people's abilities to remember stuff (which is what shapes our perception of ourselvesS) is a neural system that shares a shit ton of overlap w the theory of mind system

understanding yourself can help you understand others much better etc etc

"Self aware is a good thing. Unfortunately a lot of people are not. They get hung up or angry when shown that they arent as perfect as they think."

selfies are partially an act of examining oneself, not sure how examining oneself leads to being less self aware

"I am witness, daily, at work to people blatantly lying to cover their mistakes in order to appear good at their job. They refuse to admit they are wrong."

how is that related to selfies?

or a "relentless focus on self improvement"?

seems kinda like the opposite

"Re. Selfie culture 'without' thought is dumb. I Selfie to parody the mindless vanity. I also enjoy seeing these images of me on Facebook. I'm guilty too."

why is looking at images of yourself "bad"?

"But I am 'aware'"

it's an important part of neurodevelopment

"It's not."

how do you know other people aren't aware?

isn't that a little presumptuous?

I started out taking selfies in a parody of an activity I thought of as very silly

i view my personal growth over the period which i started "excessively" self cataloging as much more illuminating and important than my self growth over any other period

"Self empowered stuff is important. As are you're Selfie pics of armpit hair etc. They are breaking a taboo of manufactured 'female aesthetics'."

whaddya mean by "manufactured female aesthetics"? i'm interested in the intersection of self love/consumerism/female bodies

"Sure. What I mean is the generalised view of 'female'. Airbrushed and slick as opposed to the real deal.

I'm intrigued by the mass acceptance of mass marketed image's of gender specifics.

I'm not stating I'm right in any of this. Just curious in constructive discussion..."

collective memories tend to be defined by whoever talks the most, people who are deemed "experts" tend to talk the most

a large part of why "mass media" is so powerful is bc it is pervasive

that's why the internet is so cool!! other people get to talk/share opinions and the ability for a select few to define the trajectory of the narrative is limited