Alexandra Bogdanovic's Blog: That's life... - Posts Tagged "digital-photography"

It happens all the time. A word from pop culture or the common vernacular is "accepted" as part of the English language. With acceptance comes inclusion in all of the "official" English dictionaries.
Today, the online editions of the Merriam-Webster and Oxford dictionaries contain the worst word ever uttered. "Selfie." God, I hate that word. I cringe every time I hear it. It's worse than listening to someone run their fingernails down a chalkboard.
One commonly accepted definition of a "selfie"is: "an image of oneself taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks."
To me it is woefully incomplete. With apologies to my friends who have actually indulged in this activity, my definition is much more accurate. It is: "a digital self-portrait taken by a self-centered, self-absorbed, self-important, narcissistic person with a clearly overblown sense of their own worth and place in the world."
Frankly I couldn't care less about seeing pictures of anyone on social media. And in all fairness, I wouldn't expect that anyone would care about seeing my picture on social media either. That's one reason why I've never taken a "selfie," and I never will. The other reason is pretty obvious -- just look at the picture (taken by another photographer) accompanying this blog. I am not exactly a photogenic girl. I hate having my picture taken, so I would never take my own, much less put it on social media.
At the end of the day, it's not all about me -- or anyone else, for that matter.
Until next time, "That's life..."