I saw this article and immediately
had to find out more. “Potato parties” are the new social media trend in Asia.
It began last fall in Japan when McDonalds ran a special on fries and kids took
advantage of the deal and posted their feast to Instagram, however as the trend
is spreading to South Korea, kids are being reprimanded for their stunts.
A
Potato party is essentially a group of friends going into a fast food
establishment (Usually McDonalds) and ordering as many French fries as
possible, then dumping the food onto the table, for the perfect Instagram post,
and proceeding to feast on their cholesterol drenched meal. While restaurant
employees are enraged by the new trend that has swept social media, this is not
the first fast food inspired social media stunt.
Don’t you remember “Coning”
(going through a drive-thru ordering an icecream cone and picking it up by the
ice cream before driving away), or even the mythical Chipotle “Quesorito”( a
quesadilla wrapped around a burrito)? Youtube and Instagram are encouraging
teens to perform food related social media stunts in order to get attention and
avoid boring hours spent simply loitering. With the new trending line “pics or
it didn’t happen,” social media is driving kids to make potato history and
irritate restaurant employees in the process.
Do you think social media is to blame for "potato parties"?
Posted By Stefani Hermann
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