--- title: Pizza Hut Selfie Sticks PSA description: Pizza Hut releases Dangers of Selfie Sticks PSA to promote Big Flavor Dippers canonical: https://time.com/3892988/pizza-hut-ad-anti-selfie-stick/ author: Olivia B. Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-05-21T20:22:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:20:10.367Z og:title: This Anti Selfie Stick PSA Is Actually a Pizza Hut Ad og:description: Pizza Hut releases Dangers of Selfie Sticks PSA to promote Big Flavor Dippers og:url: https://time.com/3892988/pizza-hut-ad-anti-selfie-stick/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee96047f936fb7cc/69885132524fc046e6df2c2b/screen-shot-2015-05-21-at-3-11-34-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-05-21 at 3.11.34 PM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Anti Selfie Stick PSA Is Actually a Pizza Hut Ad twitter:description: Pizza Hut releases Dangers of Selfie Sticks PSA to promote Big Flavor Dippers twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee96047f936fb7cc/69885132524fc046e6df2c2b/screen-shot-2015-05-21-at-3-11-34-pm.png?branch=production&width=1440&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Anti Selfie Stick PSA Is Actually a Pizza Hut Ad ## Video: Should I Eat Pizza? [Watch (HLS stream): Should I Eat Pizza?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/NvpgAWn5.m3u8) (1:39)  _Published 2015-02-12. You might be surprised that four out of five health experts give pizza the thumbs up. But don’t be fooled: these are not greasy thumbs._  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 21, 2015 8:22 PM UTC   by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer May 21, 2015 8:22 PM UTC A new Pizza Hut ad makes fun of selfie sticks to promote its rectangular “Big Flavor Dipper” pizza, which, designed for dipping, is nearly two feet long, thus “so big that it doesn’t even fit in a traditional selfie,” the chain says in a statement. As solemn music plays in the background, a narrator questions the point of selfies and the narcissists who wield selfie sticks: “When can we say enough is enough? … After all what would we do without your daily outfit updates complete with duck face lips taken in your bathroom mirror … Please selfie responsibly.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3892988/pizza-hut-ad-anti-selfie-stick/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3892988/pizza-hut-ad-anti-selfie-stick/"},"headline":"This Anti Selfie Stick PSA Is Actually a Pizza Hut Ad","datePublished":"2015-05-21T20:22:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:20:10.367Z","description":"\"Please selfie responsibly\"","url":"https://time.com/3892988/pizza-hut-ad-anti-selfie-stick/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Business topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltee96047f936fb7cc/69885132524fc046e6df2c2b/screen-shot-2015-05-21-at-3-11-34-pm.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. 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