# Do you ever share pictures of your food? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 15, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243 "2012-06-15T15:38:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/1 "2012-06-15T15:38:07Z")
Poll to follow shortly. On Facebook or whatnot, do you ever share pictures you’ve snapped of your food, before you’ve eaten it at a restaurant or somewhere? Not in the poll, but if so where are you from? ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/2 "2012-06-15T15:39:01Z")
All the time. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/3 "2012-06-15T15:40:36Z")
Uh yeah…I have a picture folder on my FB labeled ‘Food.’ ETA Guy. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/4 "2012-06-15T15:42:32Z")
I don’t share pictures of anything. I don’t even know how. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/5 "2012-06-15T15:42:35Z")
When ever I cook big meat on the grill or smoker (pork butt, spatchcocked turkey, homemade pastrami) I take pictures and send them to my cooking-oriented friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/6 "2012-06-15T15:46:47Z")
Hell, I shared pictures of my slow smoked ribs right here in CS not that long ago. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/7 "2012-06-15T15:46:56Z")
I’m a guy. I share food porn all the time. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/8 "2012-06-15T15:48:16Z")
I’m not a facebooker, but I do post food pics on my blog sometimes. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/9 "2012-06-15T15:50:07Z")
None of these answers really applied to me – I said I know people who do even though I don’t. I don’t personally know people who do but I’ve heard of the phenomenon… ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/10 "2012-06-15T15:52:24Z")
I photograph some occasional foods, but mostly, I have a collection of cheese fries from various places, with my grading on their quality. Also some pics of various culinary challenges. (South Carolina) ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/11 "2012-06-15T15:53:12Z")
I didn’t answer because “I do this” sounds like it’s a regular thing. I’ll put up a food pic a couple of times a year if I’ve made or am eating something particularly special. My husband does it more often than I do, because he cooks more. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/12 "2012-06-15T15:55:05Z")
Some guys drive big trucks. Some guys own big boats. Some guys post pictures of butternut squash soup or roast chicken. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/13 "2012-06-15T16:30:46Z")
I’m a guy. The more detailed and superlative the caption, and the wider the aperture of the photo of the food, the harder I roll my eyes. Instagram pictures of food merit an instant de-friending. IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/14 "2012-06-15T16:36:18Z")
I don’t post pictures of my meals, but see it on Facebook. It is only a matter of time before people are regularly posting pictures of their turds after a meal. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/15 "2012-06-15T16:39:06Z")
If I cook something special I might. _Might_. That’s about the only reason I can see for it. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/16 "2012-06-15T16:41:52Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I don’t post pictures of my meals, but see it on Facebook. It is only a matter of time before people are regularly posting pictures of their turds after a meal. Hey, that thing was the size of a freakin’ _Pringles can_. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/17 "2012-06-15T16:45:12Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I don’t post pictures of my meals, but see it on Facebook. It is only a matter of time before people are regularly posting pictures of their turds after a meal. You crap after every meal? I think there are a couple threads here about that… People post pictures of their hobbies and things they are enthusiastic about on FB and blogs. Some people post pictures of the antique tractor they’re restoring, others have a page of pictures 5+ lb. largemouth bass. Others like to cook/bake/smoke/can and like to post pictures of their hobby. I don’t get the hate. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/18 "2012-06-15T16:48:39Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Others like to cook/bake/smoke/can and like to post pictures of their hobby. I don’t get the hate. When I go a week or so without a food porn post, I have people asking for them. ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/19 "2012-06-15T16:52:40Z")
You know…maybe we need a ‘Great Ongoing Food Porn Thread’… ---
**Author:** ![Kaio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@Kaio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kaio)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243/20 "2012-06-15T16:53:54Z")
I’m a photographer (among other things), so I have styled food I made, photographed it, and posted it in my online portfolio and/or food blog. I have also, once, photographed a meal at a local cafe (seriously awesome french toast) for the Daily Shoot challenge when DS was still going on. This actually led to a paid shoot for that same cafe, photographing their food. I don’t post any photos I care about to FB because of their shitty IP policies. Smartphone snaps of my dinner would probably not usually rank in the “photos I care about” category, but I don’t have a smartphone (and my pocket digicam is a POS), and I rarely have the money to eat out anymore. When I do eat out, it’s an event, so I don’t feel like dragging my DSLR with me. I am a fan of good food photography, and don’t mind seeing it. I really dig high-quality food porn. 🙂 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-ever-share-pictures-of-your-food/625243.md?page=2)