Social media humblebragging

[Anonymous]

This is a new slant of humble bragging (to me anyway)
Anyone else noticed it?

Mom: Look at Larla's handwriting! (which just happens to be on Ritz Carlton stationery)

Mom: Look how big Larlito is getting! (in front of the new Mercedes in the driveway)

Mom: Look how good tonight's Paleo pasta sauce looks! (on top of the LaCornue range)


Yes, I know I'm probably jealous. Yes, I know nothing on social media is really real. The stuff I'm seeing just feels so tacky.

[Anonymous]

I like to assume the best of my friends. So I assume they're just lucky to have all these things/opportunities they wanted in their lives, and aren't humble-bragging.

[Anonymous]

Oops. Guess I was humble bragging when I snapped a shot of my puppy on our Eames chair and posted him laying half on half off. My bad.

[Anonymous]

All these posts complaining about how awful humblebragging is IS ACTUALLY HUMBLEBRAGGING.

Yes, OP, you are sooooooooooooo down-to-earth and real and non-materialistic. You have a good head on your shoulders. You are real; you aren't awful like those awful humblebraggers! GO OP!

[Anonymous]

Never heard of a LaCornue range before this thread. OP, stop paying attention to what's in the background!

[Anonymous]

I only post the highlight reel of my life. Sorry its awesome.

[Anonymous]

I'm sure I've taken pictures of my toddler in front of our car and posted it to social media. She's not draped on the hood or touching the hood ornament, the car just happens to be there. Is that really a humblebrag? Should we take pictures at the city dump?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All these posts complaining about how awful humblebragging is IS ACTUALLY HUMBLEBRAGGING.

Yes, OP, you are sooooooooooooo down-to-earth and real and non-materialistic. You have a good head on your shoulders. You are real; you aren't awful like those awful humblebraggers! GO OP!

Nope. Try again

[Anonymous]

OP, that's just bragging.

A humble rag would be: oh, man, flat tire (with an image of your driver changing the tire on your Rolls).

[Anonymous]

Hmm, I wouldn't even notice these details. Are they supposed to hide stuff from their everyday lives in their posts?

[Anonymous]

OP, unless the only vacation pics you've ever posted were at the Holiday Inn Express Duluth, you need to stop.

[Anonymous]

I don't really think these pics OP described are humblebragging.

But I do think posting every award your child received at every year-end or promotion ceremony is humblebragging.

[Anonymous]

Maybe there should be a different term for what the OP is talking about. Stealth-brag? You know you can't post a picture of your new Porsche and say "Look at my car!" so you pretend you're posting about the child posed next to the car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm sure I've taken pictures of my toddler in front of our car and posted it to social media. She's not draped on the hood or touching the hood ornament, the car just happens to be there. Is that really a humblebrag? Should we take pictures at the city dump?

Just pose her nicely next to the toilet, like us Poors do with our kids. All my DD's photos are of her standing next to the toilet. But we're classy Poors, so the seat is always down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe there should be a different term for what the OP is talking about. Stealth-brag? You know you can't post a picture of your new Porsche and say "Look at my car!" so you pretend you're posting about the child posed next to the car.

Hmm. You can't? Someone needs to tell the people in my feed.