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Texas Town Erects Selfie Statue

Trending News: Texas Town Erects Selfie Statue, Because The Endtimes Are Near 

Because it's not always fun to have the mirror turned on us.


A Texas town recently erected a statue depicting two women taking a selfie near the town hall, prompting backlash from residents. The statue was privately donated and no taxpayer money was spent.


People have long derided our obsession with snapping selfies, and while it can go a little too far, it's not as though it's something young people today had the good sense to invent — people have been trying to photograph themselves since the invention of the camera. But while most everyone (even detractors) are comfortable with selfies being a topic within pop culture, we don't seem to keen on considering them a cultural component unto themselves. Case in point, the town of Sugar Land, Texas, which is getting a whole bunch of shit for erecting a statue of two women taking a selfie near their town hall. The town hall in Sugar Land, a wealthy city with a population of just under 84,000, sits adjacent to a public square. The square is a popular gathering point, apparently a sort of cultural keystone of the community. As such, a resident named Sandy Levin donated a series of 10 statues to the community with the intent of representing activities that occur throughout the community. One sculpture in the square is of a man playing a guitar, while the other is the aforementioned selfie statue.

You wouldn't think a fairly benign statue would be any cause for concern, but you'd be wrong. Plenty of people are taking to twitter to voice their opposition.

they really put up a selfie statue in sugar land oh god

— Alexyss (@jacellx) June 1, 2016

W/ tax payers' money, Sugar Land erected a statue of two girls taking a selfie. Most embarrassing TX thing since Wendy Davis or the Rockets.

— Yeoman's Play (@YeomansPlay) June 1, 2016


— Zainab Jafri (@zainab_jafrii) June 1, 2016

If sugar land is gonna have a statue of two girls taking a selfie then can I have a statue of me twerking?

— Ĺéè Dŕøñeś (@RATCHETKING2015) June 1, 2016

So is the city of Sugar Land expecting us to take pictures with that statue of 2 girls taking a selfie? I'm embarrassed for everyone.

— Gabby Vera (@GabbyVera3) May 26, 2016

At least one person has a good head on their shoulders:

so sl is making national news bc apparently the "selfie statue" (which is part of an installation btw) is CONTROVERSIAL and like

— seph (@revivemateria) June 1, 2016

if a statue of two girls having fun n taking a selfie offends u even the slightest, i need u to take a step back n pull ur head out ur ass


To repeat: the statue was privately funded, and was literally designed to depict activities that regularly take place in the square near the town hall. If you don't want a statue of people taking selfies in your town square, maybe do something more interesting than take selfies in your town square.



Why are people so bent out of shape over a statue?


Selfies aren't going anywhere, so it's time to stop treating them like some "millennial scourge."


The first known photographic self-portrait was taken in 1839 by Robert Cornelius, and is one of the first known photographs of a person, period.
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