BACK UP A SEC
These people really should have checked out what’s going on behind them before posting selfies online
It pays to look carefully at the background before sharing that 'perfect' snap online
ONE rule of posting selfies on the internet should be the same as in panto: look behind you.
This gallery of shame shows why it pays to look carefully at the background before sharing that “perfect” snap.
Prom queens
SNAP Viral
These posers in their posh frocks weren’t expecting to be upstaged by a lad scoffing a giant bag of snacks
Heavy load
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Mum posing with her daughter has no idea another child is being stuffed into a cannon
Too cool for school
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This dude probably thought he was out of shot as he admired a graduation classmate
Lean in a bit
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Playing with perspective can bite you on the bum if you don’t check who else has the same idea
In a flap
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She was thrilled to see a butterfly up close – pity the woman behind wasn’t so delighted
Sitting Bull
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Armchair in a cattle field…what could go wrong?
Look back in anger
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Looking good from the front – what’s going on round the back?
Trick cyclist
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And he thought his hair would get all the attention
Third wheel
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Sport on telly is so close it’s as if they can reach out and touch you
Can you dig it
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There are easier and less painful ways to get yourself in the photo
Man in the mask
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This man’s name was mud after he ruined a perfectly good photo
Leap in the park
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Some dogs just don’t like to be left out
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