Coachella and Lollapalooza have banned selfie sticks—those extendable rods often dubbed 'narcissisticks' for good reason. As a frequent festival-goer and photographer who's witnessed the chaos firsthand, I welcome this move as the start of a necessary trend.
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Last year in Indonesia, amid stunning sights, I spotted hordes of tourists fixated on selfie sticks rather than the scenery. Instead of enjoying the views or asking a passerby for a photo, they posed at arm's length—or farther—adjusting angles for the perfect shot to prove they were there.
At music festivals, it's the same: endless selfies of friends, stages, beers, and wristbands. Worse are the shaky videos of performances half-watched through a screen.
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I'm no stranger to festivals, but selfie sticks disrupt everyone's experience. Here's why banning them is essential.
I've dropped my phone on my face texting in bed—agony from a two-foot fall. Cheap selfie sticks, common at festivals, offer no security. A slip could smash into toes or faces.
Even sturdy ones? Venues increasingly view them as weapons, per The Telegraph. Festivals can turn chaotic; you don't want a pole in the mix.
Festivals were for music and mates. Now, it's document-or-die. Flags once helped spot stages; now, forests of poles block sightlines for all but the front row.
As The Met's chief digital officer Sree Sreenivasan noted in The New York Times, extended sticks invade personal space. Listen up.
Shockingly, some selfie sticks rival iPhone 6 or Galaxy Edge prices—near my MacBook Air's cost. Would I dangle that amid dancers? No.
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I take selfies—even owned a stick until it snapped, costing my phone. At festivals, they scream self-centeredness, blocking others' views all set.
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Even the Winnipeg Museum of Human Rights banned them alongside drugs. That says it all.
What do you think? Too harsh on selfie sticks at festivals?
