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lifemanualplease t1_ja10u1e wrote

This is definitely not the first selfie ever taken

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja11kce wrote

I know I was being a bit /s - it’s 1966. He did take some cool pictures there though.

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lifemanualplease t1_ja12fjr wrote

Absolutely. Those guys have all been some places and seen some amazing things.

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dubiousadvocate t1_ja13bvx wrote

The second photograph ever taken was a selfie of the inventor. 😉

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MineNo5611 t1_ja3rql8 wrote

Ehhh. That’s really pushing the definition of a selfie I think. I think a selfie is something that can only be done with a portable camera digital camera or smartphone that the subject is holding. Otherwise, it’s just a well timed self portrait. When someone says “selfie”, what usually comes to mind is a picture of yourself in which the camera is obviously at the end of an extended arm or pair of arms.

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2rd_ferguson t1_ja3zbzi wrote

And you don’t think that can be done with a regular film camera?

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MineNo5611 t1_ja43u9g wrote

I meant to say a portable camera, not just digital or smartphone but my brain wasn’t working. Obviously you couldn’t do that with the type of early camera that guy was using all the way back in the mid-19th century.

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dubiousadvocate t1_ja48osu wrote

The first portable camera (obscura) was invented in the 1600s which was a refinement of a five hundred year old invention. Portable cameras were used in the American Civil War.

You’re trying to make a cultural argument and that’s fine.

But you’re also making historically inaccurate claims as well. If you really want to argue that a handheld camera as being the sole requirement for a selfie that would be the 1880s.

Give it up as a well intentioned misunderstanding? 😉

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LowAdministration162 t1_ja1qxvw wrote

100% didn’t invent the selfie

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MineNo5611 t1_ja3r0sz wrote

This is definitely the most modern looking one I’ve seen thats from before the 21st century (if you told me this was taken yesterday, I’d 100% believe you), and it’s actually a selfie as opposed to just a self portrait.

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja4ef32 wrote

Thanks! That was the point of the obviously somewhat s/ post :)

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DESUTROYAAHHH t1_ja12npy wrote

If you open up the original screenplay for Wes Andersons Darjeeling Limited its just a copy of this photo.

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja1f3w2 wrote

I think I knew that but you reminded me of a good film. I love George ❤️

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therbojones t1_ja1s2x4 wrote

Ahh, when the Beatles grew mustaches

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja1sm9a wrote

They look so contemporary now, they’d fit right in with the hipsters.

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therbojones t1_ja1suof wrote

Well, Ringo and John were the hipster types it seemed back then anyway

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja1tvf5 wrote

Have you seen the sports player who is said to look like all of them combined? 😎

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therbojones t1_ja1u5nq wrote

What?!

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SpecialDiscount8818 t1_ja3oghj wrote

I wonder why he didn't ask one of the ladies with him to take his picture? I don't know what's going on with them, but it looks like there are two of them with him?

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja3p1u4 wrote

Maybe he just wanted to take it himself? It’s just striking to me that he’s taking it the same way that people take selfies now.

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vulcan7200 t1_ja4a33y wrote

You can't fool me OP. I've played Life is Strange. Selfie's were popularized by the French photographer Louis Daguerre inventing and popularizing daguerreotypes.

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja4ax5w wrote

It was meant to be a bit /s but I know you have to be careful of subtle sarcasm on here. Yes, I know George Harrison did not invent the selfie, but it would have been his 80th birthday yesterday 😎🎂

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butterflypoo69 OP t1_ja4b0of wrote

Ps just don’t popularize stereotypes, that’s bad 😱

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