I hate selfies, so whenever I'm on vacation I just take pictures of my surroundings but never with me in it. Once, my cousin wanted to see my vacation pics, so I showed them to him. He then asked why I'm not in any of them. When I said I didn't think it was necessary, his genuine confused reply was, "But how do people know you were really there, then?"
It's really insane out there.
I would absolutely not go if I had to post something.
Sadly, this was a thing even before the web, let alone social media. There’s always been people for whom the vacations didn’t even “happen” unless they get to go on incessantly about them when they come back, ideally subjecting you to two hours of photos that mean very little to you. They derive little enjoyment from actually being there, they take it from showing it others…
For some people life is not worth living without external validation. Sad.
Normal conversation between two humans holding a small black rectangle in front of their faces.
I'd rather work than to be forced to post something on vacation.
Consider the asker. Y'all have fun with your selfies, I'm going on vacation.
Uh gee, for starters don't go around broadcasting that you're not home. Watching your stuff. Do you want property theft? Because that's how you get property theft! You can brag and selectively post all the highlights and none of the lowlights when you're back if you think that you need that to feel better about yourself.
vacation? that would crazy.
Take the pictures, post them later
Eew. That part of the internet is leaking in again.
Why would I post anything about it? It's my vacation and I would be drinking too much to even bother posting about it.
I might even catch up on my planning and research (as a teacher it's a treat to actually develop as a teacher when there's time).
By statistics alone, we know that if not her then at least many other people think this way these days.
I'm going to probably be going on a healthcare "vacation" next month where that's a likely scenario, so I'll let you all know how it goes.
The problem is that there is no clear definition of a post. Sure, a tweet or an Instagram is a post. A private message to a friend is probably not a post. But what if you send images of your vacation in a discord server with many friends? The line gets fishy, and if I couldn't talk to friends, independently to the trip itself, while on vacation, I would also say no.
in a heartbeat.
Does posting exclude texting to group chats?
Cuz I tend to do a lot of that. Don't really do social media (this barely counts), prefer to spend time with a select few gay nerds.
_Take my phone, please! _
if to saint martin no, everywhere else probably
I do this all the time with camping trips. Way to far away from cell towers and radio signals to post anything.
Absolutely.
I don't post anywhere but here and I don't even post here on weekends, so yeah.
Depends on where it's at. If it's somewhere nice by the beach I'd totally be down with that, but if it's at the box factory...
Just take some occasional pics with family and surroundings and enjoy the vacation.
Make it a memory not a post that needs to be liked by "followers".
If I got offered a free vacation? somewhere in Alaska and I'd never post pictures that could potentially lead to revealing my real identity online anyway
