Liliputins -243 Vincent Van Gogh

To call my “Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear and Pipe” a selfie is not only simplistic but also adds insult to injury ... "
Vincent Van Gogh

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this ?
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Selfie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about self-photographs. For other uses, see Selfie 

A typical selfie, shot from a high angle, exaggerating the size of the eyes and giving the impression of a slender pointed chinA selfie is a self-portrait photograph, typically taken with a hand-held digital camera or camera phone. Selfies are often shared on social networking services such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. They are usually flattering and made to appear casual. Most selfies are taken with a camera held at arm's length or pointed at a mirror, rather than by using a self-timer.

History
 
First known selfie, taken by Robert Cornelius in 1839

Robert Cornelius, an American pioneer in photography, produced a daguerreotype of himself in 1839 which is also one of the first photographs of a person. Because the process was slow, Cornelius was able to run into the shot for a minute or more, and then replace the lens cap.[1] He recorded on the back "The first light Picture ever taken. 1839."[1][2]

 
Woman taking her picture in a mirror, ca. 1900

The debut of the portable Kodak Brownie box camera in 1900 led to photographic self-portraiture becoming a more widespread technique. The method was usually with the use of a mirror and stabilizing the camera either on a nearby object or on a tripod while framing via a viewfinder at the top of the box.[3] Russian Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna at the age of 13 was one of the first teenagers to take her own picture using a mirror to send to a friend in 1914. In the letter that accompanied the photograph, she wrote, "I took this picture of myself looking at the mirror. It was very hard as my hands were trembling."[4]

The earliest usage of the word selfie has been traced to 2002 when it first appeared in an Australian internet forum (ABC Online) on 13 September: "Um, drunk at a mates 21st, I tripped ofer and landed lip first on a set of steps. I had a hole about 1cm long right through my bottom lip. And sorry about the focus, it was a selfie."[5] As with other new technologies, the protocols and etiquette for taking and disseminating selfies remains under development, with appropriate use a matter for consideration.[6]

Popularity

The term "selfie" was discussed by photographer Jim Krause in 2005,[7] although photos anticipating some of the formal aspects of the selfie can be seen in the self-taken photographs that were particularly common on MySpace. Writer Kate Losse proposes that between 2006 and 2009 (when Facebook became more popular than MySpace), the "MySpace pic" (typically "an amateurish, flash-blinded self-portrait, often taken in front of a bathroom mirror") became an indication of bad taste for users of the newer Facebook social network. Early Facebook portraits, Losse claims in contrast, were usually well-focused and more formal, taken by others from distance. In 2009 in the image hosting and video hosting website Flickr, Flickr users used 'selfies' to describe seemingly endless self-portraits posted by teenage girls.[8] According to Losse, improvements in design—especially the front-facing camera copied by the iPhone 4 (2010) from Korean and Japanese mobile phones, mobile photo apps such as Instagram, and selfie sites such as ItisMee—led to the resurgence of selfies in the early 2010s.[9]

 
Buzz Aldrin took the first EVA selfie in 1966.

Initially popular with young people, selfies gained wider popularity over time.[10][11] By the end of 2012, Time magazine considered selfie one of the "top 10 buzzwords" of that year; although selfies had existed long before, it was in 2012 that the term "really hit the big time".[12] According to a 2013 survey, two-thirds of Australian women age 18–35 take selfies—the most common purpose for which is posting on Facebook.[11] A poll commissioned by smartphone and camera maker Samsung found that selfies make up 30% of the photos taken by people aged 18–24.[13] By 2013, the word "selfie" had become commonplace enough to be monitored for inclusion in the online version of the Oxford English Dictionary.[14] In November 2013, the word "selfie" was announced as being the "word of the year" by the Oxford English Dictionary, which gave the word itself an Australian origin.[15]

Selfies have also taken beyond Earth. Selfies taken in space include those by astronauts,[16] an image by NASA's Curiosity rover of itself on Mars,[17] and images created by an indirect method, where a self-portrait photograph taken on Earth is displayed on a screen on a satellite, and captured by a camera.[18]

In 2011 a crested black macaque stole a wildlife photographer's camera, and when the camera was later recovered it was found to contain hundreds of "selfies", including one of a grinning female macaque. This incident set off an unusual debate about copyright.[19]

In October 2013, Imagist Labs released an iOS app called Selfie, which allows users to upload photos only from their front-facing smartphone camera.[20] The app shows a feed of public photos of everyone’s selfies and from the people they follow. The app does not allow users to comment and users can only respond with selfies. The app soon gained popularity among teenagers.

In January 2014, during the Sochi Winter Olympics, a "Selfie Olympics" meme was popular on Twitter, where users took self-portraits in unusual situations.[21] The spread of the meme took place with the usage of the hashtags #selfiegame and #selfieolympics.[22]

In April 2014, the advertising agency iStrategyLabs produced a two-way mirror capable of automatically posting selfies to Twitter, using facial recognition software.[23]

The popularity of selfies in social media has been astounding.[24] Instagram has over 53 million photos tagged with the hashtag #selfie. The word “selfie” was mentioned in Facebook status updates over 368,000 times during a one week period in October 2013. During the same period on Twitter, the hashtag #selfie was used in more than 150,000 tweets.

Sociology[edit]The appeal of selfies comes from how easy they are to create and share, and the control they give self-photographers over how they present themselves. Many selfies are intended to present a flattering image of the person, especially to friends whom the photographer expects to be supportive.[10][11] However, a 2013 study of Facebook users found that posting photos of oneself correlates with lower levels of social support from and intimacy with Facebook friends (except for those marked as Close Friends).[25] The lead author of the study suggests that "those who frequently post photographs on Facebook risk damaging real-life relationships."[26] The photo messaging application Snapchat is also largely used to send selfies. Some users of Snapchat choose to send intentionally-unattractive selfies to their friends for comedic purposes.

Posting intentionally unattractive selfies has also become common in the early 2010s—in part for their humor value, but in some cases also to explore issues of body image or as a reaction against the perceived narcissism or over-sexualization of typical selfies.[27]

Gender roles, sexuality, and privacy
 
Selfie from FlickrSelfies are popular among both genders. Sociologist Ben Agger describes the trend of selfies as "the male gaze gone viral", and sociologist and women's studies professor Gail Dines links it to the rise of "porn culture" and the idea that sexual attractiveness is the only way in which a woman can make herself visible.[28] Writer Andrew Keen has pointed out that while selfies are often intended to give the photographer control over how their image is presented, posting images publicly or sharing them with others who do so may have the opposite effect—dramatically so in the case of revenge porn, where ex-lovers post sexually explicit photographs or nude selfies to exact revenge or humiliate their former lovers.[28] Nonetheless, some feminists view selfies as a subversive form of self-expression that narrates one's own view of desirability. In this sense, selfies can be empowering and offer a way of actively asserting agency.[29] Copyright law may be effective in forcing the removal of private selfies from public that were forwarded to another person.[30]

In 2013 in the blog Jezebel, author Erin Gloria Ryan criticized selfies, stating that the images they often portray, as well as the fact that they are usually posted to social media with the intent of getting positive comments and "likes", reinforce the "notion that the most valuable thing [a young woman] has to offer the world is her looks."[31] The Jezebel post provoked commentary, including a blog post by writer Maria Guido defending selfies, saying it is acceptable to take and enjoy pictures of yourself since society and advertising are constantly condemning women to that in which they are not "good enough, pretty enough, [and] skinny enough".[32] The blog started a hashtag of #feministselfie, which then started a larger group on Flickr called the #365feministselfie, where women aim to post a selfie everyday advocating a new way of approaching individual, and unconventional beauty standards.[32]

Celebrity selfies
 
Former South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak and footballer Ji So YunMany celebrities – especially sex symbols – post selfies for their followers on social media, and provocative or otherwise interesting celebrity selfies are the subject of regular press coverage. Some commentators, such as Emma Barnett of The Telegraph, have argued that sexy celebrity selfies (and sexy non-celebrity selfies) can be empowering to the selfie-takers but harmful to women in general as they promote viewing women as sex objects.[33] Actor and avid selfie poster James Franco wrote an op-ed for The New York Times defending this frequent use of selfies on his Instagram page.[34] Franco defends the self-portrait stating they should not be seen as an egocentric act, but instead a journalistic moment as it cultivates a "visual culture, the selfie quickly and easily shows, not tells, how you're feeling, where you are, what you're doing", much like a photojournalist image.[34]

Franco continued to write how peoples' social lives are

more electronic, we become more adept at interpreting social media. And, as our social lives become more electronic, we become more adept at interpreting social media. A texting conversation might fall short of communicating how you are feeling, but a selfie might make everything clear in an instant. Selfies are tools of communication more than marks of vanity (but yes, they can be a little vain).[34]
A selfie orchestrated by 86th Academy Awards host Ellen DeGeneres during the 2 March 2014 broadcast is the most retweeted image ever.[35][36] DeGeneres said she wanted to homage Meryl Streep's record 18 Oscar nominations by setting a new record with her, and invited twelve other Oscar celebrities to join them, which included Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Channing Tatum, Bradley Cooper, Kevin Spacey, Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt, Lupita Nyong'o, Jared Leto and Jennifer Lawrence. The resulting photo of the celebrities broke the previous retweet record within forty minutes, and was retweeted over 1.8 million times in the first hour.[37][38][39] By the end of the ceremony it had been retweeted over 2 million times, less than 24 hours later, it had been retweeted over 2.8 million times.[36][37] As of 24 June 2014[update], it has been retweeted 3,415,871 times.[40] It beat the previous record, 778,801, which was held by Barack Obama, following his victory in the 2012 presidential election.[39][41][42]

Politician selfies
 
Bill Nye takes a selfie with US President Barack Obama and Neil deGrasse Tyson at the White HousePresident Barack Obama made news headlines during Nelson Mandela's memorial celebration at the Johannesburg's FNB Stadium with various world leaders, as he was snapped taking a selfie and sharing smiles with Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt, and later with British Prime Minister David Cameron, as they gathered to pay tribute to Mandela.[43] The decision to take the selfies was considered to be in poor taste, as British political columnist Iain Martin critiqued the behaviour as "clowning around like muppets".[43] The photos also depict the First Lady Michelle Obama sitting next to them looking "furious and mortified".[43] Despite the criticism, Roberto Schmidt, the photographer who captured the photos taken at the celebration, reported to the Today show it was taken at "a jovial, celebratory portion of the service".[44]

 
A group selfie of tourists using an extension for a wider angle image.In India, BJP Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi posted a selfie on Twitter after voting in Gandhinagar, India. The post became a major trending item on the micro-blogging platform.[45] In July 2014, the Swiss government is the first to take and post a picture of an entire national government (the picture was taken by one of the seven members of the government, Alain Berset).[46]

Group selfies

In January 2014, Business Insider published a story referring to such images as "usies".[47] A photograph of Pope Francis with visitors to the Vatican has been called an usie by The Daily Dot,[48][49] and TMZ has used the term to describe a selfie taken of celebrity couple Justin Bieber and Selena Gomez.[47][50]

The term "groufie" has been trademarked by Chinese phone manufacturer Huawei Technologies in China, France, Germany, Russia, and the U.S.[51][52] The word was introduced during the launch of its Ascend P7 smartphone in 2014.[53] Huawei defines the groufie as a panoramic selfie involving multiple subjects, as well as background scenery, captured using the front facing, 8-megapixel camera and panorama capabilities of its phones.[54][55][56]

Another term for a group selfie is "wefie", originally trademarked by Samsung in the U.S. to promote the wide-angle lens of its NX series of cameras.[52][57][58][59]

In popular culture

In August 2013, The Guardian produced a film series titled Thinkfluencer[60] exploring selfie exposure in the UK.
American dance music duo The Chainsmokers released a single #SELFIE in 2014.
In August 2014, selfie was officially accepted for use in the word game Scrabble[61][62]
In September 2014, the American television sitcom Selfie premiered on ABC, telling the story of a woman trying to achieve fame through social media.
Psychology and neuroscience[edit]According to a study performed by Nicola Bruno and Marco Bertamini at the University of Parma, selfies by non-professional photographers show a slight bias for showing the left cheek of the selfie-taker.[63] This is similar to what has been observed for portraits by professional painters from many different historical periods and styles,[64] indicating that the left cheek bias may be rooted in asymmetries of brain lateralization that are well documented within cognitive neuroscience. In a second study,[65] the same group tested if selfie takers without training in photography spontaneously adhere to widely prescribed rules of photographic composition, such as the rule of thirds. It seems that they do not, suggesting that these rules may be conventional rather than hardwired in the brain's perceptual preferences.

In April 2014, a man diagnosed with body dysmorphic disorder recounted spending ten hours a day attempting to take the "right" selfie, attempting suicide after failing to produce what he perceived to be the perfect selfie.[66] The same month brought several scholarly publications linking excessive selfie posting with body dysmorphic disorder.[citation needed]

Injuries while taking photos[edit]In July 2014, a fourteen year-old girl in the Philippines fell to her death after losing her balance while taking a selfie of herself and a friend near the staircase landing of their school in suburban Pasig City. According to doctors, the girl sustained a sharp blow to the head from the fall and a rib had broken, piercing her kidney.[67] In August 2014, a fifteen year-old boy was critically wounded after accidentally shooting himself while taking a selfie in which his other hand was holding a gun to his chin.[68]

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External links[edit] Wikimedia Commons has media related to selfies.
 Look up selfie in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Selfie Social Network
Photography portal 

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Word of the Day  November 1 
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simplistic \sim-PLISS-tik\
   
adjective : excessively simple : not complete or thorough enough : not treating or considering all possibilities or parts
   
The statistics are based on a simplistic study of a small, unrepresentative population and cannot be applied to the broader population.

"Although the movie loses steam by its simplistic, rushed ending, it touts a strong script, one peppered with plenty of humor and funny asides, like Carl having no idea what Twitter is." — Lana Sweeten-Shults, Times Record News (Wichita Falls, TX), October 3, 2014
 
 "The facts of nature and of life are more apt to be complex than simple. Simplistic theories are generally one-sided and partial," wrote the American clergyman James Freeman Clarke in the 19th century, nicely illustrating the difference between plain, ordinary simple and the then-new adjective simplistic. Simplistic is generally synonymous with oversimplified, but we didn't have the verb oversimplify and its participle oversimplified until well into the 20th century. Simplistic is sometimes used in the neutral sense of "not complicated" (in which case it is synonymous with simple) but this borders on misuse—simplistic is generally understood to be pejorative.

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add insult to injury
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Alternative forms
heap insult on injury

Etymology

This was derived from the fables of Phaedrus in the first century AD. The story was of a bald man who swats at a fly which has just bitten him on the head, but instead hits himself on the head. The fly comments, "You wished to kill me for a touch. What will you do to yourself since you have added insult to injury". The actual wording appears in English from the middle of the 18th century. This definition is lacking an etymology or has an incomplete etymology. You can help Wiktionary by giving it a proper etymology.

Verb

add insult to injury

(idiomatic) To further a loss with mockery or indignity; to worsen an unfavourable situation
As if the hostile takeover weren't enough, to add insult to injury they scrapped ninety percent of our products and replaced them with their own.
Usage notes
This expression permits little variation, except for heap insult on injury.
Derived terms insult to injury

Translations:
to further a loss with mockery or indignity
go from bad to worse
Italian: oltre il danno la beffa
Russian: сыпать соль на рану
German:das Ganze (nur) noch schlimmer machen  ( Y.S.)

See also:

beat a dead horse
rub salt in the wound
kick someone when they are down
twist the knife
grave dancing
add fuel to the fire
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go from bad to worse
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to progress from a bad situation to one that is worse. Things went from bad to worse in a matter of days. I'm afraid that things are going from bad to worse.
See also: bad, worse
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.


go from bad to worse

if a situation goes from bad to worse, it gets worse than it already was The troubles started when John lost his job last March and things have gone from bad to worse ever since.
See also: bad, worse
Cambridge Idioms Dictionary, 2nd ed. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2006. Reproduced with permission.


go from bad to worse

to become even more difficult or unpleasant The Tigers lost their first game, 25 to 0, and then things went from bad to worse the following week when they lost by 38 points.
See also: bad, worse
Cambridge Dictionary of American Idioms Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003. Reproduced with permission.

Translations:
German: vom Regen in die Traufe kommen/geraten
Russian: из огня да в полымя

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Vom Regen in die Traufe kommen

Bedeutung:

Vom Regen in die Traufe kommen – von einem schlimmen oder unangenehmen Zustand oder Situation in einen noch unangenehmeren geraten


Vom Regen in die Traufe kommen - © kahanaboy, morguefile.com

Herkunft:

Der Ursprung dieser Redewendung liegt in der Tropfkante am Dach eines Gebaeudes, diese wird Traufe genannt. Waehrend eines Regengusses fliesst hier das gesamte Regenwasser des Daches ab. Wer also vom Regen in die Traufe kommt (sich also vermeintlich schutzsuchend vor dem Regen unter das Dach stellt), ist schlimmer dran, als direkt im Regen zu stehen.