The English still have something of a mix. On visits to the UK I’ve seen road signs in miles per hour and, of course, they still go to the pub for a pint.
I found a switch under Camera Settings/Shooting methods that supposedly does the palm thing, but it’s already turned on on my Samsung. Palm method doesn’t do anything, no matter how I have the switch set. It does act like it’s framing my face for a picture, but it doesn’t take a shot.
Looks like the base of the “S” is flat, books could be put on a section of that, just like on the base of the “L”.