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Title: Nicely put Fred. Post by: RED-DOG on April 12, 2015, 02:54:36 PM "The selfie stick is the lightning rod of narcissism". Howard Jacobson. BBC magazine. Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: byronkincaid on April 12, 2015, 04:10:06 PM they make a lot of sense for tourists imo
Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: RED-DOG on April 12, 2015, 04:58:54 PM they make a lot of sense for tourists imo Oh I think they are great, I want one myself, I just thought the description was good. Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: tikay on April 12, 2015, 05:03:43 PM "The selfie stick is the lightning rod of narcissism". Howard Jacobson. BBC magazine. I never even knew what a "selfie" was until quite recently. The word had a different meaning when I was a young man. Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: RED-DOG on April 14, 2015, 03:17:39 PM "Fortunately, poker players are always very understanding & tolerant". Tony 'tikay' Kendall. Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: Jon MW on April 14, 2015, 03:27:37 PM they make a lot of sense for tourists imo I don't see why - I'm going to New York in September, I'm hoping to not be in any of the photo's. I already know what I look like, why would I need a photo with me in? Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: RED-DOG on April 14, 2015, 03:39:49 PM they make a lot of sense for tourists imo I don't see why - I'm going to New York in September, I'm hoping to not be in any of the photo's. I already know what I look like, why would I need a photo with me in? I assume that you also know what most of the New York landmarks look like, so I guess you won't be photographing any of those either? ;) Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: Jon MW on April 14, 2015, 03:42:20 PM they make a lot of sense for tourists imo I don't see why - I'm going to New York in September, I'm hoping to not be in any of the photo's. I already know what I look like, why would I need a photo with me in? I assume that you also know what most of the New York landmarks look like, so I guess you won't be photographing any of those either? ;) I'll be photographing them to remind me of the trip - they are in that context. I don't need to put myself in that context because they wouldn't exist if I wasn't there. Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: RED-DOG on April 14, 2015, 04:35:07 PM they make a lot of sense for tourists imo I don't see why - I'm going to New York in September, I'm hoping to not be in any of the photo's. I already know what I look like, why would I need a photo with me in? I assume that you also know what most of the New York landmarks look like, so I guess you won't be photographing any of those either? ;) I'll be photographing them to remind me of the trip - they are in that context. I don't need to put myself in that context because they wouldn't exist if I wasn't there. Just photograph your plane ticket. Title: Re: Nicely put Fred. Post by: RED-DOG on April 19, 2015, 10:06:29 AM http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32336808
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