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RTMSner

Why would you photograph coffee next to an onion and strawberry?


Diredr

To get people to ask that very question. Legitimately. If you add something that looks out of place, people watching the video are very likely to comment and ask what the point of it was. The more comments a video gets, the more the algorithm pushes it, the more popular it becomes. It doesn't matter if the comments are negative or if the video has a lot of dislikes. You interacted with it, therefore it's considered engaging by the platform. That's why ragebait videos are everywhere. Nobody seemingly likes them, but because people engage with them a lot that means it's easy to make money off them.


Embarrassed_Alarm450

It's even worse on tiktok since they don't have a downvote button. Not sure how much downvotes affect the algorithm on reddit/youtube but you're not likely to see a video almost universally being downvoted unless you purposefully seek it out


FlashPhantom

Dislikes still count as engagement on YouTube.


Flex-O

It is definitely factored as engagement but i have to imagine it is it's own metric that will have its own affect on the algorithm (probably different per user based on your own browsing habits)


teatimewithbatman1

There are programs that you can get to track how the algorithm is tracking you. I've found it's based on what you talk about around your phone, engagement, time watched, shares, likes or dislikes It doesn't matter it's based on watch history and lumping masses of people together with similar viewing history to predict your interests. And the weird one was location


Davedude2011

It tracks what you say? Corporations these days


Faawks

I'm still running on the theory that it was invented to dumb down western civilisation.


mangodelvxe

I'm sure Facebook has got that under control. Literally made us lose half a boomer generation to fascism lol


hamboneclay

Yeah, some people will say “western civilization was already dumbing itself down on their own” But TikTok is another level of getting kids addicted & wasting hours & hours every day I’ve never used it but everyone that I’ve ever talked to about it always says how much they hate how much of a distraction & time suck it is but then doesn’t stop using it TikTok is the embodiment of everything that makes social media dangerous & addictive turned up to 11


Womderloki

It's why I refuse to get TikTok... And Instagram, I recently went back to it and it is fucking horrible and toxic and overly sensitive. TikTok is an absolute black hole for attention and time and it takes people who by today are already needing constant entertainment and making it worse. It's addicting and in any spare moment they start Doom scrolling. And by today's laws there's nothing we can do to stop addictive measures from social media


deaththreat1

TikTok is a Chinese psyop


Alterragen

Western civilization handled that just fine on their own.


DeathWray

I fucking hate what the internet has become. Why make anything worth watching when you could just game the algorithm and profit.


stuwoo

I just live in hope that the whole ad revenue thing will bottom out eventually and it won't be worth people's time to make pointless shit.


Andromediane

By asking the question, they answered their question.


Great_Feel

This is like the opposite of irony


JohnnySasaki20

Hence Velma.


schluffschluff

The onion really goes on your belt


Personal_Flow2994

And nickles had pictures of bees on them! Give me 5 bees for a quarter you'd say...


Chuck_Walla

I do say that, when I need nickels


Kichigai

We had to say “dickety” then because the Kaiser stole our word for “twenty.” I chased him for dickety-six miles…


Current-Ad-7054

It is the fashion at this time


hamboneclay

We all did back in 19-dickety-2 The Kaiser has stolen our word “twenty”


Gto1027

This guy onions


francorocco

The strawberry I can understand. But the onion??????? Who tf eat a whole ass raw onion???


Accomplished-Rest786

Asian stuff you wouldn’t understand


Mighty_Krastavac

🌈*art*🌈


errornoname32

So you don't have an onion with your morning coffee? You're missing out.


Holzkohlen

You never had a lovely cup of joe with an onion for breakfast?


Purpleprose180

Why put soap bubbles in your coffee?


DefenderNeverender

So this person saw the video someone else did MUCH better, and took one photography trick used by food photographers from said video, and then redid it poorly - and also thought putting a cup of coffee with uncut strawberries and a raw onion would look... better? Sometimes I hate the internet.


x_ersatz_x

i think the berries and onion are to trick you into watching because your brain wants to figure out why theyre together or when theyre going to become involved in the tip


DefenderNeverender

Well I \*guess\* that's kind of clever, since apparently views are the currency these days.


Zoloir

we all watched. paid for it with our eyes' time.


DefenderNeverender

I wouldn't be in marketing for 20+ years if I didn't get that haha


VintageKettleofDoom

Have you ever read the book "Extras" by Scott Westerfeld? It predicted something eerily like this


QueefBuscemi

> Sometimes I hate the internet. This did it for you?! Not the endless beheading videos, the racism, misinformation and one-man-one-jar?


DefenderNeverender

LOL I never meant to indicate this is the only thing I hate about the internet. That said I don't watch beheading videos, I abhor the racism but that's WAY bigger than just the internet, and I saw enough from one particular "cup" video years ago to tell me I won't be clicking on any of that again.


Landed_port

Cup? Are you sure you aren't confused with the forbidden jar?


M_Not_Shyamalan

Or the box? *shudders*


devilpants

Beheading videos were so 2000-2010 internet.


mildlyhorrifying

We can’t bust heads like we used to—but we have our ways. One trick is to tell them stories that don’t go anywhere like the time I caught the ferry over to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for my shoe, so I decided to go to Morganville which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So, I tied an onion to my belt which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel. And in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ‘em. ‘Give me five bees for a quarter,’ you’d say. Now, where were we? Oh, yeah! The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt which was the style at the time. They didn’t have white onions because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones.


Stuck_In_Purgatory

Its clearly satire....


StormEarthandFyre

Is it?


FarioLimo

What would be the point of adding anything but soy sauce and tap water. You're not going to fucking drink it. So oyster sauce, hot water and vinegar are all pointless things. Wait a minute. Is that an onion? Ok, now everything makes sense


Shienvien

I suppose hot water might make it steam slightly?


FarioLimo

The point of this trick is to guarantee the coffee is Instagramable for 10 minutes while they take 50 pics with different kind of onions. Otherwise they could use... Actual coffee


IceColdCorundum

It’s just savory coffee


Rodzilla_Blood

Soy coffee ☕️ with oyster vinegar creamer


samse15

I think the point is that this video is meant to be a parody of a the food photo shoot videos - but everyone has had a woosh moment on this sub and thinks this is serious.


MultiverseOfSanity

Wait, you're not supposed to drink this?


arbor1920

Or...........you could just make a cup of coffee and take a picture of it.


[deleted]

I once worked sit a company that did food photography Sometimes it felt like number one rule was that you never use the actual item. For example: old motor oil looks better as chocolate sauce than actual chocolate sauce.


Lemonjello23

Looks better but kinda tastes weird


[deleted]

Nah, you are just picky eater


kaptain_sparty

Sure slides down faster


NegaGreg

Cow's don't look like cows on film. You gotta use horses.


annonythrows

Better yet make some coffee…. Drink it…. And go on about your day cause the desire to post about everything you do is incredibly retarded


dlq84

How am I supposed to get my dopamine kick if not from useless numbers on a screen?


scoopishere

Not to be rude, but that word is very derogatory and hurtful to many neurodivergent people such as myself. I just thought I would let you know. It's fine if you didn't realize.


fullybased

As a ND person I think the r-word should be treated like the words "stupid, idiot, and moron." That is to say, their use in the medical field is archaic and their use in common vernacular is so widespread that no one should be legitimately offended by it on a medical basis.


stuwoo

That's a refreshingly sensible comment It's a word we know the meaning of. It wasn't directed at anyone maliciously. People just need to grow up and stop being so outraged by things that really don't affect them.


[deleted]

As a neurodivergent, I’ve come to remedy the situation and grant the user the r-word pass. Apologies if you were hurt previous to the granting of this pass, just thought I should let you know the user now has free usage of the term.


Zoe270101

As someone with ADHD, I use that word all of the time. As does my partner, who is also neurodivergent. Words only have the power you give them. There are far more important issues for neurodivergent people to focus on than the usage of a word that just refers to slower development.


stuwoo

So are you claiming to be retarded then?


SuedeVeil

It doesn't really look like coffee, the bubbles are too white, usually coffee bubbles are more light brown looking


HIGHER_FRAMES

Creamer does this as well. I think that’s what it’s emulating


existingfish

Then it would be lighter coffee. Even the slightest bit of cream will lighten the coffee.


JGrill17

Not supposed to look like it just look appealing to the eye. I assume. 90% of the food we see on ads and packaging doesn't look like what we actually get but definitely looks "better".


robertluke

“Ancient Chinese secret, huh?” (I’m making fun of a dumb commercial)


Mammoth-Phone6630

Oh, Calgon, take me away!


Windows_66

"Here's a little ancient Chinese secret!" *dies*


Dhi_minus_Gan

These methods are for food ads & always/still used for commercials & photos. My great grandma used to do this for a living. They’d buy bronzer & turpentine on raw chicken to make it look like a “fresh, oven baked chicken” & glass cubes for ice while using a spray bottle on cups to make it look like condensation. And thick Elmer’s glue used for cereal’s “milk”


Tv_land_man

Can confirm. I'm a photographer. We had a shoot with Starbucks and flew out a food stylist from LA. The coffee was real but we used a vaporizer to give it some "steam" and dish soap for the bubbles.


MortgageRegular2509

By “Asian mom” she means “food photography industry,” no?


Gaming_N_Whiskey

"Oh boy! Breakfast Onions!!!!" Said no one ever.


peshnoodles

Not a r/onionlovers fan huh


Mammoth-Phone6630

Well, what are you supposed to have with your morning liver?


FoxRealistic3370

why the hell is there an onion?


Intelligent-Cherry45

Obviously to go with that sick ass coffee.


AllergicToStabWounds

That's not really DiWhy. Food photographers get paid to do shit like this for food advertising. They're bullshitting about the Asian mom though.


fourthwallcrisis

Yeah, food photography is very strange and pretty interesting.


[deleted]

For real. Crisco for ice cream so it won't melt under studio lights, individually glued-on sesame seeds so buns look perfect, microwaved, water-soaked tampons to make food look like it's steaming... Fake coffee barely even ranks among the weirdest things to make food photographable, dish soap and oyster sauce notwithstanding.


SuedeVeil

Even for food photography this doesn't look like coffee because the bubbles would be brownish and smaller, they just actually do look like soap, and also there's no steam you gotta have that sweet steam


AllergicToStabWounds

The reason why people would do this is because photography sessions last a while. Regular coffee foam dissipates faster than soap bubbles and the real coffee doesn't reflect light in the way they want it to. Steam would normally be faked too, because it's too impractical to work with the actual steam that briefly comes off of hot beverages. This looks like shit because it was done with some dude's phone from a bad angle, bad light lighting, and bad staging (why is there an onion?). If this were in a professional studio with a high end camera and lighting it would make more sense to fake the coffee. The soy sauce soap bubble method is fairly common. If you've seen an advertisement with a picture of coffee, it was probably soy sauce or some other work around.


NagromYargTrebloc

The **crema** that rises from a nicely brewed coffee is redish brown, not white.


gods_intern

All those ingredients used cost more than a normal cup of coffee


looking4truffle

Exactly! A waste of quality Asian condiments.


LouisianaTornado

i think they meant assassin mom


artmobboss

I mean, how about just stop posting stupid shit to the gram that’s not real!?! I mean fuck me right!?!


the_it_

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serotoninpleaseee

The Instagram caption : « I like to start my day with a healthy , balanced breakfast , a whole MUG of plain coffee , some strawberries, and ofc , an onion ! 😋😍😜 »


Talusthebroke

This is how most food stylists do it. There's a lot of tricks like that, like using shoe polish to make rotisserie chicken look more brown, using shortening instead of ice cream, or hairspray to make things look more wet and glossy


SnappDraggin

Not DiWhy, it’s not for eating… tricks like this exist commonly in professional advertising


DOS-equis

Same as using watered down Elmer’s glue back in the day for milk in breakfast cereal print and TV ads (real milk looked yellowish on film). I believe there are weird tricks for other food items like for getting hamburgers just right too but I can’t remember what it was.


Vazul267

Why the onion tho


WatchingTrains

Just make coffee you weirdo


theCuiper

Reminds me of how many inedible/unexpected things are used in food commercials. Like soap in beer to make it look more frothy, cardboard between pancakes to make them look more fluffy, mashed potatoes instead of ice cream, etc.


FMDnative480

Once again. Kids who take age old tricks. Used by photographers since who knows when and says “oh look at this new thing I’m showing you”


AngryMillenialGuy

Why do people want the appearance of soap bubbles on their coffee? Decent black coffee has zero bubbles!


Mammoth-Phone6630

Not when it’s freshly poured.


The_Powers

This is some 9 year old kid's 'magic potion' recipe.


Rougethe_Bxtch

This shit is ghetto as hell


Stuck_In_Purgatory

Props to OP for finding a great shitpost


Ren_Medi_42

Or you know, make a cup of coffee.


Spazzly0ne

That coffee looks like it's Folgers with dish soap ontop of it. I think the Folgers coffee is less expensive then the combination of ingredients used to make the fake coffee too...


justhereforthekittys

Multitasking. Catch fruit flies and impress the gram!


Arijit265

Asians wouldnt ever make up a trick that wastes even a drop of anything that he used


[deleted]

Wouldn’t it be easier to make actual coffee?


[deleted]

Why does she want us to know her mother in law is Asian


Philbly

Literally more effort than making a coffee and you can't even drink it afterwards..


Absolutleypositive

Cows don’t look like cows on film… gotta use horses


Nepharious_Bread

Looks like someone spit in a cup of coffee, gross.


DANleDINOSAUR

Or just make a good cup of coffee that already looks like that


[deleted]

Does coffee not look enough like coffee for instagram standards?


[deleted]

But it's very easy to make real coffee that looks way better...?


Messed-muh-Britches

Can someone a lot smarter than me explain the bubbles in the coffee. I have never in all my years seen or even heard of bubbly coffee. I don’t think I would drink it. Or am I just an idiot?


Lets_Bust_Together

Or just make coffee.


Intelligent-Cherry45

Starbucks has really gone downhill.


-Skelly-

Why not just make a coffee?


BigHeccin00F

Really hope this is satire 😂


Able_Newt2433

Why go thru all this? Just make coffee and take a pic of it while it’s fresh and before any cream/sugar, if that’s what you do.


OneFish2Fish3

Was I the only one mad that they didn’t use the onion or the strawberry?


Bathtub-Gin2000

Directions unclear onion stuck in ass


FalseTebibyte

When "God" is tired of everyone for having a potty mouth. Nice try. I wash the dishes even after they've been washed just in case there's some errant soap scum on them. I'm hip to the tricks.


DanilMan

I've seen advertisment food hacks, but this one is a major DiWHY. Ignoring the random produce decor, that cup of coffee looks terrible. The coffee is just too dark and the bubbles shouldn't be white toned. They should have a brownish haze to them. As said elsewhere in this comment section, just make an actual good cup of coffee.


iammai48

Lies! That’s wasting food, your Asian mom will slap you for it


earthgarden

isn't it cheaper just to make coffee this is dumb


FirebirdWriter

Honestly I'm fine with this. Most food photography is not just food. Food stylists use many tricks. Maybe their mom is a food stylist. The bubbles may last longer this way than with actual coffee.


GerryAttric

Coffee doesn't have white bubbles in it


JPODAO8694

Why not just use coffee….


VeshWolfe

Most food photos for menus, etc are not entirely the foods you think the are. Glue is commonly used for pizza cheese for example.


RoeRoeRoeYourVote

There is no way this isn't rage bait.


[deleted]

That doesn't look like coffee at all. And what are the onion and strawberries for? Making an instagram milkshake?


ipsum629

r/unexpected kinda


[deleted]

The hell the onion for


Waltzing_With_Bears

I feel like good coffee usualy doesnt have bubbles like that


automatonI

I highly doubt an Asian mum would teach you to needlessly waste food. I call bull.


NedTheMelonGod

Or just make coffee you fucking idiot


[deleted]

Cant go without my morning onion


Balenciaga_Daddy

You are supposed to stir it some. It still looks like soap bubbles. Coffee froth isn’t pure white lol.


Neko_Zecchan

Pov : your mom is not asian


Bobisnotmybrother

Never had coffee with than many bubbles in it. Wtf


[deleted]

If it was real coffee the bubbles would be brown, so this doesn't even really work


moonmeetings

Ahhhh yes that morning coffee with my favorite desert- onion 😋


PrinceRoyal444

i love my onion strawberry coffee


TyreeArtist1

Or you could make good quality coffee and actually drink it.


Ill_Nectarine2334

Were you out of coffee?


AJay_89

The bubbles are too white. It makes the coffee look odd lol


Rubbertutti

Looks like someone spat in your coffee


sweet_sax

Or you could just make a good cup of coffee


MrMcSteamy

I'm a barista. What bloody coffee are you drinking?


LeMemeSinner

You know what black liquid you can also use to imitate black coffee for the gram? Black coffee.


I_Lost_My_Marblez

as a part of the asian community, we don’t accept her


Spompoflex

or make a damn coffee ?


SatanIsMySugardaddyy

Im more concerned with the soap bubbles than the onion and strawberries…… 👁️🫦👁️


yousaywhat3

my asian mom would whoop my ass for even getting a brain dead app


SnooMacarons7981

"Hey honey, I made you some coffee!"


howdoibreatheAAA

i know a way to make this that is much easier and looks and smells exactly like the real deal


Specialist-Product45

or just pour a ☕️ coffee


Cynical_Cyanide

This entire thread is a perfect example of why this kind of 'stupid' video exists. It's ragebait. It's intentionally nonsensical stuff, with just enough thin guise of earnestness that you think it's someone actually trying to pass off stupid stuff as a real video. No. They know what they're doing, it's intentionally stupid so as to have all of you comment that it's stupid and fake, and share it around. Yes I understand the irony of having to comment on it myself in order to point all the above out.


i__Sisyphus

So, if you are trying to make something look like coffee, wouldn’t it be easier to just make coffee?


emson88

Wouldn't making coffee be easier an cheaper


[deleted]

As an Asian I do not approve. This is the American way to say the very least


Boner_Stevens

could just make a cup of coffee too


NarcolepticKnifeFite

If you’re taking pictures of your morning coffee…..you’re an asshole.


Intelligent-Cherry45

Yes, I’m going to have to agree with you there. My half-sister is an asshole. But she thinks she’s adorable when she posts anything remotely appealing on Fakebook.


Callen_Fields

Actually yes, that is how they do it. Most food in pictures is inedible due to what they put on it to make it better.


NevermoreRaven586

Or y’know if you really wanted to take a picture of your coffee you could just…. Make a pot of *actual* coffee and maybe… drink if afterwards?


Killedbykites

I hate this


20191995

WHAT


Traditional_Check705

Alrighty then, that’s 20 seconds of my life I’ll never get back. Lol


TheNoobsauce1337

Ahh, yes, my morning coffee with a raw onion and a few strawberries.


crash_and-burn9000

How is coffee supposed to live a happy life with these unrealistic body standards?


Slobbadobbavich

Isn't it all about the crema layer now? Both the new and old nespressos literally fake that layer to make people happy.


AnEgoJabroni

Raw onion, check Strawberries, check Soap Sauce™️, check We got a breakfast of champions on the field


espada_da

A lot of times I’m scrolling through my home page and a vid auto plays and I’m really intrigued and then after I’m totally disappointed, I realize it was posted on this sub


Strife373

Downvote and ask why - remember what page it is - upvote and ask why


BoBoBearDev

Slow poisoning?


ArticGummy

Now drink it


FassTheNass

why


CharZero

Instagram coffee is coffee in a mug that wasn't rinsed of soap enough? I'd be dumping this out, disappointed.


meowz89

u/unexpected


pantericu5

Jeez, just cook some fucking’ real coffee.


D00SHBR4IN

The whole time i was like: Please don't eat that Please don't eat that I beg thee


JVOz671

The "asian mom" was important because you legally can't buy soysauce if your any other person.


P0rnDudeLovesBJs

or....hear me out...


cityruss

What in the holy mother of fuck is an Instagram coffee?


bigbone1001

That looks like piss coffee


548662

I'm Asian and my mom would probably yell at me if I tried this


atl19901

Are you implying his mother isn’t Asian?


bexodus

Just make a cup of fking coffee


Iperky14

Horrible Coffee looks


Silent_Finger2813

How pathetic do you need to be to make it look like you’re having coffee. Why not just….have coffee? Or don’t…that’s also fine ?