These days, it seems almost impossible for an afternoon to pass without getting a dozen Starbucks Frappuccino Instagram uploads (guilty…), or shopping bags from cliché labels. We all know every girl loves their daily dose of coffee, but God forbid you see a Dunkin’ Donuts upload or a McDonald’s coffee. It may not be promising for our generation to eat a meal without snapping, editing (toaster filter!), and uploading it to some type of social network. This speaks for girls AND guys. Yes boys, we’ve seen enough of your protein powder, supplements, pre and post workout nonsense. You work out, we get it. It is practically the norm for us to be forking salad into our mouths with our right hand and scrolling through Twitter with our left. Generation ADD is what we are.
This brings up the next topic: thirst. The times when we did things solely for ourselves are vastly slipping away. A few years ago, did you think it would be possible for people to actually take pictures of themselves (knowingly aware that the people viewing the photo know this) and seek attention? Daily, you see a selfie upload with some cliché quote under it along the lines of “Live, Laugh, Love.” VOMIT. Where do girls get off thinking this is OK? Don’t forget the more likes, the better. If you need likes, retweets, a large amount of followers, etc. to make you feel like you’re special, you are seriously disturbed. It is by far the worst when people go as far to say negative things on their photos like, “ugh bad hair day.” Clearly you want people to disagree and comment and say “OMGSH stop! You’re so pretty” or “What are you talking about your hair is gorgeous?!” Call me old fashioned, but nothing is a mystery anymore. People put almost everything on the table. It’s as if when people are having a “good day” they want the whole world to know how, like, awesome they look!
Lastly, we have the heinous “duck face.” This form of photography has dubbed social media all the way back to the Myspace days. Ladies, the “it was the tequila” excuse doesn’t cut it for this lunacy. Sorry to break it to you, but this does not create an optic illusion that enhances your face in any way. Ultimately, where do we as society go from here?
*Selfie exceptions: When using the camera on your phone as a mirror to check hair and make-up, or something of that matter.