User:Nick Beigler/sandbox

To be extra critical, I decided to find every objection I could possibly make regarding possible fallacies and/or unsound logical inferences.

Paragraph 1

In the opening paragraph, I took exception to the statement that “They are for vanity, usually flattering, and made to appear casual.”

My objection lies in the notion that selfies are “made to appear” casual- I think, often times, they are casual. The “made to appear casual” implies staging that I don’t think necessarily exists. Certainly some, maybe even most, selfies are taken with high degrees of care, but, this isn’t necessarily always the case.

"Selfie" typically refers to self-portrait photos taken with the camera held at arm's length or pointed at a mirror, as opposed to those taken by using a self-timer or remote.

I would use the word device instead of camera, as, previously discussed in paragraph 1sentence 1, selfies are  “typically taken with a smartphone.”     I would argue that people generally view their phones as phones and not as cameras. Furthermore, not all selfies are taken with cameraphones, so, this terminology is both ambiguous and exclusive of all devices. After all, selfies were taken well before the existence of smartphones.

Paragraph 2

The last sentence of paragraph 2, I believe, is improper grammar- shared via social media". I believe that the quotation mark should be put outside of the period.

History- P1

This is something I personally would do.. but.. I would make a reference to the quality of Robert Cornelius’s first selfie as being of low quality, and, saying that ‘although he was a photography pioneer, his image will always be negatively effected by indecent exposure” in reference to the quality of the picture but possibly alluding to sexual indecency. I can see why others might not think that this would qualify as an academic edit but, again, just what I would do. I think his picture/image COULD have improved if there was more exposure. And anyone who disagrees is patently wrong! But I digress.

I JUST REALIZED I EDITED THE ACTUAL WIKIPEDIA PAGE- ARENT THEY SUPPOSED TO HAVE SOME SORT OF EDITING/REVIEW PROCESS? WTFFFFFF.

Okay. from here on out I’m merely going to do this on this document.

P2- Kodak Brownie Camera- I would add that the camera caught on w/ popularity because of it was cheap/easy to use

hang on i’ll BRB I need to unedit my changes