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About

The term "Selfie Stickheads" refers to the people who take "selfies" with "selfie sticks" in all manner of locations and situations. Often times these 'selfie stickheads' look incredibly awkward or obnoxious doing so.

Origin

In response to the explosion of selfie stick users at tourist destinations around the world there were numerous articles posted online during 2014 featuring pictures of people taking pictures of themselves with a selfie stick. The vast majority of these articles were aimed at deriding the user of the selfie stick. In January 2015 the term 'selfie stickhead' was coined and the domain name www.selfiestickheads.com^[1] was registered.

Spread

On June 24th, 2014 Forbes released an article featuring numerous awkward pictures of people taking photos with selfie sticks^[2]. From here, the selfie stick shaming trend continued on a few other websites. Some calling it 'the peak of narcissism'^[3] and others linking it to mental disorders^[4]. So large was the backlash against selfie sticks that on November 27, 2014 France24 reported^[5] that in South Korea there could be huge fines or jail times for selfie stick vendors. Then on January 2nd, 2015 a piece appeared on an Australian news site^[6] lamenting the fact that selfie stick users (a.k.a. selfie stickheads) are more interested in taking a selfie than actually appreciating the tourist attraction they are visiting. On January 16th, 2015 famous podcaster Adam Curry (known for his hatred towards the selfie phenomenon) featured the selfiestickheads.com website on his personal blog^[7].