Posted on 11/25/2023 11:03:31 AM PST by Carriage Hill
The taking of selfies is now considered legitimately dangerous. A review by the University of New South Wales concluded that taking selfies could actually pose a "public health problem." Referencing data from multiple peer-reviewed studies in both the U.S. and Australia since 2011, the review was published in the Journal of Medical Internet Research in September of this year.
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When is the world going to reach ‘Peak Researcher”?
Yep, Darwin. We’ve seen those stories of people falling off cliffs while taking selfies and that isn’t a public health problem, it’s an idiot problem.
I thought it was more important to tell people not to use hairdryers in the bathtub
“Just step back a bit more...a little further...a tiny bit more...you’ve almost got it, one more small step”
AAaaaaayyyyyyiiiii.
We need a public health announcement warning us about the dangers of water.
A few days ago, I saw an article that posed the question, should taking selfies be classified as a public health problem?
So far, there is no official pronouncement about it. Just this study and some recommendations to warn people about being aware of their surroundings when they take selfies.
Cell phone cameras have turned a bunch of people into narcissists. I’ve never even used the camera on the first and only smart phone (iPhone) I’ve owned for about 8 or 9 years now.
I’ve seen numerous near-accidents caused by guys crossing the road while staring at their cell phones. And a few by people driving while taking selfies.
I have a flip-phone with a camera, and I was always hitting the button and taking a picture of the inside of my pocket. I finally got fed up with it and superglued the button so that it can't be pressed.
Now, watch: it will be just my luck to have a UFO in clear view, with the crew out sunning themselves, and I won't have a camera to take a picture with ...
As long as you don't take any selfies in bed.
Already out.
https://dhmo.org/facts.html
ROFL!! And don't worry about getting the shot of a UFO, big foot, Nessie, or any other weird event. They're a dime a dozen today.
Yes, selfie-taking is an annoying little trend. I remember seeing some chickie sitting in the passenger seat of a car in a busy parking lot, mugging for her phone and taking picture after picture of herself. In broad daylight. I can just imagine the conversation that took place when they parked:
”Aren’t you coming in?”
”No, I want to stay out here to admire and photograph myself.”
”Again???”
I also had one behind me at a traffic light once who was taking selfies as she waited for the light to turn green.
I’ve seen Pinterest pages that are nothing but selfies of the page-owner.
And none of these chickies are anything to write home about.
True, particularly with respect to sociopathic/narcissistic ‘disorders’ once unusual now being the ‘norm’.
I use my camera often, but have never taken a selfie. I wouldn’t even know how.
I haven’t read about a “selfi-cide” in a while so people must be getting the message.
I don’t use my phone much. When I pre-trip the vehicle I am assigned for work, I take photos of any damage I see on the vehicle, as well as reporting it on paper. It’s call CYA.
Also, during the CCP-Coronavirus CONdemic, as I refused the shots, I had to self-test for the CCP-coronavirus, three times a week. I would submit a photo of the results of the test to a website that verified the results were negative. I still have those pixels, just in case.
What I discovered from the CCP-Coronavirus CONdemic is that, to unscrupulous, would-be dictator politician/thugs, like Crime Minister Justin(e) Castreau, and former Alberta Premier Oberführer ‘Justin’ Kenney and defeated (ha, ha) former Health Minister ShamWow Shandro, ‘freedom’ is merely a VERY thin velvet veneer over the iron fist such pols feel they wield over the populace. Canaduh needs to have something equivalent to your 2nd ammendment, to keep such would-be dictators in line!
Camera ownership and use needs to be controlled like firearms.
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