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Well of course it is, it’s a Snapchat filter applied to other people’s vacation photos. You’re not supposed to care about those, but it’s not something anyone would ever hire an artist for either.

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It’s the slop aspect that makes it grating. Anyone that’s ever been annoyed at a filter being trendy and being force fed the results will tell you that.

There’s no novelty, there’s no craft, there’s no artistry. It’s just having a 20 dollar photo filter shoved down your throat

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> Anyone that’s ever been annoyed at a filter being trendy and being force fed the results will tell you that.

If this happens to you, you have undiagnosed depression and should see a psychiatrist. Or at least develop a meditation practice. (Serious!)

> There’s no novelty, there’s no craft, there’s no artistry.

There are two parts here, the filter and the original photo. The second one is where that comes in. The reason they're being posted is that the filter /removes/ some of it, which makes it safe to post because the "craft and artistry" also makes the originals too personal to let anyone see them.

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Think you might be confusing "annoyed at a trend" with "visibly angry at a trend". You might not be familiar with the term overexposure, but it exists.

Second paragraph's a non-sequitur so I don't really have anything to say about it.

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