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> no pictures of what your friend ate for dinner Posting pictures of your food should be a criminal offence. Nothing too serious, just a couple of years in pri

by zelos 9y ago

> no pictures of what your friend ate for dinner Posting pictures of your food should be a criminal offence. Nothing too serious, just a couple of years in prison or something.

jessaustin 9y ago
Prison costs too much. Corporal punishment would fit this crime, and besides lots of people would just volunteer to swing the cane upon hearing the phrase "posted pictures of food".
- rosser 9y ago
  This sounds to me like nothing so much as the setup for a Milgram-esque study of just how willing people are to inflict violence upon one another for engaging in trivial but annoying behaviors like ... posting pictures of food on the internet. Because, yeah. Caning is totally commensurate with that.
gthtjtkt 9y ago
I can't help but laugh when I imagine what this would've looked like before the internet existed. "Look, honey, we got something in the mail from Katie and John! It's... oh... just a bunch of pictures of food. That's odd." Meanwhile Katie and John are still at home, furiously stuffing envelopes with the same food pictures so they can send one to everybody in their address book.
- jfoutz 9y ago
  I always figured photos of cocktails and food were a standard part of the after vacation slideshow you'd invite your friends to. A few once a year isn't bad. People complained about those slideshows also though.
- Jaruzel 9y ago
  Your joke is my command: http://www.jaruzel.com/files/look-honey.png http://www.jaruzel.com/files/look-honey.png :)
reitanqild 9y ago
I hear you but I actually enjoy some pictures of peoples food, e.g. when my brother has made a nice wok. I also miss the "going to the beach", "this was a nice day" etc. I don't miss "join me on farmville", "1000 reasons why Trump and/or Hillary are dumb" etc.
- scrumper 9y ago
  I just miss the pokes. Remember when it was fun? I deleted the app last year. Kept the account because as far as I can tell it's the same difference and I haven't summoned the strength to go retrieve my photos yet. Haven't missed it at all. Meanwhile my wife is increasingly addicted...
- Vendan 9y ago
  If you made a nice meal, yeah, show it off. If you bought a nice meal, I fail to see the point in showing it off, unless you are specifically saying "wow, this place has great food!".
  - wutbrodo 9y ago
    > If you bought a nice meal, I fail to see the point in showing it off, unless you are specifically saying "wow, this place has great food!". I don't understand your comment at all. What else would you be saying when you show a picture of nice food other than "this food is great"? I'm not in the habit of posting food photos but I've never understood the hysteria around it on places like HN.
    - khedoros1 9y ago
      "Look at the taste that I have, in choosing this experience for myself", or "Look what I'm doing right now!"
      - reitanqild 9y ago
        "Look at the taste that I have, in choosing this experience for myself" I cannot remember thinking that about others but maybe I don't follow the same people as you. "Look what I'm doing right now!" Isn't this just like a smaller version of Show HN? I mean: you make something, you post it and someone else chimes in with ideas or (hopefully) constructive criticism? Is there any reason that I cannot see why making food isn't a form of making that we can be proud of?

by zelos 9y ago

> no pictures of what your friend ate for dinner Posting pictures of your food should be a criminal offence. Nothing too serious, just a couple of years in prison or something.

jessaustin 9y ago

Prison costs too much. Corporal punishment would fit this crime, and besides lots of people would just volunteer to swing the cane upon hearing the phrase "posted pictures of food".

rosser 9y ago
This sounds to me like nothing so much as the setup for a Milgram-esque study of just how willing people are to inflict violence upon one another for engaging in trivial but annoying behaviors like ... posting pictures of food on the internet. Because, yeah. Caning is totally commensurate with that.

gthtjtkt 9y ago

I can't help but laugh when I imagine what this would've looked like before the internet existed. "Look, honey, we got something in the mail from Katie and John! It's... oh... just a bunch of pictures of food. That's odd." Meanwhile Katie and John are still at home, furiously stuffing envelopes with the same food pictures so they can send one to everybody in their address book.

jfoutz 9y ago
I always figured photos of cocktails and food were a standard part of the after vacation slideshow you'd invite your friends to. A few once a year isn't bad. People complained about those slideshows also though.
Jaruzel 9y ago
Your joke is my command: http://www.jaruzel.com/files/look-honey.png http://www.jaruzel.com/files/look-honey.png :)

reitanqild 9y ago

I hear you but I actually enjoy some pictures of peoples food, e.g. when my brother has made a nice wok. I also miss the "going to the beach", "this was a nice day" etc. I don't miss "join me on farmville", "1000 reasons why Trump and/or Hillary are dumb" etc.

scrumper 9y ago
I just miss the pokes. Remember when it was fun? I deleted the app last year. Kept the account because as far as I can tell it's the same difference and I haven't summoned the strength to go retrieve my photos yet. Haven't missed it at all. Meanwhile my wife is increasingly addicted...
Vendan 9y ago
If you made a nice meal, yeah, show it off. If you bought a nice meal, I fail to see the point in showing it off, unless you are specifically saying "wow, this place has great food!".
- wutbrodo 9y ago
  > If you bought a nice meal, I fail to see the point in showing it off, unless you are specifically saying "wow, this place has great food!". I don't understand your comment at all. What else would you be saying when you show a picture of nice food other than "this food is great"? I'm not in the habit of posting food photos but I've never understood the hysteria around it on places like HN.
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    "Look at the taste that I have, in choosing this experience for myself", or "Look what I'm doing right now!"
    - reitanqild 9y ago
      "Look at the taste that I have, in choosing this experience for myself" I cannot remember thinking that about others but maybe I don't follow the same people as you. "Look what I'm doing right now!" Isn't this just like a smaller version of Show HN? I mean: you make something, you post it and someone else chimes in with ideas or (hopefully) constructive criticism? Is there any reason that I cannot see why making food isn't a form of making that we can be proud of?