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FallenAngelII t1_iye39v1 wrote

Or, you know, some of us just don't want pictures of us taken and don't mind if people don't have hundreds of pictures of us to mourn over. If I give you 10 pictures in 10 years, use those 10 pictures. I'll even pose and smile for them.

Sure, don't go overboard and treat all cameras like the Devil, but you're expecting people like me to consent to and pose for and smile for dozens of pictures a year, including random ones taken by friends at random occasions, which is just, no?

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mt4h t1_iye1j17 wrote

It was different back before social media. That physical picture was only going to be pulled out when your loved ones were reminiscing about something. But now I pose for a picture and it's seen by hundreds or even thousands of people depending on which one of my friends posts it to theirs. It's lost it's intimacy and purpose. At this point, they've got enough pictures of me on the internet. Use one of those.

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