GTKY: Selfies

Re: GTKY: Selfies

• Pepper6 member

  March 2014

  I have not heard the song, but I generally dislike selfies.  It's one thing if they are for a purpose (ie HDBD) or if they are commemorating something (ie, I've taken selfies of H and I on vacation when there's no one to ask to take a pic for us).

  
  

  But random..."Look at me in my car!" or "OMG I just have to post this random bathroom selfie!"  Then no...I can't stand them.

  Report19 Reply
• Loading the player...
• nunzchucks member

  March 2014

  Ha! I take them with DD sometimes so I'm guilty, too!

  Report0 Reply
• nunzchucks member

  March 2014

  @Pepper6 *disclaimer* HDBD is excluded cause I freaking love that day - selfie it up!

  Report1 Reply
• curlylocks3 member

  March 2014

  I only take bare belly selfies.

    
  О Привязать! Z!

  The Science Babies debuted 5/6/14 @ 34 weeks
  

  Report6 Reply
• puttyeast member

  March 2014

  I was concerned this thread was going to ask me to post a selfie. I don't do it because I feel the angle is always unflattering!
  

  
  

  

  Report2 Reply
• erind228 member

  March 2014

  I heard that song today for the first time. I couldn't even listen to the whole thing. Horrendous. I only take selfies on Wednesday, and sometimes with my kids.

  Report1 Reply
• curlylocks3 member

  March 2014

  Does it really count as a selfie if there are other people in the picture? I vote no....same for pets because I have a ridiculous number of pictures with the cat.

    
  О Привязать! Z!

  The Science Babies debuted 5/6/14 @ 34 weeks
  

  Report5 Reply
• nunzchucks member

  March 2014

  puttyeast said:

  I was concerned this thread was going to ask me to post a selfie. I don't do it because I feel the angle is always unflattering!
  

  Katie Couric once had someone on her show give a tutorial on taking flattering selfies. Maybe this would help you hehe

  Report1 Reply
• puttyeast member

  March 2014

  For everyone's benefit. Thanks @LilNunz1
  
  https://katiecouric.com/videos/how-to-take-the-perfect-selfie/
  

  
  

  

  Report2 Reply
• MSUMands member

  March 2014

  I'm not a fan of any selfies, but the WORST offender is the selfie posted with any variation of the captain "Ugh, feeling ugly today" or "I forgot to wear makeup :-(" SO MUCH AW!
  
  
  

  
  
  

  Report11 Reply
• arekeweg member

  March 2014

  The only selfies I've ever taken are for HDBD.

  
  

  
  

  Report0 Reply
• lest12 member

  March 2014

  I'll take and post them with DH or my sister or something, but never just me.

   

         

  Report0 Reply
• PinkKEL9 member

  March 2014

  I've only started taking them since being pregnant. We have a lot of family and friends that live far  away that keep asking for belly pics. 

  

  
  

  
  

  Emery Elizabeth

  Due Date: June 5, 2014

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Report0 Reply
• flerlgirl member

  March 2014

  I don't see the point. It's just awkward. "I look so good today that I think everyone needs to take a moment to appreciate it. But they can't see me...what to do, what to do.... AHA! Take an awkward picture of myself either smiling ginormously or making a pouty face!" Yyyyyeah. No.

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not new. I just hate The Bump. 
  
  

  Join us

  Report7 Reply
• LaurelJoy91 member

  March 2014

  SS. I used to take selfies back in high school when Myspace was popular.... I don't think I've taken a photo of myself in at least a year though.

  

  
  

  
  

  Report1 Reply
• nunzchucks member

  March 2014

  puttyeast said:

  For everyone's benefit. Thanks @LilNunz1
  
  https://katiecouric.com/videos/how-to-take-the-perfect-selfie/
  

  I love that you found it, @puttyeast!

  Report0 Reply
• temursgirl member

  March 2014

  The only selfies I've taken are while pregnant and while shopping for my wedding, and none of those are on FB.  I have been in other people's selfies, so I guess that's kind of like taking one?

      

  
  

  
  

  

  Report0 Reply
• chickpea912 member

  March 2014

  curlylocks3 said:

  I only take bare belly selfies.

  I double dog dare you to nude it up!

  
  

  I take a thousand pictures of M, and once in a while I remember that there should be some photographic evidence that I was in her life, and that usually results in a selfie (with kid).  Other than that, and HDBD, I don't really take selfies.

  

          

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Chat!                       General Cloth Diaper Information          

  Report3 Reply
• JNerd member

  March 2014

  I know a few people IRL that totally rely on the validation of internet strangers for *everything*. 6-8 selfies a day, 2-4 pics per post. 
  Clearly self esteem issues at play. 

  The humble-brag/validation is super transparent too. 

  Report11 Reply
• Read247 member

  March 2014

  If you take a picture of your dog you can't call it Fluffy's selfie.  Fluffy didn't take a picture of himself, therefore NOT a selfie...

   

  Report7 Reply
• cMichelle0423 member

  March 2014

  I haven't taken a selfie since DS was born. I don't know why, but I feel weird taking selfies now that I'm a mother.

  Report0 Reply
• liberty95 member

  March 2014

  When I hear "selfie" I think of someone taking a solo pic of themselves.
  
  If someone else is in the photo then I my opinion is it is jut a photo, there just happened to be no one around to take it.
  Yes, yes, technically, the subject took the photo him/herself, but i still reserve selfie for the classic "duck face in a skimpy outfit in a random bathroom/car/bedroom" type photo.

  
   
  

  Report3 Reply
• supgabs member

  March 2014

  I have not heard it but I generally only listen to country and classic rock 

  
  

  Follow us at Caring Bridge 
  

  Report0 Reply
• wtfisup member

  March 2014

  If something makes someone feel good and assists with some need they have, I don't care. It's not for me to judge or have an opinion about. And if someone is taking a selfie because they feel confident that day, kudos to them. A lot of young women spend a period of life feeling insecure before reaching a point of self-acceptance in which they go trough a stage of some form of prideful displays, and that's fine with me. The need to judge others for having excess pride or sense of self isn't something I'm into. Women have been taught to attack other women for a long time, to criticize their appearance if they don't try and their vanity if they do. It doesn't benefit anyone.

  
  

  
  
  

  Report2 Reply
• Read247 member

  March 2014

  

  I think it's all about how you present yourself. If you take a picture because you're feeling beautiful and confident I think it shows. If you take a picture of yourself in a bra with your lips poking out like some kind of living blow up doll.. well, you know what you look like and you know exactly what you're presenting to the world. I don't feel guilty for judging something that was posted specifically for that purpose. Men may find that vapid over sexualized image of a woman attractive, but I don't. There's a difference between being classy and being trashy.

  
  

   

  Report9 Reply
• Cherylwang member

  March 2014

  I never take selfies to post. I do take them with my kids and only send to my husband while he's at work.

  Report1 Reply
• flerlgirl member

  March 2014

  DS just learned how to take selfies. I was pretty proud. 

  
  

  
  
  
  

  
  I'm not new. I just hate The Bump. 
  
  

  Join us

  Report7 Reply