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CoorsLight posted...

If you wouldn't have been taken a picture or video doing it before everyone had a camera in their pocket, do you really need to share it? It's fine to take more pictures since we have that luxury now, but it's also okay just to have some pictures for yourself. That goes not just for kids, the compulsion that some people have to share EVERYTHING is weird.

Again, I think it's a case by case thing.

Yes, there are people that basically live on social media. Things like posting pictures of their meals, what book they're reading, a moment by moment account of their vacation, etc., but there's also moments from my youth, teenage, and early adult years where I think back and wish I had a digital 12-megapixel camera in my pocket, and had 100 photos of a certain night rather than just the 4-5 we took because we didn't want to waste film (or space on an SD card for you younger people) on pictures that may not come out good.

It's definitely is a tough battle for some people between living in the moment vs document the events to relive them later.

I do not know how old you are, but I think you'll change y our tune as you get older (I'm 43) and the family members in the generations before you start passing away, and you wish you had more pictures of/with them.

I kinda changed my stance on taking a lot of pictures over the past year or so. I lost both of my parents recently, and would give ANYTHING to have more recent pictures of myself with them. You just assume that everyone is going to be around forever, and you'll take more pics "next time".

Now I try to throw as many pictures on my phone as I can. I don't necessarily share them all, but I do share the ones I know my relatives that weren't there would want to see. So I understand your view on "no one needs to see your kid's every movement" but there's also the opposite, where one day you will be longing for the day you can look back at every single moment.


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