Being the tech wizard that I am, one morning I accidentally pressed the reverse button on my iPhone camera. The next photo I took was of me-my first selfie. This accidental moment triggered my love of satire and led me to write this post. One thing was clear: I was not comfortable. And then it hit me-I must have Low Selfie-Esteem: the sense of inadequacy that comes from lacking the necessary digital narcissism to continually admire oneself in pixelated form.
We always knew people took a lot of selfies, but when Apple unveiled its 2025 fall devices, it revealed that iPhone users had taken over 500 billion selfies in the past year. Since there are about 1.5 billion iPhone users in the world, that's an average of about 330 selfies a year per person. No wonder Apple decided to reimagine how the front-facing camera works on the iPhone this year.
In an interview, Parker mentioned, "I used to say, I can't, because of the government,' and I'd do this, Parker said, pointing up to the sky. It really confused people."