Amongst the plethora of apps that we have the ability to utilize today, Snapchat always seems to be the one most talked about. What is it that’s just so special about Snapchat? Is it the fact that people think it goes away forever if they only send it for one second? (These people are seriously-mistaken BTW.) Or is it the fact that it’s the most efficient way to catch your followers attention by taking a picture of yourself captioned “bored” and knowing that they’ll reach out to you in under a minute? Sure, communicating with your pals through pictures sounds great, but really just how much “hard evidence” of embarrassing things are we giving them?
At first Snapchat seems so innocent. You add your buddies, start snapping cute pics that you most definitely tried oh so hard on, and before you know it your Snap story is filled with scenes that tell everyone else how much cooler your life is than theirs. How great does that sound? From the outside looking in it seems as though nothing bad could come of such an amazing app, but from the inside looking out, we know a little better.
Whether we want to admit it or not, Snapchat has brought out the worst in people, some of this we may not even know. Although Snapchat does make us aware that one of our snaps was “screenshotted” it doesn’t always mean we remember this notification. This sad realization usually comes a few hours after waking up from a long night and listening to your friends rave about how “funny” you were last night. In lieu of these types of occasions happening on a growing basis, I thought I would do us all a favor and help to prevent these types of “Snapchat regrettable” nights before they even begin. It goes a little something like this…
You start your day by waking up and taking a snap of yourself captioning it something like “I woke up like this.” You see, there are two kinds of people that take this picture. Those who actually “woke up like this” and those who just put on a full face of makeup, and trust me we know who is who. Next are the daily meal snaps; people can see every single thing you ate said day just by viewing your story. By the looks of your story, it seems as though you are a gourmet chef who eats as healthy as an Olympic athlete. But in reality, you probably just took a snap of something healthy someone ordered next to you and instead scarfed down an entire stack of flapjacks by yourself. Later in the day you find yourself lying by the pool bored by your own company, after multiple different angles and positions you finally have the perfect picture. “Hot dogs or legs” it reads. Obviously we know they are your legs because you would never lead your followers to believe that you ate something as processed as hotdogs.
The day is over and the night is about to begin. You are getting ready with your crew and you start feeling yourself and automatically everyone has to know how good you look. You start taking snaps left and right, searching for that perfect angle that shows off your body but also that new lip liner you just spent $25 bucks on. “Kylie Jenner or (insert your name here)?” As the night goes on your story grows longer. Your friends arrive at the club with you. Snap it. The bottles are on the way to the table, don’t forget to snap and let everyone know how pretty those sparkler things are. You finally are leaving the club, “OMG pizza.” You and your crew are on your way to the nearest pizza joint. You make sure to snap videos of the cab driver letting you borrow his aux cord. After arriving at the pizza place you fill your story with videos of all the different types of people you see in the restaurant. Your pizza is ready and your taking it home. You walk three steps in the door, sit on the couch, and pass out. 8 hours later you wake up, realize pizza will be your breakfast, and start eating. You grab your phone with a slight feeling of regret, and realize you have 13 snaps all captioned “LOL @ your story.” You start preparing yourself for what you are about to see and before you know it your hangover hits you. You finish viewing your story and add a final snap saying, “never going out again.” But trust me, don’t fool yourself, you’ll be doing it all over again later on that day.
