17 pictures that show how your smartphone is killing your relationships

We’ve all had the experience of trying to have a convo with someone and all they do is press their phones.

There is no denying that smartphones have really reduced how much we interact on a personal and physical level as human beings.

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Last year, a photographer named Babycakes Romero captured an array of images showing people fixated on their phones when they should otherwise be having a conversation, enjoying time with family or simply staring into space.

"As smartphones encompass more and more of people's lives everyone is turning to them more and more as every aspect of their existence has been digitized and made accessible to them 24/7," Romero told The Huffington Post.

Whether you agree or not, his photos are evidence that people everywhere are much more hooked on their smartphones than people.

See the pictures in the gallery below: