My sisters are obsessed with Instagram. It consumes their lives like nothing else. Here's the typical process they go about to get a worthy photo:
Deliberate over what to wear
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Pick an outfit
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Find a photogenic spot
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Take a few shots in various poses, rarely looking at the camera
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Huddle around the phone to check the pics and say things like, "Why didn't you tell me I was slouching?"
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Take more shots with better posture/different poses
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Huddle around the phone again and say things like, "Ugh, no delete that one."
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Rinse
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Repeat
After the shoot, they'll then go through the dozens of photos, select a few, run them through all the filters, compare the finished products, ask multiple people advice on which one to choose, pick one and come up with a "bomb" caption. Following this multi-hour process, it is finally posted, whereupon their followers look at it in their feed for two seconds and scroll to the next one.
The part from which I get the most satisfaction is the sister who puts obsessive amounts of care into her Instagram gets 1/3 of the social validation (i.e. likes) that the other sister does. (I've heard her say multiple variations of "I've only gotten 10 likes in the last 5 minutes. Do you think I should take it down?")
Anyway, I finally decided to document this inane experience. I showed this video to them hoping they'd realize this is the behavior of sociopaths, only to have them think it was "so cool." Here's to hoping you side with me.
