Most selfies are, let’s be completely honest, a moment of vanity and posing. How many photos have you seen of people in bathrooms, taking a picture of themselves in the mirror with their phone? I am not immune to the occasional selfie myself, but it seems at the moment that selfie means any picture that has a person in it. The word ‘selfie’ has become as ubiquitous as the pictures themselves.
Which is why this picture of a firefighter and his colleagues, completely exhausted after battling wildfires in California, is not only one of the best selfies of all time, but quite rightly went viral.
Firefighter Tim Bergon took this selfie to show his wife that he was okay. He had been battling the Cocos fire in San Marcos, San Diego County.
A restaurant in Escondido, Plan 9 Alehouse, then posted the picture to their Facebook page, captioned “Thank you!!!” The owners are friends with the Bergon and his family according to CBS 8. The picture has 36,549 likes and 4,624 shares so far.
Plan 9 Alehouse is also giving out free food to firefighters.
What do you think? Best selfie ever?
Image via Plan 9 Alehouse Facebook.