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How to survive the summer holidays: social-networking pitfalls
Oversharers beware, not everyone wants constant updates on your summer break. Try to
hold back from the
selfies, the
legsies and all those
smug hashtags.
Holiday photos used to be something experienced by the
unlucky few as
blue-tinged snaps, passed around after the
fondue. Now we have
as-it-happens coverage from a new generation of
insufferable foreign correspondents keen to
show off their
tans, the view or endless plates of food
topped with a delicately
carved radish.
Fair enough, you've worked hard for your break and you want others to admire the quality of sunset you can now afford. But before you frame that sepia harbour photo on your camera phone and
rub it in the noses of the entire internet, consider how much you're annoying the
folks in their grey work
cubicles back home and try to avoid these
new-fangled social networking pitfalls. Or, you know, don't. It's your holiday.
"How sad that they're too busy taking pictures of things to actually experience them," the
haters will
scoff. These are usually the same haters who, minutes later will post a
close-up of a small potted palm on their back patio with some blue sky above it, adding the
caption, "Enjoying the garden" and then
labelling their defensive
staycationing with the
appalling #nofilter.
The
incessant boast-a-gramming often starts before holidaymakers have even boarded the plane/ferry/train/car to paradise. I'm amazed at the number of people who tweet publicly about their upcoming holidays: "Off to see this chap tomorrow," they'll
bleat happily, posting a picture of the Cristo de la Concordia
towering over Cochabamba that they found on Google image search. Cue dozens of burglars checking the rest of the boaster's
timeline for clues as to where they live. Try not to tell the world your house will be empty if you're the sort of oversharer who tweets the view from your bedroom window or similar. Someone will
work it out.
Now the rolling timeline of
envy is
compounded with Vine and Instagram videos. Your sangria-ed up friends have the technology to bombard you with 10-second movies of their dinner at will. The creative ones will at least make their king
prawns wink at you, but the
duller/drunker ones are happy to film a plate of inanimate produce. Allow them one of these
atrocities, then mute them until they've been back for a fortnight and have got it out of their systems.
Hashtags are designed to add another layer of
unbearable smugness. In one camp are the "
bliss" people. Do not end you holiday posts with #bliss. This
puts you on a par with folk who leave their dog's
poo on the pavement rather than
disposing of it in a bag. You might as well find a little
turd emoticon and stick that on the end of your bliss posts.
In the other camp are the ones who tag their
delightful archipelagoes with #sorry. Do not apologise. You posted the picture so stand by your
boasting or delete immediately. You are not sorry; you are enjoying the long-distance
taunting of people you probably claim to like to their faces.
Lastly, the boldest beach-baskers have recently taken to a new kind of selfie – the legsie. They hold the camera under their chins and aim down their
resplendent, golden bodies making sure to get in their legs in (or their whole
midriff if they're a supermodel). Beyond the
honeyed limbs, the sand and sea are usually visible and perhaps to one side there will be a holiday-style drink with an umbrella. Or Aperol, whatever that is. I don't know whether to
applaud these people for all of their hard work or print out their legsie picture and throw
darts at it. Yes, I do.
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VOCABULARY
social networking - serwis społecznościowy
a pitfall - pułapka, potrzask, niebezpieczeństwo
an oversharer - osoba dzieląca się zbyt wieloma informacjami (np. ze swojego życia)
to beware - wystrzegać się (np. Beware! - Strzeż się!)
to hold back from - powstrzymać się od
a selfie - zdjęcie zrobione samemu sobie (slang)
a legsie - zdjęcie swoich nóg (slang)
smug - wymuskany, lalkowaty, próżny
a hashtag - tag poprzedzony symbolem #
(the) unclucky few - pechowcy
blue-tinged - zabarwiony na niebiesko, o niebieskim odcieniu
a snap - fotka, ujęcie, zdjęcie
a fondue - szwajcarska potrawa z sera
as it happens - tak się składa
insufferable - nieznośny
to show off - popisywać się
a tan - opalenizna
topped - zwieńczony
carved - rzeźbiony
a radish - rzodkiewka
fair enough - w porządku, nie ma sprawy
to rub one's nose in it - zrobić coś, co przypomnie komuś, że mu się dobrze nie wiedzie
a folk - czlowiek, koleś
a cubicle - klitka, kącik, izdebka
new-fangled - nowomodny (obraźliwie)
a hater - człowiek nienawidzący, wytykający wszystkim błędy
to scoff - kpić, drwić, szydzić
a close-up - zbliżenie, zdjęcie wykonane z bliska
a caption - podpis (np. pod zdjęciem)
to label - oznaczyć, opatrzyć etykietą
staycation - wszystko policzyć raz jeszcze
appalling - przerażający, okropny
incessant - bezustanny, nieprzerwany
bleat - beczeć, jęczeć
to tower - pięrzyć się
a timeline - oś czasu (na Fb)
to work sth out - zrozumieć coś, dojść do czegoś
envy - zazdrość
to be compounded with - być złożonym z
a prawn - krewetka
dull - nudny, tępy
atrocity - ohyda, okropność
unbearable - nie do zniesienia
smugness - zadowolenie z samego siebie
a bliss - rozkosz, błogość
on a par with - na równi z
to dispose of - pozbyć się czegoś
turd - g*wniany
delightful - rozkoszny, zachwycający
to boast - przechwalać się, szczycić, chełpić
a taunting - drwina
resplendent - olśniewający, wspaniały
a midriff - brzuch, talia
honeyed - słodki
a limb - kończyna
to applaud - przyklaskiwać, bić brawo
darts - rzutki
