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No. 170678

Hey /g/irls, maybe you can help me to understand selfies and selfie culture. I've never been able to figure out how people take so many selfies all the time. I dress up often and even consider myself as part of a fashion but I just don't feel inclined to take selfies at all. Is something wrong with me? Why can't I get into selfie culture?

No. 170679

For me it's a preservatory function. I've never seen any photos of my mother and father when they were young, not a single one, but when I'm older I want lots and lots of pictures of myself and my partner to share and look back on.

No. 170680

>>170679
It's the same for me. I have no photos of my family when they were younger, and I have maybe 10 baby photos of myself and less than that of my teen years. I used to hate taking photos but now I wish I had so I could look back on memories. Even if it's a stupid selfie with friends or something dumb in the background I can still cherish it when I'm older.

No. 170681

For me personally I'm often tempted to take selfies because only recently have I begun to appreciate my own looks (lost some weight, got better with makeup and dressing myself). I don't really post them anywhere but I like taking selfies so that I'll have nice pictures of me before I inevitably get addicted to meth or whatever.

No. 170682

Narcissism? I don't know but there have been studies linking selfies and being a narcissist.

No. 170683

I take selfies almost every day but I haven't actually published any of them.

For me they're a sort of "body check". I just wonder, what do I really look like in the eyes of others today? Generally, the answer is a literal turd.
Even if I miraculously get a really nice picture I feel like it isn't "accurate" and people who know me IRL will just judge me because I'm falsely representing myself. So yeah that's the story of how I haven't changed my profile picture in over two years now.

No. 170684

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I don't take selfies because I don't use social media and I hate my face. If I was prettier I'm sure I'd take a bunch.

No. 170685

>>170684
That picture triggers me

No. 170686

I take pics for my bf. Whenever i put makeup on and feel good about myself i will take one for him or when he just simply asks for me

No. 170687

I only take selfies together with my friends and usually it's when we're drunk.

No. 170688

Selfie are fucking retarded. It's the most pitiful, narcissistic photography fad ever.
People will be SO embarrassed in 15 yrs- but it will be too late! Y'all dumb fcks plastered that shit all over the Internet like there wasn't gonna be a reckoning; now your great grandkids will have to hide the shame of drunk granny in her skivies smiling retarded into a mirror while fake-eating a cookie.

No. 170689

>>170688
Well its not like the "fad" of selfies wasn't around awhile back. I think some people are just overdoing it. As for the embarrassed part I don't think they will be. When you look back on photos of yourself as a kid running around butt naked you dont go "oh my god I hope no one sees this". It all depends on the person though I suppose.

No. 170690

>>170683
Ah.. man, this really speaks to me, on the body checking & also thinking my friends are judging me for the photos I post. I don't look "accurate" in good selfies. In a picture I get to hide what I don't like and show what I do like.

Thankfully, I've met a lot of people over the internet and none have mentioned my photos looking inaccurate. I think as long as you don't edit your face or put excessive filters over selfies, you're good.

No. 170691

>>170688
It's just self-photography: don't act so self righteous. You are not smarter, more humble, or less shallow than someone for abstaining from taking selfies. I'm not saying most people who take excessive selfies aren't narcissistic or vapid, but holding a holier-than-thou attitude towards something so trivial doesn't make you look that much better than them.

In 15 years most of us won't be embarrassed about our pouty lips and snapchat filters, but we will be stressing over how we've aged, looking back bittersweetly on our youth.

No. 170692

The only picture I have of myself is on My ID. If I go missing with that on me then there's nothing to put on the evening news.

I think I'm not pretty and don't want to be judged for my face. I already judge it enough daily myself. So I will not take pics. I also don't want people finding the pics online, realising they know me from somewhere and bothering me.

I don't really have anything that takes a pic other than my 3DS. I have an old cellphone but it's from an era where cameras were low quality. It's all I need because I just use it to make the occasional call. So I lack the equipment for a photo that would be acceptable even if I wanted to take pics.

I think a lot of it is attention whoring. I see selfies with captions like "Me without makeup. So ugly" or "I am so fat" from girls who are neither fat or ugly. They want asspats to brighten their day.

Then there are the ones who are fat and ugly who post pics of themselves and talk about how they love their rolls and curves and look so hot. Then the rest their pods swims on over to their instagram and asspats them.

Everyone else… I just don't get why you want your face floating around the internet for strangers to see.

I don't feel the need for the attention. And I don't want to keep extensive visual records of myself. I don't think I'm valuable enough and I don't want to look back at myself decades from now and wonder why I didn't do this or that to keep myself up to standards. I will never ever be comfortable with the way I look. I'm just not appealing enough to myself.

Personally I hate photos in general. I think memories belong in your head. Most people don't feel that way though. I like the internet to be faceless. If someone sends me a pic I usually don't look at it. I guess I just like everything as anon as possible.

No. 170693

Selfies are idiotic but harmless. They're like obvious intelligence tests I can see people failing at a distance. I've heard women argue "Look at art history - all about naked chicks and now that we're directing our own gaze people have a problem with it?!" Personally I think that's bs - what people don't like is fucking obvious, over the top narcissism which is exactly what selfies are. No one, and I mean no one, cares as much about how you look as you do.

No. 170694

>>170689
>>170689
that's because you were a baby and didn't take the photos.

imagine finding your mum's naked butt selfie taken in the mirror.

No. 170695

>>170693

So you believe it's not possible to be both narcissistic and intelligent/successful?

No. 170696

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>>170688

lmaaaooo I kno rite? look at this vain, narcissistic cuntbag, u tell em girlfriend xD

No. 170697

I hate to knock something that helps people feel better about themselves, but I find the sharing of selfies on social media really embarrassing. I considered disabling my Snapchat (which I and my social groups are too fucking old for anyway) because I got sick of selfies being flung in my direction all the time. They're not even doing anything exciting or on vacation…just random selfies with the occasional ugly bf thrown in I'm a bitch I know

Also I look like shit in photos due to slight esotropia that for some reason gets REALLY obvious when I'm photographed, as well as being a tard who can't pose or smile, so selfies don't benefit me anyway.

No. 170698

I legit believe the people that repeatedly complain about selfiesare people who're usually just too ugly or unconfident to take their own.

Nothing wrong with appreciation of your image. Human beings are marvelous little creatures, spectacular in both design and formation. Why shouldn't you photograph your self and catalogue its many wonders through the aging process?

No. 170699

>>170698

>also I look like shit in photos due to slight esotropia

Hahaha oh wow, I was right >>170697

No. 170700

>>170695
I don't think I've ever met a smart narcissist so yes. You can't be that intelligent if you spend 90% of your mental energy on superficial shit.

No. 170701

>>170699
Ugly anon you're replying to here.

I have no problem with the concept of selfies. It's the over-the-topness that a lot of people end up falling into that bugs me. Share a photo of you at Waikiki, cool. Share 500 photos of you making weird faces in your bedroom … I don't think I'm out of line for finding that embarrassing.

There's a difference.

No. 170702

>>170700

90% is quite the statistic Anon, I'd love to see the accredited data to back that up.
You think there are no narcissistic people at university getting their BA, doing a Masters or PHDs? Really?

No. 170703

>>170700

>I don't think I've ever met a smart narcissist so yes

Ofc you have, you just probably didn't realise that they were a narcissist because they're intelligent.

People with ASPD for example, one violent act away from the sociopathy categorisation, tend to be exceptionally intelligent overachievers, but are also the greatest narcissists. It's why so many of them end up in business as CEO's and shit.
This entire world is ran by 'smart narcissists'; you're just too dumb to recognise it.

No. 170704

I love seeing outfit of the day photos and follow people for them but jesus christ for some reason I really hate selfies. I don't like watching peoples' faces on my feed. They're boring and somehow make me uncomfortable, especially if I don't know the person.

But I especially hate it when people try to come up with excuses to post their face with something like a "makeup test" with the same makeup they do every day. I guess I just think selfies lack imagination and interesting details in comparison to something like OOTD/coordination photos unless it's to show off a new hairstyle or something. Like I said, they're boring to look at. It's just someone's face. I don't want them cluttering up my feed.

As a side note I also hate fitness body selfies for the same reason - they're vain and boring. I get it, you have a generic fit body. I'm sure you're proud and want to show off your work, but I don't care.

No. 170705

>>170700
Sounds like someone bases their understanding of a personality disorder on pop culture. How lazy.

No. 170706

>>170703
The business world gets called out for that constantly, and yet people conveniently ignore another field filled with narcissists and psychopaths: politics.

Sage for OT, it just gets my goat to hear about greedy CEOs blah blah blah and never hear a word about politicians. As though they are angels.

No. 170707

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i'm not pretty, i hate the way i look, even though i know i am not completely and utterly ugly. but i can only see my flaws when i see pictures of myself, and they make me feel so bad i hate myself. i never take pictures of myself, and try my best to avoid anyone else taking a picture of me also. i have no pictures of myself on my facebook or my flickr, and if someone managed to force me into a group picture or something and tags me, i remove it from my wall.

seeing pictures of myself makes me feel horrible, i don't understand how true uggos, hamplanets and those hairy autistic tumblr chicks can stomach seeing pictures of themselves let alone plastering them all over the internet. its mind boggling to me.

No. 170708

>>170706

Uh gurl, you're forgetting something. Politicians and businessman are one and the same, that's why I didn't define them.

No. 170709

Selfie is a pop culture thing. A popular trend(eg:ariana grande in focus)instagram is full of it. Its kinda like the "norm" Everywhere you go you'll see someone whipping their phone out.people take selfies for many reasons
>they feel good
>memories
>attention
also the word "selfie" can mean a picture taken by oneself (eg:taking a picture of food) may be considered "selfie" depending on the person
But from what I understand "selfie" is just a pic taken by you

Well at least thats what I think

No. 170710

I've taken 2 selfies in my life, one bc new hair and the other bc actually wore a nice outfit. They were awful, got the bf to take the hair pic for me (friends wanted to see it) but generally I stay away from photos unless they're unavoidable. Even then I am always pulling a stupid face somehow (ok it's just my normal face but I don't photograph well at all). A family member recently surprised me with a selfie and it legit looked like she was taking a patient out for the day…

No. 170711

>>170710
To clarify, got the bf to take a pic for me bc the one I took was fucking awful

No. 170712

>>170708
There are unholy alliances and revolving doors between the politics/public and business/private worlds, but I wouldn't say that they're literally one in the same. Maybe I'm misunderstanding your point.

This is not the place to discuss the issue, but people do complain about shady business practices and lobbying and whatnot as though they exist in a vacuum, completely ignoring the politicians and legislators who participate in enabling it.

Or they do the thing where they think certain politicians are Jesus and will magically solve the world's problems by (fill in the blank with simplistic solution). Nope. They're narcissists and sociopaths looking out for themselves. At least CEOs don't pretend to do otherwise.

/rant

No. 170713

>>170709
I always thought that 'selfie' was short for 'self-portrait'. Video related. So in that case, food or landscape pictures don't apply, it's only when you're taking a pic of your 'makeup on fleek' or whatever.

No. 170714

>>170713
omg the phrase "on fleek" makes me want to strangle someone.

No. 170715

>>170713
Samfag here. I will never understand why people tag their food #selfie or other stuff,agree what you said but first let me take a selfie inserts emoji

No. 170716

>>170715
ikr.
the actresses in this video hit the nail on the head.

their lines and delivery are to a farmer as nails on a chalkboard.

No. 170717

>>170712

What I'm basically saying is that politicians are the same as businessmen. Almost every single politician in the West has got their hand in one cookie jar or another and uses their power of office to pass legislation that benefits in more than one way the various companies and corporations they control or posses shares in.

No. 170718

>>170713

The lyrics to this make me want to blow my fucking brains out, but it's bloody excellent workout music. Dat drop.

No. 170719

I hope you ugly girls can learn to be ok with your appearance, even if it doesn't fit some standard. It's sad you avoid pictures and tear others down for being self-confident to do what you can't. I think excessive and uninteresting selfies are a sign of boredom and attention seeking, but generally it's a nice thing. The only other time you can see yourself besides a reflection. If it's something that just doesn't appeal to you, that's fine and you're not abnormal.

No. 170720

>>170719
>you ugly girls
>it's sad you tear others down

No. 170721

>>170720
I don't necessarily think they're ugly since I don't even know what they look like. I'm just going off of the above posts of people's self-described unattractive-ness. It genuinely makes me kind of sad that people think only attractive faces are worthy of being in photos, it's warped the value we place on it and the amount of shame people shouldn't be feeling for the way they look.

No. 170722

Im fat and ugly so sadly op this might be your case too

No. 170723

>>170700
>>170702
>>170703
>>170705
lmao what the fuck is the argument here? Call me narcissistic, that's fine, but don't you DARE call me dumb for taking selfies?

No. 170724

>>170723
Struck a nerve? Sorry I think taking selfies is indicative of low IQ. There's bound to be some intelligent people doing it's them minority, you speshul snoeauflake.

No. 170725

>>170723
>>170724
You missed their point, anon… They're saying, the ones in here going yeah ok call me a narcissist for loving selfies freak out when they get called dumb for loving selfies. So they're okay being accused of having a mental illness, but not stupid! Logic!


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