Millennials are fully claiming responsibility for the emergence of the “duckface” pose in photos. Duckface, best described as the pose popularized back in the 2000s that saw everyone sucking in their lips and then pushing them out in a pout (like a duck’s beak) somehow became the go-to pose when taking pictures. And now, Millennials are trying to figure out how (and why) they made it a thing.

On a Reddit forum of Millennials, member AdSpecialist6598 shared: “Going through some old photos I had forgotten how many of the girls did duckface. It is crazy how often it happened and why was it ever a thing?”

The prompt got Millennials reminiscing about their days serving duckface, and contemplating why they did it in the first place. Here are 19 hilarious responses from Millennials dissecting the ‘duckface’ trend, and why it remains a go-to pose today.

Where the trend actually came from

“It’s a quick way to make your cheekbones look sharper and your face slimmer It’s been used in modeling years before it became an online phenomenon. There’s a reason they made fun of it in Zoolander, it just wasn’t known as duckface at the time. When done subtly it can look nice.” – yosayoran

“I feel like the Olsen twins popularized this.” – SpinachTroubles

“YES! People who weren’t part of this generation always miss this. We are the ultimate irony generation and while lots........

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