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Keep Your Selfies to Yourself … Puhleeease!

Monday, April 7, 2014 at 6:58 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall
taking selfies while police are quelling riots

A selfie isn’t just about adoring one’s own reflection like Narcissus. It’s about capturing that reflection to share with the world. But am I the only one who rues the cognitive dissonance that has turned self-obsessed showoffs from laughingstocks into standard-bearers of acceptable, even required, public behavior? Just years ago, any self-respecting man would be… Read more.

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