Goodbye Duckface, Hello Surprised Face — The New Trend in Taking Selfies

As we continue our descent into complete self-absorption, it's good to know the latest way to properly take a selfie so you don't look like a loser on social media. I must admit though, I found the "surprise face" a bit of a challenge.

Basically, the "surprise face" is acting like somebody just told you something shocking or an "OMG" moment caught on camera. Mashable does their best to explain the trend.

Here's an example of it.

Basically you take a picture with your mouth open looking like a jackass (something my father would have said). Hopefully, a bug doesn't fly into your mouth while you're trying to pull off the surprised look; I'm not sure if the "I just swallowed a bug look" is going to be hip anytime soon.

I'm not an actor nor do I have aspirations to be one, so it's hard for me to do a faux surprised face. Plus, I hate surprises. Normally I'm not surprised, but more scared out of my wits.

So, without further ado, here's my authentic version of the surprise face selfie: