I imagine it has to do with binocular vision. If each eye sees roughly a circle, overlapping roughly makes a landscape rectangle. So perhaps that aspect ratio and orientation just “feels” better?
I realized that every time I composed a post, i was less thinking about what i have to say to my friends, and more thinking about things like “what censor will see this”, or “will this get me banned”, or any other number of unfun and agency-draining things.
I imagine it has to do with binocular vision. If each eye sees roughly a circle, overlapping roughly makes a landscape rectangle. So perhaps that aspect ratio and orientation just “feels” better?