[Ads-l] The origin of the selfie stick

[Joel Berson]

Not so ridiculous, perhaps.  And not just because one does not have to carry around a flat-bed office copy machine.  A useful application might be to take a picture of a skin growth on one's back to send to one's dermatologist.  

Although I doubt that's why it was invented.  My guess is to overcome the handicap of cell phone cameras not having a sufficient (actually no) wide angle "zoom" capability.
Joel

      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
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Possibly germane:  I was told just yesterday, and in all seriousness - by
an attorney, that the selfie stick was invented specifically so that one
might take selfies of one's butt.


JL

On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 2:55 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
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> It's all about the trendy.
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> Be thankful that so few of those inconsequential, flash-in-the-pan
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> It isn't old age, it's directed attention.
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> JL
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> > This is all very meta... What has social media wrought?
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> > http://goo.gl/l6GjCh
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> > I must be getting old because I find this piece hard to read. I'm sure
> > people here will find a lot of things to like (or dislike) here. I'll
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