It was acceptable in the 80s

There's only one place in the known universe where you can see pictures of yourself doing things which up until a few years ago, would have seemed like a waste of film.  The problem however, is that the pictures have not suddenly gotten better.  The only thing that has changed is our entertainment filter, brought about by the distinctly human ability to dumb ourselves down until we are entertained or perhaps intrigued by nearly everything we put in front of ourselves.  Take facebook for example.  I was facecruising the other night and I found candid shots of someone standing next to a truck, a large truck, not a monster truck, but a large truck with large tires.  And so there were pictures of whomever standing in the picture, but then the person turned around and there were shots of the back of the person's head.  And then the person started to go behind the tires and they disappeared from view entirely.  My question is thus.  And as usual, I'll answer my own rhetoric.  The picture with the person is fine.  Nothing wrong with standing next to a large tire.  And the picture without the person is also fine.  Nothing wrong a picture of a large cool looking tire.  But however, why in the halifax do we need to see the 6 pictures in between those two pictures?  The back of the head and the subsequent leaving the picture frame area.  Why do we waste electrons on all that refuse?  It makes even less sense than Lady Gaga's current popularity.  Unless we are returning to the 80's, then it makes perfect sense.