The Selfie Spoon is Here, and It’s Horrifying
Behold! The dreaded selfie spoon. (All Photos: Gillie Houston for Yahoo Food)
Love ‘em or hate ‘em, selfie sticks are probably here to stay. Whether being peddled on street corners, sold at the register in a convenience store, or hoisted triumphantly in the air by unashamed tourists in front of a beloved landmark or two, there’s no escaping exposure to the devices.
However, places of dining have been, in our experience, blissfully selfie stick-free zones. Though there’s still plenty of photo taking happening at restaurants nowadays, luckily aerial selfies have been left out of the mix… until now. That’s right — one invention is attempting to make dining selfies easier than ever.
The people behind Cinnamon Toast Crunch — a favored midnight snack of mine, I must admit — has unleashed the selfie spoon into the world, and it might just be the end of mankind as we know it. (Too dramatic? I think not.) In case you’re wondering just what a selfie spoon is, it’s simply a selfie stick with a spoon attached to the end. Naturally.
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Being the serious journalist I am, I undertook the task of attempting to eat a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch while operating the selfie stick, and here is my honest takeaway. First of all, the selfie dock doesn’t rotate downwards enough, so when you’re pointing the spoon down towards the bowl or into your mouth, you can hardly see your face, much less what you’re eating. Secondly, to operate the stick, you need to hold a remote in the other hand anyways, so if you really wanted a selfie while eating cereal, you might as well just hold a selfie stick and a spoon separately (#logic). Lastly, the spoon is a little heavy for comfort — not to mention the intense discomfort that comes along with feeling like someone’s watching you while you’re eating your Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Overall, I don’t think I’ll be working the selfie spoon into many of my future meals — but who knows? Maybe the next time you’re at a restaurant the person next to you will order their bowl of soup with a side of selfie. Lord help us all.
Please see below for a full recap of my selfie spoon experience, told in true selfie form.
Take one: Too close for comfort; let’s zoom it on out.
Is this thing on?
Here goes nothing.
Can you tell I’m uncomfortable?
Not having it with CT Crunch right now.
Final thoughts: Why, oh why, does this exist?
