Our parents' generation may have many talents, but the fine art of selfie-taking is clearly not one of them.

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Just look at the adorable pair in this clip, posted on Twitter by Mike Keelan with the inevitable caption: "So my mum and dad tried to take a selfie".

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Well, they didn't quite manage to get that selfie, but they did manage to net Mike a solid 1500 retweets.

So they can be proud of that, at least.

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