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I think the wormhole is six hours ahead of us timewise.
Yep. Less than a minute after posting, the previous post shows up in “recent posts” as having been six hours ago. 😕
The “recent post” times are all goofy. Checking to see just how long ago this post will show…
I don’t have a problem with people taking 5 or 6 selfies, to get the right look. Just don’t post ALL 6 OF THEM on FB! I’ll “unfriend” you pretty fast!
Agreed!
But there are some people who have image problems, who think they never look good enough, who keep trying to get the perfect photo image of themselves. And 5 or 6 shots is never enough. And others may never see any selfies posted because the person thinks he/she looks terrible in all of them.
Kind of like having an eating disorder: Others think you look fine, but you always think you look too fat.
As far as I know, zoesbrother has never been to the new WGA website, but this morning he posted this pic on the Book of Faces:
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I used to have a doe that would show up on my back yard with her new set of twins every year. I would always see her lead them to the birdbath, sort of like “ok kids here’s where you come to get a drink”.
That stopped happening about three years ago, I suppose she was hit by a car but maybe she was just hit by old age.
Maybe your doe followed the bluejays to our place, jar42. We have had deer in the yard a lot in recent years, and I can just see your doe leading her twin fawns to our bean patch and telling them, “OK, kids. Eat your vegetables.”
FTP instead of a bird post
Mr. & Mrs. Redpoll joined us for breakfast today. Just the two of them. Redpolls must pair up like some other birds. Doves do that, too. If we see one dove, there’s usually a second one coming in soon. I am assuming they are a pair, not just buddies.
If today had been New Years, however, our first bird of the year would have been a junco. They were at the feeders before the redpolls when we looked out.
First of all, I will say that I have never given my camera to a stranger ever since that commercial of two tourists trying to get a young boy to take a picture of them in some foreign country, and they found out that they had evidently traded their camera for the boy’s donkey. And then we can discuss how I am seldom in any of my photos because my husband can’t sight through the viewfinder correctly, and as I am waiting for him to take the picture, I see the lens drift farther to the side until I know I will no longer be in that photo.
However, we have no smart phone, and selfies are just about physically impossible with the camera that I use. People still ask me to take photos of them in scenic spots, but they are mostly older (like at least in their thirties), and selfies would not get everyone in the picture along with the view or whatever. Then I have to show my ignorance by telling them that I don’t know how to use their smart phones, but I end up taking a few shots anyway.
I do not think selfies will contribute to the decline in human interaction in the way you mean it, Birdin’. People will either ask or won’t depending on their personalities and demographics. I seldom ask. However, too many selfies can be an indicator of self-absorption to the extent of little if any interaction with those outside of their small circle. That would be how people end up no longer connecting with others. Time after time at ball games this summer we witnessed groups of young females (mostly) taking selfies here and there and all over without once looking at the action on the field. Here we are here, here we are there, here we are, here we are, here WE are! I supposed I could have initiated a conversation with them, like why are you here at the game at all, but again, I am not that type of person.
I have found many selfies to be quite unflattering, and giving the phone to someone else might have led to a more pleasant image. I have heard of people taking selfie after selfie in an attempt to get their look just right rather than being satisfied with who they naturally are. Just today I read that taking and posting too many selfies by males could indicate possible psychopathic tendencies… but I read that on the internet, so take that one with a grain of salt. 😉
And if anyone reading this is addicted to taking selfies, at least please smile naturally and don’t use that tired overused pouty look!
We have rabbits. 😡
Second FTP of 2016…
I seldom see a bluejay, maybe one or two a year.
They are all at our house. 😕
Check off bald eagle x 3 for 2016:
No bluejays yet, jar42? That was my second bird.
We’ve been having our breakfast before the birds have theirs, but that will start to change when the sun rises earlier.
Am I ahead of Trekkin’ now, Birdin’? 😉
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