28 - yes, 28 - pages of animal selfies?!
@asfarasiknow (3341)
Bournemouth, England
April 21, 2017 10:39pm CST
That's what was in my local paper one day this past week. How did the pets hold the cameras? And wouldn''t a dog think a selfie stick is something that's thrown for them to fetch?
Seriously, it's some sort of competition. And 28 pages with pictures of readers and their pets probably means hundreds, maybe even thousands of extra copies bought as presents for friends and families.
But, like many other readers, I am sure, I wasn't interested enough to study the pictures in any detail. Selfie culture shows no sign of letting up.
Of course, if they had printed 28 pages of shots featuring a handsome chap with a mannequin then it would have been a different story...
How often do you take selfies?
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
That's quite a menagerie! There were 702 finalists printed in the Bournemouth Daily Echo yesterday for the phone-in vote.
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@minx267 (15527)
• Hartford, Connecticut
23 Apr 17
@asfarasiknow that's very cool.
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@LadyDuck (458233)
• Switzerland
22 Apr 17
@asfarasiknow I have seen some funny animals close up, when they have tried to grab a GoPro. As you say, it can only happen by accident.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
@LadyDuck It couldn't be any worse than some of the camera work I see on YouTube or even the odd TV show.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
I suppose some creatures might do it but probably by accident.
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@Shavkat (137215)
• Philippines
23 Apr 17
@asfarasiknow I like taking photos but I am not in it too.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
I like a good photo but that generally means that it doesn't include me in it.
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@pgntwo (22408)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
22 Apr 17
@asfarasiknow You haven't read a book called Blind Faith, by Ben Elton, have you? Not the greatest piece of writing, but the concept rings so true...
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
@pgntwo I have never read any of his novels but many years ago I saw the TV adaptation of an early one set in Australia. I'd probably start with the one that's a satire on X-Factor etc. He was a guest on Simon Cowell's This Is Your Life just after it came out and Cowell told him.how much he liked the book. I wondered if he was saying it through gritted teeth.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
Celebrities must be getting really fed up with it. An interesting development in that they are now reluctant to have pictures taken and also that they are sometimes meeting people even more vain than they are.
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@teamfreak16 (43421)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Apr 17
I don't take them. I remember when people made fun of you if you took a picture of yourself. Besides, the best selfies are the ones Mr.Bean takes!
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
Ah, the good old days when you asked a stranger to take your photo. Best case scenario: everybody knew you were a tourist; worst case: they ran off with your camera.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
Same here. My girlfriend, our cat, the garden and the wildlife in it are my favourite subjects.
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@arthurchappell (45002)
• Preston, England
24 May 17
@asfarasiknow barely ever - just not that vain
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@Letranknight2015 (51532)
• Philippines
23 Apr 17
Nope not me, But from time to time I do take pictures with my dog.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
1 May 17
If a picture ever gets taken of me with our cat he always looks great and I always look terrible.
@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
1 Jul 17
The trend has to peak soon. I wonder what will replace it.
@Poppylicious (11133)
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22 Apr 17
Selfies are the only photos of me that I know will be okay. Well, one in two hundred of them might be okay. I hate anybody else taking my picture.
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
22 Apr 17
I know what you mean. I only ever seem to get my facial expression right a couple of seconds after the picture has been taken.
@chrissbergstrom (10767)
• Banks, Oregon
28 Apr 17
that does sound like a bit much
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@asfarasiknow (3341)
• Bournemouth, England
1 May 17
At least they were all in a pull-out section that was easily removed.
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@SIMPLYD (90722)
• Philippines
2 Aug 17
I seldom take selfies. I don't like to be perceived as so in love with myself, that's why. 
