It's 3 am and I'm thinking about...selfies. I guess it's hard not to think about selfies when everywhere you look you see articles, blog posts, comments and expert opinions that argue that there's something mentally wrong with you if you decide to take your own picture. Well, of course that there's something wrong if there is no one out there to hold that camera for you and instead you have to do it yourself. But this disorder doesn't have a fancy name. It's called loneliness and it's associated with depression. Also, it can be a real monster for some, though not for everybody. Ultimately, selfies are the loner's pictures. I, for one, like them. And that's mainly because they show that there is still a desire to (re)connect with other people, even if this means posting your smile or lack of on a social network. The fact that we now have such a thing as group selfies doesn't mean that everybody went crazy or that one-person selfies are insignificant. This just shows that the entire practice has acquired a social and cultural dimension as well, which is unfortunately based on irony and public shaming of one of the oldest feelings in the world.
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