Disney theme parks ban selfie sticks over safety fears

Good. They're utterly absurd, right up there with Twitter in terms of out-of-control self-indulgence.

I was reading that idiots were trying to use them on rides. Not smart or safe.

Good decision, Disney. Actually the word 'selfie' itself makes me nauseous.

Notice how it doesn't cover Disney in Japan?

Notice how it doesn't cover Disney in Japan?

Good observation Smith. With the Chinese & Koreans visiting japan lately, banning the stick might be a bad idea. Overall, the sticks have been widely criticized since their debut. Too bad for those Korean entrepreneurs who introduced the darn things.

Wc626: "Too bad for those Korean entrepreneurs who introduced the darn things."

Actually, it was a Japanese guy who invented the selfie-stick int he 1980s when he was working for minolta, and it won one of those "worst inventions in the world" awards Japan always seems to win year in and year out. Obviously it was before it's time in this case. Regardless, it must be in the blood because it's the Japanese that I see using them more than anyone else, and at Disney Land that would definitely be the case.

Smith,

Actually, it was a Japanese guy who invented the selfie-stick int he 1980s when he was working for minolta, and it won one of those "worst inventions in the world" awards Japan always seems to win year in and year out. Obviously it was before it's time in this case. Regardless, it must be in the blood because it's the Japanese that I see using them more than anyone else,

The thinly veiled racism aside, the modern incarnation of selfie sticks that are aimed very clearly at the relatively recent Smartphone market were brought to the world by Canadian Wayne Fromm in 2005. It seems the impetus to make money off a burgeoning market is in the blood of Canadians as well.

Hey, I don't like the stick either, but going out your way to use the topic to take a very obvious irreverent potshot at Japanese is more than a bit silly.