To wonder if people who always upload selfies are vain or insecure?

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I have a few people on my Facebook who upload selfies of themselves every single day, now these women aren't teenagers in fact one of them is almost 30 so I can't help but wonder to always be uploading selfies are they just vein or really insecure & seek out people's likes & approval? 🤔 Either way it's like a get a bloody hobby 😆

Almost everyone nowadays takes selfies, at the end of the day it's just another way of taking a picture only you can control how good you look.

Selfies allow young women control over their own image. What's so very wrong with that?

I love Derek's take on it above. What's wrong with taking a selfie when you know you look shit hot?

Narcissism, I can't stick it.

why is it narcissism to want to capture your own face?

why is it narcissism to want to capture your own face?

Because feeling to need to look at yourself the whole time is the very definition of narcissism.

I post selfies sometimes, not that often though. I like how I look but don't think I'm particularly vain or insecure. I'm late twenties and most of my social group does this. If I take a nice photo of myself, I share it the same as I would a nice one of my children or dog etc. I'm not ashamed.

What's wrong with looking at yourself?

What's wrong with sending images of yourself into the world that you control to communicate with your peers?

Well of course it's narcissistic! It's whether you think that's a good quality or not.
I've got friends who travel or do sports and they'll occasionally post pics of themselves in front of a temple or doing a nuclear race or out with the DC or something - love it. But I've got a relative who constantly posts pictures of her pouting face in various lights (she's mid 40s)- I think she's an idiot - I can't help it.

Who wants to look at your mug, not me. Family pictures, holidays etc, but not mug shots thanks very much.

I've got A 42-yo neighbour whose FaceBook page is full of pouts and duck-faces.

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why is it narcissism to want to capture your own face?

I suggest you gaze into a limpid pool whilst you think about that....

I'm a runner but don't post race selfies, usually too pre-occupied at the time. I am however tagged in all kinds of gurning race photos from a variety of unflattering angles by various clubs etc.

In our society we constantly look at images of the human face. TV, magazines, film, art.

Historically, we've looked at individuals that our society deems important or valuable in some way. Royalty, politicians, the upper classes, film stars, models, etc, etc.

The difference in the modern world is that he ordinary person gets to put their own image out there too - and has the choice to spend as much and more time pouring over images of themselves, their friends, people they choose to follow - rather than being limited to those individuals that society (by which I mean magazine editors, tv execs) choose for them.

I think that's a very positive thing.

Read this. medium.com/matter/selfie-fe945dcba6b0#.n19g5obu2

It expresses much more complex and eloquent points than I am capable of.

I think it's weird - I know what my friends look like so don't need them to post a photo reminding me.
But then I find photos dull to the extreme.
When people start hauling out their phones to show you a day in legoland I have to stifle a yawn - so yes: that's them by ride A, then ride B and eating an icecream - I mean, I wouldn't follow someone around watching them do this stuff in real life why would I want to look at photos?
And the pictures of people eating pizza in a Pizza Hut - how could anyone be interested in that? It's so mundane.

And I still know what they and their friends look like, so no endless photos please!

I do sometimes wonder what there people would do if they got some sort of facial disfigurement - would their whole lives fall apart?

I can't bear the duck faced selfie face!! Why do people do it? Most of them are old enough to know better too!
We seem to have an image obsessed society with people projecting a false self on social media. Has anyone had a look at Celeste Barber's pictures, she rips the piss out of contrived celeb selfies by doing her own version. Some are hilarious!! 😂

I'm quite fond of a selfie. I'd say I generally post one a week. Sometimes it's with a friend when we're out together, sometimes it's just because I feel good and think I look good so take a photo to reflect it. I don't think that's excessive and tbf the selfies all look very different.

I don't really understand people that post endless ones from the same angle every time with the same sort of look. It's tedious and pointless. Like you posted that shot last week Carol, why do we need to see the same face /hairstyle/pose all over again? (I don't really know anyone called Carol)

Photos you post on fb are permanently there.
So, fine take one beautiful selfie looking shit hot, in a duck pose if that floats your boat. Put it as your profile pic even.

But, why post thousands of identical photos?

That way, anyone who wants to look how shit hot you look can look at it, and you find by bore anyone else shitless by making them look at endless identical photos.

Sometimes people don't want to not follow you, as you might occasionally post something interesting.

I wish there was a button on fb that allowed you to stop seeing selfies of duck pouts, of everyone.

I've got 79 friends on FB and only a couple regularly put up selfies (and when I say regularly I mean once every six months or so!).

It's great being middle aged and sensible .

I put one up of me (my first selfie I've ever even taken) and can't bear to look at it!

What is it with the duck /trout pout? Please don't do it people! You look like a twat!

I take lots of selfies with DD and an occasional one or two of just myself. I used to have bad self esteem and never took selfies - it's since improved, so I feel happier taking and uploading pictures of myself.

I'm 21 though and all my friends are selfie machines too so I don't feel like too much of a sore thumb

I regularly selfie but quire often it's a funny no make up rough as old boots selfie with a burst bin bag and ugh face! It's also proper "ooh I think I look nice" ones. I'm closer to 40 than 20, a mum, serious/pro-social job.
It's a new literacy with social media. Selfie doesn't mean vain, thick or insecure anymore as they are so frequent you have to (gasp) look at details and the bigger picture. Just as tv isn't all trash anymore (though lots of it is).

...and I see a lot of narcissism in the words of (mn clone) "middle class angels" on social media. Projecting an idealised image over and over ... every day.
Then thinking because it isn't a selfie ...