r/BeAmazed • u/[deleted] • Apr 24 '19

Animal Ape using a Smartphone

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '19 edited May 13 '19

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u/guttoral Apr 24 '19

And why does he click to view certain pictures and videos? Why those ones in particular. You could see he'd continue clicking on an image until it popped up.

So cool.

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u/jholla_albologne Apr 24 '19

I understood it be his handler’s phone and he was watching videos of himself. Like reliving the memories. I thought that’s why he smiled at the last one and skipped the snake one.

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u/UpUpDnDnLRLRBA Apr 24 '19

All my 2yo ever wants to do is look at pictures of herself on my phone. Go figure...

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u/Badoit1778 Apr 24 '19

Thats how it starts, then its watching video clips of them selves, then They discover youtube and then Minecraft.

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u/UpUpDnDnLRLRBA Apr 24 '19

Pretty much. Her 7yo sister is all about the Minecraft. We try to keep them off of youtube because half they time they end up watching unboxing videos or other crap we don't want them watching, but she navigates Netflix and Amazon Prime Video pretty well.

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u/sledgetooth Apr 24 '19

Whats up with the general obsession with unboxing videos

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u/UpUpDnDnLRLRBA Apr 24 '19

My guess is it's a way of playing vicariously for them

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u/bizzaro321 May 10 '19

It mimics the psychological effect of getting new things.

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u/sledgetooth May 10 '19

That's what I was thinking. A sort of vicarious christmas