Comic-Con International Bans Selfie Sticks

[CBR News]

Selfie sticks top a new list of prohibited technological devices at Comic-Con that also includes Google Glass, E-cigarettes and drones.


Full article here.

[8BitRedBeard]

Awesome! The world in general should ban selfie sticks.

[t hedge coke]

Awesome! The world in general should ban selfie sticks.

E-cigs and drones first. Then, let's worry about sticks with a clip on the end.

[JokersNuts]

Ban 12 foot angel wings while you are at it.
I mean come on, lighten up, selfie sticks are good for taking better quality pictures than just sticking your arm out. I guess I could stop and wait a few minutes for a random passer by to take my picture with Batman, or I could just use my selfie stick right, take a good picture myself and be moving along in a matter of seconds.

[bloodofthegods]

E-cigs and drones first. Then, let's worry about sticks with a clip on the end.

Since I haven't been to a comic convention since the 90's I am going to assume drones aren't the US military spying on convention attendees.

[TickTock]

Since I haven't been to a comic convention since the 90's I am going to assume drones aren't the US military spying on convention attendees.

They might be, if you're cosplaying as a soldier.

[Cthulhudrew]

Good for them.

[Handsome men don't lose fights]

What's wrong with E-ciggs? They don't hurt anybody.

[The Moish]

Ban 12 foot angel wings while you are at it.

Amen. Way to many cosplayers with huge protrusions on their costumes making it even more difficult to move around.

What's wrong with E-ciggs? They don't hurt anybody.

Prove it. Firstly, even if e-cigs were safe, most people don't want others blowing vapor "smoke" in their faces, clouding up their already-crowded space. Secondly, in enclosed spaces (which pretty much all Comic Con is, with how packed it is) e-cigs WILL expose bystanders to nicotine in the vapor. Also, propylene glycol is a main chemical in e-cigs - the same stuff used in fog machines, which can have a pretty bad effect on bystanders with asthmea.

http://healthland.time.com/2013/12/1...ond-hand-risk/
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/281762.php
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24336346

[Shawn Hopkins]

Ban 12 foot angel wings while you are at it.
I mean come on, lighten up, selfie sticks are good for taking better quality pictures than just sticking your arm out. I guess I could stop and wait a few minutes for a random passer by to take my picture with Batman, or I could just use my selfie stick right, take a good picture myself and be moving along in a matter of seconds.

I was at one of the world's great tourist traps over the weekend and the things are a menace. Waving around a stick in a crowded place is bad news, I had to bob and weave a bit to avoid being poked. It's especially bad when you put expensive electronics on the end of it. When that phone gets broken, most people won't blame themselves for putting it on a stick. They'll blame whomever got poked with it or bumped them, leading to needless conflict.

[shamus]

Ban 12 foot angel wings while you are at it.
I mean come on, lighten up, selfie sticks are good for taking better quality pictures than just sticking your arm out. I guess I could stop and wait a few minutes for a random passer by to take my picture with Batman, or I could just use my selfie stick right, take a good picture myself and be moving along in a matter of seconds.

You and hundereds of other people = a major impediment to traffic flow. Surely life will go on without your selfie stick. just get someone to take your picture.

[Darrell D.]

I was at one of the world's great tourist traps over the weekend and the things are a menace. Waving around a stick in a crowded place is bad news, I had to bob and weave a bit to avoid being poked. It's especially bad when you put expensive electronics on the end of it. When that phone gets broken, most people won't blame themselves for putting it on a stick. They'll blame whomever got poked with it or bumped them, leading to needless conflict.

You say, 'Tough shit.' and keep walking. They were the ones that put their iPhone on a goddam stick, not you.

[bloodofthegods]

They might be, if you're cosplaying as a soldier.

I googled it. You are right. Apparently too many people are organizing groups to cosplay as male insects?
I also googled selfie stick cause I didn't know what they were. Again I happy that I am "out of touch".

[MyriVerse]

Let's see.

Real, deadly swords are okay, as long as they're peace bonded and remain sheathed.

But a stupid piece of aluminium and plastic gets banned? Smart.

[Fuzzy Barbarian]

This is a travesty! What has the world come to?