Instagrim. Not having your cake and eating it.

Instagrim. Not having your cake and eating it.

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talksthetorque

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10,815 posts

134 months

Sunday 17th March 2019
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Mothersruin said:
I thought it was a hotel that claimed the invention - we were going to eat there for dinner one evening but we walked in, did an immediate u-turn and walked back out again - proper old school stuffiness, not our sort of thing.
That’s the one.
To be honest we found a bit stuffy was a bit of a theme for lots of places there.

roadsmash

2,622 posts

69 months

Sunday 17th March 2019
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talksthetorque said:
roadsmash said:
She may have been paid an influencer fee to take pictures of it and upload it to her Instagram, and tag the establishment. If you can confirm the location we could probably find the post quite easily.

Regarding the cake, you’re sat there paying for it.

She’s getting paid to take pictures of it.

She doesn’t care.

You do.

Who’s the real winner?
Me. I actually ate the cake.

And when you say ‘real winner’ you did remember you guessed about the situation.

I’m on Instagram but have only posted a couple of dozen times.

Im not a social influencer so unfortunately I didn’t get a free cake that I then went on to not eat.
But their cake did get eaten by the boyfriend so why does it matter so much to you?

Funny isn’t it, the couple you speak of are probably sat at home enjoying their Sunday evening watching a bit of TV, blissfully unaware some nutcase took great interest in their actions while they were minding their own business, who then took it upon himself to start a discussion on the Internet about them!

But yeah you’re the winner!

glenrobbo

35,074 posts

149 months

Sunday 17th March 2019
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roadsmash said:
But their cake did get eaten by the boyfriend so why does it matter so much to you?

Funny isn’t it, the couple you speak of are probably sat at home enjoying their Sunday evening watching a bit of TV, blissfully unaware some nutcase took great interest in their actions while they were minding their own business, who then took it upon himself to start a discussion on the Internet about them!

But yeah you’re the winner!
Now then, roadsmash, just lie down on this lovely relaxing couch and make yourself comfortable.

Wonderful. And relax...

There...
That's nice...

Now then, tell me about your early childhood...

fishermanpaul

132 posts

106 months

Monday 18th March 2019
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The cake is a lie






(geek points +10)

Second Best

6,402 posts

180 months

Monday 18th March 2019
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I work with long-haul aeroplanes and it's hilarious how often you see people (mainly young women) jumping into first class seats to take photos because #InstaFamous or #LivinginLuxury or whatever they blog about. My favourite moment was when I walked out of the cockpit of a 777, to see a young lady with her hair all over her face, videoing herself saying "hey my friends, I'm 40,000ft over Africa and just thinking about you all, I'll catch up with you all when I'm back home!"

She was on a press day, on an aircraft parked in the hangar that hadn't flown for about a month.

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Monday 18th March 2019
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roadsmash said:
She may have been paid an influencer fee to take pictures of it and upload it to her Instagram, and tag the establishment. If you can confirm the location we could probably find the post quite easily.

Regarding the cake, you’re sat there paying for it.

She’s getting paid to take pictures of it.

She doesn’t care.

You do.

Who’s the real winner?
Depends on how you view things. If she's a very typical Instagrammer, she probably has a lot of anxiety associated with it even if she was paid £100 to pose with said cake.

singlecoil

33,312 posts

245 months

Monday 18th March 2019
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glenrobbo said:
roadsmash said:
But their cake did get eaten by the boyfriend so why does it matter so much to you?

Funny isn’t it, the couple you speak of are probably sat at home enjoying their Sunday evening watching a bit of TV, blissfully unaware some nutcase took great interest in their actions while they were minding their own business, who then took it upon himself to start a discussion on the Internet about them!

But yeah you’re the winner!
Now then, roadsmash, just lie down on this lovely relaxing couch and make yourself comfortable.

Wonderful. And relax...

There...
That's nice...

Now then, tell me about your early childhood...
Get him to tell you about his previous life on Pistonheads too.

PAULJ5555

3,554 posts

175 months

Monday 18th March 2019
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Second Best said:
I work with long-haul aeroplanes and it's hilarious how often you see people (mainly young women) jumping into first class seats to take photos because #InstaFamous or #LivinginLuxury or whatever they blog about. My favourite moment was when I walked out of the cockpit of a 777, to see a young lady with her hair all over her face, videoing herself saying "hey my friends, I'm 40,000ft over Africa and just thinking about you all, I'll catch up with you all when I'm back home!"

She was on a press day, on an aircraft parked in the hangar that hadn't flown for about a month.
Its the fakeness that a lot of people don't understand with these people of today. The above says it all really.
The cake is a bit strange when you look at their actions but somewhat justified if they were paid, its still fake.

People I know (unfortunatly)

Posts a pick of their brand new 2018 car - Hold on its your mums 2018 free mobility car.

Posts a pick of massive TV they just bought. Hold on your on benefits and can only afford that TV because you grow weed in your loft.

Posts just booked another holiday LOL - Hold on your fake whiplash claim must have been paid out then.

Fake Fake Fake - Its all about showing off what you have not got, its cringworthy when you know the back story.










talksthetorque

Original Poster:

10,815 posts

134 months

Monday 18th March 2019
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fishermanpaul said:
The cake is a lie






(geek points +10)
New one to me that. Thankyou.

Ps. You're correct. It isn't my cake in the picture, I carefully selected the picture off the internet.

thetapeworm

11,192 posts

238 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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And the Instagram cake will have 1000+ "likes" while an incredible image from a talented photographer will be struggling to get over 100, I hate what Instagram has become while the genuinely useful (at times) FoodSpotting site has been closed down.

Don't get me wrong, if it's a great picture of a the person and the cake then so be it but if it's just the end of roll shot before you take the film to Boots kind of things then be off with you, get to SnapChat or whatever TikTok is.

Hoofy

76,253 posts

281 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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Oddly, I'm not bothered. smile

poo at Paul's

14,116 posts

174 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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talksthetorque said:
On a city break in a Central European city and we go to the obligatory special cake cafe that claims to have created the original special cake. This isn’t Amsterdam, so no, not that sort of cake
We were seated at the same time as a couple in their early twenties. We’re about double that. She was quite slim and attractive, he looked like a young Stephen Manghan.

Our cakes and coffee arrived at the same time. We ate ours and watched as she got him to take about thirty photos with fork, without fork, take her jumper off, (revealing a T-shirt, calm down) put her coat over her shoulders the move to the corner table with the comfy bench and do the same again. Then she takes her hair down for another few.

They then sit back down and she stares at her phone.
WHILE [u]HE EATS THE CAKE[/u]..

Today was the day we realised we are old and are going to have to let them youngsters get on with it.

The cake was lovely by the way you pathetic woman. Ask your boyfriend.
We should shame such people. I suggest next time you start taking photos of them doing what they are doing and then tell them you are posting them to wker . com!

poo at Paul's

14,116 posts

174 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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roadsmash said:
Who’s the real winner?
He is. He is enjoying the experience of being there enjoying the place, his company, and his cake.

She's pretending to be special, privileged or important and eat cake, when in fact, she is none of them!
It's horrific that there are people like this about, what a dreadful element of society we are developing / accepting. Call them out on it, I say, they're tosspots and the more people that tell them they are tts, rather than the few "followers" that they think adore them (and therefore make them think everyone adores them), then they will have a chance of not being a tosspot all their lives.


My mum and dad went to Strictly tour this year at the O2 and said that everyone around the, in seats costing about £100 a pop, was watching the show through 6 inch screen phones.
It's fking insane when you think of it, such muppets should be locked up for their own good. laugh

It's everywhere. We called in at Asda on the way to MTB event to get some BBQ stuff and these vacuous bints in a new corsa parked opposite our van, came back from the shop, go in the car, and both started photographing their Asda shopping! and Posing with it! fking hilarious!


Edited by poo at Paul's on Tuesday 19th March 11:50

tedmus

1,883 posts

134 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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I want some cake now.

I don't have any cake frown

TameRacingDriver

18,048 posts

271 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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thetapeworm said:
And the Instagram cake will have 1000+ "likes" while an incredible image from a talented photographer will be struggling to get over 100, I hate what Instagram has become while the genuinely useful (at times) FoodSpotting site has been closed down.
What you really need though to gain proper IG legend status is to be a young, not fat female who struts around in not many clothes for 1m+ likes... only possible because blokes are basically perverts biggrin

Don't get me started on the millions of gym selfies that get taken every day. Generation narcissist really laps those up...

roadsmash

2,622 posts

69 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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poo at Paul's said:
roadsmash said:
Who’s the real winner?
He is. He is enjoying the experience of being there enjoying the place, his company, and his cake.

She's pretending to be special, privileged or important and eat cake, when in fact, she is none of them!
It's horrific that there are people like this about, what a dreadful element of society we are developing / accepting. Call them out on it, I say, they're tosspots and the more people that tell them they are tts, rather than the few "followers" that they think adore them (and therefore make them think everyone adores them), then they will have a chance of not being a tosspot all their lives.


My mum and dad went to Strictly tour this year at the O2 and said that everyone around the, in seats costing about £100 a pop, was watching the show through 6 inch screen phones.
It's fking insane when you think of it, such muppets should be locked up for their own good. laugh

It's everywhere. We called in at Asda on the way to MTB event to get some BBQ stuff and these vacuous bints in a new corsa parked opposite our van, came back from the shop, go in the car, and both started photographing their Asda shopping! and Posing with it! fking hilarious!


Edited by poo at Paul's on Tuesday 19th March 11:50
Filled with plenty of generalisations and assumptions. Standard from you.

roadsmash

2,622 posts

69 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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Let these people get on with it is my opinion.

“Calling them out” is a laughable idea. What do you think is going to happen? They’ll think you’re mental!

If I decided to take a picture of my meal before eating it and someone “called me out” for doing so I’d think they’re a bloody maniac.

Most of the people on PH wouldn’t say boo to a goose anyway so irrelevant.

roadsmash

2,622 posts

69 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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Hoofy said:
Oddly, I'm not bothered. smile
I’m just surprised by how many people are.

AllyBassman

779 posts

111 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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You see it oh too often now.

My sister is at it most of the time, taking pictures of this and that, biging things up to look more impressive than they actually are, for example showing off about buying a new Mulberry handbag when she's already in more than 6k of credit card debt... banghead more bothered about her social media following than spending time with her family and 'friends' - I hardly recognise her anymore - it's soul destroying.

I honestly feel sorry for these people, it's such a fickle world they live in. Not good for you mental health at all.


DanL

6,177 posts

264 months

Tuesday 19th March 2019
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talksthetorque said:
fishermanpaul said:
The cake is a lie






(geek points +10)
New one to me that. Thankyou.

Ps. You're correct. It isn't my cake in the picture, I carefully selected the picture off the internet.
It's a Portal reference...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYN3U62bRZg

ETA: the link won't give you any info about the cake, but you can hum along...