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To say that this is an acceptable way to take a selfie?

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Selfiedisagreement · 02/12/2025 17:45

(Light-hearted - name changed for this)

Please, dear Mumsnetters, help me to resolve this disagreement with my friend.

They say there are only two acceptable types of photos: scenes (eg of the pyramids or the Taj Mahal) or selfies. It has to be one or the other.

I say you can have a selfie with scenery in the background.

Who is right?

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To say that this is an acceptable way to take a selfie?
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Original poster
Selfiedisagreement · 02/12/2025 18:10

lottiegarbanzo · 02/12/2025 18:08

What about photos with other people in them? Do other people exist to your friend?

Those photos haven't come up in conversation, tbh.

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CandyCayne · 02/12/2025 18:09

friedaddedchilli · 02/12/2025 18:00

Honestly, I think a selfie which is just of one person is self-regarding beyond belief. Two people, to commemorate being together, ok. Landscape in the background, now you’re talking.

I have a friend who endlessly posts selfies of herself and her husband, as though we don’t know what they look like. I always want to say “turn the damn camera around for once!”

How does the landscape in the background make it any less self-regarding?

If it wasn't self-regarding it'd just be a photo of a landscape.

lottiegarbanzo · 02/12/2025 18:08

What about photos with other people in them? Do other people exist to your friend?

CryMyEyesViolet · 02/12/2025 18:06

A selfie with no background is not an acceptable photo. What’s the point? Who wants a picture you’ve taken of yourself sat on the sofa?

I also insist on a person getting in on landscape photos - there’s no point taking a photo that I can google, get someone in it so it’s interesting to look back on!

Original poster
Selfiedisagreement · 02/12/2025 18:02

@friedaddedchilli

Just what I think, thank you! 😁

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friedaddedchilli · 02/12/2025 18:00

Honestly, I think a selfie which is just of one person is self-regarding beyond belief. Two people, to commemorate being together, ok. Landscape in the background, now you’re talking.

I have a friend who endlessly posts selfies of herself and her husband, as though we don’t know what they look like. I always want to say “turn the damn camera around for once!”

Original poster
Selfiedisagreement · 02/12/2025 17:52

FrenchBunionSoup · 02/12/2025 17:51

There are already loads of great photos of just the pyramids. If I'm looking at someone's photos I'd rather see them with the pyramids in the background.

Yes!!!!

(And I love your username. But I will never look at that soup in the same way again... 😁)

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FrenchBunionSoup · 02/12/2025 17:51

There are already loads of great photos of just the pyramids. If I'm looking at someone's photos I'd rather see them with the pyramids in the background.

Original poster
Selfiedisagreement · 02/12/2025 17:50

Thanks @mumofoneAloneandwell

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 02/12/2025 17:49

Yanbu, its perfectly fine to take a selfie in front of a landmark 😭

Original poster
Selfiedisagreement · 02/12/2025 17:49

Thanks @millymollymoomoo !

One vote for me! 😁

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millymollymoomoo · 02/12/2025 17:47

I would always prefer a selfie with a background feature of some sort !