What's with the excess of narcissism in today's society?

[Longwaytogo]

I'm 28 and I recently joined Instagram and while I love seeing beautiful photos, I was amazed at the amount of "selfies" I found in almost everyone's profile. I assumed I'd find a lot of "sexy pose" photos taken by young women but I was amazed to discover that narcissism came it all shapes and sizes. Practically everyone in my newsfeed thinks they are some kind of celebrity. While I praise self-confidence, I was turned off by how many people ( especially women, sadly), populated their feed with photos of themselves in tight dresses, making duck faces or posing a la Kate Moss. Is this what our society's come to? Facebook is no better either. Do people get turned on by this? Where's the substance? Does everyone want to be a Kardashian?