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The selfie
May 29 2016
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MissBishere
10 years ago
I would say my prolific selfie taking leads me to get more sex not less sex. I am a self confessed selfie addict. 🙋 I don't always post all of them though but my phone is full of them. I like to look at others people's photos to so no it doesn't bother me if my friends take heaps and post them. If I don't want to see their pics I always have the option of scrolling past them or controlling how much of their stuff I see on Facebook. Just imagine if the forums allowed you to add a picture! Now that would be interesting
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RHP User
10 years ago
...with selfies and one of the biggest reasons is that so many of them have pictures of the phone included! Sorry, I don't want to but another Smartphone and I have had one for so long, don't think they're all that hot. I've been in transit for a couple of months now moving and at long last, my cameras and tripods have arrived along with all the necessary remotes et al. I enjoy photography and have had some of my macro work published... stop laughing, those were not ''dick pics''. Anyway... to all the selfie lovers out there, when you shoot one in a mirror please do shut off the freakin' flash. You're wasting perfectly good film even though it's all digital. Thanks MJ .... good topic!
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RHP User
10 years ago
I prefer to be selfieless😇Q
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RHP User
10 years ago
My rant about selfies included the word ''but'' instead of ''buy''. Oh well, some of those Freudian slips may have merit. Sometimes a good ''butt'' is equal to a good ''buy''? Ohhhh well, the grammar Nazis will soon fly in like seagulls on a leftover bags of chips if they like. Me... I'm going to have some fun popping a few hundred pics into edit mode! Be well.
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RHP User
10 years ago
From a technical view-point, the reach of my arm doesn't allow for much scope in a photo...and I'm not all about me.Besides, there's something undefinably ego-pandering about taking a snap shot of myself at arms length that doesn't sit well with me. And I've never taken a bathroom selfie. However, I'm not so bothered by using a compact tripod and the timer on my phone to capture a scenic view that I want to place myself in. I'm all for photo's that feature people AND scenery in equal measure. If I just wanted to see scenery, I could just buy National Geographic. A familiar face adds that something personal.Of course, that takes planning...I don't carry a tripod with me wherever I go.When travelling, and I want to capture a memory with me in it, I have no problem asking someone if they wouldn't mind?I usually offer to return the favour for them. And a tip a Dutch traveller shared with me has stuck...when you make new friends travelling, take random photos of them too. With the magic of digital, you can share and trade those unexpected pics with them. I found they're the best kind. Not rehearsed or staged. And I detest duckfaces. Who thought that was a good idea?!
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RHP User
10 years ago
Tried, but like Koolgrey I think my arms are too short!!! Not being photogenic I try not to be photographed at all!
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Newday10
10 years ago
Well I fully appreciate selfies of your sexy self Miss b
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RHP User
10 years ago
Not a selfie person at all for all the reasons Summer said. Too self critical and also cant be bothered as rarely do I like any pic I've ever taken of me. (BTW very nice new profile pic Summer, great outfit) Any decent photo of me has usually been taken by others most of the times when I've been on holidays, relaxed and the odd one at a event. I don't think I'm photogenic at all, so why take photos to remind me of that ? And I think its more interesting when people take photos of you. They can see a moment, that you can't Last night I went out to a showWhat I noticed , after the show was all the people taking selfies out the front of the theatre like they need to record everything they did that night. Do people not believe others or themselves that they can attend or participate in a event unless its documented, photographed, commented on and posted on social media ? A couple of months ago, I went to a rock concert, and again what I noticed was all the people recording it all on their phones I wonder to myself why do they do this ?, is it a validation that they are there ?, they are lucky enough to be there ?, they can afford to be there ?, is it a "I'm here, you're not , suck eggs" thing ? Live in the moment peeps
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RHP User
10 years ago
In the last couple of years I've had periods where I've been a huge selfie snapper. I used to think anyone who took a photo of themselves was a bit of a twat. I hate myself in photos and I'm pretty self conscious and critical when it comes to my appearance. But I read something about being a mum that really resonated with me. So the first reason I take them is because out of 40, one might have me going "hey I don't look totally vile" which I might post. It's putting myself out there - not because I care about people commenting, but it's a bit of a self esteem exercise. I've already gained a reputation as a bit of a selfie taker with some Brisbane forumites when we've been out ;) for me it's about capturing moments, I love photos, looking back at them, I'm a very visual person, and they invoke memories. I like taking selfies with people I'm spending time with because it usually ends up in a giggle fest trying to fit people in, getting close, pulling faces etc. But filming everything and not experiencing it irks me and this generation is renown for it. The final reason is I'm a mum! Big deal right? I take selfies because no one really takes photos of me. I take selfies with my kids so they have photos of us together. Mums are always behind the camera rather than in front of it. After losing my mum and my best friend, I yearned to see every photo of her. It was heartbreaking to find they were rare. And most of them were badly lit, blurry and didn't show her beautiful shining smile and eyes. I scoured through the piles over and over again trying to find a photo that did her justice - and luckily found a handful. But I don't want that for my children. I want them to have photos of me - good, bad, and paper bag worthy. Laughing, smiling, frowning, happy, sad, angry. I do think the selfie is over done by a lot of the younger generation though. Posting 10 photos a day of yourself just fills my feed up. I can handle one a day though 😉
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RHP User
10 years ago
Love a good selfie. Can take 20 and choose the most appealing one, from that certain elevated angle that hides the double chin and enhances the cheekbones. I got this shit down pat. 📷
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RHP User
10 years ago
I love selfies, for a few reasons. The first is, for much of my life, I was in the background of my family story - behind the camera, rather than in front of it. I am increasingly putting myself in front of the camera, and capturing MY story, and the wonderful people I hang out with, in as many selfies as I remember to snap! They aren't always fabulous - in fact, something seems to happen to my face when I take a selfie, and I always seem to capture myself with the most unflattering expression possible!The second reason I'm a fan of the selfie is a sociological one. For much of our artistic and photographic history, women were the subject of the male gaze, and represented as an object to be looked at, rather than an active participant in the viewing transaction. Selfies are a fascinating phenomenon, and form part of that way that we can reimagine and reframe our world. Do I get the endless fascination with the duck face selfie, and the endless hours of shooting and reshooting in order to get that one perfect pic? No. My selfies are about living in the moment. But I don't mind it. I am glad that my daughters appear to have a nice balance - they take a great many photos of their lives, including selfies with them and their friends. But they don't get caught up in taking selfies so much that they miss out on living in the moment, and enjoying their experiences.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I can tell you right now my pussy shots were selected from way more than 1 in 20, more like 1 in 100 They're not always flattering
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RHP User
10 years ago
I went through a stage where I took a lot, practically every day, on the beach, at home, whatever, mostly because I'd have a guy I was really into who was doing the same for me and pics would go back and forth. Eventually filled up my gallery on here, and just finished up getting sick of taking pictures. I've now got to the point where I can't be bothered. I'm busy at the moment and also don't have anyone to take pictures for me, so aside from having to update when these ones get too old, I'm over it for now. Probably when the warm weather returns, beginning of summer, I'll take new ones then. My phone usually has about 1000 pictures on it lol is that a lot I think we'd all rather be taking pictures of someone else, it's not the easiest thing to do to photograph ourselves, something I was really uncomfortable with when I first did an online profile. Anyway, thank God for digital technology, God bless the delete button
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RHP User
10 years ago
love a selfie, like capturing moments, don't have anyone to take pics for me etc, love what soft said as well.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I was on youtube one night and found myself getting distracted and wandering off to watch different crazy things, as I do, and came across selfies of people who had died straight after taking them, so sad. It's really hard to look at pictures like that, like time is frozen, because of how close it is to their time of death. Spooky though, chicks leaning off the side of a tall building or bridge, slipping and that's the end of them think I'll stick to my bathroom, much safer
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Mooche' (BTW very nice new profile pic Summer, great outfit) ..snip... I wonder to myself why do they do this ?, is it a validation that they are there ?, they are lucky enough to be there ?, they can afford to be there ?, is it a "I'm here, you're not , suck eggs" thing ? I agree, great new profile pic Summer ;-) "Selfie" should generally be considered a contraction of "self-promotion" :-p How could people really be jealous of your exploits if they can't see them? I don't take selfies, firstly due to being rather unphotogenic in a selfie, secondly because I was there - I remember it (and I'm not out to become "Insta-famous"). I also don't really get much out of looking through old photo albums either, whereas others do. meh, diff'rent strokes
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sweetgem
10 years ago
But I ain't a selfie addict! 😛 and there is a huge difference between those two terms, IMO. I would take selfies when I'm either at a new place, or wearing some brand new clothes, that I want to capture a few shots to capture what seems important to me in the sense of creating precious memories. I have taken a significant number of selfies in the recent months because, I have lost so much weight in the past six months and wanted to capture some important shots of my transformation, and thanks to my selfies taking habit, I am able to compare my old pics with the current ones and see how far I have come to look what I look today, and I use those selfie pics as a further motivation to keep me going strong with my new lifestyle. However, I do not just jump online and post every single shot of my selfies, not a fan of that act as I see no benefit for me to do so 😋 Besides, I am a single person with a high priority of duty at home, so I don't get to go out and socialise with my friends much nowadays. Therefore, I don't always have someone there to take photos for me when I needed to. Hence, selfie is my only option to choose on majority basis. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
because not many people can spell "Narcissist"
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Seachange73
10 years ago
I'm having a chuckle here reading some posts as I await my flight for a few days away at work. In the waiting lounge I see a few women taking selfies with duck faces not once but many times. People stare at them but they push on. 😁 I'm not photogenic and very self conscious with taking pictures. Never know where to look. I only do take selfies if I need to. To put up a profile pic here n update them. Otherwise I find it s waste of my creative and constructive time. Economy of movement and time for maximum benefit and return works for me and people around me. I'd rather be spending my 30-60 mins working out, enjoying nature, having coffee with my kids or family or friends, reading books, extending my culinary skills and learning a home improvement or life skill. So unless somebody can put up an lucid argument that selfies can save or enhance lives, I see them as occasionally a necessary evil. 😈
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RHP User
10 years ago
There's an interesting evolution of the selfie..... Instagram, that rather phony world where everyone's perfectly crafted life is presented as their reality.... a new style is popping up. The professionally mocked selfie. The photo that seems like you're taking a selfie, holding the phone up towards a mirror, but it's really professionally taken. How much effort do people really need to go to, to falsify their life?!!! 😄 - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
It depends on what your definition is of a selfie? Tradional a selfie is a photo one has taken of oneself and uploaded to social media, usually using a smartphone. My definition is a little broader: as I stated in my last comment I've taken "selfies" with friends and my children, even my hubby. I consider that a selfie because the self has been the photographer. Anyone who has taken photos of themselves and loaded them into their gallery's here has also taken a selfie imo whether it be with a smart phone, or with a camera and delayed timer, remote etc. Everyone might have a different definition? Anyway as far as being in the moment - I try as much as possible. Selfies are usually taken because I want a photo with someone/my kid etc, if I'm trying to make my kids laugh while stuck waiting for dad in the car, or just for the hell of it. I can take them everyday or I can go months without the one. and thanks Mr Urn is great to be back 😊
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RHP User
10 years ago
' you just have to find your best angle mum' ! Try as I might, I'm afraid I don't have such an angle :( I can't do the sexy pout/look and my arms aren't long enough, lol! I have been told repeatedly, I look better in person and that probably supports my aversion to the selfie! If I could do it well and look stunning, shit yeah, I would at every opportunity ;) Mary xx
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RHP User
10 years ago
to what some of the other ladies have said. I usually hate how I look in photos and hence I rarely take selfies. These days I pretty much only take them to put on my RHP profile, and occasionally one will end up on FB although I often don't even have a pic of myself as my FB profile pic. I find the process really frustrating, having to take a heap of pics just to get one that I think is half decent, so I'll usually go months without taking any at all then will think that I should probably get a couple new ones to put on here and will just keep going until I end up with a few I can use.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Mirror selfies are a pet hate as a lot of them tend to cover the face. I'm not good at taking selfies but I do try. My daughter, like most teenagers, is a selfie queen and takes amazing selfies. The poor girl has spent countless hours trying to teach me this art but, much to her disappointment, it's all been in vain. My track record shows I can take one good selfie every 6 months or so.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Wow, if you keep that up, you'll be chucking Mrs Urn to the back and taking centre stage 😉😁 good for you, well done. Proud of you 😃
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Seachange73
10 years ago
I remember clearing up my closet one day and distracted in finding a box full of pictures from days yonder. School pics, etc. It was the most awful experience for me for picture taking. More often than not, in a school group class picture, I would be the one of the few kids either distracted looking sideways at something to the left or right of the photographer or looking down at my lap or the head of the kid in front of me or the bird flying overhead... I am just grateful that no gradeschool class photos of me were taken with me picking my nose!!! I detests those moments and the worst bit, those awkward moments are frozen in time, haunting me how the camera and I do not 'click'. Lol. Bless those who get a handle on selfies. Bless their photogenic duckfaces.
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Seachange73
10 years ago
You are very photogenic. I love your new profile pic.... So sexy. Well done.
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Seachange73
10 years ago
Quoting 'I_touch_myself2' I was on youtube one night and found myself getting distracted and wandering off to watch different crazy things, as I do, and came across selfies of people who had died straight after taking them, so sad. It's really hard to look at pictures like that, like time is frozen, because of how close it is to their time of death. Spooky though, chicks leaning off the side of a tall building or bridge, slipping and that's the end of them t That is just shit isn't it? I really dont get the point of risking life and limb for a selfie. Plain stupid in my opinion. I just couldn't get my head around it except for the adrenaline rush these people chase and for bragging rights. I have heard about this but never seen pics of them (mainly young people) and I do not want to. You are right, way too spook/disturbing and I can only imagine how painful it would be for the family left behind to see how a life is wasted just for what?
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RHP User
10 years ago
Yeah that's right, lives wasted. One guy did that free fall cliff jumping stuff, his mate took a picture, he jumped, shoot didn't open and that was the end for him. His mate had been trying to tell him to stop doing it because he had young children, he'd achieved everything he wanted to, had hundreds of jumps under his belt, but couldn't stop. And now his kids have lost their father. Very sad and I also think it's irresponsible, particularly when they have children
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RHP User
10 years ago
sorry, that wasn't really a selfie but was in there with all the others I saw
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DynamicCouple36
10 years ago
It's not for us - and we have not taken one selfie of ourselves yet. And then you get those ones where those in the "selfie" pout their lips ... lol the silly things people do
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RHP User
10 years ago
yeah, the kissy face, I don't get that either, and a tip for the guys, lose the beer in your hand I enjoy a drink, don't get me wrong, but the beer in every picture? Worse when it has a beer gut to go with it
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Seachange73
10 years ago
Quoting 'I_touch_myself2' yeah, the kissy face, I don't get that either, and a tip for the guys, lose the beer in your hand I enjoy a drink, don't get me wrong, but the beer in every picture? Worse when it has a beer gut to go with it The beer guts serves a purpose.... where else will they rest their beer and bowl of chips while watching footy?
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RHP User
10 years ago
haha of course, forgot about that
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RHP User
10 years ago
You've prompted me to write something! Not enough people check their backgrounds before posting their selfies to the world, their mates, on RHP. The following should not make an appearance in your selfie background - dirty dishes on the floor, piles of dirty clothes, other people sitting on the toilet, sanitary bins with dirty sanitary products sitting on top of them, hypodermic needles, dog poo. This list is not existensive but should be used as a general guide before posting 😉
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Seachange73
10 years ago
Quoting 'SoftandCurious' You've prompted me to write something! Not enough people check their backgrounds before posting their selfies to the world, their mates, on RHP. The following should not make an appearance in your selfie background - dirty dishes on the floor, piles of dirty clothes, other people sitting on the toilet, sanitary bins with dirty sanitary products sitting on top of them, hypodermic needles, dog poo. This list is not existensive but should be used as a general guide before posting 😉 Bwahahahaha...
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MsJonesy
10 years ago
Quoting 'SoftandCurious' You've prompted me to write something! Not enough people check their backgrounds before posting their selfies to the world, their mates, on RHP. The following should not make an appearance in your selfie background - dirty dishes on the floor, piles of dirty clothes, other people sitting on the toilet, sanitary bins with dirty sanitary products sitting on top of them, hypodermic needles, dog poo. This list is not existensive but should be used as a general guide before posting 😉 Are you serious about some of that stuff. Don't know whether to laugh or puke!
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RHP User
10 years ago
I have personally seen all of the above and more - no joke. Honestly do these people ever apply for jobs? The first thing I would do when looking at potential employees is checking their social media! And what's worse is people pretending things in photos and then hash tagging themselves. There's a skit going around abut instareality referring to those that do it. So taking a photo of yourself in active wear and #hittingithard, then pouring a bottle of water over themselves and taking a photo to look like they've been working out and #sweatyselfie etc. It's really sad.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'SoftandCurious' You've prompted me to write something! Not enough people check their backgrounds before posting their selfies to the world, their mates, on RHP. The following should not make an appearance in your selfie background - dirty dishes on the floor, piles of dirty clothes, other people sitting on the toilet, sanitary bins with dirty sanitary products sitting on top of them, hypodermic needles, dog poo. This list is not existensive but should be used as a general guide before posting 😉 have you actually seen those things? No way, someone sitting on the toilet in the background, and dog poo? I don't even have words for that, never seen those things, yew. I've seen really messy bedrooms. I don't always worry if it's just some strewn clothes but if it looks really dirty, yeah I'm outta there
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'SoftandCurious' I have personally seen all of the above and more - no joke. Honestly do these people ever apply for jobs? The first thing I would do when looking at potential employees is checking their social media! Why? I really don't "get" this - particularly when people on here say it - wouldn't you be aghast if turned down for a job because someone knew you were into this whole sexy lifestyle thingo? I don't see what relevance getting plastered on the weekend or having a 20 person gangbang would have on most jobs. Most jobs don't rely on presenting a squeaky clean public persona.
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RHP User
10 years ago
ooh when I get time today, I'll google the selfie's with interesting background stuff, the mind boggles, this will be fun. I'll report back
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RHP User
10 years ago
Last year I helped the husband go through job applications sent in for an IT Consultant. He runs his own IT company specialising in law firms. Anyway - he asked me to check a few potentials that seemed to be what he was looking for. A couple were fine. But one had him holding a cats face into a bong, another (different guy) took a pic of himself smoking cones at the desk of his current employer. The one I was most shocked with was a kkk guy who bragged about his violent protests. And I've seen in general terms a great pile of needles sitting on a coffee table in the background of someone's selfie complete with bent spoons and lighters. So that's why I made the comment. The examples you mentioned would still have an impact on your employability in quite a few areas, but I agree having a love of sex who be a pretty shitty reason not to employ someone.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'Summersolstice' Quoting 'S_OnTheLoose' I don't see what relevance getting plastered on the weekend or having a 20 person gangbang would have on most jobs. Most jobs don't rely on presenting a squeaky clean public personaA bank may not hire you if you claim to be responsible but are a drunk mess on Facebook, a law firm will likely think twice if you have a selfie smoking a blunt, and the police force could just arrest you instead of giving you a job for that cool pic of your speedometer going way over the speed limit. I'm not questioning that potential employers DO go through someone's social media feed, I'm saying that activities outside of work should not be considered - just like you shouldn't consider whether someone might get pregnant, or might be old, or of a particular religion in jobs where that has no bearing on work performance. If my weekend consists of snorting metre long lines of coke - but I still front up and take care of business - it is none of works business.If I ditch work to ladle out soup to homeless children - then my lack of performance at work is work's business (though the reasons for it are not unless I choose to do so). Finance, Medicine and Law are some of the very worst offenders in terms of partaking in expensive drug and alcohol benders. Whether someone keeps it under wraps by locking you out of their facebook profile really doesn't mean much about what they actually do - unless you really were just searching for the ability to maintain discretion and present a certain image. Like that respectable neurosurgeon who was quite brilliant at cutting - just not at making sure he didn't overdose and kill multiple hookers (he kept it under wraps quite well, so he'd probably pass the discretion test). Quoting 'SoftandCurious'Last year I helped the husband go through job applications sent in for an IT Consultant. He runs his own IT company specialising in law firms. Anyway - he asked me to check a few potentials that seemed to be what he was looking for. A couple were fine. But one had him holding a cats face into a bong, another (different guy) took a pic of himself smoking cones at the desk of his current employer. The one I was most shocked with was a kkk guy who bragged about his violent protests. And I've seen in general terms a great pile of needles sitting on a coffee table in the background of someone's selfie complete with bent spoons and lighters. For an IT Consultant, getting fucked up on a weekend really has no bearing on what you do, unless you turn up fucked up and can't remember your whosits from your thingamabobs - but you can't tell that from a Facebook profile, to say that would be like suggesting that anyone here would turn up for work wearing a ball-gag or waving their cock around. Is it expected that cat-bong guy is going to be cat-bonging at work? I think the only reasonable claim is that these people might not be prudent - since they haven't locked down their facebook in case potential employers intrude upon their private life. I don't support the extension of work's eye into people's non-work lives unless those people are making specific claims about their private lives to bring them into the public eye. e.g. Do I care if a Minister for the Environment likes to get high and get pegged with strapons the size of your arm? nope, irrelevant. Do I care if some pollie who specifically campaigns on a "conservative Christian values" platform is getting reamed every arvo at the local public toilets... well, it seems contrary to his platform and he's the one that brought his private life into the public eye so it might be relevant then. Would it be an unconscionable to go around to these people's houses and peep through their windows to see what they do? That's what this is to some extent, is the guy with his blinds pulled firmly shut better than the one with them open a crack?
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RHP User
10 years ago
okay yeah that was interesting, just checked out some of those pictures omg but the chick with the dog poo in the background how hot does she look in those pink lycra shorts? whoa I seriously doubt anyone would care what was in the background and I keep saying I'm straight
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RHP User
10 years ago
Sooooo it's 3am and I'm not asleep ........... so guys, do you think a beer in each hand is a balanced diet?
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RHP User
10 years ago
Im crap at it and need help 😁 - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
It's not about being on a high horse looking down on those who do so. It's about being considered trustworthy to clients of the company. Given these clients are lawyers or barristers - they will judge based on someone's out of office behaviour. We don't want to lose clients because we've employed a member of the kkk who is quite happy to be public about it for example. And the data our employees are exposed to is highly sensitive - especially things like having to go through video interviews done by police, searching machines for evidence etc. It's about the clients trusting us. Someone who has a blabber mouth or participates in activity considered criminal is someone we would avoid employing. I agree - you often wouldn't know about someone's activities if they used their noggin and spent two minutes on their privacy settings. But if they are stupid enough not to and advertise that they are into animal cruelty then IT probably isn't for them. And yep it comes down to what is relevant - having a couple of cones? Big deal as long as you don't do it on work time. Drink a carton in the weekend? Again as long as it's in your own time. Having a choof in our office around extremely expensive equipment and putting us at risk of huge fines from building management, animal cruelty and a kkk member who will need to work for firms who fight human rights cases for indigenous people - yep totally relevant. i do get your point and it's a valid one. Because everyone is in everyone's business these days. And personal opinion often weighs in where it's not warranted. But - if you're willing to put it out there, you've got to be prepared for some negative attention. Whether it's not getting a root because you've sent a chick a selfie with your skid marked undies on the bed or you didn't get a job you wanted.
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