Today's society and culture seems to be enamored with the idea of getting the most likes, shares and retweets. Pretty girls and handsome boys who post beautiful pictures get 2,000 "likes" and live happily ever after, and then there are people like you and me. We hop on the struggle bus every time someone whips out a camera. Well, all aboard! Here are the struggles of a unphotogenic person as told by none other than Spongebob Squarepants:
1. You are an attractive person.
You’re cute for crying out loud! Adorable even! The only problem is that your cuteness rarely transfers on to the camera.
2. Your bad relationship with cameras started a long time ago.
You and cameras go way back. Things between you and the big "C" were actually pretty great until the dreaded middle school years hit you like a hurricane.
3. Your face just cannot deal with the pressure of having its picture taken.
Brain: "OK, everyone! Look cute, we are about to have our picture taken."
Mouth: “Nope.”
Eyes: “Wait, what did Brain say?"
Facial Muscles: "I dunno. I say we just go limp."
4. The harder you try to look attractive, the worse it seems to get.
“OK, try to look cute this time!”
“Haha, OK, if you insist, it’s casual…”
*I thought I was trying.*
5. Selfies to you are an Olympic sport.
Let’s face it. You’ve never been that good at sports. #littleleaguestatus
6. Taking a selfie is a long term commitment and no one should interrupt the process.
Look, man, perfection (or at least as close as we unphotogenic people can get to perfection) takes a minute or 60.
7.Getting your driver's license was an ordeal.
"Sir, I am not going to ask you again! Keep your eyes open for the photo please."
8. Your heart stops when you get a notification that you’ve been tagged in a photo.
Yes. Everyone in the picture looks amazing (except me, of course) so I get why you posted it, but homegirl, you did not have to tag me!
9. You're sure people preface showing your picture with something similar to, “She/he is way cuter in person, trust me."
Just another reason to see you in person. Am I right? Of course I am.
10. You refuse to let go of that one attractive photo taken years ago because it is all you can cling to.
So what if it's been 10 years since it was taken? You were a mighty fine looking baby!
11. Pictures always seem to be taken at the wrong moments.
Whatever happened to, "1, 2, 3 Cheese?!?" Warnings are appreciated and required.
12. Getting your senior pictures taken could be compared to getting your teeth pulled or perhaps a slow, agonizing death.
No, your mother was not getting emotional because of how much you've grown and matured over the years. She was upset that you had already been there two hours and hadn't taken a decent photo because your face twitches under pressure.
*Queen's "Under Pressure" playing in the background.*
13. Snapchat can be a place of solace or a battlefield.
It all depends on whether the person you are snapping is your best friend or the person you've been secretly in love with for the past year. (Or hey, maybe that person is both. I don't judge.)
14. What’s a good side?
Your back side, maybe?
15. 500th time is the charm.
It seems as if you have to take 500 selfies and use around 30 filters until you come across a selfie fit for Instagram. Even then you still might not ever post it.
16. When an attractive photo is taken, it is immediately posted on all your social media accounts.
As well as possibly getting framed, hung on the refrigerator, and a copy sent to your gran.
At the end of the day, it doesn't matter if you're photogenic or not. Obviously, it's what's on the inside that matters and also how you act outside of your social media accounts. Years and years down the line when our great-great-grandchildren are combing over our selfies, they won't be thinking about how unphotogenic we were...they will instead be thinking about how narcissistic we were to post so many.
