So, last time I ranted about Facebook.
I ranted about all of the petty, insignificant things that annoyed me while I scrolled through my newsfeed instead of listening to my professor. This time, I’m tackling “Social Media Etiquette Part 2”. That’s right ladies and gentlemen, she’s back and this time she’s attacking Snap Chat.
Snap Chat is kind of like that cough that you caught freshman year. It started suddenly, it was annoying, you gave into it and now it won’t go away. I don’t mean that I’m not part of the social world of drunk Snap Chats, because they’re about the only thing that entertains me when I’m coming home on the Later Gator. But, there are certain things about Snap Chat that people just need to know.
1. If I open it and don’t answer for the 100th time, stop sending.
It’s really sweet that you want to show me how “swagged out” you look for the night. And while it’s so entertaining to me to see your mass Snap Chat selfies that are of little relevance to me, I’m over it. I love Snap Chats and while sometimes I don’t answer, if I haven’t answered any of yours in two weeks, it is time to move on. Maybe you just like to mass Snap Chat the world, but if no one is reciprocating the love, take the hint and move on to a different form of social media.
2. Snap Chat did not replace texting.
I met this ridiculously good looking guy a few months ago and I gave him my number. No texts, no nothing, until I woke up to a Snap Chat from him. And yeah okay, maybe I Snap Chatted back the first time. Maybe I did the second too. But, it got to the point where he would ask me what I was doing every night through Snap Chat! Sometimes I couldn’t even read it, because it only displays for five seconds. Yet, he would never text me. It was like he strictly wanted our relationship to form through Snap Chat and when I stopped answering he continued to Snap Chat me for months. If you want to go out with girls, here’s some advice: don’t ask them out through Snap Chat. You’re not going to star in any reality show called “True Love Through Snap Chats.” Just move on, please.
3. Dick pics. Come on.
Maybe at the time when you’re surrounded by your frat brothers it seems super cool to send a South of the Border photo. You’re probably hysterically laughing on the other end, but guess what? Girl are not.
It’s not funny. They’re just awkward and uncomfortable. To be completely hones, if you had any hopes of us ever going down there, sending us a little preview isn’t going to help your chances. Sorry, boys.
Wrapping up my latest rant of social media, note I stayed off of criticizing Instagram and Twitter. I love Instgram even if getting 30 likes is a personal achievement for the day. Twitter is just too beyond frustrating, so I didn’t even try to attempt a dissection of the twitter-sphere. I hope this helps you the next time you go to Snap Chat someone or just gives you something marginally entertaining to read in class.
P.S. For those of you who use Snap Chat to send dirty pictures and think they disappear, they can be saved without notifying you.
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