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To hate photos and selfies

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ThinThighsPlease · 26/05/2019 07:39

Used to get asked to constantly stop what I'm doing to pose for pictures or group pictures for social media etc. I put up with about 5 incidents on a recent trip because I didn't want to be grumpy but ended up snapping the head off my mates and told them to fuck off and stop bothering me.

I hate being interrupted to pose for photos, I hate posing full stop especially as when I'm forced to I just look like a constipated ferret half way through squeezing out a massive shit.

I don't take selfies, I don't take pictures of my dinner. If somebody attached a camera to me and I went all around the world I'd probably take five pictures. None of which anyone would give a shit about anyway because it's my moment that can't be captured on screen. If I got married I'd save a fortune on photography!

I've a friend who documents so much of his life through a camera "capturing the memory" he probably won't actually have any...

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redcarbluecar · 26/05/2019 07:41

Not unreasonable- your preference and your choice. Our world is photo crazy and sometimes people need a reminder that not everyone loves it.

Cariadne · 26/05/2019 07:50

Yanbu to hate photos but Yabu for telling your friends to fuck off.

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ThinThighsPlease · 26/05/2019 08:01

Oh that's just what we're like I promise no offence was taken 😊

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Itsnotmesothere · 26/05/2019 08:56

YANBU. There's a happy medium. I don't like the look of selfies, imo the subject always looks a bit strange. I hate it on Face Book when people are like "here's a shameless selfie." Urgh. Then everyone tells them they look gorgeous. Please don't encourage it.

brokenpromisesorlies · 26/05/2019 08:59

YABU.. one day you’ll be glad to have the memories to look back on! Grin

Damntheman · 26/05/2019 09:01

Yanbu to hate photos but you are to judge others for doing it.

As for memories. When my father's Parkinson's set in he didn't really HAVE any memories unless someone showed him his old photos and then things would come back to him. It was a real joy to see how those photos brought him back. So relying on human memory alone to make those memories? Not always smart.

Vulpine · 26/05/2019 09:01

I do t take selfies or photos of my food but I happily comply with others photo needs. It only takes a few seconds

LagunaBubbles · 26/05/2019 09:06

I've a friend who documents so much of his life through a camera "capturing the memory" he probably won't actually have any...

Well of course yanbu if you don't like photos but don't judge others because they do! The way you write this sounds quite nasty, nothing wrong with taking photos to capture memories, it takes seconds to take a photo so you are being ridicolous saying he won't have any memories! I did a big USA holiday, took 100s of photos and love having them to look back on.

RaininSummer · 26/05/2019 09:20

I see where the OP is coming from. Facebook is full of groups of people gurning their way through various social events and desperate to show the world what fun they are having. It really isn't necessary to post about everything you do and doubly so when it involves 30 badly composed almost identical pics. Bah humbug.

HennyPennyHorror · 26/05/2019 09:22

I look at these type of pics and see people all in the midst of "hilarity" and so on....leaning on one another as they all roar with laughter or raise their glasses in a "aren't we having fun!" type of way and I think "Is that real???" or is it posed?

RoseMartha · 26/05/2019 10:05

I hate selfies too. Never liked my photo taken even as a child tbh.

NaughtToThreeSadOnions · 26/05/2019 10:19

Yep what others have said, i'm not either a great photo taker or partically like having photos of myself but i don't judge others.

As for tellling your friends to fuck off fine but maybe just say the first time oh fuck off you know i hate photos rather than doing it five times then snapping at them for asking you to do something you've already complied with. The other side of that is you can't be grumpy with them when they tell you to oh fuck off because they want to take a picture. Basically if your allowed to tell them to fuck off they are equally as within their rights to tell you to fuck off when your making comments about them taking pictures (assuming they have respected your wishes and your not in the picture)

friend who documents so much of his life through a camera "capturing the memory" he probably won't actually have any

The only place i agree with this is at gigs - if you've paid for a ticket enjoy the bloody gig not through a 2.5 inch phone screen

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