A “selfie” is a photo taken of one’s self, by one’s self. It’s the shortened word for “self-portrait”.
Websters Dictionaries made this word the Word of the Year in 2013.
Capturing the occasional “selfie” is no big deal…but the #1 thing I hate about smart phones is epitomized in this screen shot of the short film entitled “I Forgot My Phone”:
It’s < The kissing or wedding proposal “Selfie” > (ECK! skin crawling.)
This reaction could also be because I’m not in my twenties.
And I wonder…does this make me rustic and uncultured?
See the whole short film here featuring Charlene deGuzman. It’s a great 2 minute piece of critique that is so accurate that it hardly fits into the category of satirical exaggeration, and maybe that was the point.
(Really the only unrealistic part is the guy actually making a phone call. I’m not sure that happens too much at all…unless someone is driving, of course. 4-6 p.m. and 8-10 a.m. I think I see a few people making phone calls behind the wheel. Texting has overshadowed realtime voice-to-voice interaction, like email did in the 1990s.)
The piece also emphasizes, by omission, the potential benefits of “forgetting” your mobile phone in order to experience life more fully. See what you think of it.
To be clear, I’m guilty of overusing my phone. Time to update my Rule of Life that includes boundaries here.
Direct video link: http://gawker.com/
So what do you think about the topic?
And Are you pro “selfie”, anti, or somewhere in between. I’m curious. Let me know!