The school year has begun and with it comes the daily drama of girls on Instagram.

I have boys and only one who is able to comprehend social hierarchy. For boys, it’s really simple. The social hierarchy is determined by which sports you play, the brand of your t-shirt, and the size of your gaming room at home. Jonah is athletic, but not for a cool sport, so he’s somewhere in the middle of the road — the perfect place. He travels with a pack of friends around town on a Friday night. He’s in a good spot right now. And there’s zero drama about friends and popularity.

My friends who have teenage girls are nearly always hysterical, because their daughters are hysterical. They tell me about horrible, subtle acts of meanness that happen on Instagram. Jonah takes a picture of his foot and puts it on Instagram. Girls are using Instagram to boost their position in the social heirarchy.

A group of girls will go to the ice-cream shop with a group, take a group selfie, and post it on Instagram. The girl who takes the picture makes sure that she notes in the comment section that she took the picture, so everybody knows that she was there. The girl who takes the picture is always the least popular of the group. They put the picture on Instagram to show how popular they are and to make others feel bad that they weren’t in the group. Then the girls who were left out, go to the mall, and post it on Instagram, so they can signal that they don’t care that they were left out and are having a super awesome time at the mall.

I’m really glad that I am not a teenager.