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The arm's length shot usually works well for me, especially if you look at the camera's LCD in a strategically placed mirror.

Since you asked, here's context for my parental wisdom:
My dad was reading some book about how masturbating regularly makes men less likely to get prostate cancer, and so I asked if masturbation was good for women, too, causing my mom to reply that masturbation is good for everyone.
The explanation for the second story is really just that my dad is silly. We were driving by a strip club and he was recounting how it used to be owned by a biker gang, but they got indicted and now it is run by nuns, "and those nuns are tough, man." Yeah.

oh yes I am very much agreeing with that pick of Wilco. If I'd heard the other songs you mentioned, I fancy I'd agree with them too.