Selfie Sticks
Mar 25, 2015, 4:25 pm
#46
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Would be interesting to poll all of you on your ages and see what the data shows.
I hypothesize that the pro- or neutral-selfie stick crowd would be below 35.
Im under 35 and really don't care either way. When I travel I try to avoid all the places where tourists would be using selfie sticks anyway, and when I do visit those places I guess i just lump selfie-sticks in with things like turnstiles at machu picchu and long lines at the louvre (i.e. all things that one has to deal with at these "touristy" places).
I hypothesize that the pro- or neutral-selfie stick crowd would be below 35.
Im under 35 and really don't care either way. When I travel I try to avoid all the places where tourists would be using selfie sticks anyway, and when I do visit those places I guess i just lump selfie-sticks in with things like turnstiles at machu picchu and long lines at the louvre (i.e. all things that one has to deal with at these "touristy" places).
Last edited by bumfluff; Mar 26, 2015 at 12:06 pm
Mar 25, 2015, 5:14 pm
#47
Join Date: Sep 2014
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Would be interesting to poll all of you on your ages and see what the data shows.
I hypothesize that the pro- or neutral-selfie stick crowd would be below 35.
Im 30yo and really don't care either way. When I travel I try to avoid all the places where tourists would be using selfie sticks anyway, and when I do visit those places I guess i just lump selfie-sticks in with things like turnstiles at machu picchu and long lines at the louvre (i.e. all things that one has to deal with at these "touristy" places).
I hypothesize that the pro- or neutral-selfie stick crowd would be below 35.
Im 30yo and really don't care either way. When I travel I try to avoid all the places where tourists would be using selfie sticks anyway, and when I do visit those places I guess i just lump selfie-sticks in with things like turnstiles at machu picchu and long lines at the louvre (i.e. all things that one has to deal with at these "touristy" places).
Mar 25, 2015, 5:50 pm
#48
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Mar 26, 2015, 4:03 am
#49
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Mar 26, 2015, 6:49 am
#50
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Would be interesting to poll all of you on your ages and see what the data shows.
I hypothesize that the pro- or neutral-selfie stick crowd would be below 35.
Im 30yo and really don't care either way. When I travel I try to avoid all the places where tourists would be using selfie sticks anyway, and when I do visit those places I guess i just lump selfie-sticks in with things like turnstiles at machu picchu and long lines at the louvre (i.e. all things that one has to deal with at these "touristy" places).
I hypothesize that the pro- or neutral-selfie stick crowd would be below 35.
Im 30yo and really don't care either way. When I travel I try to avoid all the places where tourists would be using selfie sticks anyway, and when I do visit those places I guess i just lump selfie-sticks in with things like turnstiles at machu picchu and long lines at the louvre (i.e. all things that one has to deal with at these "touristy" places).
Apr 22, 2015, 7:35 am
#52
Join Date: Oct 2014
Posts: 131
I am over 35 and do not use a selfie stick.
Saw a ton of them at Disney World in January, I think heard Disney recently banned them because of people being obnoxious and irresponsible on rides.
I can see why a family may want to take one on vacation to get some photos with the whole family though.
Saw a ton of them at Disney World in January, I think heard Disney recently banned them because of people being obnoxious and irresponsible on rides.
I can see why a family may want to take one on vacation to get some photos with the whole family though.
Apr 23, 2015, 6:50 pm
#53
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Fyi, also banned at NYC museums (MOMA, the Met, Museum of Natural History, and others I'm sure). Same at the Art Institute of Chicago.
Apr 23, 2015, 9:10 pm
#54
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I am over 35 and do not use a selfie stick.
Saw a ton of them at Disney World in January, I think heard Disney recently banned them because of people being obnoxious and irresponsible on rides.
I can see why a family may want to take one on vacation to get some photos with the whole family though.
Saw a ton of them at Disney World in January, I think heard Disney recently banned them because of people being obnoxious and irresponsible on rides.
I can see why a family may want to take one on vacation to get some photos with the whole family though.
Apr 24, 2015, 10:59 am
#55
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Not banned in the parks, but they are banned on attractions.
http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/04/breaki...n-attractions/
http://wdwnt.com/blog/2015/04/breaki...n-attractions/
Apr 24, 2015, 10:56 pm
#56
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Was at Disney a couple of weeks ago, I saw plenty of people using selfie sticks in the parks but not on the rides as Cast Members will enforce the ban on the rides.
Apr 26, 2015, 10:19 pm
#57
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I don't understand the hate at selfie sticks. Even if you're 40 or 50 don't you want at least a couple of photos together with your whole travel party? Before selfie sticks you'd hand your camera off to some other person asking for help only to invariably find the composition is absolute sh*t. Doesn't it make sense to buy a selfie stick so you can then do the job yourself?
Apr 26, 2015, 10:48 pm
#58
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No. With my camera on a tripod and self-timer, I can get a FAR better picture than any phone on a remotely held stick. A hundred times better camera stability if nothing else. Not to mention 4 or 5x better sensor.
If those stupid sticks are permitted at a venue, then my tripod should be. And the tripod is not a menace to others around me.
/Crabby old man hat OFF/
Apr 27, 2015, 12:45 pm
#59
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No. With my camera on a tripod and self-timer, I can get a FAR better picture than any phone on a remotely held stick. A hundred times better camera stability if nothing else. Not to mention 4 or 5x better sensor.
If those stupid sticks are permitted at a venue, then my tripod should be. And the tripod is not a menace to others around me.
/Crabby old man hat OFF/
No. With my camera on a tripod and self-timer, I can get a FAR better picture than any phone on a remotely held stick. A hundred times better camera stability if nothing else. Not to mention 4 or 5x better sensor.
If those stupid sticks are permitted at a venue, then my tripod should be. And the tripod is not a menace to others around me.
/Crabby old man hat OFF/
Apr 27, 2015, 1:59 pm
#60
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Lol @ Selfie sticks! I was initially thinking about it, but then I was thinking, do I NEED a perfect awesome shot of myself? Am I so self centred/absorbed or narcissist that I need it. Then I decided not too 
I'm fine with using the camera or asking someone else
I'm fine with using the camera or asking someone else