Digital Narcissism

Ever since "smart phones" became popular, there has been a flood of apps that seem to be able to do everything: simple things like making your phone a flashlight to games to educational tools to the just plain weird. Now there's even an app to make you feel more insecure about yourself... UGLY METER!

I don't get this at all. It costs 99 cents and basically the app does one thing: scans your face and tells you how ugly you are. THAT'S IT! The science behind it is that it takes things like facial symmetry, proportions, and overall bone structure and gives you a ranking between 1 and 10. One interesting thing about the app is that it isn't affected by facial hair, makeup, hair styles, or other ways people decorate their face, it ONLY analyzes the hard data that is your actual face. 

The worst thing about this app is the fact that over 500,000 people have downloaded it so far. That means half a million people are either so vain or so insecure they need a phone to tell them whether their looks are acceptable.