Thanksgiving fails, the natural next step for social media

26 Nov 2015

Thanksgiving is a major holiday in the US, and now, with the help of Instagram, it has become a self-deprecating whirlwind of cooking catastrophes.

When Instagram first emerged, it largely served its purpose as a place where people could go to post their relentlessly unimpressive overhead shots of different meals.

You sat in a restaurant and saw someone snap their food and it, most likely, meant that that sea bass would be immortalised before it was even consumed.

As with most things online, though, it stopped becoming a domain for positivity and quickly emerged as a self-deprecating arena for users to admit their errors. Something Twitter, too, got to grips with.

Around any holiday season this seems magnified. Around Thanksgiving it reaches a zenith. As explained by these #Thanksgivingfails

Thanksgiving cake fail. #thanksgivingfail

A photo posted by David (@southernsilverfox) on Nov 25, 2015 at 1:41pm PST

All this week we’ll posting #thanksgivingfails . We’ve got some do over suprises for you ??. Tag us or dm us a friend or familys #thanksgivingfail . HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE #doover #dooverfilm #doadoover A photo posted by Do Over (@dooverfilm) on Nov 24, 2015 at 9:34am PST

So much for my overnight crockpot breakfast casserole:(….still tastes pretty good though! #thanksgivingfail

A photo posted by AshleyGuertin (@ashguert37) on Nov 26, 2015 at 4:36am PST

And this is why my name is not Martha Stewart… #thanksgivingfail #pumpkinpiedeath #thissumsupmylife A photo posted by Allison_Venezia (@allison_venezia) on Nov 25, 2015 at 4:57pm PST

Is it the thought that counts? ? #thanksgivingfail #turkeyday #igiveup

A photo posted by Aubrey Zerhusen Herndon (@aubrey_011) on Nov 25, 2015 at 4:25pm PST

You were a good pie. We will miss you tomorrow. #thanksgivingfail #imightcry A photo posted by Jessica Forno (@5fornos) on Nov 25, 2015 at 12:17pm PST

Thanksgiving day fail #thanksgiving2015 #thanksgivingfail ?✌️??

A photo posted by Amanda Straub (@thisisamandarose) on Nov 25, 2015 at 5:40am PST

Yooo.. hell naw. #thanksgiving this is a cthurkey. A turkey stuffed with an octopus with crab legs. #noteatingit #ohhellno #thanksgivingfail A photo posted by Phil byrd (@doctahpheel) on Nov 24, 2015 at 8:11pm PST

Ha! Nothing ever looks like it does in a magazine ? my turkeys look disabled..#thanksgivingfail

A photo posted by @brad_katelend on Nov 25, 2015 at 4:06pm PST

Nooooooo!!! @kingstephen_universe broke my heart!!! ? lmao! #ThanksgivingFail #Greens #wheretheyattho ? A photo posted by Gina (@gina0258) on Nov 27, 2014 at 4:39pm PST

Heres hoping this cake doesn't show up at your dessert table tomorrow! #thanksgivingfail pic.twitter.com/tCjBINtA4A

— Jenn Greene (@traveljenn) November 26, 2015