People on Socials - 2025 Edition
People on Socials - 2025 Edition
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So should I read the final image as "ahh, freedom..." or as "I can finally read the truth and now I need a smoke..."?
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The body language and facial expression conveys exasperation/stress and exhaustion/burnout.
The long shot with the subject’s back against a wall implies escapism, a momentary reprieve.
The voyeurism suggested by the telephoto zoom on an isolated subject implies you are witnessing a secret, internal feeling that they keep from others.
The cigarette as a prop strengthens these interpretations, since it once was a more popular drug for relieving those symptoms and retains the symbolic value in spite of the stigma.
Edit: split to paragraphs
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I read it as just pure exhaustion. The cigarette is to put some nicotine in your system so at least you feel something.
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Leaning toward the latter but possibly both.
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Yeah it probably depends on how long you've been here, now that you put it like that...
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Seeing all the bullshit that's happening in the world that (as an individual who lives in a different country) you can do very little to aid with is fucking mentally exhausting
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