You Mad You Didn't Think of the Belfie Stick First?

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The votes are in and 2014 was the Year of the Butt. But did we expect the year of the butt to lead to this in 2015? We should have.

The Belfie Stick is a bendable Selfie Stick that you hold behind you, just as a "belfie" is a "selfie" you take of your butt like Kim Kardashian and misguided youth before you. And though the Selfie Stick was undoubtedly a sign of impending doom for all humanity, the Belfie Stick is likely the first invention from within an apocalyptic world. That's right. We're on the other side and the other side is chockablock with belfies.

A real thing you can spend your hard-earned $80 on, the butt stick was made by selfie-based social network On and its tagline is, "Finally, a solution to all your back problems!" But the testimonials are truly what makes this product a winner. Or a loser. Or both:

A troubled Lauren, from Los Angeles, finally—FINALLY.—free from the confines of her odious toilet-laden prison:

I never again have to take pics in the bathroom. I can't tell you how many times Ive dropped my iphone trying to take pics. I love it! Thank God they invented belfiestick!

Marcos from Miami intends no puns, and yet:

I got my squat game down on lock shooting belfies every day to check up on my progress! I am so totally in love with this product, my girlfriend agrees it's totally bad ass!

Ellen from Lansing, Michigan, really gets to the heart of the matter:

I can't believe they invented this, it's totally insane! Everyone is hurtin holding their phones trying to get the right precise angle. Bend over, snap a pic & done! Belfiestick rulez!!!.

Insane, truly. Are we as a culture being trolled? Probably. Are we just mad we didn't think of it first, make bank, and careen straight into hell rich? Definitely.