In a time where we text more than we talk, and we Snapchat about as much as we text, there are bound to be pitfalls and problems involved in this snappy form of communication. Considering Snapchat relies strongly on visuals, most of these problems are aesthetic in nature. Now, I'm not saying that you aren't pretty, but maybe lying down on the couch with a front facing camera pointed at your disappearing neck isn't your best angle. For all of us out there with Snapchat, here are our struggles. Dutifully, I have decided to publicly display some of my own Snapchat failures for your leisure.

1. The giant thumb

We've all been here. There you are, lying down, and someone send you a Snapchat. When you open the app to see what it is, you're accosted with the image of your chin in your chest. With your double chins fanning out and hiding your neck and the top of your head far off in the distance you, unfortunately, kind of look like a giant thumb.

2. The filter faux pas

Filters have been a great addition to Snapchat, but their face-detecting abilities sometimes leave a little something to be desired. There's just something not right about a face filter that's not on your face.

3. The never-ending Snap story

We all have that one friend whose story could be shown at Cannes in the "short film" category. Nothing is more annoying than clicking through people's stories and stumbling across a 3-minute compilation of photos and videos of an acquaintance running errands.

4. The concert documentary

On the same note, it is almost equally annoying to scroll through stories and find a two-minute long snap story someone recorded of a concert they were at. Often these videos are dark, jumpy, and if you bother to turn on the volume, impossible to actually hear the song being sung.

5. Noise attack

This is no one's fault but your own. We've all subjected our eardrums to the particular brand of pain that comes when from Snapchat sound, particularly when you're using headphones. There you are, minding your business listening to music at top volume at the gym, scrolling through Snapchat, then WHAM. A video begins with an ear-splitting shriek and you're fumbling not to fall off the treadmill.

6. The drunk snap story

So after a particularly raucous night on the town, you wake up, a little worse for wear, and see that you have fallen victim to creating your very own never-ending snap story. As you scroll through the 2-minute long story, you see that your greatest fear has been realized. Someone captured your drunken idiocy, and that person was you.

7. The drunk snaps

Similar to #6, but slightly worse because when you wake up, all you see is that you sent thousands of snaps out to private individuals, particularly your ex-hookup from last fall. The worst part is, you have no idea what you sent.

8. Screenshot

This one is simple, but deadly. You send someone a Snapchat, they screenshot it. On a rare occasion, this is good, and might mean you said something particularly funny. More often than not, the screenshotter saved it to build up their slowly increasing pile of Snapchat blackmail on you.

9. Face-swap horrors

Face swap is one of the newest features of snap chat, and in a word, it is terrifying. If you're lucky, your face just looks slightly off on a new persons head. If you're like everyone else, the results are much more disturbing.

10. "Needs love" - or do they?

The new "Needs Love" feature on Snapchat subtly suggest you snap people you don't talk to often. While this is a nice gesture, perhaps there is a reason I'm not snapping these people. Being so close to the list of people you frequently snap, you're liable to send that girl from you chem class two semesters ago a very weird selfie of yourself in a Viking hat.

11. Flirty snaps

Having a great hair day and want to subtly snap your crush? If only it were as easy as taking a simple selfie. No, in order to send your crush that cute pic of you, you're going to have to try about ten different angles, three different filters, in at least four different backgrounds. You have to look fun, flirty, and casual all in the space of five seconds - or is five seconds too long? Should you do three seconds???

12. The accidental story

So you're going about your business snapping your best friend, about how you saw Billy at the party last night. You probably send her a selfie of yourself fake crying with the caption "Why won't Billy love me!?" When she never responds, you start to wonder what's up. It's then that you check your Snapchat and see that you accidentally posted it to your story, and 112 people have already seen it, including Billy. You can delete it of course, but the damage is already done.

13. The two-timer

There are stories, and there are snaps. Snaps are meant to be seen by individuals while stories are meant to be seen by everyone. Snaps are more personal, so when you receive one and find out a second later that it is also on the person's snap story, you feel kind of cheap.

14. Getting caught checking yourself out

Sometimes you just have to check out your appearance and make sure nothing is amiss so that front facing camera can substitute as a compact mirror. Unfortunately, while your angling and aiming your camera in every direction to check out that smudge on your face, someone is bound to notice you and condemn you for your vanity.

15. The plethora of random friend requests

Like a Facebook notification that it's someone's birthday, you'll have a brief second of joy when the little ghost at the top of your screen lights up and tells you someone has added you on snap chat. You will be immediately let down when you find out it's just another random person with a strange username.

16. The not-so-subtle-snap

Every now and again you see something in the world around you worthy of a snap. Whether it's a stranger doing something ridiculous or an acquaintance doing something noteworthy enough to snap your friends, we've all tried to subtly take their photo without anyone noticing. When successful, this usually results in a worthy snap. When unsuccessful, this results in you quickly trying to cover your tracks by pretending to read a text or take a selfie as your subject glares at you.