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21st Mar 2014

The latest internet craze is the sellotape selfie, but will it stick?

Hey internet, there's a new craze with the kids out there - the sellofie

JOE

Hey internet, there’s a new craze with the kids out there – the sellofie

If there’s one thing that the internet has brought into our lives (except for videos of animals) it is the relentless apparition of trends that last about half a week, and there’s a new one on the scene: the sellofie.

Bringing together the concept of a selfie (the concept being I love myself, we think) and the concept of sellotape (it sticks things together), you wrap your face in sellotape and proceed to take a snap, looking incredibly cool. Our favourite Aussie breakfast show host Karl Stefanovic got in on the craze with this particular number:

So if you can’t think of anything better to do on a Friday afternoon where the weather looks to be half daaaycent (at least this morning in Dubin) then why not stick a load of sellotape to your head? Sounds like a great idea, right? Well done, internet.

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