This seems pretty silly. A lot of people — myself included — use photos as a way to remember something. Occasionally I'll take a photo of food or the restaurant

This seems pretty silly. A lot of people — myself included — use photos as a way to remember something. Occasionally I'll take a photo of food or the restaurant or something around me just to remind me of that experience; reliving my life through photos is one of the reason I cherish having such a large Aperture library these days (and geotagged to boot). I think there's an assumption here that 1) everyone taking photos are posting them to a social network (I probably only post 5% of my photos anywhere), and 2) that this is inherently distasteful. People like food, and people like sharing experiences with their friends. This is basically telling a story. Remember that Instagram or Foursquare will tag where you at- I think a lot of times it's not about "here's what I ate" and more "check out where I am". A lot of discussions can be had surrounding the story of where rather than what.