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monkeygirl
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Being one of the few still in my twenties, I think I can explain this phenomenon with somewhat moderate accuracy.

 

1) A picture is worth a thousand words. This is the same reason we use emojis and other non-verbal queues.

 

2) Bandwidth is cheap. With the invention of CDNs and unlimited high-speed mobile data came the ability to view whatever you damn well please from your phone. This is why we now have vines, snapchats, Buzzfeed, etc. Most things you can express with words, you can more accurately convey with a captioned photo or short video.

 

The art of the written word is slowly being replaced. The world is faster moving than ever, and people want a medium that matches the world around them. That's my take on it.

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Guest madddox

i managed to see that thing in action when i was translating for a foreign professor at Osaka University a year or so back

 

gave me a big old boner

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