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June 18, 2014

You’ve Heard About The ‘Leg Gun’ Selfie Craze, Right? Check It Out

How do you fight a war? With leg-gun selfies, of course! Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has started a new trend to help raise awareness for crimes of terror in his home country.

If you ever needed another reason to dislike the human-race, here’s one: leg-gun selfies.

It appears that people have grown tired of bathroom mirrors and planking, now focusing their precious time on taking pictures while holding their own legs, as to mimic firing a weapon.

Why, you ask? A good cause, apparently, as the trend was started by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei as an anti-terror campaign when he uploaded the initial leg-gun selfie to Instagram, which is one of the few social media platforms not banned in China.

It’s a pretty smart campaign given the restrictions in China.

So grab those legs and get “shooting”.

Check out the full Leg Gun story on BBC.