Taking a selfie while high-fiving yourself is the newest internet trend

High-five selfies are all the rage in 2016.
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Brian Koerber
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On Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016, history was made.

Although many people have attempted the feat before, a man named Seth Schneider did the impossible, and snapped a photo of him high-fiving himself without the use of a tripod or some other tool to hold his camera steady.

The world was clearly impressed with Schneider's accomplishment, and the blurry bathroom high-five has since racked up more than 39,000 retweets at the time of writing.

The photo also hit Reddit's frontpage in just two hours on Sunday morning, proving that people will consume just about anything to distract themselves from the shit storm that is the year 2016.

Schneider is now an inspiration to people all over the world, who are throwing their phones into the air all willy-nilly in an attempt to accomplish this brave feat.

Just don't break your phone, OK?

Bonus: All the humans in Stranger Things, replaced by hamsters

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Brian Koerber

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

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