I'd seen the same phenomenon when I was touring the Colosseum in Rome last month. So many people were fighting for space to take selfies with their long sticks — what some have called the "Narcissistick" — that it looked like a reprise of the gladiatorial battles the place once hosted.

It really didn't seem controversial but some people think the stick is great because they can take great selfies, whereas other people think it fuels "self-obsession" and refer to them as "narcissticks."

The "narcisstick" also takes self-obsession to new heights — not an easy task in a year that kicked off with the Oscars selfie seen round the world, and ended with Twitter officially declaring 2014 the "Year of the Selfie" based on trending tweets.

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