Showing posts with label selfie. Show all posts
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Watch teen's manic selfie session as filmed by dad

Modern art. RumbleViral/YouTube screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET

In the museums of the future, they will display everything that made us what we are.

It is incontestable, therefore, that a video posted to YouTube by RumbleViral will take pride of place.

For here we have what appears to be a girl of teen years performing for the camera. Well, the camera for which she's performing is on her cell phone.

However, the camera that captures the true glory of it belongs to her dad, said to be named Rod Beckham.

His daughter gurns, sticks her tongue out, stretches her eyes and generally tries to make the most striking impression she can.

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It's hard to find the right expression, especially when you know that your Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Tumblr accounts need to be filled with new material or your friends will turn elsewhere for entertainment.

Of course, this could be one fine setup. The girl could be a burgeoning actor and the dad a film director trying to make the video look as amateurish as possible.

However, it shows just how we all feel the additional need to be interesting because we are now less humans and more content creators.

Sadly, Facebook and the like are our agents and they take 100 percent of our income.

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Samsung: At the Emmys, we'll out-selfie Ellen's selfie

advertising telling people about our wonderful screens. We want to celebrate this night in conversations, while creating surprises in people's homes."

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Monday night is when everyone needs a surprise at home.

Samsung will making virtual house visits too. It will be examining tweets and Facebook posts and will award instant prizes for the best ones.

I cannot confirm that these will include extra wall sockets for those who have an iPhone.

Still, the idea of someone from Samsung turning up at your door seems oddly retro. It reminds me of Ed McMahon and American Family Publishers.

The twist, though, will surely be the selfie.

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