How 10 Days of Selfies Changed My Life (Well, Sort Of)

Originally published on ravishly.com. Chances are, you know someone (and it might be you) that takes photos of their self and shares them with friends and followers on a way too regular basis. There seems to be two distinct camps when it comes to selfies: those who take them all the time, and those who don't understand why anyone would ever bother. As someone who always cringed with discomfort and felt a not-so-secret pity when I happened upon a profile with too many selfies, I decided there had to be something of substance to the serial selfiest. It couldn't possibly be entirely superficial. These people can't possibly all be narcissists. After all, even the most vain person on earth must know -- on some level -- that sharing photos of oneself taken in the driver's seat of their car several times a week isn't really all that interesting. No one can be stupid enough to think that people earnestly give a shit about what they look like while bored at work or stuck in traffic. In fact, knowing some of these people personally made it all the more perplexing -- many of them are intelligent, well-grounded people who don't seem to need validation based on how many people click on a thumbs up, heart, or star where they've posted their photo. "So what the hell is up with all the selfies?" my passively judgmental self often said to herself. There was only one way to find out. In an attempt to understand serial selfiests, I decided to force myself to take and post selfies on Facebo...
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