‘Selfie Elbow’
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Are you serious?
In a generation of phones capable of connecting to the interwebs with the tap of a button, I am really unsurprised.
There is now a medical condition for taking too many bloody selfies.
It’s a joint problem caused by holding up your arm for too long for the perfect top-down shot. Or extending out both arms for a sweeping group selfie that you’ll eventually crop people out of as they slowly exit your life.
The condition was discovered after NBC journalist Hoda Kotb developed a pain in her elbow and decided to visit a doctor to see what was wrong.
The result:
“I went to the orthopaedist and he said, ‘Are you playing tennis or ping-pong?’ And of course I’m not, so I told him I was taking selfies.”
And we can all imagine the doctor’s face.
She had essentially gained a deficiency that tennis players get.
Tennis players.
Except instead of doing strenuous exercise, she (and many others including myself) were basically doing this too much:
Good job, people of Earth. We left the EU, now selfies can be hazardous to our health.
What a time to be alive.