Are you a "selfie" fan?

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I never thought I would actually say this word, let alone presume that you would see it over and over in this post! You see, I've really tried to withhold my feelings about this for quite some time now, but it will just cause me to explode if I can't tell you how I feel about "selfies." It's a nasty business watching our beautiful young teens become narcissistic individuals, when they should be practicing to grow up as sensible human beings. I've chastised myself on a regular basis for not coming to terms with their obvious preferences for the Internet, and their smart phones, ( or is it the other way round?) They don't look at you any more when they talk. When they walk down the street their fingers are busy texting. Who needs to be in touch ALL the time? Who texts whom? I've never been able to figure it out. And now the greatest insult of all. Those darn phones are held up, the person holding it smiles broadly, then takes a quick snap of THEMSELVES, and adroitly posts it on Instagram or another social site. WHY? I must be missing something here. WHY? Please explain this to me. I know I'm slow, I know I'm so antisocial I actually have to look someone in the eye to have a conversation, but I cannot for the life of me figure out why this is so popular. Do you know that Instagram has 53 million ( 6 zeros oon the end ) photos that have hashtags # selfie on their site? Doesn't this obsession seem just a little strange to any normal thinking person? No matter how I try to rationalise this, I cannot understand the reason for it. Does there have to be a reason? Well, usually most thinking people have a reason for their actions. What are these people thinking, and WHO CARES so much that they are willing to look through millions of these things? Please, if you are into "selfies" help me understand their importance to humanity, or even just to the owner of each one. Because, no matter how hard I try, I just can't care about them.