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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/11/health/trypophobia-iphone-wellness-intl-scli/index.html
Apple unveiled its new iPhone models on Tuesday -- but while some tech fans applauded the new phones' design and specifications and others weighed in on their pricing, another feature has caught the eye of trypophobia sufferers everywhere.
The Pro and Pro Max phones feature three camera lenses. And while the design is likely to appeal to photography fans, some social media users say it is triggering their trypophobia -- an intense, irrational fear of small holes and clusters of circles and bumps, such as those in a honeycomb, lotus flower or bubble bath.
Research into trypophobia is limited. Geoff Cole, a visual scientist at the University of Essex in the UK, told CNN that while it might seem "a little bit odd" for people to feel uncomfortable at the sight of holes clustered together, for people with trypophobia, the images can cause a range of reactions, with varying levels of severity.
(Score: 4, Funny) by c0lo on Thursday September 12 2019, @10:55AM (2 children)
Apple concept phone 2021 - codename "Three Pro Phobia" [ndtvimg.com]
Lotus seed pods [google.com]
Common Suriname Toad [google.com]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @12:34PM
i have a mix of triskaidekaphobia and trypophobia. Got any LINKS?
(Score: 2) by Chocolate on Thursday September 12 2019, @01:12PM
https://firsttoknow.com/what-is-trypophobia-hand-the-truth-revealed/ [firsttoknow.com]
Bit-choco-coin anyone?
(Score: 3, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:04AM
That's another factor to be included into well-designed combat robots. Thanks for the tip!
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by VLM on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:16AM (3 children)
Aka, the male incel virgin iPhone owner is terrified of the nude female body.
The chad Android owner, on the other hand, casually picks up phones by sticking his finger right in the "camera" hole the first time they meet.
How is this not the hottest meme on the planet right now?
(Score: 2) by Kilo110 on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:38PM (2 children)
Many years ago I saw photoshopped pictures like these and the image has always stuck with me.
[warning: gross, mildly nsfw pics] https://says.com/my/news/if-your-friend-shared-that-lotus-seed-post-do-them-a-favour-end-their-misery [says.com]
Would I say I have a phobia? Hell no. But I do understand where self-described trypophobia people are coming from.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @06:29PM (1 child)
One article I read, but can't find again, said one of the more commonly accepted hypotheses is related to bees, wasps, and other stinging insects. They commonly make hives and nests, and what do they look like? A plain background full of large, closely-packed holes, that can have different shades due something inside (e.g. an insect, prey, or food store). What do pictures of the phone look like? A plain background with large, closely-packed holes, with different shades due to something inside (i.e. the lenses).
(Score: 2) by VLM on Friday September 13 2019, @11:29AM
Maybe its an eye contact thing where I can have a staring contest with a tiger having two eyes but have anxiety if a large number of eyes are looking and even worse maybe baked into the instinct if there's an odd (ish) number then I'm missing what some predator (or, maybe delicious prey on the hoof) is looking at.
I could see walking around with an artificial plastic wasp nest and holding it to your face and stuff could be pretty disturbing. Of all the ways phone style fads could have gone over the last 20 years I never would have guessed "emulate stinging insect nests"
(Score: 0, Redundant) by VLM on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:32AM
... naked woman.
Another one: incel beta male orbiter iPhone user is scared of the fun parts of naked women, whereas the alpha chad Android user confidently walks right up and grabs em by the camera hole.
Yes I admit my V.35 thinQ screen is only 6.00 inches long, which is supposedly average, and I know very well there's some ipad screens out there that are 10.500 inches long, but lets face it, I'm the guy whos sticking my finger in camera holes a couple times a day, I'm not the guy too scared to even look at it much less play with it, so ....
(Score: 2) by Fishscene on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:13PM (6 children)
I mean, with Potholes, shower drains, sinks, cell phones, computer ports, docking stations, mines... - pretty much everything in life involves a hole or a port of some kind... and the camera lenses aren't holes at all - they're completely covered with a mini camera inside.
Why is this even making the news?
I sneezed last week in public and I probably offended quite a few people. News at 11.
I know I am not God, because every time I pray to Him, it's because I'm not perfect and thankful for what He's done.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Fishscene on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:20PM (3 children)
Although flippant, I do in fact understand that those who have this understand that it is an irrational fear. I guess I just don't understand why it took a 3-camera iPhone for this type of phobia to trigger this news story. Where was everyone when this popped up? https://mashable.com/article/nokia-9-five-camera-smartphone-mwc-2019/ [mashable.com]
I know I am not God, because every time I pray to Him, it's because I'm not perfect and thankful for what He's done.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @02:30PM
They learnt everything they know from the razor blade sales dep.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Rupert Pupnick on Thursday September 12 2019, @05:16PM
It's advertising (or "raising public awareness" if you like) disguised as news.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @06:19PM
In case you want a serious answer, for many people that does have close enough "holes" or big enough ones to trigger the phobia. Plus, an iPhone release is going to get more press, as is people's negative reaction to it, compared to some Nokia phone out of sheer market percentage, raising the requisite probabilities of seeing either.
(Score: 2) by Freeman on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:41PM
I hope you covered your mouth! Seriously, though. Cover your mouth. Nothing worse, than to be walking along and some rude person sneezes in front of you, without covering their mouth. The Flu, is a thing, it even has it's own season. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flu_season [wikipedia.org]
Joshua 1:9 "Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the Lord thy God is with thee"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @11:10PM
Well it really is fucking ugly and for the FORM before FUNCTION company to make such a hideous monstrosity with all the shit sticking out on the back of the phone, they COULD have allowed the inclusion of a headphone jack. This just proves that it was never about space usage...it was simply a way for Apple to screw over the customer by making them use their earpod garbage and therefore locking them in forever into the AppleBorg.
(Score: 2) by EEMac on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:15PM (1 child)
Remember when the news focused on . . . news?
Yeah, me neither.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @03:59PM
Mental illness is always news when it pertains to Apple drones.
(Score: 2) by Sourcery42 on Thursday September 12 2019, @04:34PM
take a gander at this beauty https://ksassets.timeincuk.net/wp/uploads/sites/54/2019/02/Nokia-9-PureView-back-in-two-hands-920x518.jpg [timeincuk.net]
(Score: 1) by fustakrakich on Thursday September 12 2019, @05:42PM (1 child)
How many holes does it take to fill an iPhone?
You may find that one of them is missing.
La politica e i criminali sono la stessa cosa..
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @07:17PM
"3000 holes in Blackberry Lancashire..."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @07:22PM
Windows's logo triggers me, I have Panephobia. I roll up into a crying fetal position. Pay up Satya, or I'll sue.
(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @09:21PM
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(Score: -1, Spam) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 12 2019, @09:45PM
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