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(Credit: SelfiesAtFunerals/Tumblr Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
I hate to state what seems to be obvious, but funerals aren’t fun.
Yes, there are a lot of little black dresses and dapper suits, but things are often miserable. At least until the chardonnay starts flowing at the after party.
It seems, therefore, that some have taken to creating selfies at funerals. Just to spice up their own living existences, you understand.
This artistic subculture has been offering its creations for some time. However, it has now come to prominence thanks to a Tumblr feed entitled SelfiesAtFunerals.
Fast Company senior editor Jason Feifer took it upon himself to reveal artifacts he finds on the Web and offer them, well, a memorial of their own. On his Twitter feed, Feifer explained that he was assembling another Tumblr called SelfiesAtSeriousPlaces when he had this idea to be socially conscious.
He also said that there’s no particular cleverness or subterfuge here: “It’s simple — just search twitter, etc. for ‘funeral selfie,’ and they all pop up. No magic here!”
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