Photographs and social networks

Nowadays, almost every person who has access to the Internet is a member of a social network that connects him with his family, friends and enemies, colleagues, etc. An integral part of these networks is the recording of photos, and some of them, such as Instagram, specialize in them. Thanks to them, we are overwhelmed every day with piles of pictures from which we are only interested in a minority.

When we were young, there were no phones with cameras, and the digital camera was still in its diapers, or at least in the Czech Republic, from which I came from, was not a common matter. Our parents had taken photos of our first steps on film with a limited number of pictures. They had to worry about taking pictures because the failed photos could not be deleted. While today everybody has a phone with a camera or at least a compact camera with a lot of memory, so we give a thoughtless picture of every stupidity that comes to mind.
Thanks to that utterly unnecessary images are created in which most people are not interested. This photos people do not show to their family, but social networks are overwhelmed with them. I would include these photos and their authors in several categories.

Wannabe athletes:
Those people who go once or twice a year to run or work out in the gym and have to document at least ten photos of their performances (or rather poses just to see where they are). Then they upload these images to the social network to make other people thought how big athletes they are. Meanwhile, those sportsmen could still wallow on the couch and stuff themselves with chips and sweets. Regardless of the girls who do not forget to add the label "Losing weight to swimsuits," because to lose weight without photographic documentation? That does not work.

Fanatic diet-man:
In this group, I would include a person who is trying to lose weight so badly and has to inform other people regularly about what he does for it. It is best to put this daily documentation into an album with an incredibly motivational name and interleaved it with images with people with "perfect shapes" downloaded from the Internet. There are, of course, pictures of the food purchases and the unattractive-looking meals this diet-man is eating. At the same time, he is a little wannabe athlete, so every visit to the gym or other sporting activity, supposedly leading to a perfect shape, is also well documented.

Wannabe cook:
Something like a wannabe athlete, just his "hobby" is not a sport but cooking. These people include those who cook very little and therefore have to be proud of each of their culinary performances to let others know that they can even cook something other than tea and soup from a bag.

Muscle-men and hot chicks:
How to get the most attention? Undress self! This motto is followed by those who like to show their body and hear compliments about it. Otherwise, nothing is exciting about them. A lot of Photoshop modifications are recommended.
This applies to the guys who use steroids and show their muscles, but also for the "gentle beauties" that take photos in the underwear and/or with plunge neckline from which everything can be seen.

Bored mother on maternity:
Are you a woman, after thirty, and you gave birth to a child? Do not forget to document its every move. And while your baby sits 10 cm from the TV screen or puts the fork in the plug, create tasteless collages and post them to the social network.
The aim of these women is probably to create the illusion of a perfect family, although everyone has to see that a woman who has time always to be online and upload new content to the network is certainly not such a perfect mother.

Of course, there can be much more groups of these people who spam unnecessary photos everyday. It is all about taste, but I think that everybody has some unfavourite photo style which he meets every day.

Which is yours the most unfavourite photo style?

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