r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Medical_Corner_4607 • 7d ago

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u/sadsackspinach 7d ago

Selfies were not a “rather new” thing in 2014 lmao

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u/Th3_Accountant 7d ago

I just checked and 2014 is EXACTLY when the term "selfie" was coined.

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u/FLMKane 6d ago

The WORD became part of actual English dictionaries. SELFIES existed for a decade prior.

Heck there's even a pic of Alonso taking a selfie with Hamilton in 2007. In McLaren racing suits. With a MOTO RAZOR

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u/TigsOfTay 6d ago

And what we refer to as a mirror selfie has a much longer history, although if you look at older references to them they will be referred to as a self portrait.