noticed didn't spend quite as long, but she forced herself to laugh in front of her selfie stick obviously trying to capture a giggle mid-motion for social media of course.
Anyway, we did have a really good time and visited and admired a lot of things, but it was just one thing we couldn't help but notice. Sad really.
Here's a picture I took on my camera, the ceiling of the Sagrada Família, fantastic place if you haven't visited.
...and it's not just that. A lot of them will take a picture on their camera and then immediately after a picture on their phone! This was particularly more noticeable with the Chinese for some reason? Do people not know how to transfer pictures from their camera on their laptop/computer? I guess it's because they want to immediately upload a picture off their phone and onto their social media page.
...and another thing! "Selfie sticks!"
At first I thought that they were a pretty handy invention e.g. not having to ask someone to take a picture of you both which can result in an out of focus, poorly cropped photo, but after seeing the type of people that use them, I would never go and buy one now. While outside admiring the Sagrada Família, I literally watched one girl spend 10 minutes with a selfie stick trying to get the perfect snap of herself, obviously wanting to immediately upload to social media. Every time someone walked past behind her and got in her way, she'd give them a really mean stare and quickly look back with a smile into her phone . Another girl I noticed didn't spend quite as long, but she forced herself to laugh in front of her selfie stick obviously trying to capture a giggle mid-motion for social media of course. Anyway, we did have a really good time and visited and admired a lot of things, but it was just one thing we couldn't help but notice. Sad really.
Here's a picture I took on my camera, the ceiling of the Sagrada Família, fantastic place if you haven't visited
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06 April 2015, 08:57 AM
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My girlfriend and I have have spent a mini break away in Barcelona this Easter week and what we both couldn't help and notice is the amount of people with cameras and phones. I know that pretty much everyone has a camera or a smart phone (or both) but literally every single person from the ages of 4 all the way up to 80 had one or both while out and about. Before, say about 5+ years ago, if a family or couple went on holiday it would usually just be one person with the camera and they'd have the responsibility of taking all the holiday shots; now it's every single person!
...and it's not just that. A lot of them will take a picture on their camera and then immediately after a picture on their phone! This was particularly more noticeable with the Chinese for some reason? Do people not know how to transfer pictures from their camera on their laptop/computer? I guess it's because they want to immediately upload a picture off their phone and onto their social media page.
...and another thing! "Selfie sticks!" At first I thought that they were a pretty handy invention e.g. not having to ask someone to take a picture of you both which can result in an out of focus, poorly cropped photo, but after seeing the type of people that use them, I would never go and buy one now. While outside admiring the Sagrada Família, I literally watched one girl spend 10 minutes with a selfie stick trying to get the perfect snap of herself, obviously wanting to immediately upload to social media. Every time someone walked past behind her and got in her way, she'd give them a really mean stare and quickly look back with a smile into her phone . Another girl I noticed didn't spend quite as long, but she forced herself to laugh in front of her selfie stick obviously trying to capture a giggle mid-motion for social media of course.
Anyway, we did have a really good time and visited and admired a lot of things, but it was just one thing we couldn't help but notice. Sad really.
Here's a picture I took on my camera, the ceiling of the Sagrada Família, fantastic place if you haven't visited.
...and it's not just that. A lot of them will take a picture on their camera and then immediately after a picture on their phone! This was particularly more noticeable with the Chinese for some reason? Do people not know how to transfer pictures from their camera on their laptop/computer? I guess it's because they want to immediately upload a picture off their phone and onto their social media page.
...and another thing! "Selfie sticks!"
At first I thought that they were a pretty handy invention e.g. not having to ask someone to take a picture of you both which can result in an out of focus, poorly cropped photo, but after seeing the type of people that use them, I would never go and buy one now. While outside admiring the Sagrada Família, I literally watched one girl spend 10 minutes with a selfie stick trying to get the perfect snap of herself, obviously wanting to immediately upload to social media. Every time someone walked past behind her and got in her way, she'd give them a really mean stare and quickly look back with a smile into her phone . Another girl I noticed didn't spend quite as long, but she forced herself to laugh in front of her selfie stick obviously trying to capture a giggle mid-motion for social media of course. Anyway, we did have a really good time and visited and admired a lot of things, but it was just one thing we couldn't help but notice. Sad really.
Here's a picture I took on my camera, the ceiling of the Sagrada Família, fantastic place if you haven't visited
.
06 April 2015, 08:55 PM
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No we didn't. We only went for 2 nights and didn't really have time to do anything else. We did Sagrada Familia, Casa Batlló, Park Güell, Chocolate Museum and the Erotic Museum 
. On top of those main attractions we did a boat trip and a lot of walking up and down La Rambla etc . My legs were killing at the end of it all but well worth it!
Anyway, as with any 'tourist' destination, most places are just that, tourist destinations and attractions to rake in the money for suckers like us.
. On top of those main attractions we did a boat trip and a lot of walking up and down La Rambla etc . My legs were killing at the end of it all but well worth it!Anyway, as with any 'tourist' destination, most places are just that, tourist destinations and attractions to rake in the money for suckers like us
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