#self interested

[mekanikaltrifle]

worst bit about writing a Ventrue fledgling with a shady ass corporate past is reading more about what ‘defence contractors’ get up to. ohhh boyyyyy.

[myselfieselves-blog]

In advertising vs society

While selfie taking is not limited exclusively to youth, due to its proliferation in the digital sphere, the widespread use of selfies on social media and young people typically taking up new technology faster, conversations around selfies often centre on young people and their use of the selfie. (Fields and Carter 2015, p.101)

In Teresa Senft and Nancy Baym’s 2015 article ‘What does the Selfie Say?’ they discuss how the ‘discourse about the cultural meanings of selfies have tended to extremes. On one hand, marketing and advertising portray selfie taking as fun and frivolous, an indication that one is young, connected and with the times. 

On the other hand, news media portrays selfie taking as indicative of the state of the world, full of narcissistic, selfish and disconnected young people who can’t see beyond the screen of their mobile phone. Selfies have been blamed for things such as mental disorders, depression, accidents, self-harm and death (p.1589).

[lilsmunky]

according to my mother, i have dermatillomania because i’m too self-centered.

[the-full-monty]

Self-Interested

I am fairly empathetic, to be sure, but I am also self-interested. 

I can understand where you are, feel your pain, cry with you, but not sacrifice my happiness for yours. 

I will always put myself first. And although I need to work on taking that mindset away from the extreme place where it has taken up permanent residence, the instinct to protect myself doesn't make me a bad person. 

[hollow-planet]

If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it.

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)