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I find the whole selfie obsession incredibly narcissistic and self-absorbed. I even hate the word "selfie".
Now get off my damn lawn! 
... but not any "selfies," not that I remember.
When I was a little kid I used to stare at camera people like they were some kind of distasteful but somewhat interesting invertebrate.
My grandma had dreams I'd be a child star, and pulled some strings to get me on television, but I'd washed out by the time I was four. Two of my siblings did a little better but gave up in their early 'twenties, no longer content to be bit actors waiting tables as a sideline. My sister was a hot California athletic cheerleader and beach girl type, my brother was a biker bar dude or rough cowboy bar type. They have screen credits just like that. Cheerleader number something, locker room girl, biker dude, wild-eyed cowboy...
Nonetheless, it was hammered into me that I shouldn't stare at cameras in a way that creeped people out, and my first reflex, even today, is to smile.
Seriously, I can't get too upset about smiling selfies.
What pisses me off is a system that increases the likelihood of accidents like this. There's a lot of venal ignorance, cluelessness, and corruption in the U.S.A. that is never acknowledged.