Social media has taken over the world and with it photos, especially selfies. It is already known that people with a tendency to narcissism prefer to post selfies on Instagram. Now it turns out that those who follow them or like their posts are also narcissists.
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Think the photos you post on social media only say what you want them to say about you? Well, no. They also talk about your complexes and hidden desires that we are not even aware of. Here are the most typical photos we publish and this is what they say about us.
Although psychologists warn that the selfie personality oscillates between two extremes, namely narcissism and low self-esteem, modern self-portraits will not just disappear from our lives. In fact, selfies can be even more present in our lives in the future. The technology company Smartmatic has created an application that allows you to cast your vote just with a selfie, with which they want to make elections more accessible and, above all, more convenient.
It is true that selfies are a new-age phenomenon, but they are definitely not a new-age invention. They were created long before the advent of smartphones and even well before digital cameras. We've collected the most popular selfies from the days before smartphones and before they were called selfies.
Fitting rooms are an important, if not the most important, part of any clothing store. It is a place where the customer decides whether the clothes he tried on go home with him or not, so the lighting there and the placement of the mirrors are also important. Many brands therefore do not leave anything to chance, and as a Russian blogger found out in her experiment, who took selfies in 11 different wardrobes in the same task, everything inside the brand looks quite different than outside it.
Selfie sticks with telescopic handles are a thing of the past. What you need is SelfieFeet, a smartphone holder that you can attach to your foot or shoe and take a selfie hands-free with the remote. But you can use it for many other things...
Did you know that we take one million selfies every day? Or that 48 percent of Facebook users post selfies? Do you also want to take the best selfie? Then stick to the rules that male models swear by when posing, and you'll turn out as attractive as ever in your photo.
Selfies are deeply ingrained in our popular culture today and people are now classified by the style they use to take a selfie. And what style do you have? According to a recent study of people who take selfies, there are 3 types. And no, not everyone who takes a selfie is a narcissist.
In the age of selfies, not even animals could escape this cultural phenomenon. In the gallery, check out the cute animals who have perfected the art of posing and take selfies even better than you!
We all know what a selfie is. How about a "brelfie"? It is a selfie taken while breastfeeding. Recently, moms around the world have been massively sharing artistic breastfeeding videos created with the PicsArt app, which creates a real piece of art from such a wonderful scene.
Selfies have been more than just selfies for a while now. They offer an insight into the political arena, into the lives of celebrities and the world in general. They are no longer just the domain of narcissists, and the most important selfies of 2016 prove it.
If you're tired of the usual selfies and don't want to take the risk of a hands-free selfie, you can try a new challenge that's spreading like wildfire on the Internet – the 1 Finger Selfie Challenge. Your task is to a) stand in front of the mirror, point the camera at it and cover both private parts with one finger, i.e. crotch and nipples, and b) take a naked photo. Do you accept the challenge?