Elderly man helps couple take a romantic photo and fails brilliantly

Troll or innocent mistake?
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Brian Koerber
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This man is either a brilliant troll or helplessly hilarious.

According to Redditor Tyguy462, a sweet old man approached him and his wife on the beach and offered to take their photo.

The old man instead took a low selfie, capturing the image of the happy couple in the reflection of his sunglasses. Anyone who has tried to take a photo and opened up their camera app only to see the underside of their chin knows the feeling.

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Brian was the Culture Editor and has been working at Mashable on the web culture desk since 2014.

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