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.
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Spider Photo-Bombs A Selfie
A Funny Selfie of a Man, a Baby and a Dog
Even This Dog Is Sick Of Her Selfies
Mama's Big Boy
Probably The Best Photobomb Of All Time
When You See It
One of the Most Embarrassing Selfies Gone Wrong
Mirror Selfie. Look Closely
Reflection Fail
This Traffic Ugh
Australian Police Have Had Enough Of Your Shit
I Took A Selfie And Saw Myself 20 Years In The Future
Little Girl Selfie Gets Photobombed By Bear-Like Father
You Could Have Left Something In The Shower
Embarrassing Selfies Where a Horse’s Butt Grabs Attention
Is the Baby In or Out of the Canyon? When an Epic Selfie Fails…
One Wrong Move And It's Mine...
Women Selfies Gone Wrong Can Be Pretty Hilarious
Buddy Sent Us A Picture Of His Turf-Burn. When You See It
Just Me, Myself And I
When You See It
Yeah Sis', Another Selfie... Great Idea
So Happy With My New Hair
I Had This On My Refrigerator For 6 Years Before I Noticed It
Sneaky, Bad Selfie
Little Brother Makes a Selfie Fail
My And My Friend's Selfie In The Train
Three People, One Webcam
All Dressed Up For A Ke$ha Themed Birthday Party And I Couldn't Resist A Car Selfie
I Know Voldemort Is In The Background
Unfortunate Spelling
Selfie Background Fail
When You See It
This Sneaky Shadow
Mirror Reflection
Busted
Bae Caught Me Slippin'
Had A Caption Until The Lady In The Background Nailed It For Me
When You See It
Selfie Background Fail
Mirror Reflection
Hate It When My Girlfriend Takes Pictures Of Me Sleeping
Just A Quick Selfie Before I Start My Day
Took A Selfie, Got A Surprise
Went To Take A Selfie With The Dogs And...
My Friend Climbed A Mountain And Took A Selfie, Was Photo Bombed By Girlfriend Taking Selfie
That's An Odd Table Centerpiece
Selfie Background Fail
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
That "What A Hell Is She Doing?" Look
My Friend Just Posted The Best Selfie I've Ever Seen
Check Your Background Before You Post That Selfie
That Mirror Reflection
This Subtle Selfie
Squad Selfie
When all your friends are solid 10's and you're standing there with a great personality
thats mean. just cause people are pretty doesn't mean they have pretty personalities too.
What the actual f**k- Your acting like these girls may have done something terribly mean. Just bc people are "big" doesn't mean they have nice personalities.
Load More Replies...This is like after high school, and the girl watching was the less popular one, and they were all popular, and she was like "well I knew it"
A Rat Among The Clutter?
Selfie With Grandma
Sexy Selfie Gone Wrong
On An Amazon Review. Pay Attention To Your Reflections
Selfie Background Fail
Selfie Background Fail
Bae Caught Me Slippin'
Selfie Fail
Must Concentrate On My Pose
This Sneaky Shadow
Selfie Background Fail
Selfie With Friends
Make Mommy Look Sexy, Sweetie
Selfie Fail
Selfie Background Fail
Girlfriend Caught Me Sleepin'
never understood this trend of selfies in cars or in front of your mirror... eventually if the surrounding is nice or a group picture with some friend. You know you face doesn't change every 30 minutes right?
well it does, depending on what duckface you make roflroflrofl :P these people are really narcissistic or way too desperate.
Load More Replies...So many women taking pics with sex toys in the background, and so many dudes taking pics but a*s naked. tf is going on!? I'm must be doing selfies wrong!
Real photo from polish selling site allegro (somethnig like e-bay). The tittle was "The kettle with a spout" czajnik2-5...f91dcb.jpg
Oddly, I now have the vague feeling that there aren'T enough dildos lying (or standing) about at my place...
Now that's a funny post! Much better than your "these kids today, with their picture takin' & their showin' off all the time" Grumpy Old Man Rant post did. And miles better than that Faking boy evaluation. You sound too judgey there (maybe you're the one who's "beyond sad!") But having a vague feeling about dildo minimum requirements? That's comedy gold, my Friend.
Load More Replies...It shows how incredibly absurd selfies are - especially the ones you do to show off yourself to others. I get that we wanna keep a memory of happy times, but why WHYYYY would you spend all your holiday and so much of your spare time constantly grinning into a camera with noone behind it. Why not just being somewhere and enjoying yourself? Who cares if half world does NOT know what you did, what you ate and how you looked?
I am the guy who took the selfie and saw himself 20 years into the future. That selfie was the shock I needed to lose weight and get in shape. I lost 60+ pounds since then.
I was going to ask if people really don't understand how mirrors work, but then I thought about the likely IQ of some of them.
It is the age of :- I Love Myself, Me and My Image. No one or anything else matters. As in the Greek tragedy - Narcissus died gazing at his own image.
I don't see why most people would share these, the spider one is funny but there's no way you couldn't notice a horse's a*s in the background
Selfies with girls making the puffy lip face, their tits are in the center of the photo, or placing a dildo in the background is just a desperate need for attention. And with guys showing off their a*s or they got their shirt off for no reason is to say look at me I need your attention. It’s all just sad and like they say a picture is worth a thousand words. So it can say a lot about a person. So if you ever see someone taking a selfie that’s not a normal picture then photo bomb them. We must fight back against these attention seekers!!
I e learned that guys take selfies with their @$$out & that girls have dildos that they just leave everywhere. Cool haha
I am proud of so many of my life's achievements. However, I am MOST proud that I have never, never, never never, NOT ONCE, taken a pic of myself in a fn bathroom.
I fear for humanity. I take selfies with my daughter but not vapid self obsessed pictures to put on the internet. I just can't say the words I am thinking, this all just infuriates me because it just isn't going away. The news sites need to stop reporting the latest bikini nobody as news as well.
Selfie is a term coined in Australia. Paris Hilton wishes she had an original thought in her life, but sadly no.
I’m quite sure there are many iinfringements against privacy in this and many other series @BoredPanda. Not all of these pics were for distribution
If thats a dildoe on 36's table then that girl must have some flappy bat wings down there. That s**t looks like a tennis ball container lol
She's complaining about the traffic and she has no hands on the wheel whatsoever. Doe she even care that it is illegal?
I am shocked by the number of people that take pictures without pants on. Is this a thing? Am I just too old to understand? Also, sometimes I wont post a picture of my dog because something is out of place (messy) and I don't want anyone to see the mess.... what the actual f**k?
I have a hard time believing people upload pictures without checking them. Like all these "bae caught me", they can clearly see themselves taking the picture through the mirror in the background. And then the spider thing in the first picture has to be planted by the girl taking the picture.
On number #49 you can also see her nipple on her left breast poking out a bit. But holy c**p, if you're gonna take a "sexy selfie" make sure your dildo is nowhere in sight. XD
Mostly narcissistic young women UTTERLY FASCINATED that they got these BODIES they can play with or turn men on with! It's like, they have a new toy they don't KNOW what to do with!!
Has anyone checked to see if the baby is still in the cannon in photo 15?;) lmao
So help a girl out here....what was wrong with #20? I couldn't see anything wrong with the picture 😕
Generally, these people as just disgusting and common, and vapid...
How insecure can one be when your self worth is measured by how many pics you take of yourself? How lonely you must be when you can't get anyone to take a picture of you.
How insecure must one be to measure their self worth by the number of pictures they take of themselves? And how lonely can one be if you can't find a single person, even a stranger, to take a picture of you?
i think each and everyone of these people, and everyone in general can do whatever the f**k they want, i think its more sad 26.2k people sifted through this and talked s**t about the people enjoying theirs lives then it is people enjoying their lives! ask yourself who the sad people really are!!
So the people in the pics can do whatever they want but people who want to make fun can't do whatever they want?
Load More Replies...On a side note, I like the change to BP format where it shows how many pages are in the collection. Very helpful. Thanks!
did anyone at boredpanda take a second think that many of these may have been sent with the idea they were confidential or did you just think clicks...a******s
I think that many of these selfies were intended and probably sent with the idea they were confidential or sent to a specific person who then decided to publicly humiliate these people. Not cool Boredpanda. You just added to their public humiliation for a few clicks.
never understood this trend of selfies in cars or in front of your mirror... eventually if the surrounding is nice or a group picture with some friend. You know you face doesn't change every 30 minutes right?
well it does, depending on what duckface you make roflroflrofl :P these people are really narcissistic or way too desperate.
Load More Replies...So many women taking pics with sex toys in the background, and so many dudes taking pics but a*s naked. tf is going on!? I'm must be doing selfies wrong!
Real photo from polish selling site allegro (somethnig like e-bay). The tittle was "The kettle with a spout" czajnik2-5...f91dcb.jpg
Oddly, I now have the vague feeling that there aren'T enough dildos lying (or standing) about at my place...
Now that's a funny post! Much better than your "these kids today, with their picture takin' & their showin' off all the time" Grumpy Old Man Rant post did. And miles better than that Faking boy evaluation. You sound too judgey there (maybe you're the one who's "beyond sad!") But having a vague feeling about dildo minimum requirements? That's comedy gold, my Friend.
Load More Replies...It shows how incredibly absurd selfies are - especially the ones you do to show off yourself to others. I get that we wanna keep a memory of happy times, but why WHYYYY would you spend all your holiday and so much of your spare time constantly grinning into a camera with noone behind it. Why not just being somewhere and enjoying yourself? Who cares if half world does NOT know what you did, what you ate and how you looked?
I am the guy who took the selfie and saw himself 20 years into the future. That selfie was the shock I needed to lose weight and get in shape. I lost 60+ pounds since then.
I was going to ask if people really don't understand how mirrors work, but then I thought about the likely IQ of some of them.
It is the age of :- I Love Myself, Me and My Image. No one or anything else matters. As in the Greek tragedy - Narcissus died gazing at his own image.
I don't see why most people would share these, the spider one is funny but there's no way you couldn't notice a horse's a*s in the background
Selfies with girls making the puffy lip face, their tits are in the center of the photo, or placing a dildo in the background is just a desperate need for attention. And with guys showing off their a*s or they got their shirt off for no reason is to say look at me I need your attention. It’s all just sad and like they say a picture is worth a thousand words. So it can say a lot about a person. So if you ever see someone taking a selfie that’s not a normal picture then photo bomb them. We must fight back against these attention seekers!!
I e learned that guys take selfies with their @$$out & that girls have dildos that they just leave everywhere. Cool haha
I am proud of so many of my life's achievements. However, I am MOST proud that I have never, never, never never, NOT ONCE, taken a pic of myself in a fn bathroom.
I fear for humanity. I take selfies with my daughter but not vapid self obsessed pictures to put on the internet. I just can't say the words I am thinking, this all just infuriates me because it just isn't going away. The news sites need to stop reporting the latest bikini nobody as news as well.
Selfie is a term coined in Australia. Paris Hilton wishes she had an original thought in her life, but sadly no.
I’m quite sure there are many iinfringements against privacy in this and many other series @BoredPanda. Not all of these pics were for distribution
If thats a dildoe on 36's table then that girl must have some flappy bat wings down there. That s**t looks like a tennis ball container lol
She's complaining about the traffic and she has no hands on the wheel whatsoever. Doe she even care that it is illegal?
I am shocked by the number of people that take pictures without pants on. Is this a thing? Am I just too old to understand? Also, sometimes I wont post a picture of my dog because something is out of place (messy) and I don't want anyone to see the mess.... what the actual f**k?
I have a hard time believing people upload pictures without checking them. Like all these "bae caught me", they can clearly see themselves taking the picture through the mirror in the background. And then the spider thing in the first picture has to be planted by the girl taking the picture.
On number #49 you can also see her nipple on her left breast poking out a bit. But holy c**p, if you're gonna take a "sexy selfie" make sure your dildo is nowhere in sight. XD
Mostly narcissistic young women UTTERLY FASCINATED that they got these BODIES they can play with or turn men on with! It's like, they have a new toy they don't KNOW what to do with!!
Has anyone checked to see if the baby is still in the cannon in photo 15?;) lmao
So help a girl out here....what was wrong with #20? I couldn't see anything wrong with the picture 😕
Generally, these people as just disgusting and common, and vapid...
How insecure can one be when your self worth is measured by how many pics you take of yourself? How lonely you must be when you can't get anyone to take a picture of you.
How insecure must one be to measure their self worth by the number of pictures they take of themselves? And how lonely can one be if you can't find a single person, even a stranger, to take a picture of you?
i think each and everyone of these people, and everyone in general can do whatever the f**k they want, i think its more sad 26.2k people sifted through this and talked s**t about the people enjoying theirs lives then it is people enjoying their lives! ask yourself who the sad people really are!!
So the people in the pics can do whatever they want but people who want to make fun can't do whatever they want?
Load More Replies...On a side note, I like the change to BP format where it shows how many pages are in the collection. Very helpful. Thanks!
did anyone at boredpanda take a second think that many of these may have been sent with the idea they were confidential or did you just think clicks...a******s
I think that many of these selfies were intended and probably sent with the idea they were confidential or sent to a specific person who then decided to publicly humiliate these people. Not cool Boredpanda. You just added to their public humiliation for a few clicks.