Is the Selfie Stick already over? Perhaps when Walmart is selling them, the trend is dying. Then again, maybe the next wave of annoying tourist is merely upon us.
This beautifully worded essay from New York Times, although slightly dated, is about more than just the ridiculousness of the selfie stick. It's about how we capture memories, and why we embark upon the adventures that create them in the first place. Are weirdly angled snaps of us photobombing national monuments the best way to remember what it felt like to be there, or just good fodder for showing off in our created Facebook lives? Does a blog (like this one) do a better job of capturing the temporary community you make with the people around you, the sights, the smells, the zeitgeist of a place, or are you just "living" out loud for an audience?
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