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As Charles-Guillaume Étienne once said, "If you want something done right, do it yourself," and nothing can possibly go wrong if you're the one with your finger on the button...right? Well, not quite. While you might want to document every fun aspect of your everyday life, sometimes taking a funny selfie might go in a different direction. If you miss something in the background, that’s when an epic selfie fails. And this is a common issue for every online user. Even celebrities sometimes post bad selfies!

A bad selfie is the last thing you should worry about. Selfies lead to fatal accidents many times. Selfie trends have evolved since 1836. Traffic mirror selfies and those on a 0.5 distance were trending in 2023. Such poses can turn into funny selfies or fatal ones. 

According to one research, the average age for deceased people is around 24.4 years old. India leads in incidents with 26.4%, followed by the USA at 10.3% and Russia at 8.7%. In the US, 62% of people have confirmed taking at least one selfie at some point. 82% of people in the age group 18 to 34 years old, 63% of people aged 35 to 54, and 44% of those 55 and above have taken selfies. 

Check out this list of 72 hilarious, embarrassing selfies gone wrong. At Bored Panda, we love a funny moment—a funny selfie in this case. This collection of bad selfies should be a funny reminder to always double-check before posting instead of sharing failed pictures. Check the list of 72 funny selfies below - hopefully, there aren't any of yours.

#2

A Funny Selfie of a Man, a Baby and a Dog

Man taking a selfie with his kid and a dog

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#3

Even This Dog Is Sick Of Her Selfies

Woman taking selfie with the dog on a background

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#5

Probably The Best Photobomb Of All Time

Women taking selfie with a dog

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#7

One of the Most Embarrassing Selfies Gone Wrong

Woman taking selfie while on the toilet

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This Traffic Ugh

Woman taking selfie in the car

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John L Kelly
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Let's see, holding the phone in one hand, and a drink in the other, eh? Brilliant!

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#11

Australian Police Have Had Enough Of Your Shit

Men taking selfie with the police

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#12

I Took A Selfie And Saw Myself 20 Years In The Future

Man taking selfie

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#13

Little Girl Selfie Gets Photobombed By Bear-Like Father

Woman taking selfie with man holding a drink

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Crystllee
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

While he may not have the "conventional" body, I love that he is so comfortable in his own skin to do this!

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#14

You Could Have Left Something In The Shower

Woman taking mirror selfie

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#15

Embarrassing Selfies Where a Horse’s Butt Grabs Attention

Man taking selfie with horses' bottom

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#16

Is the Baby In or Out of the Canyon? When an Epic Selfie Fails…

Woman taking photo with her daughter

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Kelly
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The baby is actually a photo bomb. As in Cannonball goes boom!

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#18

Women Selfies Gone Wrong Can Be Pretty Hilarious

Woman taking selfie

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#19

Buddy Sent Us A Picture Of His Turf-Burn. When You See It

Man taking selfie showing his arm

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#21

When You See It

Woman taking mirror selfie

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#22

Yeah Sis', Another Selfie... Great Idea

Woman taking selfie with her daughter

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#23

So Happy With My New Hair

Naked man taking photo of a woman

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#24

I Had This On My Refrigerator For 6 Years Before I Noticed It

Boy kissing a girl while taking selfie

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Just a Purpler
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Bahahahah I was so focused on the window light on the left, lol I was like "looks normal to me" and then I saw it ahahha

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#25

Sneaky, Bad Selfie

Woman taking selfie, sneaky person on the background

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#26

Little Brother Makes a Selfie Fail

Friends taking selfie

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#27

My And My Friend's Selfie In The Train

Men taking selfie sleeping man on the background

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#29

All Dressed Up For A Ke$ha Themed Birthday Party And I Couldn't Resist A Car Selfie

Man taking a selfie with his daughter

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#31

Unfortunate Spelling

Woman taking selfie wearing jersey

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#33

When You See It

Woman taking a photo of a man

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#35

Mirror Reflection

Woman wearing double glasses

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#36

Busted

Woman dressed as cat

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#37

Bae Caught Me Slippin'

Woman taking selfie while fall asleep

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#38

Had A Caption Until The Lady In The Background Nailed It For Me

Man holding inappropriate toy

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#39

When You See It

Friends taking selfie

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Crystllee
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That poor baby! Let's hope they give him as much attention as they do themselves when a camera isn't on them. Just sad women.

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Selfie Background Fail

Women taking selfie

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Raphael Silva
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If I saw a dude do that, its possible I would punt that phone right out of his f*****g hand. That's just not cool man.

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Too Lazy To Care 🐼
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I hope the poor guy/girl in the dress he was taking a photo of realized his action and gave him a good slap in the face. Creep.

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L.j. Bus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

And that's why I always had shorts underneath a dress or a skirt. (Ok, that and the fact that I was the kind of girl that always climbed the trees, the walls and everything).

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Chloe Bohl
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8 months ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everyone's like "SUCH A CREEP!" and I'm over here like look at the girl on the lefts nose

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Teri Vegas
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7 years ago

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The worst thing about this pic is that the girl is wearing black shoes with a white dress!

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7 years ago

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Did anybody consider that this could be entirely consensual? She may want a picture of some pretty pantys, or no pantys, whatever is up there. Why they would choose to do this in public is beyond me, though it looks like they're at the horse races and some people do get awfully drunk there. I think she would be able to feel him and if she wasn't happy she would've at least moved away.

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Talise Snyder
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

He probably wouldn't be doing it from behind her tho... also... wouldn't you usually do something like that at home/somewhere private? not in a public setting?

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#42

Hate It When My Girlfriend Takes Pictures Of Me Sleeping

Man taking selfie

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#45

Went To Take A Selfie With The Dogs And...

Woman taking a selfie in front of the dogs making out

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Jeanne Deaux
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The way the selfie is centered on the dogs? She totaly did this on purpose. You fail at selfie fail girl.

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#46

My Friend Climbed A Mountain And Took A Selfie, Was Photo Bombed By Girlfriend Taking Selfie

Man taking a selfie with the dog

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#47

That's An Odd Table Centerpiece

Girl taking mirror selfie

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Marcos Zamarripa
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

OMG all the girl have dildos or what? I have no see any guy with an iInflatable doll

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#48

Selfie Background Fail

Woman taking mirror selfie

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#49

My Friend Got His Tux In And Sent Me A Pic. I Had To Bring It To His Attention What Was Going On In The Background

Man taking mirror selfie with a cat drinking from the toilet in reflection

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#50

That "What A Hell Is She Doing?" Look

Girl taking mirror selfie

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#51

My Friend Just Posted The Best Selfie I've Ever Seen

Man taking a selfie while peeing

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Hana Cheaib
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh god why!! Can't you stop using your phone!! Why taking selfie while you're peeing!! Seriously! 😂😂😂

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#53

That Mirror Reflection

Woman taking mirror selfie

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#56

A Rat Among The Clutter?

Woman taking mirror selfie

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#59

On An Amazon Review. Pay Attention To Your Reflections

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#61

Selfie Background Fail

Man taking selfie with the gun

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Nomadus Aureus
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

As for my next picture, I'd like to demonstrate an example of natural selection.

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#62

Bae Caught Me Slippin'

Woman taking mirror selfie

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Lisa-Marie Saunders
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's never right to spend more time looking at yourself than you do looking after your kid in the bath! Although, she may be an older sister, considering that she looks about 10!

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Selfie Fail

Woman taking mirror selfie

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Cheesybeansy
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

you don't assume that position unless you had something REALLY spicy or big. prepare for the long haul...

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#65

This Sneaky Shadow

Friends taking mirror selfie

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Heather Cox
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh now that is unacceptable. I swear the next time I see someone in a public bathroom trying to take invasive photos I'm grabbing them out their hands and tossing them in the toilet.

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Selfie Background Fail

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Katinka Min
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Waaaaaah, PICK THAT UP! What is wrong with people?? Who has time to take selfies when you living rom smells like dog s**t?

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#67

Selfie With Friends

Friends making selfie in the mirror with her friend on a toilet in the reflection

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#69

Selfie Fail

Man taking a selfie with the butt in the mirror reflection

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htbq
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm starting to think its all a joke. cheek sneak is what I'll call it!

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Selfie Background Fail

Woman taking a nude selfie with the kid in the mirror reflection

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Crystllee
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7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd like to think she covered up her face out of shame but given the context, highly doubtful.

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