# Selfie Stick user, stick it up yourself! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 18, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573 "2014-12-18T15:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/41 "2014-12-18T21:06:18Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Which is, I guess, mostly a round-about way of me say that you’re a fucking moron who lacks even the most tenuous understanding of human emotion and motivation. Did you miss the part where I clearly stated > [@](#): > > “I’d like a photo that has _you_ in it” I can sort of grasp. Personally, though I’ve lost both of my parents young and both in horrendous agony and suffering (grief-tennis anyone) I don’t feel any need to review pictures of them. I know that others do (my wife in particular). Each to their own. If you can’t filter hyperbole from fact then I suspect the pit is not for you. ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/42 "2014-12-18T21:10:23Z")
You know that sometimes people take pictures so other people get to enjoy them, right? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/43 "2014-12-18T21:13:42Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Selfies taken at solemn events such as funerals do seem pretty stupid. (If that ever actually happens.) Never underestimate the stupidity of [people](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/14/helle-thorning-schmidt-selfie-mandela-denmark) ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/44 "2014-12-18T21:15:19Z")
> [@Novelty\_Bobble](#): > > If you can’t filter hyperbole from fact then I suspect the pit is not for you. Yeah, **Miller** , the Pit really isn’t the place for you… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/45 "2014-12-18T21:17:05Z")
> [@CinnamonBabka](#): > > You know that sometimes people take pictures so other people get to enjoy them, right? I suspect that taking a selfie is done far more for the benefit of the selfie taker. The clue is in the name. Just in case it isn’t clear…I’m not against the concept of photography that contains other humans. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/46 "2014-12-18T21:20:45Z")
I got the selfie stick I know if I can hit once, I can hit twice I hit the baddest chicks Shorty don’t believe me, then come with me tonight And I’ll show you maaagic (What? What?) Maaagic I got the selfie stick ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/47 "2014-12-18T21:23:19Z")
So when you see someone take a picture of themselves, you automatically assume that they’re doing it for selfish reasons? Do you give them the opportunity to show you otherwise? Have selfie-takers done anything to you, personally, that warrants this kind of cynicism? ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/48 "2014-12-18T21:27:36Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Me am SDMB member! Me no understand and me no like normal human customs! > > Why take picture of meself at interesting place? It make me angry! > > Also, me hate sports and no understand why anyone do anything that me no like to do! Me think something wrong with others who no have my preferences! I’m bookmarking this. I think it will come in very handy around this place. I bet the OP still has a rotary phone too, amirite? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/49 "2014-12-18T21:30:36Z")
> [@CinnamonBabka](#): > > So when you see someone take a picture of themselves, you automatically assume that they’re doing it for selfish reasons? yes > [@](#): > > Do you give them the opportunity to show you otherwise? what…speak to them? Are you serious? > [@](#): > > Have selfie-takers done anything to you, personally, that warrants this kind of cynicism? My specific beef is with those who get in my way for purpose of taking said selfie. They deserve scorn and a withering glance. All other selfie takers can please themselves (as I very much suspect they are) ---
**Author:** ![caused\_two](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/46a35a/32.png) [@caused\_two](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caused_two)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/50 "2014-12-18T21:34:27Z")
Is selfie not just short for [self portrait](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-portrait)? ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/51 "2014-12-18T21:34:42Z")
> [@White SIFL](#): > > I’m bookmarking this. I think it will come in very handy around this place. > > I bet the OP still has a rotary phone too, amirite? > 😉 To be fair, those statements cover about 95% of SDMB postings so it is generally true for most situations. As for the phone…no. I’m very much a technophile but the whole social media/facebook/twitter stuff leaves me cold. I think the selfie is probably part of that so no wonder that I have little patience with it. ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/52 "2014-12-18T21:35:10Z")
So everyone who takes a picture of themselves is a selfish prick because a few people have wasted precious seconds by having the audacity to do so in your path, and you make no effort to verify your thought. Have you considered that _you’re_ the selfish prick here? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/53 "2014-12-18T21:38:48Z")
No, you misunderstand: the OP really doesn’t care about selfies, except to the point that he’s said repeatedly how awful they are. But he doesn’t care about them one whit. Except that they make him angry. But he still doesn’t care about them. ---
**Author:** ![Norse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a9adbd/32.png) [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/54 "2014-12-18T21:40:00Z")
> [@Rhythmdvl](#): > > Of course there’s a [relevant XKCD](http://xkcd.com/1314/)about this. In this case, there’s a more relevant [Oatmeal comic](http://theoatmeal.com/comics/selfies). ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/55 "2014-12-18T21:41:00Z")
Reminds me of my ex. Always loves to let me know how over the relationship he is. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/56 "2014-12-18T21:45:56Z")
> [@CinnamonBabka](#): > > So everyone who takes a picture of themselves is a selfish prick because a few people have wasted precious seconds by having the audacity to do so in your path, and you make no effort to verify your thought. Clearly you haven’t visited very crowded places lately, have you? I was at Disneyworld during Thanksgiving and did my level best not to take one of those sticks and put them where the Sun don’t shine. ---
**Author:** ![Calatin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/439d5e/32.png) [@Calatin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calatin)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/57 "2014-12-18T21:54:29Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > Clearly you haven’t visited very crowded places lately, have you? I was at Disneyworld during Thanksgiving and did my level best not to take one of those sticks and put them where the Sun don’t shine. Except that the thread / topic evolved from people who use those sticks (something I’d find really annoying, if they were waving them around without consideration of those around them) to the concept of selfies in general. ---
**Author:** ![CinnamonBabka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bbce88/32.png) [@CinnamonBabka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CinnamonBabka)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/58 "2014-12-18T21:56:14Z")
I’m sorry that people were inconsiderate toward you and your family at Disney World. I’m still not seeing how that makes people who take pictures of themselves selfish. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/59 "2014-12-18T22:11:05Z")
> [@CinnamonBabka](#): > > So everyone who takes a picture of themselves is a selfish prick That would be horribly harsh, glad I never said that. > [@](#): > > because a few people have wasted precious seconds by having the audacity to do so in your path yes, those people are selfish and thoughtless. Even more so when they wave a stick around to do it. > [@](#): > > and you make no effort to verify your thought. Who on earth would do that? > [@](#): > > Have you considered that _you’re_ the selfish prick here? considered it and dismissed it almost immediately. I use my wife as a yardstick here. A more sweet natured and forgiving person you’d be hard pushed to find. In over 25 years together she has never shied away from pulling me up my own faults. In London on the day in question she was even more pissed off than I was. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2014, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selfie-stick-user-stick-it-up-yourself/707573/60 "2014-12-18T22:13:58Z")
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