Peak Modernity: People Are Taking Selfies With Dead Pope For Social Media Clicks

What could be more 2025 than thousands of people lining up to file past the open coffin of the dead Pope just in order to whip out a selfie stick and take some pics in order to get more likes?

Security guards at St. Peter’s Basilica where the Pope is lying in state are having to usher people away from taking smiling selfies.

What the hell is wrong with these people?

The Daily Mail reports “Official images of first day from the lying-in-state showed swarms of people surrounding the simple coffin holding their phones in the air above their heads.”

“A sea of screens was seen floating around the Pope’s body, and some even extended selfie sticks in a bid to capture the best shot,” the report adds.

Even nuns were getting in on the action.

They’re treating it like a photo op.

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