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Showing Original Post only (View all)Teen Takes Heat for Ill-Conceived Selfie at Concentration Camp [View all]
by Josh Feldman | 6:57 pm, July 21st, 2014Selfies are really getting out of hand, for alas, it was naïve to think the funeral selfie was the lowest we could go. This weekend Breanna Mitchell took what is, very arguably, the worst selfie of all-time.
The original tweet has been taken down (and as of this posting, her account has been marked private), and based on the selfie in question, its not hard to imagine why.
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Thanks for that. I noticed right off that despite her smile, her face is very very strained. nt
Hekate
Jul 2014
#96
You know, that was my first thought. She saw this as a historical memorial and wanted
Fla Dem
Jul 2014
#101
but we did take pics and i wouldn't have taken pics like that and many teens i know
JI7
Jul 2014
#31
i'm not so much offended by the photo as i am the blushing smilie at the end of the tweet
Takket
Jul 2014
#4
at least she's not goofing, making a silly face, or acting like a horse's ass
NightWatcher
Jul 2014
#5
My husband's cousin, in his 80s now, leads tours there because as he says, the younger generation...
Hekate
Jul 2014
#99
He borrowed a coat for that. It had the word STAFF written in big gold letters on the breast
Saboburns
Jul 2014
#35
he wore the staff coat because being on staff at a concentration camp was on his bucket list
dembotoz
Jul 2014
#47
A selfie can often be a means of documenting one's authentic presence in a place.
RadiationTherapy
Jul 2014
#20
you still sound outraged over someone on the internet saying they didn't like something
JI7
Jul 2014
#41
agree - really don't understand the outrage - a teen taking a pic at a tourist spot
DrDan
Jul 2014
#45
"disparage her & subject her to ridicule/outrage"? Like throwing a mistaken map I posted on DU
KittyWampus
Jul 2014
#63
I have dozens of photos of myself wearing inappropriate expressions for the situation...
hunter
Jul 2014
#57
Yep. Aren't you glad everything you've ever done isn't up for judging by all the idiots on the
cbdo2007
Jul 2014
#74