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[Royal Gooner]

This is why I hate selfies. Vanity at it's extreme to the detriment of common sense where everything else is irrelevant aside of taking a silly picture of yourself in inappropriate places.

[Va-Va-Voom]

This is why I hate selfies. Vanity at it's extreme to the detriment of common sense where everything else is irrelevant aside of taking a silly picture of yourself in inappropriate places.

Great post.

[ESFSAFC]

This is why I hate selfies. Vanity at it's extreme to the detriment of common sense where everything else is irrelevant aside of taking a silly picture of yourself in inappropriate places.

Or you just want to remember a moment with yourself or with all of your friends/family included in the picture when there is no one around to take it you trust so you can be able to show it to others or look at it later yourself.

Not all selfies are terrible.

[Dejan]

http://nypost.com/2015/03/29/heartless-jerks-snap-selfies-at-east-village-blast-site/

Heartless visitors mug for selfies at East Village blast site

Self-absorbed jerks are treating the East Village gas-explosion site like a tourist attraction, shooting grinning selfies of themselves even as rescuers search for life in the ruins where two bodies might still be buried.

Amid the backdrop of the devastation wrought by the explosion, fire and collapse of three buildings that injured 25 people, seven smiling women used a selfie stick late Friday to snap a cheery photo of themselves.

“Disgusting beyond words,” wrote a commenter on the local-news blog EV Grieve, which reposted the snap.

“Take a look at these people. Remember their faces,” wrote Diane DiDonato, of Brooklyn, on Facebook. “They don’t deserve those smiles. People are dying behind them.”

Others called it “disaster porn.”

“It’s heartless,”said Maurice Herz, 83, of the East Village.

“THIS IS A TRAGEDY NOT A TOURIST ATTRACTION,” one frustrated neighbor wrote in a sign taped to a front door on nearby 7th Street. “SHOW SOME RESPECT,” the sign demanded.

Other selfie-snappers included Christina Freundlich, whose LinkedIn profile lists her as a communications director for the Iowa Democratic Party. She posted a grinning photo of herself at the scene giving the peace sign.

“Too soon,” one follower chided.

Residents near the blast site posted messages to the selfie-snappers.Photo: Demetrius E. Loadholt

Freundlich couldn’t be reached for comment Saturday.

East Villager Pablo Fernandez wore a green “Elf” shirt and red and white leggings as he posed for photos near a barricade before his bachelor party.

“I’m totally ridiculous, but I’m not normally like this,” Fernandez said.

His pals shot a video of him dancing near the site.

“This is so we could send the pictures to our friends in Spain and say, ‘Look what we did,’ ” said a chum who declined to give his name.

Jeanie Slade’s disaster-site selfie showed her and a pal flashing open-mouthed grins and the hashtags “#beingtourists and “#weresocreepy.”

Asked about the selfie by The Post, Jeanie called it “satire.”

“My heart goes out to the people of New York, and this satire post was in poor taste,” she insisted. “My intention was to point out how many people post selfies in inappropriate times and it backfired.”

Seriously these people...

what the f**k

that is f***ked up bro

[22-0]

never cared much about selfies etc but thats just f***ing low.

[JordanTheGunner]

This is why I hate selfies. Vanity at it's extreme to the detriment of common sense where everything else is irrelevant aside of taking a silly picture of yourself in inappropriate places.

Great post.

A reminder that selfies are merely pictures of your self. Don't be so bitter over a couple of idiots who have taken inappropriate pics.

[LMAO]

http://nypost.com/2015/03/29/heartless-jerks-snap-selfies-at-east-village-blast-site/

Heartless visitors mug for selfies at East Village blast site

Self-absorbed jerks are treating the East Village gas-explosion site like a tourist attraction, shooting grinning selfies of themselves even as rescuers search for life in the ruins where two bodies might still be buried.

Amid the backdrop of the devastation wrought by the explosion, fire and collapse of three buildings that injured 25 people, seven smiling women used a selfie stick late Friday to snap a cheery photo of themselves.

“Disgusting beyond words,” wrote a commenter on the local-news blog EV Grieve, which reposted the snap.

“Take a look at these people. Remember their faces,” wrote Diane DiDonato, of Brooklyn, on Facebook. “They don’t deserve those smiles. People are dying behind them.”

Others called it “disaster porn.”

“It’s heartless,”said Maurice Herz, 83, of the East Village.

“THIS IS A TRAGEDY NOT A TOURIST ATTRACTION,” one frustrated neighbor wrote in a sign taped to a front door on nearby 7th Street. “SHOW SOME RESPECT,” the sign demanded.

Other selfie-snappers included Christina Freundlich, whose LinkedIn profile lists her as a communications director for the Iowa Democratic Party. She posted a grinning photo of herself at the scene giving the peace sign.

“Too soon,” one follower chided.

Residents near the blast site posted messages to the selfie-snappers.Photo: Demetrius E. Loadholt

Freundlich couldn’t be reached for comment Saturday.

East Villager Pablo Fernandez wore a green “Elf” shirt and red and white leggings as he posed for photos near a barricade before his bachelor party.

“I’m totally ridiculous, but I’m not normally like this,” Fernandez said.

His pals shot a video of him dancing near the site.

“This is so we could send the pictures to our friends in Spain and say, ‘Look what we did,’ ” said a chum who declined to give his name.

Jeanie Slade’s disaster-site selfie showed her and a pal flashing open-mouthed grins and the hashtags “#beingtourists and “#weresocreepy.”

Asked about the selfie by The Post, Jeanie called it “satire.”

“My heart goes out to the people of New York, and this satire post was in poor taste,” she insisted. “My intention was to point out how many people post selfies in inappropriate times and it backfired.”

Seriously these people...

Tbh they can all get f***ked. I have many friends who live very near there. Luckily, they were all okay though. When I walked out of class that day, I was completely engulfed in smoke.

[Santi]

meh some people give selfies a bad rep, W****rs.

[UFGN]

Up until a few years ago it was generally the case that people took pictures of places and other people. The obsession of having yourself in the foreground of just about every picture you take is narcissistic and classless.

I was in the tate gallery a few weeks ago. People taking pictures of themselves in front of some of the greatest paintings ever put to canvas.... as if their presence somehow improved the picture! SMH

[Santi]

the point is to show you were there rather than that you went on google n found a pic xx

[UFGN]

the point is to show you were there rather than that you went on google n found a pic xx

If you feel you have to prove to your friends that you're not lying about taking a picture yourself, maybe you need better friends

[Pudpop]

Welcome to social media UFGN

[UFGN]

Welcome to social media UFGN

No thanks lol.

I have no social media accounts. Doesn't look like I'm missing much

[JordanTheGunner]

the point is to show you were there rather than that you went on google n found a pic xx

If you feel you have to prove to your friends that you're not lying about taking a picture yourself, maybe you need better friends

He didn't say anything about 'friends' or having to 'prove', so speak for yourself.

[UFGN]

the point is to show you were there rather than that you went on google n found a pic xx

If you feel you have to prove to your friends that you're not lying about taking a picture yourself, maybe you need better friends

He didn't say anything about 'friends' or having to 'prove', so speak for yourself.

He kind of did actually.