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New Day Cafe: The Science of the Selfie [1]

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Date: 2025-03-24

Welcome to the New Day Cafe! This is an open thread.

Courtesy of a generous BlueSky poster, here’s an interesting look at the image distortions of the selfie.

x It's not you! Selfie cameras usually have a wide angle and distort faces to make closer features (like noses) more prominent. Take a picture in a mirror at about 2x and not too close up and you'll see a difference. oohstloustudios.com/the-science-...



[image or embed] — John Scalzi (@scalzi.com) March 22, 2025 at 2:02 PM

I’m not able to cut and paste from the piece, but if you’re at all curious, it’s pretty interesting.

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