When Selfies Get Out of Control
Sometimes, it’s good to be reminded of the destructive power of the selfie.
A new Tumblr called “Selfies At Serious Places” does just that. It’s exactly how it sounds: people taking close up pictures of their faces with an incredibly inappropriate backdrop. Seriously though: what goes through your mind when you tweet a picture of yourself posing in the gas chamber at Auschwitz? Come on.
Other choice locations include the Anne Frank house, the Berlin Holocaust memorial, Chernobyl, the 9/11 memorial and Pearl Harbor.
Get it together people.
Selfie from the gas chamber in Auschwitz. #selfie #respect pic.twitter.com/OboL4Kfuby
ampmdash; John Quirke (@Qu1rke) July 11, 2013
Anne Frank House car window selfie with @DungeonsofRap! pic.twitter.com/O1DlsAjLMU
ampmdash; Jake Ware (@JacobWare95) June 6, 2013
Taking the selfie to radioactive levels 😛 #chernobyl pic.twitter.com/nZM6xi120L
ampmdash; Jake Fletcher (@Jake_Fletcher_) June 5, 2013
Via [The Daily Dot]
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