Selfish Selfies

I come from the generation that didn’t grow up with smart phones ( no mobile phones at all in fact) 
The internet wasn’t even a thing for me until I was in my 20s , a fact that my Nephews can’t get their heads around 
So the idea of taking picture after picture after picture of myself , pouting and posing isn’t one that comes completely naturally 
Yes I admit I have taken a selfie or 2 , added dog ears and other filters from snapchat and shared them occasionally on social media but I’m certainly not someone who feels the need to capture a selfie at every possible opportunity 

I recently read about people who have taken selfies to an extreme , a disrespectful extreme 
People are taking selfies at places where they really shouldn’t be , posing on the railway tracks at Auschwitz with hashtags that just smack of stupidity and even one who decided that the inside of the gas chambers would be a good backdrop despite photos not being encouraged in there , let alone pouty , vain selfies 

Others have posed their way around Anne Franks house and several Holocaust memorials , thumbs up , inane grins on their faces even some putting their middle fingers up 
The lack of respect is just disgusting but these teens don’t seem to see anything wrong in it 
Also in the article I read were stories (and accompanying pictures) of people pouting next to a relatives open coffin , while passing a road traffic accident or with a homeless person asleep in the shot 

I hope that these people are in the minority and most people just like snapping away in front of the mirror and adding filters to pass a bit of time but who knows , maybe we will have people trying to capture more and more things that they really shouldn’t xx