25 Sep Fun Food Fact: What is Food Porn?
Sharing photos with your friends has never been easier. Through social media, your friends can follow what you are up to almost in real time. However, a special category of photos is especially popular: photos of food. We all know them, those friends who like to share their plate of goodies. Food porn!
Food porn, that sounds exciting, doesn’t it? Actually, it is not very exciting, but it is delicious! By food porn, we mean: photographing your food and sharing those tasty snapshots on social media.
Why do we find sharing our food so fun to do?
The top three reasons to share food photos:
- Because the creators are proud of what they made.
- To record a special moment or event.
- Because the food looks like art.
American Pamela Madsen (Psychology Today) recognised that taking pictures of your food ensures that the pleasurable experience of eating is prolonged. And she wonders aloud if eating at that moment is a substitute for sex. According to her, we need to slow down with both (food and sex) to enjoy them more. We can only agree!