Lure of the “Selfie”

It’s happened again.  A sign of the times.  We not only want pictures of things we’re seeing and doing, but we feel compelled to insert ourselves into those pictures too.  “See?  I was there – next to that huge alligator.  That’s my arm inside its mouth.  Isn’t that great?”  No, you idiot. Unless you’ve always dreamed of living with the nickname, “stumpy”.  Equally brainless are those parents that put young children on a railing next to a wild animal cage.  From time to time, the children fall into the enclosure, and we end up reading about the tragic consequences, or worse, watching it unfold on YouTube.

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