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Anyone getting fed up of people posting about their ‘wholesome weekends’

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BluntJoker · 30/04/2025 21:53

Keep seeing this pop up and think they sound pathetic . Am I alone in finding this annoying?

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TheDevilFindsWorkForIdleMums · 01/05/2025 08:40

This was mine on my walk with ds.......lookatem tho.

Anyone getting fed up of people posting about their ‘wholesome weekends’
Shoppingtoday · 01/05/2025 08:39

I’ve never heard of a ‘wholesome’ weekend but I don’t watch TikTok and I have left Facebook.

I can’t see many of my friends being into it 🤣

Haveapotato · 01/05/2025 08:37

I have a friend who is much younger than me and I had noticed recently she had described a few of her weekends as wholesome when I asked her how her weekend was. I didn't realise it was A Thing!

DUsername · 01/05/2025 08:34

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:29

Yes of course
And profile pictures on dating apps
And pictures of children smiling and playing perfectly
And hotel rooms
And and and

It’s all, at best enhanced, but mostly just an imaginary image curated for the world to view. It might as well be a comic book (although they tend to be at least funny)

People photograph the inside of their fridges!
It’s fascinating, as a social experiment, it really is, but it’s very strange.

The inside of a fridge!

So why is only the 'wholesome' stuff that apparently gives the message 'we're better than you'?

If your issue is with the fake way people present themselves on social media then surely they are all trying to give that message? 'Look at me, I have more friends than you!', 'look at me, I have more fun than you!'

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:29

DUsername · 01/05/2025 08:23

That's true of 'unwholesome' stuff as well though right? The pictures of people in beer gardens or out with the girls for a bottomless brunch? They'll have filters and enhancements and corny little lines about friends being the family we choose. They most definitely won't show the other side of nights out, the sitting on the edge of a pavement with cheesy chips and mascara smeared round your face. Or the one friend who always starts crying after a few drinks.

Yes of course
And profile pictures on dating apps
And pictures of children smiling and playing perfectly
And hotel rooms
And and and

It’s all, at best enhanced, but mostly just an imaginary image curated for the world to view. It might as well be a comic book (although they tend to be at least funny)

People photograph the inside of their fridges!
It’s fascinating, as a social experiment, it really is, but it’s very strange.

The inside of a fridge!

MoltenLasagne · 01/05/2025 08:27

I'm real life friends with someone a bit like this. It's always funny to review her posts after we've spent a weekend together. We always have a lovely time with the kids together, but looking at her Instagram is like seeing the highlights reel. She's very good at capturing a moment though and it's nice to get some high-quality photos for the (offline) photo album!

Roxietrees · 01/05/2025 08:26

God some people are taking this post super seriously. Correct me if I’m wrong OP - but your question is pretty lighthearted? Think we should all be allowed to laugh at people being a bit of a dick on social media

BallerinaRadio · 01/05/2025 08:24

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:22

The fake ones or the real ones?

Both of them. What does it even matter they're not doing any harm

BlueEyedBogWitch · 01/05/2025 08:24

MoveYourSelfDearie · 30/04/2025 22:02

Would you prefer they shared the blow by blow detail on unwholesome weekend?

Yep Blush

DUsername · 01/05/2025 08:23

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:18

The are fine our teens they do stuff and go places

They don’t need stranger’s travel snaps, or weekend photos to know what to do with a bicycle.

They understand posting photos for the world is a load of egotistical bollocks.

They privately share photos of things they think their friends will like.

Because even with wholesome pursuits someone always has a better bike, a prettier sunset, a cleaner beach, a better picnic or whatever.

It sucks the joy out if just doing stuff.

Why don’t people just share things privately with people they know?

The photos are filtered the colours enhanced.

Perfect example when all of the UK saw the Northern Lights. What we saw with our eyes and what people posted on our local FB page were two completely different images. We took some lovely. accurate photos which were beautiful as they were, they were not skies full of light pink, that is what you could see through your phone camera. Which is not the same.

Edited fake photos, what is the point?

Edited

That's true of 'unwholesome' stuff as well though right? The pictures of people in beer gardens or out with the girls for a bottomless brunch? They'll have filters and enhancements and corny little lines about friends being the family we choose. They most definitely won't show the other side of nights out, the sitting on the edge of a pavement with cheesy chips and mascara smeared round your face. Or the one friend who always starts crying after a few drinks.

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:22

BallerinaRadio · 01/05/2025 08:22

They look nice. That's all really.

The fake ones or the real ones?

BallerinaRadio · 01/05/2025 08:22

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:18

The are fine our teens they do stuff and go places

They don’t need stranger’s travel snaps, or weekend photos to know what to do with a bicycle.

They understand posting photos for the world is a load of egotistical bollocks.

They privately share photos of things they think their friends will like.

Because even with wholesome pursuits someone always has a better bike, a prettier sunset, a cleaner beach, a better picnic or whatever.

It sucks the joy out if just doing stuff.

Why don’t people just share things privately with people they know?

The photos are filtered the colours enhanced.

Perfect example when all of the UK saw the Northern Lights. What we saw with our eyes and what people posted on our local FB page were two completely different images. We took some lovely. accurate photos which were beautiful as they were, they were not skies full of light pink, that is what you could see through your phone camera. Which is not the same.

Edited fake photos, what is the point?

Edited

They look nice. That's all really.

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:21

BlondiePortz · 01/05/2025 08:17

Why would someone think that uness they had deep jealousy issues?

Why not just send photos to people you know privately? Why publicise your life and then get upset if strangers criticise it?

XiCi · 01/05/2025 08:21

MoveYourSelfDearie · 30/04/2025 22:02

Would you prefer they shared the blow by blow detail on unwholesome weekend?

Yes of course. What a stupid question. Who wouldn't 🤣

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:18

Gemmawemma9 · 01/05/2025 08:02

But hiking, camping, baking, exercise are not unobtainable?
I would be happy for my teenagers to be exposed to these kind of posts.
Definitely more so than over sexualised pop stars, influencers with size six gym bodies and faces full of fillers, influencers selling products.

The are fine our teens they do stuff and go places

They don’t need stranger’s travel snaps, or weekend photos to know what to do with a bicycle.

They understand posting photos for the world is a load of egotistical bollocks.

They privately share photos of things they think their friends will like.

Because even with wholesome pursuits someone always has a better bike, a prettier sunset, a cleaner beach, a better picnic or whatever.

It sucks the joy out if just doing stuff.

Why don’t people just share things privately with people they know?

The photos are filtered the colours enhanced.

Perfect example when all of the UK saw the Northern Lights. What we saw with our eyes and what people posted on our local FB page were two completely different images. We took some lovely. accurate photos which were beautiful as they were, they were not skies full of light pink, that is what you could see through your phone camera. Which is not the same.

Edited fake photos, what is the point?

BlondiePortz · 01/05/2025 08:17

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:07

The whole (wholesome) lot comes down to

“I hope you think I am better than you”

Why would someone think that uness they had deep jealousy issues?

Hillsaremyhappyplace · 01/05/2025 08:13

It’s all so performative - live life for yourself not the likes. Sad really.

BallerinaRadio · 01/05/2025 08:11

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:07

The whole (wholesome) lot comes down to

“I hope you think I am better than you”

Man a lot of you on here are so busy cynical.

Not everyone has your bitter view of the world

RacedAcrossTheWorld · 01/05/2025 08:09

ByWiseAquaFinch · 01/05/2025 07:45

Agree😂

If they're telling us about a wholesome hike GenX are thinking,

''yeah, but there was a pub on the way or when you got there, or on the different route you took back right? I mean there must be a pub somewhere in this story....otherwise why are you telling me''

Ahhh, the youthful days of Gen X hiking weekends...
The beer, the gratitous nudity, the shagging, existential crises with a survival shelter. It was great fun until we all conceived children with each other then got divorced Grin

No social media, just fuzzy photos to make a pharmacist blush and Munroe/ Wainwright bagging tick lists.

Utterly unwholesome, but very, very fun Grin

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 08:07

The whole (wholesome) lot comes down to

“I hope you think I am better than you”

OutandAboutMum1821 · 01/05/2025 08:04

handsdownthebest · 01/05/2025 07:58

I’ve never seen anything about wholesome weekends. We’re do I find this thread if I want some of it?

Facebook 😂

Gemmawemma9 · 01/05/2025 08:02

frozendaisy · 01/05/2025 07:56

But it does have an effect on our life. Not any particular post but it’s a modern addition to parenting teens to make them understand how utterly fake, and make sure they are not influenced by unobtainable standards.
They can become paralysed by the threat of social shame when they can be photographed and embarrassment spread far and wide in moments.

If you think this has no affect on a lot of people’s lives you are mistaken.

Of course we try and mitigate all this, we have to, and we aren’t doing too badly, their dad and I. Not every parent does.

It’s a poison that seeps out all over society.

But hiking, camping, baking, exercise are not unobtainable?
I would be happy for my teenagers to be exposed to these kind of posts.
Definitely more so than over sexualised pop stars, influencers with size six gym bodies and faces full of fillers, influencers selling products.

Skirtless · 01/05/2025 08:02

heffalumpwoozle · 01/05/2025 07:54

It's a bit odd to get so worked up about someone posting pictures of things they've done and enjoyed.

If it bothers you just don't look at them, surely.

Or friend people whose idea of a good weekend involves drug-fuelled hedonism?

Pigeon31 · 01/05/2025 08:01

I was thinking that wholesome sounds good, esp with the sandwiches, then I realised I was thinking of wholemeal.

handsdownthebest · 01/05/2025 07:58

BluntJoker · 30/04/2025 21:53

Keep seeing this pop up and think they sound pathetic . Am I alone in finding this annoying?

I’ve never seen anything about wholesome weekends. We’re do I find this thread if I want some of it?