Recently, Time Magazine put out an article claiming that due to the advancements in technology, specifically the camera phone, today’s teenagers compose the most self-obsessed generation to walk the earth. The article made sure to point out that our collective vanity is enough to destroy our potential as tomorrow’s adults.

To think, the last snapchat you sent was a swing at the structure of society as we know it.

Narcissists simply didn’t exist before the smart phone was invented… wait, no, before flash photography was invented… okay, we can at least say narcissists weren’t around before mirrors were invented (those first century AD kids were soooooo full of themselves).  At least we’re a bit subtler than Narcissus about how much we love ourselves; at least I’ve never drowned gazing into my own eyes reflected back at me via my iPhone screen.

The fact is, we aren’t the first generation who wants to document what we look like. The only difference is that we have easier means of doing it. And honestly, that two-second selfie I took just to check if my eyeliner was on point seems a whole lot less egotistical than back when you’d have to pay hundreds of dollars and sit for hours for a portrait done in expensive oils.

So, if you’re like that Time’s writer and really think Millennials should be renamed the “Me Me Me Generation,” I hope you understand that selfies are about as detrimental to society as swing dancing, women showing their ankles, and listening to jazz.

Help defend selfie culture & boost your selfie-steem: Tweet your best & worst selfies to us @mtkabreezes. We’ll give you a RT and cherish every pixel.