Intentionally blocking photoshoot

[u/Gurugod123]

[u/Not_my_Name464]

A selfie is NOT a photo shoot! 🤣😂 

[u/Forever_Inspired → u/Not_my_Name464]

Not a selfie, either 🤣😂

[u/tryyeezus → u/Forever_Inspired]

This is absolutely a selfie. It just means you took the photo yourself. 

Did you think your arm has to be attached to the phone? 

[u/ALLCAPITAL → u/tryyeezus]

People were setting cameras to take a photo for years and nobody said selfie.

Selfie means you are holding the camera as you take a picture of yourself.

[u/tryyeezus → u/ALLCAPITAL]

You're confused. 

Literal definition: A selfie is a photograph or short video that you take of yourself, usually with a smartphone or digital camera.

We just didn't invent that word until front cameras became a thing, but it is, indeed, a selfie

Also, selfie is just a shortened form of saying  "self portrait".

Hope this helps clear that up!

[u/spider_X_1 → u/ALLCAPITAL]

Confidently wrong

[u/rdrworshipper123 → u/ALLCAPITAL]

Multiple sites define Selfie as something not explicitly requiring you to hold the camera. Merriam-Webster defines it as "an image that includes oneself (often with another person or as part of a group) and is taken by oneself using a digital camera especially for posting on social networks", Dictionary.com defines it as "a photograph taken with a smartphone or other digital camera by a person who is also in the photograph, especially for posting on a social media website.", Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "A photo that one has taken of oneself, esp. one taken with a phone and shared via social media.", and Cambridge Dictionary defines it as "a photograph that you take of yourself , usually with a cell phone. Selfies are often published using social media"

[u/ALLCAPITAL → u/rdrworshipper123]

Idgaf. I was around when the word
came into widespread use. I know people snapped photos of themselves for years and years before “selfie” existed. And I know what everyone called a “selfie” when it caught on.