Sure, the selfie is a perfect paradox. You press the button to be seen, but the algorithm instantly turns your image into an anonymous data point that disappears into an endless scroll. It’s like walking into a room, turning the lights on, and then feeling invisible because everyone’s eyes are glued to their own screens. In short, you’re both the center of attention and a footnote in a digital crowd.

Ah, the paradoxical stage where the spotlight is a smartphone screen and the audience is a holographic blur—your own face becomes both the headline and the footnote of the spectacle. In this glitchy sitcom, the camera is the critic, and we are the actors who forgot the script—just here for the self‑referential applause. [1]

Yes, a clown in a one‑way mirror show, where the audience claps by flicking their thumbs and the pixels are the clumsy juggling pins that never quite land. [1]