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Your timeline is definitely off. Selfies were absolutely part of the cultural norm 5 years ago. I don't know when they normalized, but it was definitely between
by thousandautumns 8y ago
Your timeline is definitely off. Selfies were absolutely part of the cultural norm 5 years ago. I don't know when they normalized, but it was definitely between 2009 and 2011, as smartphones proliferated to become something most people had.
- JauntyHatAngle 8y agoI suspected it might be, the years are becoming a bit muddled together in my mind when it comes to culture. I can say with confidence that only rarely were people taking photos of only themselves 15 years ago. Today its a regular occurence. Whether that is the vanity that has increased, the ability and proliferation of photos that has increased, or just the normalisation of the expression I don't know, because as other have said, vanity has always existed, but certainly selfies themselves are way more regular and a self-interested culture appears more normalised. Perhaps through all of time people would be stepping on an anonymous soapbox had it existed, but it's only available today?