Selfies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh!! Can you even imagine to live in a world without "selfies"??...Obviously not!!! Be it a get-together , marriages or worse , even a funeral , the function is not complete without a selfie. Recently , when I had my cousin's marriage , I was seeing my cousins after 2 or 3 years. But no , we didn't talk much this time. Instead , we took a lot of selfies - pouting ones , batting eyelids , making weird faces , sticking our tongue out.........(the list goes). We were not (of course) satisfied with a "few" selfies. We took a million selfies of each category and deleted most of them......(I know , it is NOTHING but sheer lunacy.)
It just freaks the hell out of me when people go "Selfie time!!!!!!!!!!" every five minutes. Why is that we are Self(ie) obsessed? Have you thought of that? The reasons may be million , but here are a few!!!!!!!
1. SELF-OBSESSION SYNDROME. (SOS)
Earlier , people used to gaze at mirrors for hours and hours just to get enough of oneself. But when the tech-era came , we switched into selfies. Do you spend hours and hours in taking umpteen selfies , deleting most of them , posting them on the social-networking sites and check in every 5 minutes to see how many likes and comments you have got? Yes!!!! You are "SO" obsessed with yourself! You just can't wait to let the world know how great you look in the camera and you have this supreme satisfaction when you get comments like "Babes...You look great!!!!" or 'You are SOOOOOO cute!!!". (Seriously guys??? Get a life!!!!!)
2. PHOBIA OF BEING WITHOUT YOUR PHONE.
We are "The Phone-hooked Gen". You can see the latest model even with a 12 year old , flashing up to date features and has everything about anything under the Sun. There are a zillion apps for literally anything - to find directions , to date , to eat , to drink , to sing , to sleep and even to pee. Your gizmo allows you to take all sorts of pictures in all resolutions and views , black and white , panoramic , faded etc. has driven the world to be more selfie-centered.
3.THE "EVERYONE-IS-DOING-IT" MANIA
Practically everyone in this planet Earth have been doing it. You know flip your hair back , just gaze at somewhere to give that forlorn look , show off your new-piercings or tattoo.......that's were Selfies comes to your rescue. You just don't want to be outdone by your relatives or friends. You just can't face the prospect of lagging behind. So , you also indulge in "Selfie-Mania".
4.SIMPLICITY.
Yes, taking pictures in now the simplest thing ever. Just a mere touch on the interface and you have a dozen beautiful pictures smiling back at you. Everyone , from the "dhoodhwaala" I meet everyday morning to my sixty-five year old grandpa , take Selfies! What's even better is that you can control the positioning of the camera on your face.
5.THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THERE TO TAKE THE PICTURE!
When go on trips , vacations or even a pub nearby , often , we don't have anyone to take the picture of us. The feeling of giving your phone to a stranger and ending up with a blurred and not-so-good picture sucks. Instead one prefers a simpler version of taking pictures : selfies with friends , alone or with loved ones.
6.CELEBRITY CONNECTION.
Instagram and most of the social-networking sites are flooded with "celebrity-selfies". Priyanka Chopra , Alia Bhatt , Ranveer Singh , Arjun Kapoor (the list goes) never misses a chance to pout or capture their emotions. In Hollywood , remember the selfie-craze that went viral after the Ellen DeGeneres Oscar selfie? Its net worth was estimated to be between 800 million dollars and 1 billion dollars! Yes , pure madness! But , as much as it was expected , the fans, or , more specifically , the world just blindly follows. There will be more "Selfies" if the celebrities are doing it.
7.ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE.
One theory of mine is that selfies were invented by mistake : Imagine somebody trying to adjust his phone while in the process of handing it over for someone else to take the picture. Or maybe someone goes to check he makeup on the phone's camera and accidentally ends up with a selfie? Quite a possibility , eh?
8.JUST TO "FAKE".
Selfies are a great way to portray you as someone you are actually not. You may appear to be cool , calm and a total fashionista on your selfies , but in your real life you may be just the opposite. People soon start to categorize you in two versions - the "Selfie" you and the "Real" you. And what irritated the hell out of me is the fact that when you post Selfies on social-networking sites , you do with a caption which has no relation with your pic. It just feels so "fake". ( I assure you its a tad bit DISGUSTING.)
The selfie-obsessed generation is one in which we live. So should we make a fuss about this Selfie-ism? No way. With everything good or bad that fades with time , so will this. Eventually , the world will have had enough of "Selfie-ism" and will divert their focus to something much more attractive and cool. Selfies will be dwindled away only to be remembered by us when our hair turns grey. So , for now , sit back , relax and pose while you take a selfie!
PS. Picture Courtesy to Pin-Interest and Google.
Any coincidence with anyone in this article is totally unintentional......;) (Or so I think!)
Oh!! Can you even imagine to live in a world without "selfies"??...Obviously not!!! Be it a get-together , marriages or worse , even a funeral , the function is not complete without a selfie. Recently , when I had my cousin's marriage , I was seeing my cousins after 2 or 3 years. But no , we didn't talk much this time. Instead , we took a lot of selfies - pouting ones , batting eyelids , making weird faces , sticking our tongue out.........(the list goes). We were not (of course) satisfied with a "few" selfies. We took a million selfies of each category and deleted most of them......(I know , it is NOTHING but sheer lunacy.)
It just freaks the hell out of me when people go "Selfie time!!!!!!!!!!" every five minutes. Why is that we are Self(ie) obsessed? Have you thought of that? The reasons may be million , but here are a few!!!!!!!
1. SELF-OBSESSION SYNDROME. (SOS)
Earlier , people used to gaze at mirrors for hours and hours just to get enough of oneself. But when the tech-era came , we switched into selfies. Do you spend hours and hours in taking umpteen selfies , deleting most of them , posting them on the social-networking sites and check in every 5 minutes to see how many likes and comments you have got? Yes!!!! You are "SO" obsessed with yourself! You just can't wait to let the world know how great you look in the camera and you have this supreme satisfaction when you get comments like "Babes...You look great!!!!" or 'You are SOOOOOO cute!!!". (Seriously guys??? Get a life!!!!!)
2. PHOBIA OF BEING WITHOUT YOUR PHONE.
We are "The Phone-hooked Gen". You can see the latest model even with a 12 year old , flashing up to date features and has everything about anything under the Sun. There are a zillion apps for literally anything - to find directions , to date , to eat , to drink , to sing , to sleep and even to pee. Your gizmo allows you to take all sorts of pictures in all resolutions and views , black and white , panoramic , faded etc. has driven the world to be more selfie-centered.
3.THE "EVERYONE-IS-DOING-IT" MANIA
Practically everyone in this planet Earth have been doing it. You know flip your hair back , just gaze at somewhere to give that forlorn look , show off your new-piercings or tattoo.......that's were Selfies comes to your rescue. You just don't want to be outdone by your relatives or friends. You just can't face the prospect of lagging behind. So , you also indulge in "Selfie-Mania".
4.SIMPLICITY.
Yes, taking pictures in now the simplest thing ever. Just a mere touch on the interface and you have a dozen beautiful pictures smiling back at you. Everyone , from the "dhoodhwaala" I meet everyday morning to my sixty-five year old grandpa , take Selfies! What's even better is that you can control the positioning of the camera on your face.
5.THERE'S NO ONE ELSE THERE TO TAKE THE PICTURE!
When go on trips , vacations or even a pub nearby , often , we don't have anyone to take the picture of us. The feeling of giving your phone to a stranger and ending up with a blurred and not-so-good picture sucks. Instead one prefers a simpler version of taking pictures : selfies with friends , alone or with loved ones.
6.CELEBRITY CONNECTION.
Instagram and most of the social-networking sites are flooded with "celebrity-selfies". Priyanka Chopra , Alia Bhatt , Ranveer Singh , Arjun Kapoor (the list goes) never misses a chance to pout or capture their emotions. In Hollywood , remember the selfie-craze that went viral after the Ellen DeGeneres Oscar selfie? Its net worth was estimated to be between 800 million dollars and 1 billion dollars! Yes , pure madness! But , as much as it was expected , the fans, or , more specifically , the world just blindly follows. There will be more "Selfies" if the celebrities are doing it.
7.ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE.
One theory of mine is that selfies were invented by mistake : Imagine somebody trying to adjust his phone while in the process of handing it over for someone else to take the picture. Or maybe someone goes to check he makeup on the phone's camera and accidentally ends up with a selfie? Quite a possibility , eh?
8.JUST TO "FAKE".
Selfies are a great way to portray you as someone you are actually not. You may appear to be cool , calm and a total fashionista on your selfies , but in your real life you may be just the opposite. People soon start to categorize you in two versions - the "Selfie" you and the "Real" you. And what irritated the hell out of me is the fact that when you post Selfies on social-networking sites , you do with a caption which has no relation with your pic. It just feels so "fake". ( I assure you its a tad bit DISGUSTING.)
The selfie-obsessed generation is one in which we live. So should we make a fuss about this Selfie-ism? No way. With everything good or bad that fades with time , so will this. Eventually , the world will have had enough of "Selfie-ism" and will divert their focus to something much more attractive and cool. Selfies will be dwindled away only to be remembered by us when our hair turns grey. So , for now , sit back , relax and pose while you take a selfie!
PS. Picture Courtesy to Pin-Interest and Google.
Any coincidence with anyone in this article is totally unintentional......;) (Or so I think!)
LoVe MoRe & sMiLe OfTeN!!!!!!!!!!
This is Midnight girl signing out..................:D :D
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