I wrote a poem for you guys, but it's more like a remix to a poem. Like a remix to a rap song, minus the terrible extra lyrics from Lil Wayne. So, without further ado, here is my remix to "Twas the Night Before Christmas."
"Twas the night before Thursday when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The old pictures were prepared on the iPhone with care,
In hopes that throwback Thursday would soon be there."
I just made a throwback Thursday edition to a throwback poem. Is that a double throwback? Yeah, that's definitely a throwthrowback.
No one celebrates holidays more than an Instagrammer. And by more I literally mean more. As in three times a week more. As in every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday more. As in I can't take it anymore more. If you have Instagram, you know exactly what I'm talking about. If you don't have Instagram, then you're probably more confused at what I'm saying than Paula Deen shopping at a Whole Foods. Well, for those of you that don't have Instagram and think your photos are too good for filters, I will explain these holidays to you right meow.
1. Man Crush Monday (#mcm)
This Instaholiday is celebrated every Monday...obviously. Instagrammers celebrate this holiday by posting pictures of hawt male celebrities or athletes. Occasionally you see the girlfriend that posts a picture of her boyfriend as her MCM, which generally means she has reached a DEFCON level 3 of craziness. When I searched #mcm on Instagram, there were over 11.3 million related posts. I immediately deleted my hashtag search history to hide the evidence, but not before I looked at all the pictures of Channing Tatum.
2. Woman Crush Wednesday (#wcw)
I am convinced that this Instaholiday was created in response to Man Crush Monday. This holiday is essentially the exact opposite of #mcm. To celebrate, Instagrammers post pictures of beautiful women (cue Jennifer Aniston, Blake Lively, Beyonce, Rosie O'donnell, etc.) with the hashtag "wcw." Similar to girlfriends and #mcm, boyfriends will also occasionally post pictures of their girlfriends for #wcw. When this happens, I generally assume that the boyfriend is in the doghouse and is trying to get brownie points or he is just...well let's just say he needs to give up his man card. When I searched #wcw there were over 20.5 million related posts.
3. Throwback Thursday (#tbt)
By far the most popular Instaholiday, Throwback Thursday involves posting pictures from way back in the day. The most popular pictures posted are pictures from ones childhood or pictures from a favorite memory with friends. I've never posted a baby picture for #tbt, but if I ever were too, this would be my thought process for doing so...
1. Man Crush Monday (#mcm)
This Instaholiday is celebrated every Monday...obviously. Instagrammers celebrate this holiday by posting pictures of hawt male celebrities or athletes. Occasionally you see the girlfriend that posts a picture of her boyfriend as her MCM, which generally means she has reached a DEFCON level 3 of craziness. When I searched #mcm on Instagram, there were over 11.3 million related posts. I immediately deleted my hashtag search history to hide the evidence, but not before I looked at all the pictures of Channing Tatum.
2. Woman Crush Wednesday (#wcw)
I am convinced that this Instaholiday was created in response to Man Crush Monday. This holiday is essentially the exact opposite of #mcm. To celebrate, Instagrammers post pictures of beautiful women (cue Jennifer Aniston, Blake Lively, Beyonce, Rosie O'donnell, etc.) with the hashtag "wcw." Similar to girlfriends and #mcm, boyfriends will also occasionally post pictures of their girlfriends for #wcw. When this happens, I generally assume that the boyfriend is in the doghouse and is trying to get brownie points or he is just...well let's just say he needs to give up his man card. When I searched #wcw there were over 20.5 million related posts.
3. Throwback Thursday (#tbt)
By far the most popular Instaholiday, Throwback Thursday involves posting pictures from way back in the day. The most popular pictures posted are pictures from ones childhood or pictures from a favorite memory with friends. I've never posted a baby picture for #tbt, but if I ever were too, this would be my thought process for doing so...
- Post a Cute Baby Pic
- Pic Gets Hundreds of Likes
- Girls See Cute Baby Pic
- Girls Fall in Love With Cute Baby Pic
- Girls Fall in Love With Me because of Cute Baby Pic
- I Win.
My reasoning is flawless right? RIGHT!? Well anyways, when I searched #tbt over 99.1 million related posts came up. Holy cow.
Why are these Instaholidays so important for Instagram? Millions and millions of people post pictures on these days which drives a lot of traffic for Instagram. These Instaholidays have become part of the "Instaculture" for Instagrammers and keep them active which is important for the success of the app. But there are four other days of the week that aren't Instaholidays. So, I created a list of Instaholiday suggestions for Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. Let me know what you think.
Turnip Tuesdays - Pictures of your favorite Turnips.
Free Willy Fridays - Post pictures from the movie Free Willy
Save a Snail Saturdays - Self explanatory.
Stun Gun Sundays - All you need is a stun gun.
Well tomorrow is Monday so I have to go prepare my #mcm picture. If you haven't found your #mcm pic yet then I have a few suggestions...
All of them are good, so just follow your heart.
Haha this is great, Chandler! I really had a kick with all your definition of each Instaholiday. I feel like as soon as someone thinks of a creative hashtag, everyone jumps on it...including me. You know I been thinking, what can be a cool hashtag for throwback video on IG? or Just video day on any given day? #ViernesVideo? (Viernes is Friday in Spanish, but I'm sure you know that)
ReplyDelete