That's surprising, are they digging out old photos and making something to talk about before Christmas?
Certainly, if someone is encountering this information for the first time, they might become emotional and say something, but…
Also, is the repeated use of the same image from several years ago just to provide a topic of conversation for first-time users?
Emotions may sometimes be useful in appealing to someone emotionally, but
from my own experience, I think the emotional vector is different the first time and the second time.
Does this affect the act of appealing to emotions?
In other words, the limit of appealing to emotions, both to oneself and to others
Even if they can continue to be emotional, won't there come a time when they will have to confront reason?