For anyone who is waving a selfie stick, the whole planet is just his little phone screen, regardless of who and what's around.Selfie sticks have started off like a wildfire ever since they were first found in China sometime late last summer.Called "the most controversial present of 2014" by New York Times as well as on the other hand, "the best creation of 2014" by TIME magazine, take better selfies that is a point of controversy for most individuals. Some call it the "Narcissus' team" or the somewhat poetic "solipsistic."
However, I just simply believe that using it makes one like a pig mind.I spent fourteen days in Brazil last winter. But the time turned out to be only watching people taking selfie shots which has become a national passion for competitive soccer.This made other passengers inside the already-crowded cable car very uneasy.I will never forget the woman at a spectacular northeastern shore who never took her eyes off from her extended phone. She carefully waded into the warm ocean water when holding her selfie stick at the ideal angle. She posed, smiled, angled her head and posed again until she found a satisfactory angle and clicked on the button. Not once did she set her to stick down to swim in the water. I took a picture of her eventually.
The selfie stick situation is so mad that Rio's major samba schools banned them through Carnaval. As one samba school manager told O Globo, "Harmony is crucial for the team. If people stop to take pictures, so they are not moving or singing.In New York, some museums have banned selfie stick use because they're distracting and annoying to other people as well as possibly damaging the arts, writes Sarah Hampson from the Globe and Mail. They also have been banned in football grounds in the United Kingdom.What drives me mad is how incredibly narcissistic the selfie stick users are. When someone is stuck on their mobile phone camera and selfie adhere, they view the entire world as a possible photo op.
They are in mad pursuit of that ideal selfie where they will look fabulous and garner lots of feel-good enjoys on social networking. They'll do anything to get it.Hampson asked a selfie stick salesperson when he feels self-conscious while using it. His reply: "Only if you care what people think." But that, Hampson, points out, would be the problem: "There are other individuals in the world apart from you."
The selfie stick fans cannot really see what is going on around them. Recording their presence at a certain moment is your top priority than making eye contact with people or stepping into the distance. The history or beauty or cultural differences before their eyes are unquestionably ignored.Sure, a selfie rod means a person can snap away without needing to ask passersby to shoot photos for them.But why is that a bad thing? I am one of those rare folks who still stop strangers for a film on the event, and it may result in short, interesting conversations.