Selfie sticks - is this a thing at WDW yet? Disney clarifies policy

[gmajew]

Your comment reminded me of something I was watching recently.

I was very inspired by a TedTalk Tor Myhren gave on Daydreaming and the decline of Creativity in America that hits on exactly that point ... I had the opportunity to work alongside him when he was at Leo Burnett Detroit ... (of course he lost the Cadillac account with that David LaChapelle Superbowl spot ... but then redeemed himself with the E-Trade baby.)

His takes on social networks are brilliant and the key points in that speech are ideals I wish Disney would take more to heart instead of building on tech that makes you more dependant to being stuck phones and devices.

Can you still get that on TED? Would like to listen to it.

 

[unkadug]

The act of taking a "selfie" isn't new though, it's been around for ages. Selfie sticks? A total moronic trend.

As for how many pictures people need...Photopass remains in business so I guess people like pictures of themselves.

But a picture of yourself taken by someone else is not a selfie. It's a portrait.

 

[UncleMike101]

Three: Work (or school) ID, License and Passport. (Had a good laugh with the RMV guy as he told me of all the girls coming through getting their permit pictures taken who want to do a duck face.)

This selfie trend will be seen as the big joke of 2014-2015 in 10 years time.
Although Time Magazine may have listed the Selfie stick as one of the best inventions of 2014, I think by the end of 2015 they'll be putting it on a "Worst inventions" list.

Yeah.....
And Time named Hitler Man Of The Year in 1938.......

 

[Tigger1988]

But a picture of yourself taken by someone else is not a selfie. It's a portrait.

And the subject of the photo remains the same, you asked how many pictures of one's self does one need.

I personally don't care how many pictures people take of themselves, or have photos taken OF themselves. It can be done without the stick, as it has been for decades.

 

[unkadug]

Yeah.....
And Time named Hitler Man Of The Year in 1938.......

Thread closed... Godwin's Law

 

[Matt_Black]

But the question remains, how many do you really need?

Well, I suppose I don't need any pictures of myself, but then again, no one needs to go on a trip to WDW, either.

 

[gljvd]

Well, I suppose I don't need any pictures of myself, but then again, no one needs to go on a trip to WDW, either.

There are plenty of places that Disney will help you get pictures of yourself that are of much better quality. The selfie stick just adds 3 to 4 feet of your own bubble to screw with others personal space.

 

[Cesar R M]

Yeah.....
And Time named Hitler Man Of The Year in 1938.......

well, he was.. not for the good of course.

Id say he was as good as Apple's Steve Jobs in mass control.

 

[G00fyDad]

It isn't hard at all. To ask for a picture isn't. But to take one can very well be. Should one bother other people with such a request? If somebody asks to take their picture you can't very well say no. Meanwhile maybe you were on your way to meet up with people, or off to your reservation. Maybe you are shy to take other people's pictures. Maybe you are not good with tech gadgets and are now put in a position of awkwardness. Or you were simpyl soaking up the atmosphere and are now disturbed.

Yes, my instinct too goes against selfie sticks. But part of me thinks it can also be a great considerate use of technology.

Maybe you're right to some degree. I'm not sure I would want someone who couldn't touch a spot on my cellphone screen holding my phone. That person probably shouldn't be walking and talking at the same time. Cell phones are way too advanced these days. I guess some people have no idea what the camera button on the camera screen of a cell phone means.

 

[Tigger1988]

Maybe you're right to some degree. I'm not sure I would want someone who couldn't touch a spot on my cellphone screen holding my phone. That person probably shouldn't be walking and talking at the same time. Cell phones are way too advanced these days. I guess some people have no idea what the camera button on the camera screen of a cell phone means.

It's not that the act of taking the photo is difficult...

Every time I've ever asked someone to take my photo using my phone, be it a Photopass photographer or a fellow attendee at New York Comic Con, I get a blurry shaky photo in return. Clicking the button isn't the issue, keeping their damn hand still seems to be.

 

[unkadug]

And now poor people are trying to imitate stupid people.

 

[Matt_Black]

And now poor people are trying to imitate stupid people.

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Are they imitating them, or making fun of them?

 

[G00fyDad]

It's not that the act of taking the photo is difficult...

Every time I've ever asked someone to take my photo using my phone, be it a Photopass photographer or a fellow attendee at New York Comic Con, I get a blurry shaky photo in return. Clicking the button isn't the issue, keeping their damn hand still seems to be.

I see your point now. I don't typically have that issue since my Note 4 has an image stabilizer, but I get what you're saying. (Actually I think the iPhone 6 has one too.)

 

[NowInc]

I am sincerely confused how people think taking a selfie with a camera/phone attached to a thin pole extended outwards from you can produce a better picture than one taken by a human being.

 

[G00fyDad]

I am sincerely confused how people think taking a selfie with a camera/phone attached to a thin pole extended outwards from you can produce a better picture than one taken by a human being.

You're forgetting that these same people are already assuming that A) their crappy iPhone camera will take a good shot even when held in the hand and B) that the image will not be a blur because they cannot hold the pole still enough. They have already made the monumental mistake of purchasing the idiot stick. Clearly they don't make great life choices.

 

[Matt_Black]

I am sincerely confused how people think taking a selfie with a camera/phone attached to a thin pole extended outwards from you can produce a better picture than one taken by a human being.

Well, in the former case, you only have yourself to blame. With the latter, friendships are ruined, families are broken, and your faith in humanity is shattered, all over one blurry photo.

Selfie sticks- preserving society one picture at a time!

 

[Foltzy]

You're forgetting that these same people are already assuming that A) their crappy iPhone camera will take a good shot even when held in the hand and B) that the image will not be a blur because they cannot hold the pole still enough. They have already made the monumental mistake of purchasing the idiot stick. Clearly they don't make great life choices.

Well I do realize that iPhones have terrible cameras, after getting a selfie stick as a gag gift for Christmas, it has come in handy in many places, such as when my schools hockey team went to play at the United Center and I wanted a selfie with my friends and the ice, which the stick allowed a view of the ice with all of us in it

 

[G00fyDad]

The conductor should have just let the moron get hit by the train.


This is proof that I no longer support South Korea in any way. They "invented" the selfie stick?!?! This is the bastion of all evil.


One less to worry about.


smh ....


Duh!


LOL

 

[Cesar R M]

Are they imitating them, or making fun of them?

my bet is on mocking them.

 

[Matt_Black]

my bet is on mocking them.

Yeah, look at the grins on everyone involved. They are totally taking the p... uh... PEE out of the rampant selfie takers.

Again, I am not opposed to the occasional selfie myself, as indicated by my avatar pic, but as noted above, I believe those should be for special occasions and not, "Look, I'm in the bathroom about to brush my teeth just like I do every darn day!"