The pressure on the younger generation to look good and have the perfect "insta" image, plus the fact you can't do anything these days without having someone filming it on their phone, makes me very glad indeed @raisingirl ! There was an item in one of the papers this morning about a dad who let go of his pushchair to get his cap that had blown off in the strong winds. The pushchair toppled over into the path of a car which fortunately managed to stop in time. Now l can't be 100% certain, but it looked as though it was captured on someone's phone. The times you see people filming events without even thinking that a. They should help or b. They themselves are in danger, is staggering.
Moral is take care when taking selfies l would guess. I seem to remember reading about that, or it could have been another one, it's happened more than once. Last year we visited Hidcote, there was a young couple there who stopped on a path to take a selfie, blocking the way. Fair enough we thought, so waited for them to finish. The first one wasn't good enough, nor the second or the third apparently. By this time the half dozen people they were holding up, by unspoken agreement, surged forward en masse with a very polite " Excuse me please" from the lady in the front, and moved past. After we had all moved by, l turned around and they were taking selfies again. They could still be there for all l know....
I'd have said something about being aware of surroundings and inconveniencing others - or offered to take the bloody photo for them.
I have never taken a selfie. I have, occasionally, used my phone to take a photo or two but then I have to get Possum or OH to send them to my PC. Much prefer a proper camera with a viewer.
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I have never taken a selfie. I have, occasionally, used my phone to take a photo or two but then I have to get Possum or OH to send them to my PC. Much prefer a proper camera with a viewer.
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