We Eat Social Media for Breakfast

               I believe that the authors' main argument is that we as a generation have lost, well more like made the idea of having a story behind a picture obsolete. He lets this be known in his writing with the use of tone, diction, syntax and rhetorical strategies.

               He starts off with a tone of disappointment towards himself for following the trends of a millennial. He shares what was going on in his head while taking that picture. Mocking himself for acting like a millennial. You can see that with the diction he uses at the very beginning. He writes, "Oh no!, I thought. I've become one of those narcissistic sharers I used to make fun of. I'm a wannabe Millennial."  And it's very true! the new generation now a days goes to a restaurant or simply at their homes and when their food comes out, they have to let the world know what they are having for dinner that evening. The prefer for their food to get cold while trying to find the perfect lighting to show off how delicious their food looks to the world.

             The author makes a great statement that connects with his main argument about pictures back them and how we see them now. He states that pictures back then were used for the photographer to tell a story with them. Now the picture tells the story for us. He uses syntax when telling us about how when his neighbors would go on a vacation and host a dinner for his family and share the pictures and stories. That was nostalgic for him and it gives us a better understanding of how they truly have changed throughout the years. He does say the importance and good the internet has to the world as well. The internet helps many people stay connected with each other. He used himself as an example with staying connected with his daughter and why he took and sent the picture he did.
 
              I very well agree with the author and his claim that our new generation has degraded the importance of a picture and the stories that are behind them that we tell. We ,and I say "we" because I am the same way, just post pictures because we want to show off either what we have, what we are doing, or even what we are eating.