>>12591837ive thought about this too. and it's difficult to explain, but it has something to do with the perception of what a smile means and the interplay between the object, the person, and the camera.
or to a greater degree two people and an encounter.
the article is about the iphone 12, but a picture of the phone, while logical and perfectly adequate, is unfortunately not enough.
a picture of the person simply smiling and holding the phone however connects with the camera and the viewer which curiously is not the message these soibois want to convey. soibois want to show others how connected they are with the object they are holding, which allow for a certain level of disassociation with the person viewing in favor of greater association with the object.
picrel goes a step further by looking at the object too.
we are not welcome in this review, or in that guy's life. we are merely outsiders watching a weak man essentially show public displays of affection for an inanimate object (or rather something that will never return his love)
