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The image is a high-quality candid shot of a disheveled man with long curly brown hair, a full thick brown beard, a black knit beanie, a gray puffy winter coat, and fingerless gloves seated on a mostly empty public bus. He looks off to his left with a distant expression, holding a small dark object in his hands. The joke of the meme comes from the unexpectedly professional, sharp quality of this casual candid photo, framed as an award-worthy shot taken on an iPhone.
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Overview

The image is a high-quality candid shot of a disheveled man with long curly brown hair, a full thick brown beard, a black knit beanie, a gray puffy winter coat, and fingerless gloves seated on a mostly empty public bus. He looks off to his left with a distant expression, holding a small dark object in his hands. The joke of the meme comes from the unexpectedly professional, sharp quality of this casual candid photo, framed as an award-worthy shot taken on an iPhone.

Origin notes

This meme is sourced from the RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit. It follows the popular, widely circulated 'best iPhone shot' meme format, where users share unexpectedly high-quality casual photographs captured on Apple iPhones, jokingly granting them an award for impressive mobile photography in everyday, mundane settings.

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