Selfie Stick bans

Sadly this is true, but maybe not in the way you are thinking.

Many folks don't think, "Gee, what I did was really dumb." They think, "Lawsuit! $$$"

Look at the warning stickers on almost any small home appliance, and you'll see a list of really dumb ideas: hairdryers, toasters.
lol, have you ever read all the stickers on a ladder? Incredible.
 
Read my prior post.

Really?

Any kind of stick on a ride posts a real risk.
Simply put, rides are designed to keep guests safe, and to preserve the ride. Rides are designed so that guests - even those who do dumb things - can't hit their hands on any objects. Injuries are very bad, no matter HOW absurd the guest behaved.

You maybe noticed several parts of BTMRR have been removed over the years: the falling cave rock, the opossum. Guests used to try to touch these items. Items moving towards the guest are a big temptation, I guess.

Sticks - any sticks- extend guests' reach, and that is very dangerous for everyone. "Gee, it would be fun to poke [my sibling in the next car, that big rock, the railing] with my stick!"

Sadly, many folks just don't think they have to be accountable while they are on vacation.

If you need more proof just look online for dumb ways to die footage. Sadly, I don't think you'll have to look very hard. Even searching selfie stick+ death already yields results (selfie stick + snowboarding)

Oh, of course using a selfie stick ON A RIDE is the height of stupidity. It blows my mind that anyone would even think to do that. I guess it seems like the objections to selfie sticks are to the way people use them, not something inherent about the sticks themselves. That makes sense. Like I said, I don't have one, have never used one, don't think anyone I know owns one, so I haven't been able to figure out the whole hoopla.
 
The next generation of selfie sticks has been manufactured, introducing the stickless selfie stick:
 

Just came across this. Skipping the other oodles of pages. But... I had to look up to see what a selfie stick was, lol. And seriously - all I'm left wondering is, are there seriously that many self-absorbed, narcissistic people out there that these things had to be invented?! Wow. Sad society. At any rate, I agree that Disney should ban them.
 
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Just got back, two weeks ago (height of cheerleading competitions, so quite crowded at times), and while I saw a handful of selfie sticks - which people were mostly using to take group shots of themselves and their loved ones - they didn't seem to be causing anyone any problems.

I think the problem is overblown. I don't see any reason to consider them "ridiculous" or to label people who use them as "narcissistic". Or to assume that they're symptomatic of the downfall of society. The people I saw using them seemed like perfectly normal, nice people.

Also, given how few I saw and given that they weren't being used on rides, blocking my view of parades, or disturbing anyone in any way that I could see... I think it'll be a VERY long time before Disney bans them.

You know who burns MY britches? People who walk halfway up to the back of the bus, and then stop, blocking the aisle and leaving the entire back empty, whilst moronically ignoring the driver's exhortations to, "Move all the way to the back!". Now THEY are selfish, narcissistic, oblivious, and indicative of the collapse of civilization. I think Disney should equip all bus drivers with cattle prods.
 
Just got back and I hate the selfie-sticks. PEople were holding them up to record Celebrate the Magic and blocking the view. It's very annoying! I hope WDW does ban them.
 
Just came across this. Skipping the other oodles of pages. But... I had to look up to see what a selfie stick was, lol. And seriously - all I'm left wondering is, are there seriously that many self-absorbed, narcissistic people out there that these things had to be invented?! Wow. Sad society. At any rate, I agree that Disney should ban them.

Oh brother. Here we go again...
 
Just got back, two weeks ago (height of cheerleading competitions, so quite crowded at times), and while I saw a handful of selfie sticks - which people were mostly using to take group shots of themselves and their loved ones - they didn't seem to be causing anyone any problems.

I think the problem is overblown. I don't see any reason to consider them "ridiculous" or to label people who use them as "narcissistic". Or to assume that they're symptomatic of the downfall of society. The people I saw using them seemed like perfectly normal, nice people.

Also, given how few I saw and given that they weren't being used on rides, blocking my view of parades, or disturbing anyone in any way that I could see... I think it'll be a VERY long time before Disney bans them.

You know who burns MY britches? People who walk halfway up to the back of the bus, and then stop, blocking the aisle and leaving the entire back empty, whilst moronically ignoring the driver's exhortations to, "Move all the way to the back!". Now THEY are selfish, narcissistic, oblivious, and indicative of the collapse of civilization. I think Disney should equip all bus drivers with cattle prods.

I think the whole "selfie" movement itself is indicative of a "Me! Me! Me!" society - and pretty well every major psychologist etc... would agree. When my husband started his school year in September, they had a PD day where they had seminars on learning to recognize the signs of addiction etc.. in their students (college), and I kid you not - one of the recognized addictions that they talked about is media addiction - Facebook, Twitter etc... which is a form of narcissism. Having to post photos of every little thing we're doing, so every can see and "like" it? Why?

As far as the sticks, I understand wanting to get family shots, so now that I know what they are, I can see where they might be useful, but... even then, so unnecessary. Whatever happened to asking the person next to you, "Hey, can you take a photo of my family and I?"
 
This is funny, I had no idea what selfie sticks were! Now I also am amazed people bring & use their tablets for pictures! I am clearly behind the times! I need to get more informed!

My MiL does this all the time - uses her tablet for taking pictures. Now, she has a nice Canon DSLR, a nice pocket camera, but chooses to use her half a laptop sized iPad, which to me just seems so awkward.
 
I think the whole "selfie" movement itself is indicative of a "Me! Me! Me!" society - and pretty well every major psychologist etc... would agree. When my husband started his school year in September, they had a PD day where they had seminars on learning to recognize the signs of addiction etc.. in their students (college), and I kid you not - one of the recognized addictions that they talked about is media addiction - Facebook, Twitter etc... which is a form of narcissism. Having to post photos of every little thing we're doing, so every can see and "like" it? Why?

As far as the sticks, I understand wanting to get family shots, so now that I know what they are, I can see where they might be useful, but... even then, so unnecessary. Whatever happened to asking the person next to you, "Hey, can you take a photo of my family and I?"
I totally agree! I used to love doing that "Do you mind taking a photo of me and my family and I can take a picture of you and yours?" It's like we only want human interaction...through social media
 
I'm sure this has already been said many times, but I just wish people would stop holding up devices to record fireworks. It lessens the experience for yourself and those around you, and the videos usually aren't any good anyway. Watching fireworks is an emotional experience and all that is lost with a flat video.
 
The last two times I've tried to watch Dream Along with Mickey, these have been an issue. During one show, someone with a spot down in front had one held high in the air. Why?? The second time, a woman walked in front of a group of kids and held one in the air. If they were being used to take actual selfies in the parks, yay. Those are great. The way they're used during shows like this, they're rude.
 
I'm sure this has already been said many times, but I just wish people would stop holding up devices to record fireworks. It lessens the experience for yourself and those around you, and the videos usually aren't any good anyway. Watching fireworks is an emotional experience and all that is lost with a flat video.

I'm a photographer, and I have to say, there are times when yes, you truly need to just put down the camera and enjoy the experience. You truly do lose something when watching behind a lens/screen.
 
As far as the sticks, I understand wanting to get family shots, so now that I know what they are, I can see where they might be useful, but... even then, so unnecessary. Whatever happened to asking the person next to you, "Hey, can you take a photo of my family and I?"

Because I would rather take a selfie of me and my family on a ride than interrupt the experience of another family trying to enjoy the attraction by asking them to do it. It has nothing to do with being a narcissist or being addicted to Facebook.
 
I'm sure this has already been said many times, but I just wish people would stop holding up devices to record fireworks. It lessens the experience for yourself and those around you, and the videos usually aren't any good anyway. Watching fireworks is an emotional experience and all that is lost with a flat video.
I just looked at YouTube and there are 122,000 results when you search for "Wishes Disney World". Pretty sure there is a better video of Wishes than we could ever take with our phone or pad.
 
I'm sure this has already been said many times, but I just wish people would stop holding up devices to record fireworks. It lessens the experience for yourself and those around you, and the videos usually aren't any good anyway. Watching fireworks is an emotional experience and all that is lost with a flat video.
Everything on this thread has already been said many times. I'm not sure why I even clicked on it again. Guess the hair coloring is soaking into my brain....
 
I think the whole "selfie" movement itself is indicative of a "Me! Me! Me!" society - and pretty well every major psychologist etc... would agree. When my husband started his school year in September, they had a PD day where they had seminars on learning to recognize the signs of addiction etc.. in their students (college), and I kid you not - one of the recognized addictions that they talked about is media addiction - Facebook, Twitter etc... which is a form of narcissism. Having to post photos of every little thing we're doing, so every can see and "like" it? Why?

As far as the sticks, I understand wanting to get family shots, so now that I know what they are, I can see where they might be useful, but... even then, so unnecessary. Whatever happened to asking the person next to you, "Hey, can you take a photo of my family and I?"

Oh, I'm sure plenty of psychologists would agree, but, you know what?

The Sixties was all "Me! Me! Me!" and society was on the brink of collapse. The Seventies was all "Me! Me! Me!" and everyone despaired for the future. Then the Eighties was all "Me! Me! Me!" and again, everyone despaired. It gets old after awhile. Every generation seems to think the world's going to heck in a handbasket and they're all convinced that everyone else is getting selfish and rude. (But I'm just fine!)

This is not actually a quote from Socrates, but rather a saying based on 1907 summary of common complaints about young people in ancient Greek society:

"The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise."

(Source: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/01/misbehaving-children-in-ancient-times/")

Basically, it gets old. Really, really old. Remember when comic books were going to cause the downfall of society? Then it was rock music. Video games. Texting. Won't someone think of the children!

Folks taking photos of everything? That's because it's easy and memory sticks are nearly limitless. We're all acting like professional photographers used to act in the old days, burning through roll after roll of film to get that one perfect shot. Technology democratizes photography, making it accessible to everyone. As for posting your pics, that's just another way of communicating with people and finding human connection. A picture is worth a thousand words (though, these days, with the ease of self publishing, many people are also writing those thousand words). It's a great big beautiful tomorrow!

Me, I find selfie sticks rather LESS intrusive than the ol' "Let's back up six feet into the throughfare in order to take a picture of the family," routine. You don't want to walk between the photographer and his subject, but sometimes you don't notice them in time. Or everyone ends up shoved into the narrow space behind them, trying to squeeze by. Selfie sticks take up much less room and eliminate the risk of accidentally photobombing folks.

I really think it's the name that causes many people to have a knee-jerk negative reaction to the device. Selfie sounds selfish and sticks bring to mind, "sticks and stone may break my bones". Call it a "monopod" and people are far less offended by it.
 





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