Ever ask a celeb to share a selfie with you?

[tikay]

Which one is Pacman?

[The Camel]

No, never.

I would not have recognized hardly of those people, to be honest, outside of Donald Trump & the 2 boxers.

It's a very strange fixation, wanting a selfie with a celeb, don't you think?

Just think it's a bit rude going up to someone you don't know and asking for them to pose for a picture with you.

Nearest I ever came to doing it:

A friend has this strange "thing" about Shane Warne. At mere mention of his name her whole body starts quivering.

At the Aussie Millions a few years ago I had the fortune of sitting next to Warne in a tournament. My Floppy was doing the upsdates, so I asked him to take a picture of in action, merely so I could make Rebecca puce with envy I was situated that close to her muse for 4 hours..

[The Camel]

I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time this weekend, and got a picture with Pacman.

Click to see full-size image.

When Jake was that age, he was almost always scared of guady cartoon/video game character that came to life like that!

[lucky_scrote]

No, never.

I would not have recognized hardly of those people, to be honest, outside of Donald Trump & the 2 boxers.

It's a very strange fixation, wanting a selfie with a celeb, don't you think?

Just think it's a bit rude going up to someone you don't know and asking for them to pose for a picture with you.

Nearest I ever came to doing it:

A friend has this strange "thing" about Shane Warne. At mere mention of his name her whole body starts quivering.

At the Aussie Millions a few years ago I had the fortune of sitting next to Warne in a tournament. My Floppy was doing the upsdates, so I asked him to take a picture of in action, merely so I could make Rebecca puce with envy I was situated that close to her muse for 4 hours..

Is Rebecca your imaginary friend?

[Nakor]

Which one is Pacman?

The short retuned one is . . .
The bald fella . . .
Not the one displaying fine dress sense . . .

Ahhh I see the issue, I believe the yellow gentleman in red boots is the boxer, I expected him to be slimmer at Welterweight.

[The Camel]

No, never.

I would not have recognized hardly of those people, to be honest, outside of Donald Trump & the 2 boxers.

It's a very strange fixation, wanting a selfie with a celeb, don't you think?

Just think it's a bit rude going up to someone you don't know and asking for them to pose for a picture with you.

Nearest I ever came to doing it:

A friend has this strange "thing" about Shane Warne. At mere mention of his name her whole body starts quivering.

At the Aussie Millions a few years ago I had the fortune of sitting next to Warne in a tournament. My Floppy was doing the upsdates, so I asked him to take a picture of in action, merely so I could make Rebecca puce with envy I was situated that close to her muse for 4 hours..

Is Rebecca your imaginary friend?

Sometimes wish she was imaginary.

[DungBeetle]

My mate has one of him when he was 13 with Jimmy Saville hugging him from behind in a tracksuit.  Close escape!

[arbboy]

Only ever done it once. In the Wynn in Vegas 2012 with nba superstar Kevin Durant.  He is 7 foot tall and he just grabbed the iPad and stuck it out miles in front of us all with his long arms and did the business.  Very friendly guy after we told him we were English. Didn't seem to have too much time for the yanks asking for the same.

[Jon MW]

No, never.

I would not have recognized hardly of those people, to be honest, outside of Donald Trump & the 2 boxers.

It's a very strange fixation, wanting a selfie with a celeb, don't you think?

Yeah I hate it. Taking pictures of famous people is ok. That's always been ok. The new generation want to grab attention and say "Look at me with this famous person"

I have a general dislike of selfies in general - but to be fair it might well be that you make a more pertinent point. If you meet a well known person you admire and have the chance of exchanging a few words with them - it's probably not unreasonable to like the idea of a photo of the two of you together to remind you of the event in future.

The problem is as you've suggested, the main reason for taking the selfie (with or without a celebrity) for most people seems to be  to basically say, "look at me!!!" - it's the intent that I find so annoying rather than the act itself.

I've had a photo taken of me with Terry Pratchett and my girlfriend has had a selfie with Taylor Swift in the past for the former reason - I think even that is a little uncomfortable in my head, in future I'm planning on definitely staying behind the lens only.

Obv I like the idea of selfies. I think they make for great memories.

I take your points on board, but what is the difference between a photo that says "Look at Me" and a post that says "Look at my opinion"?

Isn't the posting equivalent what a lot of 'trolls' do?

Obviously some peoples opinions might almost objectively be valued as almost worthless but the basic answer would be 'depth' (imo).

Even if people have 'bad' or 'wrong' opinions they still have value and the act of discussing and debating them is a worthwhile exercise in itself.

[RED-DOG]

No, never.

I would not have recognized hardly of those people, to be honest, outside of Donald Trump & the 2 boxers.

It's a very strange fixation, wanting a selfie with a celeb, don't you think?

Yeah I hate it. Taking pictures of famous people is ok. That's always been ok. The new generation want to grab attention and say "Look at me with this famous person"

I have a general dislike of selfies in general - but to be fair it might well be that you make a more pertinent point. If you meet a well known person you admire and have the chance of exchanging a few words with them - it's probably not unreasonable to like the idea of a photo of the two of you together to remind you of the event in future.

The problem is as you've suggested, the main reason for taking the selfie (with or without a celebrity) for most people seems to be  to basically say, "look at me!!!" - it's the intent that I find so annoying rather than the act itself.

I've had a photo taken of me with Terry Pratchett and my girlfriend has had a selfie with Taylor Swift in the past for the former reason - I think even that is a little uncomfortable in my head, in future I'm planning on definitely staying behind the lens only.

Obv I like the idea of selfies. I think they make for great memories.

I take your points on board, but what is the difference between a photo that says "Look at Me" and a post that says "Look at my opinion"?

Isn't the posting equivalent what a lot of 'trolls' do?

Obviously some peoples opinions might almost objectively be valued as almost worthless but the basic answer would be 'depth' (imo).

Even if people have 'bad' or 'wrong' opinions they still have value and the act of discussing and debating them is a worthwhile exercise in itself.

I don't disagree, but my point still stands.

[tikay]

No, never.

I would not have recognized hardly of those people, to be honest, outside of Donald Trump & the 2 boxers.

It's a very strange fixation, wanting a selfie with a celeb, don't you think?

Just think it's a bit rude going up to someone you don't know and asking for them to pose for a picture with you.

Nearest I ever came to doing it:

A friend has this strange "thing" about Shane Warne. At mere mention of his name her whole body starts quivering.

At the Aussie Millions a few years ago I had the fortune of sitting next to Warne in a tournament. My Floppy was doing the upsdates, so I asked him to take a picture of in action, merely so I could make Rebecca puce with envy I was situated that close to her muse for 4 hours..

I was in Monte Carlo, at The Café De Paris, & saw John Cleese in a restaurant, on the next table.

And I was DESPERATE to get a photo of him (not with him, just "of him").

I felt I could not ask though, it seemed so rude, & intrusive.

So, instead, I sort of took a sneaky photo, without him knowing.

And, in a way, that seemed even more rude somehow.

[booder]

I was lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time this weekend, and got a picture with Pacman.

Click to see full-size image.

Diet appears to be working mate. You look remarkably slimline. Well done.

[Marky147]

No, never.

I would not have recognized hardly of those people, to be honest, outside of Donald Trump & the 2 boxers.

It's a very strange fixation, wanting a selfie with a celeb, don't you think?

Just think it's a bit rude going up to someone you don't know and asking for them to pose for a picture with you.

Nearest I ever came to doing it:

A friend has this strange "thing" about Shane Warne. At mere mention of his name her whole body starts quivering.

At the Aussie Millions a few years ago I had the fortune of sitting next to Warne in a tournament. My Floppy was doing the upsdates, so I asked him to take a picture of in action, merely so I could make Rebecca puce with envy I was situated that close to her muse for 4 hours..

I was in Monte Carlo, at The Café De Paris, & saw John Cleese in a restaurant, on the next table.

And I was DESPERATE to get a photo of him (not with him, just "of him").

I felt I could not ask though, it seemed so rude, & intrusive.

So, instead, I sort of took a sneaky photo, without him knowing.

And, in a way, that seemed even more rude somehow.

At least the selfie hunters ask

[cambridgealex]

No, never.

I would not have recognized hardly of those people, to be honest, outside of Donald Trump & the 2 boxers.

It's a very strange fixation, wanting a selfie with a celeb, don't you think?

Just think it's a bit rude going up to someone you don't know and asking for them to pose for a picture with you.

Nearest I ever came to doing it:

A friend has this strange "thing" about Shane Warne. At mere mention of his name her whole body starts quivering.

At the Aussie Millions a few years ago I had the fortune of sitting next to Warne in a tournament. My Floppy was doing the upsdates, so I asked him to take a picture of in action, merely so I could make Rebecca puce with envy I was situated that close to her muse for 4 hours..

I was in Monte Carlo, at The Café De Paris, & saw John Cleese in a restaurant, on the next table.

And I was DESPERATE to get a photo of him (not with him, just "of him").

I felt I could not ask though, it seemed so rude, & intrusive.

So, instead, I sort of took a sneaky photo, without him knowing.

And, in a way, that seemed even more rude somehow.

But photos of the person alone mean nothing?

If IanGas just posted loads of pictures of celebrities we'd think that was a bit odd, he could have just googled them, the pictures mean nothing. However when we see him standing next to David Beckham, Jess Ennis etc, it's a "wow you met x, awesome" reaction rather than "oh look thats a picture of x".

If I met a famous person I'd definitely ask them for a selfie, and I'm not ashamed to admit that!

This is my best effort, which is pretty poor.

[Jon MW]

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But photos of the person alone mean nothing?

If IanGas just posted loads of pictures of celebrities we'd think that was a bit odd, he could have just googled them, the pictures mean nothing. However when we see him standing next to David Beckham, Jess Ennis etc, it's a "wow you met x, awesome" reaction rather than "oh look thats a picture of x".
...

That was my point - if I take a photo of someone famous I admire, I do it for me. I don't do it because I want other people to admire the photo, only because I admire the person.

And I know I took the photo - I don't care what other people think.