Back in the days before cameras were light enough to hold in one hand, people couldn't take selfies. Instead they had to have a friend hold the camera and take what they called a "someone elsie".
@KinkyTurtle Which would really explain the overall lack of bathroom mirror photos from then.
Yeah! That makes perfect non-- ...perfect sense.
@KinkyTurtle Before the invention of the camera, people had to paint selfies of themselves.
The first known selfie painting was made by Jan van Eyck in 1433.