Sunday, March 30, 2014

Photos by Social-Media-Addict

                Most people nowadays like to post photos of their food and beverage in social media. People like to search any recommendations of restaurants, cafe, or eateries which are famous in town.  This phenomenon has became one of current trends and following this trend has became one of people's need. Sometimes, people, especially teenagers, like to eat and post photos of the trending foods because they think that they need to be up-to-date and show off in social media. Posting the photos might be good if they meant to share and give recommendations about restaurants. However in another hand,  this trend also bring some bad effects for people who are very addicted to post photos every time they go to restaurants or cafes.
                The first thing that people who like to post photos in social media do after their orders are served by the waiter is busily searching the good angle to take photos of their food.  They will retake the photo session if the photos that they took is not good and tempting yet. This incident might be a bit disturbing for others. Some people prefer to just pray and directly eat the food. When the "social-media-addict" take photos, they will inadvertently waste others' eating time and make them wait. This means some "social-media-addict" do not  give respect to others.
                Moreover, searching and trying foods and beverages in various restaurants, cafes, or eateries from the ordinary cuisine to the high-class cuisine will definitely be costly. For example, seeing new photos of food that your friend post and you haven't try it will prompt you to go to the restaurant and try it. Even though you do not know how it tastes, you still try it (and maybe you do not like it) because of prestige. In another word, not a little of the "social-media-addict" waste a lot of  their money by trying foods in restaurant without knowing how it tastes just because they want to show their prestige in social media, of course.
                Related to the things that has been said before about wasting money, unconsciously, the trend of posting food photos to social media has make a gap in the real social life. The gap is between people who can afford to try and post food photos (even they do not care it tastes) every time and  people who cannot afford following this trend.  Obviously, people who cannot afford following this trend are not able to join the "social-media-addict" people. Maybe some teenagers will force their parents to give money which will be used to go to restaurants/cafes buying foods and take photos of them without care about their parent's money. Indirectly, the gap in social life will force people to do anything until they able to join the "social-media-addict" people for their own pride and  prestige.
                Posting foods and beverages photos in social media has been one of current trends. The people who are really addicted to post foods and beverages photos unconsciously have instilled some bad attitudes in themselves. Some of them will not put their respects to others, this might be a small thing, but important. Trying foods and beverages in here and there will make people be extravagant, especially if they always try eating foods in a high-class restaurant. It will definitely costs much, just for their prestige. This problem will also lead to the gap in social life which divide the people who can afford the trend and not. The people, who cannot afford, will try to find any way to join the "social-media-addict". These bad attitudes only happen to them who are very addicted to post foods photos in social media. So, before it's too late, better use the social media carefully and wisely.







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