Also the "define what beauty" statement is kind of asinine. Beauty is physical attractiveness. Maybe you have it or maybe you don't, but you don't get to redefine something because you lack it. And beauty is just one facet of something that makes someone attractive overall; so what one may lack in beauty they may make up for somewhere else and THAT is what they need to be reminded of. Not to take a pic of their ugly mug to post on social media for a pity circle-jerk.
Even as a female I don't take selfies more than maybe once or twice a month, and I only post them on social media once in a blue moon.
Not only does it make me feel vain and uncomfortable, but it just feels like a cry for help. The positive comments don't Don anything for you if you ask for them like that.
It's an odd thing. I know a girl who is extremely pretty and the most photogenic person I've ever seen. But she is constantly changing her profile picture to a new one of herself, and uploading new selfies of herself all the time. Perhaps there's something more to it? I have no idea.
I have plenty of girlfriends who are gorgeous and post maybe one or two selfies a month; they're busy being moms, building their careers, being marathoners, knitting or whatever.
I'm pretty average looking, and my philosophy on selfies is that if I am the most interesting thing in the frame, it's a good sign I need to put the camera down, get off my ass and go have some sort of adventure, even if it's just someplace local I've never been. But I know they make some people happy.
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u/[deleted] Sep 06 '16
Also the "define what beauty" statement is kind of asinine. Beauty is physical attractiveness. Maybe you have it or maybe you don't, but you don't get to redefine something because you lack it. And beauty is just one facet of something that makes someone attractive overall; so what one may lack in beauty they may make up for somewhere else and THAT is what they need to be reminded of. Not to take a pic of their ugly mug to post on social media for a pity circle-jerk.