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Orrex

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3. They've been around for centuries

Reply to hobbit709 (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 10, 2015, 09:29 AM

Aug 2015

We call the older selfies "portraits," but it's the same thing: monuments to vanity, previously couched in hushed historical reverence. Hell, the National Portrait Gallery is full of them.

For that matter, some of the earliest photographs were selfies.

The primary difference is that they can be snapped and shared more easily today. Other than that, there is nothing new under the sun.

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There is this new app for experiencing life raw and unfiltered and not through your phone. [View all] DetlefK Aug 2015 OP

"Selfies", not what I would call a great advancement in the human condition. hobbit709 Aug 2015 #1

They've been around for centuries Orrex Aug 2015 #3

But how many self portraits were painted with a rattlesnake in the picture? hobbit709 Aug 2015 #5

Not enough, dammit! Orrex Aug 2015 #8

You just need to get the people sit still long enough to paint the picture. DetlefK Aug 2015 #10

I hate all of this crap! There, I said it. reformist2 Aug 2015 #2

There's another app called OFFLAWN Orrex Aug 2015 #4

Oh, there are other methods. DetlefK Aug 2015 #7

A business in Pittsburgh tried that for a while Orrex Aug 2015 #9

All my devices have an app for "experiencing life raw and unfiltered" petronius Aug 2015 #6

There is also this new device called the "off switch". You can use that too. Initech Aug 2015 #11

Operate phone in Over Field Flight mode... Wounded Bear Aug 2015 #12