No One Cares What You Had For Lunch
Let’s face it, we Malaysians love to eat, and also… share photos of what we’re eating on the Internet.
Today, with a smartphone in your hands, your food will go onto the Internet first… before going into your stomach. #fact
It’s now a widespread occurrence within our community. People snap photos of their meals and upload them to social media sites so effortlessly.
Anyway, the point is – whenever food is served, many of us would first snap a photo, upload it (via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram), and THEN only begin to eat. It’s like a habit… an unusual habit which turned usual, I must say.
But I always wonder, does anyone actually care what you had for lunch?
Oh, it’s not just lunch. The question refers to all types of meals – breakfast, brunch, tea-break, dinner, supper and after-supper supper. Even snacks too.
Seriously, do you think people are interested in what you’re eating?
Well, I don’t normally upload photos when I’m dining. But, I recently did a quick experiment on Facebook – I uploaded photos of certain food that I had.
First one – Jojo Little Kitchen’s Pan Mee. With over 600 friends on my Facebook, only 2 friends “liked” it. That’s all.
Everyone else, sadly, don’t care.
Wendy’s – no reaction whatsoever. It goes to show that nobody cares about the photo with 2 sets of burger and fries.
And the final attempt…
A photo of the mixed set at Bar-BQ Plaza. Once again, nobody liked or commented. Maybe the photo isn’t attractive and artsy, but it’s not from Instagram mah.
Anyway, with 3 results obtained, it concludes that… nobody cares!
Now, you may disagree with the experiment’s result because your photos can get a lot of likes and comments. Woah, bravo… so cool huh?
Here’s a quick question – do you think they REALLY care? As in, IF you decide not to upload photos of your food, will they scream “Y U NO UPLOAD FOOD” at you? No?
And to further strengthen my point, let’s say if the Internet (or any famous social media sites) is not available, will any of your close friends call you up and…
Honestly, no.
Case in point – no one cares what you had for lunch. Perhaps you should stop tweeting about your meals, you culinary paparazzi.
Well, at the meantime, allow me to improve on my skill in food photography…
Oh, not to worry!
The DLSR is not “smart” enough to upload photos onto the Internet. ;)
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I will feel very sad when nobody like my pic haha!
i’ll emo if no one likes/comment on my food photos hahahaha
hahah TRUE STORY. but some how artsy food food pictures usually get the most likes :P
lol. ini panggil merajuk haha. u not real time enough la bro. haha
Nobody cares~ :D
But it really works when I upload what color or type of boxer I’m wearing.. Like everytime.. :D
HAHAH! yes true. I also dont care. it only achieves in making me feel hungry and a little disgruntled.
I agree with the topic of this post.
Of course no one cares lah. I’m just doing it to shook sendiri what : D
Besides, it’s better not to get any LIKES. If not, you will feel obligated to check out the photos of those who LIKED your food photo and then force yourself to LIKE their food photos too haha!
I guessed it’s just for their own remembrance or for anyone who is interested (maybe their worried parents who ponder what you ate hahaha)
Haha! Good point bro.
Well, it’s a “nice to see” but not a “Y U NO UPLOAD FOOD” thing to me. :)
LOL! But I still love to upload food photos online just to make some people crave for food I had!
But they are good pictures to torment hungry people at night hahahaa
You will see usually girl post what they will get most like n comment :P try change ur fb name to girl name n sexy hot girl pic then hide all ur album. See those ma lat lou ham sup lou so lou will realize is you onot then start your experiment again :P
heee.. sounds so like me .. :p i only share food pics when i find it good or a place worth recommending .. :D
haha i will normally like the pic if it looks artsy…and most times for me, taking the food is some sort of practice :p hahaha
lol..this is so true..but for me i upload juz because i want to make my fren hungry..jahat kan heheh..
Hahaha true :)
But I observe unique food (like cute japanese candies) gets the ‘like’s coming in :P
But i love ‘like’-ing friends or relatives’ food pictures because i am so in love with food:)
Not very active on Facebook. But I do find photos of food interesting. Especially when taken to lOok really nice. Would love to read the descriptions associated with the photos too. Can learn new dishes!
why I didn’t see u post any food photo in FB? I think I’m in ur friend list kan?
I upload a photo when the food taste good! or when it was free.. :D and I got many likes tho.. LOL! dun worrry Ken, I’ll like ur next photo of food on fb.. :D
I only upload after few day!
Ppl don’t like your food pic coz it’s not synonymous with Ken Wooi. Try uploading your ‘tetek funnier than boobs’ pic and see what happens. I bet you will terus kena FLAG!! haha.. :P
I love uploading pic of the food that I eat and I don’t care whether my friends care what I’m eating or not. It’s just a personal journal for me.
True True True!Food are suppose to be in your stomach instead of being frame up! Perhaps we should photograph our stomach instead. :P
I am guilty of this! But sometimes i am able to discover new food places through food pics my friends uploaded and vice versa, so I guess something good does comes out of it… or not. haha.
haha, i always upload the nice food that i tried on fb too. luckily ada ppl like and comment. =P
lol. :D I’m partially like that, especially I trying new dishes. :)
Hahah, if is a food blog, maybe will get more LIKE for it? because people that like the #Fb page actually aspect food picture, for yours maybe the fans like me want to see more controversial and funny post.. That’s why? :/
I tested out b4 and yea got a lot of feedback..of coz it’s when i’m in foreign countries ler..hehe
oi pls like my lunch pixxxxxxx!
sometimes, somebuddy does care geh.
HAHAHA! agree la! but for fun i like! :P Ehhhh! Last pic at Hungry Hog right? :p
Ouch! Ouch! Ouch! :-P
Well they really should stop posting up their meal photos so that when people bump into each other, there’s something to ask.
Honestly if you count whether someone likes your post by how many LIKES you got, thats narcissistic. People see but doesnt mean they LOVE it so much to like it. They just glance through. Same with this blog. Not everyone all the time comment on it. Although this blog is your view. but cornering ppl who do post food pics is a bit off . For some cars is their passion and some food. Nothing wrong.
come on..yea there’s nothing wrong even with his post..Ken Wooi’s doing it for fun..don’t take things seriously..i like to post pics on food as well but I never get cornered or even feel cornered by his post..his blog is all about ‘sarcasm’ jokes…just enjoy :D
yupz..ken just write it for entertainment purpose but at the same time he does have a point – that is it has become a habit for people to snap photos of the food before eating. And this post actually makes us think? why are we snapping it anyway? Well, from the comments, seems like everyone had their own reasons – for remembrance, show off, fun, and passion for food.
Some reason told me you’re someone who posted some food pics but no one like it because I am surprised that such a post could actually make you off and even feel narcissistic? Wow~~ That’s too much hilarious!! I rather feel this post is funny but your comment is even funnier~~
i just wondering if they knew that posting ‘food picture’ will make others starving…??are they so happy knowing that people starving looking their ‘so happy lunch this food’ picture?? do they really think people will like it?huhhhhh..actually every single day,my friends posted ‘burger bakar’…why?is that so fascinating?
I love food photo,which i can drew them with eyes and hand~ but sadly can’t eat them haha~
Ahahakk..honestly i dislike people who had to snap photos before makan (all the time) during a normal outing. But i can accept occassional incidents, where the food is being presented so beautifully. =)
Haha oh no, guilty as charged. But I don’t do it as often as I used to, maybe because I find that the food gets colder, faster here, so by the time I wait for Instagram to load, snap pictures, edit, etc etc, the food would be cold! I value hot food very much now that it’s winter! :)
Haha it’s true but I still love to take pictures of food. That’s my hobby!!
I only take pictures of expensive foods… come to think of it, that’s a lot of food! LOL.
btw, Armstrong here. We met at the blogopolis. It was an honour to meet you ;) and maybe if u bought a smartphone already, things will change with your choice of subject… wakakaa.
But your food photos are ugly! That’s why you’re not getting “Likes”. I’ll help you cheat, ok? Download Instagram or Photo Wonder and put a filter on it.
That, or become a hot girl. Hot girls get a lot of FB photo “Likes”.
HAHAAHAHAHAAHA really lo if nobody dont like my food picture i will like….okay….put hastag…if not working…delete? nah hahaha
follow me on instagram with my food…pictures….which is mainly all always salmon sushi set WTF XD @angelineng92
When I go out with my colleagues, they would be busy clicking on food photos instead of connecting and relating. But with get-together with long time friends, we just talk about our lives- even though they are avid FB users, they were not busy snapping photo pics.