The Most Annoying Vacation Photos — And You’ve Done Them All
Vacation means vacation photos. If you want your friends to be excited about your vacation, and stay your friends, maybe don’t post any photos from it.
People say enough is enough. If they are not there with you, those pictures don’t really matter to them.
According to a survey by Planetware, 53% of people say their friends’ vacation photos on social media sometimes just make them jealous and annoyed.
Maybe just a nice photo of the ocean, or the largest ball of string, or the Waffle House will do. Not you and your spouse walking on the beach at sunset – or feeding each other waffles.
Here are the top ten photos that annoy us the most:
1. “Thirst trap” photos. Anything where you’re trying way too hard to be sexy. It’s not sexy
2. Vacation countdowns. Like posting a photo of Cancun with the caption, “18 days and 37 minutes.” Just stop.
3. Throwback posts. Photos from previous vacations. No one cares – especially if they don’t care about the new pictures.
4. Culturally insensitive posts. Like a goofy picture in front of a less than funny landmark: A cemetery, The Holocaust Museum – no, no, and nope.
5. Anything that involves yoga. Duh.
6. The “pulling you along” photo. Where two people are holding hands, and one of them. Usually the girlfriend, is leading the way.
7. Legs by the pool photos. And the standard toes in the sand photo. We KNOW!
8. Airport check-in pics. Like a shot of your luggage. Nothing more exciting than a picture of your carry-on!
9. Tons of pictures of the same landmark from different angles.
10. Selfies of landmarks where you’re standing in front of the landmark blocking it, so we can’t see it anyhow!
Maybe It’s Just Way Too Much:
The poll also looked at the most common annoying vacation photos we post: 25% of us have posted a shot of ourselves looking out an airplane window, and 24% are guilty of cliché shots, like holding up the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Guilty as charged.
Maybe it’s just too much after all these years, of the same type pictures on social media. Here’s a hint: try something NEW with your pictures. Climb the Eiffel Tower, or FIX the Leaning Tower.
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