Personally, I was never been a selfie taking guy. A lot of my friends used Snapchat, sending ridiculous pictures to one another barely even holding a conversation. I thought it was childish and a tad silly, just not for my mature self. However, I came to college and that changed in a heart beat.

All of a sudden, I could be seen walking to class wide eyed and mouth open staring at my phone camera. I don’t exactly know what changed in me, but my snapchat and selfie game has gone up significantly. I’ve learned that Snapchat is just basically a more intimate way of texting. Since we are actually seeing one another’s faces or location, we feel closer to that individual. I think that’s great and all, but what I really think Snapchat is doing is either making us look absurd or a lot more attractive than meets the eye. Now, let me explain myself.

Think about the type of Snapchats you send (exclude the ones of the floor, sky, or random furniture you use when just trying to have a real conversation). Your Snapchats probably fall under either one of these two categories “ugly” or “attractive.”

You’re “ugly” ones probably just go to your friends because you bond by seeing who can have the most chins. Everyone who uses Snapchat has sent an “ugly” snap before, and it is quite amusing to think how comfortable we are doing these odd faces to, normally, nothing but a camera. If you were walking down the sidewalk and saw a man trying to create a record breaking eight-chin while giggling to himself, you’d be relatively alarmed and might begin to walk the other way. Although, if this man had a phone in his hand it would automatically become justified.

The other type of Snapchat sent out is considered the “attractive” ones. We all know these quite well; these are the ones that take you about six or seven tries to finally get right. These special snaps go to acquaintances or people you’re interested in. I look at “attractive” pictures the same way I look at tampered-with evidence: falsified! This isn’t the real deal. You just sent an “ugly” snap to Eric, we all know it, but then Bridget gets the one of you biting your lip and looking up. No. One of those pictures is not the real you, and it is pretty safe to assume that it is the one that was just sent to Bridget.

Anyways, I won’t become too passionate about the bias of “attractive” snaps and hierarchy of Snapchat. It really is an entertaining app that has taken the social media world by storm. It will continue to grow in popularity and advance in its uses. If one thing is for sure, it is that I will continue sending “ugly” and “attractive” snapchats alike for many years to come.