Funny picture thread

[01101010]

So the selfie stick is for people that can't get anyone else to take their picture? Sounds about right.

[Signe]

I bet nearly all of you would have jumped at the chance to take her picture!  Me?  I would have told her to put her trousers back on.

[Ironwood]

Never trust a lassie wearing a tabard.

[Yegolev]

So the selfie stick is for people that can't get anyone else to take their picture?

I thought the selfie itself was due to that, or no one in the group wanting to be the one not in the picture.  Tied to vanity and the need to share, I'm sure.

[Lantyssa]

A selfie stick!?

I need to go find a cloud to yell at since there aren't any kids around to get on my lawn.

[Phildo]

We all know the real reason they were invented.

[01101010]

 

[Sky]

I bet nearly all of you would have jumped at the chance to take her picture!  Me?  I would have told her to put her trousers back on.

Trousers are no longer necessary, per Queen B.

Though I think Xtina started the whole pantless revolution in poptarts.

[Morat20]

Trousers are no longer necessary, per Queen B.

The wardrobe in Buffy the Vampire Slayer didn't hit critical WTF until the first season set in college. (Yes, I know, not that Queen B...still, that was some awful, awful costuming. IIRC, Charmed was equally as strange. I could almost believe the wardrobe people were doing an awful lot of illegal drugs).

[Sky]

From my year spending time with fashion industry people (I did some runway modeling, hah), yes.

[Strazos]

Yes, those sticks are fucking dumb. Also, if you're on vacation taking a bunch of pictures...think about using a real camera.

[Paelos]

Yes, those sticks are fucking dumb. Also, if you're on vacation taking a bunch of pictures...think about using a real camera.

Or you know, travelling with some people. Or just asking a guy. But that would involve being social in real life, not fake ass social on the internet.

[01101010]

Yes, those sticks are fucking dumb. Also, if you're on vacation taking a bunch of pictures...think about using a real camera.

Or you know, travelling with some people. Or just asking a guy. But that would involve being social in real life, not fake ass social on the internet.

Playing devil's advocate for a minute... this is an easy way to get your shit stolen.

And no one wants to lug around another item just to take pictures except the guy/girl who is really into photography - and then it involves a separate bag just for the camera; likewise then you are getting into crazy camera accessories for even more lulz. Easier to whip out the phone and snap some average pics AND be able to post them to your choice of social media sites. One device to rule them all.

This is not to say the sticks aren't silly and dumb, but it beats a tripod.

[Paelos]

You don't necessarily have to have another camera. Just have someone else take the phone picture. This happens constantly on almost every vacation I've taken. I've held more phones than I can count for people. Why? Because usually I'm asking too.

The idea that some jackass is just going to run off with your phone is pretty silly. I've been to 25 countries, it's never happened. The only time I had anything stolen was by maids in the hotel rooms.

[01101010]

You don't necessarily have to have another camera. Just have someone else take the phone picture. This happens constantly on almost every vacation I've taken. I've held more phones than I can count for people. Why? Because usually I'm asking too.

The idea that some jackass is just going to run off with your phone is pretty silly. I've been to 25 countries, it's never happened. The only time I had anything stolen was by maids in the hotel rooms.

Whether it happens or not is not the issue. It is whether or not the person thinks someone will run off with there priceless smartphone that tends to have a lot of account information and now with iPhone, that ApplePay. I know I am not handing my phone to anyone for a snapshot with all the personal info I have on my phone - but then I don't snap selfies with it. Most of us are in America were we are taught to fear everything even if shit jumping off is rare.

[Paelos]

Here's another good idea. Don't store your personal shit on your phone. The way people lose their phones, the idea of having my credit cards and mobile payment information in there is more worrisome than anything. People will tell you OH APPLEPAY IS EVEN MORE SECURE COMPARED TO BLAH BLAH BLAH, unless you lose your phone. Then oops?

I think if somebody gets my phone they get some pictures of me at Braves games, and they could pretend to be me on my Twitter account.

[Sky]

I met a couple hiking, he made his own stick by duct-taping a go-pro to a stick. Since he and his girlfriend were very active outdoors together, it was perfect for them. Who wants to try to find someone else to take a nice picture of them on a remote cliff or on a canoe in the middle of a lake?

[IainC]

Here's another good idea. Don't store your personal shit on your phone. The way people lose their phones, the idea of having my credit cards and mobile payment information in there is more worrisome than anything. People will tell you OH APPLEPAY IS EVEN MORE SECURE COMPARED TO BLAH BLAH BLAH, unless you lose your phone. Then oops?

I think if somebody gets my phone they get some pictures of me at Braves games, and they could pretend to be me on my Twitter account.

What's a super useful thing to be able to access on your phone? Email. What can someone who has access to your email inbox do? Pretty much anything with any account that you have.

[Teleku]

Is it easy for somebody to hack past your phones password or something (honest question)?  I just always assumed they steal the phone so they can wipe it and resell it, since you need to be able to log in to access the apps to get anything important.

If so, I still figure that in the time it takes them to get it plugged in and hacked, I'll have had time to hit the kill switch which erases everything on the phone the next time it touches the internet (Which they need to do in order to access anything important).

Anyways, selfie sticks are god damned retarded and I want to grab them and break them over my knee every time I see somebody walking by with one.  They look so damn silly.  But as somebody who travels by himself very often, I can understand the need a bit, as I'm forced to take selfies to get shots of me in front of places all the time.  Arm works just fine though, thanks.

[calapine]

Is it easy for somebody to hack past your phones password or something (honest question)?  I just always assumed they steal the phone so they can wipe it and resell it, since you need to be able to log in to access the apps to get anything important.

Not very hard at all. Safest would be using the android encryption and a proper password (so not a 4 digit PIN).

[kaid]

Here's another good idea. Don't store your personal shit on your phone. The way people lose their phones, the idea of having my credit cards and mobile payment information in there is more worrisome than anything. People will tell you OH APPLEPAY IS EVEN MORE SECURE COMPARED TO BLAH BLAH BLAH, unless you lose your phone. Then oops?

I think if somebody gets my phone they get some pictures of me at Braves games, and they could pretend to be me on my Twitter account.

What's a super useful thing to be able to access on your phone? Email. What can someone who has access to your email inbox do? Pretty much anything with any account that you have.

This is pretty much why I don't have any of my personal email accounts setup via my phone only my throw away gmail account. I don't think I would put that much personal info on something that easy to lose/steal.

[MahrinSkel]

I just treat my phone like my wallet: it never leaves my possession, and if it ever went missing I'd get it turned off and all my passwords changed as quickly as possible (with my wallet I'd cancel all my cards).

I've literally never lost a phone. Broken two and drowned three, but never lost it or had one stolen. In comparison, I've had my wallet stolen once and lost it once. I'm more likely to walk outside without my pants then to lose track of my phone (literally true). But then, I'm not big on being in pictures that other people are taking, why would I take pictures of myself (never mind hand my phone to someone to take them)?

You can say that's because I'm too old to 'get it', I say it's because I'm too fat and ugly.

--Dave

[Rendakor]

I'm with Dave; I've never lost or had a phone (or wallet) stolen because it only goes from hand to pocket and back.

[Teleku]

Ditto what they said.  Pretty much need to get robbed at gun point for my phone to get stolen.  Or hand it to a stranger to take a picture of me.   

[Sky]

Is there consumer level management/remote wipe software for a phone? Preferably run off my own pc, not a service?

[Viin]

..the Duckface appears to be going away..

I had no idea this was a thing.

Is there consumer level management/remote wipe software for a phone? Preferably run off my own pc, not a service?

I believe Apple supports something like this for your iPhone.

[Sky]

Galaxy S5. I was wondering if the BYOD stuff had trickled down yet.

[lamaros]

You people must have never run into the type that uses a selfie stick. If they're asking other people to take a photo for them instead they're pretty much hiring a slave to follow them around all day.

I'd never give my phone to a stranger. Also never lost or had stolen my phone or wallet. Did lose a eurail pass in my coat pocket after drinking a lot of Belgian beer though, was annoyed at that.

Also never seen the need for a selfie with an extra one metre perspective of my face...

[DraconianOne]

This thread is grinding to a dull and depressing halt!  

So as to rerail but not actually derail...



EDIT: I posted this thinking it was an a piss-take but it turns out that it may actually be a real and genuine thing developed by the creators of a site called On.Com which I CBA to link to. I would, however, like someone to stop the world so I can get off.

[apocrypha]

The badly photoshopped people posing with the stick really scream spoof... but... it's impossible to tell what's real and what's satire any more. 

[Paelos]

Do it the old school, kids.

[Maven]

I just picked up a Samsung Galaxy S4, and I hope never to need these accessories.

But god damn it, I took a selfie the first day I had it. Curse you, front-facing camera!

[Phildo]

Selfies are a useful form of expression, as long as you don't overdo it.  I've been known to take a few.

[schild]

Selfies are a useful form of expression, as long as you don't overdo it.  I've been known to take a few.

No and Stop It.

[Phildo]

Duckface at you.