re: I think selfies are the end of civilization/civility

I'm still reasonably young but two things have made me feel out of touch recently: selfies and reading the line-up for Ultra.

Selfies are silly and narcissistic but they aren't doing too much damage. I generally (let me stress that, generally) find that people who love selfies are people I consider less intelligent. You've got a camera and you're out in the world and the only thing you can think to do is take a picture of your face? I know people w/ Instagram profiles almost entirely of themselves. We used to consider that sort of self-promotion and naked striving for acceptance and positive reinforcement shameless.