I get it. Instagram captions are hard. I've spent my share of time staring at a picture for hours, trying to figure out the best one. It is tempting to fall back on one that you have seen before, but if it is one you've seen hundreds of times before, let's give it a rest. Here are some extremely overused ones that we need to leave in the past:
1. "_________ bound!" when going on vacation
There has to be another way of letting people know where you're going, since I am sure they are all dying to find out.
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2. "Reunited and it feels so good"
Yes this song was great, when it came out decades ago. Now, it's only used to caption a picture of sorority girls hugging after not seeing each other for ten days.
3. Dinner/Formal/Any Other Event with "this guy"
Because using his real name would take away from your cleverness, right?
4. "Every brunette needs a blonde" or vice versa
How incredible. You associate with someone that has different hair than you. What a unique and strange occurrence. You better remind everyone about it in case they haven't noticed.
5. Anything with "squad"
Please just let that one go.
6. "It's a _______ kind of day"
Most likely a picture of this season's most popular latte. Everyday is a coffee kind of day. It feels more like a "look for better captions" kind of day
7. "The definition of our friendship"
Yes, yes I get it. Your friendship is defined by you two not being ready for a picture. How incredibly unique.
8. "No caption needed"
Okay then, like, don't put one?
9. "He's alright I guess" in reference to your boyfriend
I must admit, I prefer this over a long sappy paragraph about your boyfriend. But after seeing it below hundreds of pictures throughout the past year, I'd rather see something original.
10. "Low quality pic. High quality ______"
Just an attempt to get people to move past the horribly pixelated mess you're trying to distract us from.
11. “___ game strong.”
This is just a coy way of boasting without totally sounding like it. Caption game: not so strong
12. "Dysfunctional"
We’re in college. None of us are functioning properly. Just because you're sticking your tongue out in a blurry picture doesn't make you anymore dysfunctional than the rest of us.
13. MOST IMPORTANTLY, anything with "goals" in it
Let's make a new goal of being more original with our captions from now on.
