vsco: the "photo editing" app... yeah right. this app has been blowing up since late 2018 and has turn into a social media platform dominated by teenage girls. vsco is advertised as a photo editing app for "creators", which what i was using it for until i realized a lot of girls on instagram putting their vsco handle into their bios. then i found about a whole different world of media. here on vsco, everyone seems to be super happy and quirky and relatable.
i'm not saying having a positive mindset is bad, but "vsco girls" take it to another level. i always see things like "happiest girls are the prettiest" "no bad days" and "espresso makes me less depresso". as someone who has struggled with mild depressive episodes, it does not feel good when people associate beauty with emotions. also, really? no bad days? and i know for a fact coffee does not reduce depression. i know these type of phrases aren't meant to harm others, but i think they are a bit insensitive and unrealistic.
vsco couples are a whole other realm of vsco. my friend veronica and i have noticed the extreme cheesiness of these posts, and we personally find a lot of it stupid. so we made a pinterest board called vsco vom with all these posts. we find them amusing because of how unrealistic everything is. couple posts often come in the form of snapchat text bars and text messages exchanged. now that i think about it, ALL vsco couple posts are in those two forms. also, a lot of them can't tell the difference between your and you're and that drives me insane. here are some of my favorite "um..." posts:
- "not even God can handle me" with a girl wearing sunglasses, a pink hoodie, and her juul in her mouth
- "boys who say your name before talking to you is the BEST feeling ever"
- "when i say ur cute ur supposed to say it back. Not just 'thanks'"
- "did you know a crush only lasts 4 months so if u like someone longer than that ur in love..."
- "she doesn't even notice but i stare at her so much"
- "your the second best girl ever...i love my momma" it's you're not your :/
- this one is a text conversation."im about to cry in mcdonalds" "b*tch embrace it. mcbreakdown"
- "why flex ur AirPods when u can flex ur beautiful girlfriend"
i can't really explain why this is so cringeworthy for me. i think it's because everything sounds so forced and fake to idolize a relationship or a "teenager" lifestyle.
if you're reading this, please tell me ur opinion on vsco, i would appreciate other viewpoints of it :)
I am CACKLING. This is so funny and disturbingly accurate. Not going to lie, I see some of these posts and think they are kind of cute, but some of them are absolutely sickening. The bottom picture you posted made me slightly nauseous. So many people want others to know about the nature of their relationship, whether to make people jealous or just try to show off, and I do not get it. For one, text messages should be private and no one cares. Second, NO ONE TALKS LIKE THIS. This is so weird, thinking about going up to a person and talking to them the way these people text is so comical to me. People feel so comfortable when there is a phone protecting them from the other person, so everyone uses it as free license to be WACK>
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