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Civilizational decline.

Vertical video has been taking over for years, and David Pierce says the conquest may now be complete. It didn’t have to be this way.

gregorsmith:

I’m old enough to remember when Google Camera app put a rotate device icon on screen if you tried to shoot vertically

Every day we stray further from gods light

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