A Photo That Defines A Generation

Visitors take photos with their phones and tablets of Pope Francis as he speaks from the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. posted on March 14, 2013 at 3:21am EDT

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A Photo That Defines A Generation

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Future alien archaeologists who find this photo amongst the ruins of our former society will assume that the devices were being offered up as required tribute to the robed cult leader on the temple balcony.
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  Nah, they’ll be smarter than that.
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All my friends and I were making fun of the guy with a tablet.
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And one day a cyber terrorist is going to find a way to send out a signal and make cell phones explode on cue in a setting just like this. Scary.
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People look so silly taking pics with a tablet. Lol
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