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viburnum on Dec 3, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Instagram Is Over

“In other words, Instagram is giving us the ick: that feeling when a romantic partner or crush does something small but noticeable—like wearing a fedora—that immediately turns you off forever”

This was so ridiculously judgmental that I couldn’t keep reading.

isametry on Dec 3, 2022 | [–]

There are currently two comments in this thread reacting defensively to that fedora mention – which is two more than I would've preferred there to be.

viburnum on Dec 3, 2022 | | [–]

It’s not the fedora, it’s the utter shallowness of it

0_____0 on Dec 3, 2022 | | [–]

If it makes you feel any better, it's not the hat's fault.

micromacrofoot on Dec 3, 2022 | [–]

found the fedora-wearer

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