Dad-in-Chief Barack Obama is not a fan of taking selfies on the campaign trailhttps://t.co/uHbfPxucx8
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) February 11, 2016
Back in the day when you meet your idol, your favorite band, or someone famous or important, you’d shake their hand and ask for an autograph. Fast forward to today, and it seems that getting a selfie with that person (or persons) is the next big thing. While there’s nothing wrong with that, President Barack Obama has officially declared that he is sick of them.
In a video posted by BuzzFeed News, Obama lamented how selfies seem to make people forget to live in the now. Instead of being aware that they are in the presence of the President of the United States, many people seem to be more interested in grabbing a selfie and bragging about it, instead of just simply shaking his hand.
Addressing the crowd at the Hoogland Center for the Arts in Springfield, Illinois, Obama was quoted as saying, “This is one thing that changed by the way. If we had had smartphones when I first ran for president, I’m not sure I would have run, because folks just have their phones, they don’t want to shake my hand anymore It’s like, ‘Hey! I’m here, live in front of you.’”
We have to admit that the desire to snap selfies is getting a little out of hand. We have heard stories of how people have placed themselves in dangerous situations and places just to snap a selfie. We have heard of how some people have taken selfies at inappropriate places like during a funeral, and unfortunately we have also heard how some people have died trying to capture the perfect selfie.