Hatred of influencers or influencers are the new fashion, and people "wear" them at every opportunity. From embarrassing antics in Chernobyl, to lakes full of toxic chemicals, the symptoms of this narcissistic generation sometimes really go beyond the pale and will do just about anything to get those few more likes on Instagram.
Currently, it is popular to "sham" influencers or influencers who have gone too far. People around the world have decided that they have enough to draw a line and show how low some people can go with their self-obsession.
What do you think? Are you also influenced by what people do on Instagram? When is something cool and when is it tacky?
Below you will find some examples of influencers really gone too far.
Shame on them - 7 influencers who went too far with their posts:
1. People who choose to visit Auschwitz come there to pay their respects, to realize the true extent of human barbarism, and to return deeply affected. With the knowledge and empathy they gained from this experience, they become a more caring person.
Or they can disrespect and ignore the seriousness of this place, learn nothing, but look for the right place to take a photo to impress their Instagram followers. Using this place as a selfie background is really disrespectful and unnecessary.
2. Instagrammer Natalie Schlater had about 12 thousand followers and 652 posts, but this post in question caused quite a lot of debate online, so Natalie later deleted her Instagram account.
At first glance, the photo of Schlater in Bali, in a bikini, in front of a rice farm, looks like all the others. The difference is only in the description. There she wrote: "Thinking about how different my life is from the man picking in the rice field every morning." (I think about how different my life is from the man who harvests the rice field every morning.) People immediately thought that Natalie was shallow, but she herself replied that the whole thing was one big misunderstanding.
Maybe if influencers didn't need these "deep and meaningful" thoughts to be accompanied by photos of their behinds, maybe people wouldn't perceive them as absurd either.
3. Wanting to get as much social media exposure as possible, this woman trampled all over the plants in this conservatory despite being repeatedly asked by the staff to stop. According to Rainy_Day_May, who uploaded the images to Reddit, “… several people asked her to stop, but she ignored them. Eventually, security came and escorted her and her photographer out of the building. They both asked not to return."
4. Like Auschwitz, the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, located in Berlin, is a reminder of the horrors of our past, a place of learning, reflection and self-examination. Visiting this place for selfies is not only extremely narcissistic, but also disrespectful to the memory of those affected by the tragedy.
5. With the help of filters and other tools, photos from Instagram can often seem far from reality by themselves. For some influencers, such "fakeness" is not enough, so they resort to photo manipulation and present an even more senseless fake version of their life.
Swedish influencer Johanna Olsson wanted to deceive her followers that she was in Paris, and she does not deviate from this. "I wanted to talk a little about the photos I published in Paris. So, I took one photo and I thought it wasn't the best… So I took different backgrounds and put the photo on those backgrounds,” she explained in her Instagram story. "And when I posted it, no one noticed at first, so I thought it was ok. I admit my Photoshop skills aren't the best. In Sweden it became a viral story, they want me on TV shows where I'm supposed to talk about my 'fake' trip. I think it's all a bit funny. Many influencers use Photoshop on birds, rainbows or the sky. I could do it myself, but I don't like it. I just wanted to clarify that I was in Paris, that I 'photoshopped' the background, I will not take the photos, because it is a collaboration and because they are beautiful photos - because it is a good outfit!"
6. The Belgian couple Camilla and Jean, known on Instagram as “backpackdiariez”, took the unoriginal idea one step further and increased the risk factors. Their kiss, in which they dangle from a train as it passes over a bridge, has prompted some people to question WHY, and inappropriately urged other people to copy these dangerous poses. What Sri Lankans think is unknown about trains full of seemingly suicidal Westerners, all trying to take the same photo.
7. How do you express regret and condolences in the face of a terrible tragedy? Some see it as an opportunity to not only show the world how sincere and caring they are, but also how athletic they look – just to add some seriousness to the situation. Because nothing screams “solidarity in grief” more than a smiling, sexy selfie, right?
