I have been known to take the very occasional selfie, but it’s usually one taken at my desk rather than one taken with a mobile phone (mainly because I refuse to have a mobile phone), and it has to have a purpose, like the Children in Need ears one I posted on Facebook last month.
Cartoon characters however, live their entire life framed. Hence Smith’s realisation that he thinks, therefore he selfies. It’s ended up as a rather Warholian strip that would make a pretty good poster…