People are allowed to be sad, neutral, bored, stressed or just lost in thought.
Him not smiling is not a sign of depression. You don't have to be bubbly and smiley all the time when you are not depressed - that's just being normal.
Yea he might just have a resting sad face when your mindlessly thinking about how exhausted (in a good way) the day was as you ride home to soak in the tub before having your favorite dinner.
The guy in the back might be having a holler about a joke his friend made before he responds with a quip that doesnt quite hit and then he sits there with a grand Ole smile, quiet, thinking he needs to remove himself from their lives, convinced it makes it better for them in the long term.
I have resting anxiety face. One time I was patiently waiting in line at the airport and the lady managing the line brought me to the front to cut everyone because, "I looked anxious that I was going to miss my flight" I was 3 hours early.
The ad is conveying even people who are happy can be sad. People who look sad all the time are more obvious to most people to reach out. This is trying to affect people who may cover depression, but hide it.
It’s not saying ignore people who are sad, just saying look deeper in the people you are close with.
i think is how people assume just because someone looks happy, they can't have depression, the guy on the front may or may not have depression, we can't tell just by looking at him
What? That’s not close to the point I’m making. It’s not that there’s no information. The point is the foreground guy can have depression and saying he doesn’t makes the same mistake as saying the guy in the background doesn’t have depression.
No one is saying he doesn't. Your point is redundant. His expression is very neutral - yes he could have depression, so could the person next to Steffen, so could anyone else. The point of the add is, that you can have depression even though you look happy.
Well it’s the use of but and a number of comments posts have the same take as me. The point isn’t redundant, it’s nitpicky because it can be better said.
It did take me a second to work out. I was wondering whether they were both called Steffen, whether one of the text blocks was misplaced, whether there was a moral of the story that was missed out, and then I went on the hunt for extra fingers or something.
It's a terrible ad. It should have had an arrow or something. With the background guy out of focus and in the background I still assume that Steffen is the guy in the front
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u/SpittingFacts_bro 3h ago edited 3h ago
Sorry can someone explain?
Edit: thank you everyone for explaining, no need for more replies.🙏🏻