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This is just for fun and because if we don't use the Polls forum I fear it may be removed.I stumbled across a FB page of a much younger distant relative and found it hard to cope with the number of selfies on that page so it got me thinking, "What is it with these selfies?"So the poll is how often have you taken a selfie and what do you think of them - click all that apply.
Bob,
I've voted for never having taken a selfie and I would have voted for the last one as well except that I don't hate Collingwood.
Peter.
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Originally Posted by Sturdee
Yeah I wanted to rephrase that to something like "hate it more than [insert your most hated football team here]"
Yeah, I nearly went for the last option but realised I have taken a selfie for ID card purposes
Jane
(Doggies supporter still living off last year's glory)
Thanks for the responses.
Before someone says it, "noting new here - the responses are just reflecting the largely old-fart community".
I'm somewhat surprised more of the "I only take a selfie when someone else is in the photo." response is not popping up. Perhaps when the younger generation get home from work we'll see those popping up.
Then there's also the possible distinction between taking the odd selfie and constantly posting them on-line, especially those with a pulled face or while doing something jack-assed.
Despite my apparent attitude I fully support the right for anyone to act the fool, in fact older people probably don't do it enough.
Can you tell I have the flu and am not up to much in the shed :-)
What is the maximum age to be considered apart of the "younger generation"? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by BobL
Hi,
Acting the fool is one thing but becomes a problem when you don't have to act.
:wink::doh:
What's a selfie? :stirthepot:
I think that's up to you, for me it's something like post baby boomer? for 90 year old it might be baby boomers?Quote:
Originally Posted by Junkie
This is about the only selfie I have taken, only because it isn't every day I see an emu walking the streets when I deliver the mail. [emoji15]https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...677d2bbadc.jpg
Koalas, snakes, kangaroos, dogs and horses are common though.
Looks like I'm currently the odd duck.
The best thing about mobile phones is that I can take selfies with them. Or pix of anything I so desire. I choose not to take selfies, never have taken one, but that's besides the point.
Why do I say that's the best thing? Because they're tits useless for anything else - such as making or taking phone cxalls - once you're outside the city limits!
I really dunno why they're not called "occasionally communication enabled cameras." It'd be more acurate...
I don't actually hate Collingwood but thought you had written Manly
We have taken a few selfies on holiday more as a joke that anything else but I couldn't believe this, we were looking at the view to the coast across the tree daintree forest an we spotted this couple. :o:o It's not surprising that we lose a few to selfies each year
Rick
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Phones take photos? I don't use it for anything else so I might give that a go. After I retired I swore I would never again carry a mobile phone.
I currently own several mobile phones; all of them have buttons. I very rarely use the camera and it points the wrong way for selfies; in any case I don't do Bookface or any of that social garbage. When it comes to family pictures I'm usually on the other side of the camera; I'm one of those people who just doesn't like being photographed.
The Collingwood thing; not an issue for me as I despise all AFL teams equally and without favour. Closely followed by rugby (league; then union) but nothing compares to the utter loathing I feel for soccer. Bunch of overpaid ballerinas tripping over own bootlaces; screaming "Ow, my hair!!!"...... :)
I agree phone is the wrong term.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!
But I reckon they are useful for much more than taking photos.
I also use the camera quite a lot because its handy but if I really want to take proper photos I still use a proper camera.
The greatest use by far for my mobile is as a portable audio device. I only have about 40 music "albums" on there at the mo (usually I have around double that) because I am gradually my old phone with the dud battery into an MP3 player for use in the shed.
I do get through about 3 audio books a week while walking the dogs, driving and laying awake at night - I haven't read an actual paper book all the way through since ~2013?
The other thing I use it quite a bit for is its measurement capability e.g. the Sound Pressure level meter Although I have non-phone versions of the same meters I'm not carrying those around with me all the time. The and the air flow meter, tilt meter and vibration analyser get occasional use.
Where is the 'Rat's Ring' option? :think:
perhaps we should refer to them by their proper tagQuote:
Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!
voice communication enabled pocket computer
as to being useless outside the city limits
assuming that your Katoomba location doesn't mean that you're trying to use the thing half way up the Furber Stairs, I'm guessing that your problems are mostly related to your service provider.
Dang - I knew there was an option I missed!Quote:
Originally Posted by Cliff Rogers
hating selfies more than Collingwood could still be true, that is unless you like selfies?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sturdee
It is a sad fact of life that those who live in metro areas never understand the communication problems that living outside those areas present. The south coast of NSW is one big no cell area apart from the towns.Quote:
Originally Posted by ian
Ian, I'm not a football fan, never been to a game (or played - it was compulsory at school) since High School, so IMHO hating a team is ridiculous. Probably puts me at odds with most of the population but I can live with that. :UQuote:
Originally Posted by ian
But because of family likes I've got a soft spot for Melbourne Storm and Collingwood but I hate with a vengeance stupid people that think they can play golf.
Peter.
I was playing with the logic.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sturdee
as in
"I am a Collingwood fan"
"I don't hate selfies more than I hate Collingwood"
therefore "I am a fan of selfies."
It has nothing to do with whether you play or like AFL, or any other football code.
sorry, but I can't agree with youQuote:
Originally Posted by Chris Parks
when I switched my service from Optus to Telstra, I noticed a distincn improvement in coverage in country NSW.
places like between Cooma and Dalgety, between Tarcutta and Holbrook, between Urana and Narrandera
Having spent the day on a tourist railway, I hate the way countless visitors take "selfies".
A lot of overseas visitors do not even have the courtesy to ask before they get on the engine to either take a "selfie" or have an image recorded by someone else. I am quiet happy to take an image for them, and if it is digital take another if they do not like the first.
Some places have even gone as far as banning "selfie sticks", not such a bad idea.
As for the poll, I have not take an image of my self that I am happy with. See way too many people trying to record themselves to want to really try.
As for Collingwood, how about the whole AFL. Not sure who my team is playing this weekend, what day, or what jumper they are wearing. It is all dollar driven. Give them the chance and they would have a game every day of the week.
I travelled the south coast of NSW as a job and I can't agree with you, the networks simply do not exist.Quote:
Originally Posted by ian
Portable Heuristic Online Network Enablers?Quote:
Originally Posted by ian
I don't know of anyone with better coverage than Telstra. :shrug: The problem is we don't have reliable connectivity until halfway down the mountain. Heading the other way even unreliable connectivity is a flip of the coin.Quote:
as to being useless outside the city limits
assuming that your Katoomba location doesn't mean that you're trying to use the thing half way up the Furber Stairs, I'm guessing that your problems are mostly related to your service provider.
The south coast of NSW would have go be one of the more difficult mobile coverage places on the planet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris Parks
comparatively few people live there and the settlements are separated by relatively high ridges.
My country NSW experience is mostly the north coast, southern highlands and west of the Hume highway
My wife has one, I threw mine in the bin, battery and sim removed, when I retired in 2005.
Have used hers a few times when overseas, otherwise I don't give a rats. Absolutely can't stand selfie sticks or people who constantly watch/use the phone when walking across a street or along a footpath. Sadly, they may realise eventually that life has passed them by and all they will have left is a handful of screen.