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“Instagram Reality”: 80 Edited Photos That Prove You Shouldn’t Trust What You See (New Pics)
It’s no surprise that social media negatively affects your mental and emotional health. To such an extent that more and more countries around the world are banning it for children. If left unchecked, social media can have such a deeply harmful and all-encompassing effect on some people that you can’t help but pity them.
All the proof that you need is on the ‘Instagram Reality’ online community that is dedicated to showing just how far some people are willing to go to edit their photos to look ‘perfect’ online. We have collected some of the most egregious examples that hurt to look at.
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#1
What Am I Looking At?
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UK Councillor Called Out On Twitter For Using AI
#3
A Carousel Of… Whatever This Is
#5
Too Bad The Filter Doesn’t Work For The Chest
#6
An Old Friend’s Mom’s Current Profile Pic… I Genuinely Can’t Tell If This Is A Joke Or Not
#7
Sure, Jan
#8
What He Posted vs. What The TV Channel Posted
#9
I Don't Even Understand What The Point Is
#10
This German Woman Is Unrecognizable Without Without Editing
#11
A Glorious Tinder Find
#12
Just Saw This Posted Unironically
#13
Legs For Days?
#14
Found In The Wild. Posted Photo And A Tagged Photo. Yikes
#15
This Is Both Crazy And Funny
#18
The Tire...it's So Obvious!
#19
Just No Words
#20
Influencer From The UK
#21
Organs Are Optional
#22
Found On Ig Explore Page, How Many Filters Do We Think It Took To Create This?
#23
Repeat Catfish Offender!!
#25
Nothing Could Have Prepared Me For That
#26
Really?
#27
Post vs. Tagged Video
#28
Thai Navy Personnel
#29
Stumbled Upon This On Instagram…
#31
Was Shocked To See The Level Of Editing For This One
#32
Her Phone Is Melting. How Can It Be This Obvious And People Are Still Praising Her
Roman Arendt 2 months ago
Must be a gravitational distortion caused by the massive diamond. It's just sooo massive.
#33
Yes, This Is Absolutely What A Pregnant Body Looks Like
#34
Those Hands
#35
Claims Abs In … Six Days
#36
I Don’t Know What Is Happening Here?
#37
Her Instagram Is A Gold Mine (Last 2 Are The Real Face)
#38
Doesn't Even Look Like The Same Person
#39
The Whole Fam!
#40
Words Fail Me
Roman Arendt 2 months ago
Gurl, you better put that glass down if you like to keep your radius and ulna intact.
#41
Infamous Photoshopper
#42
The Smoothest Photo
perylousdemon 2 months ago
As a woman...why do women think the Sharpie eyebrows and camel lashes are a good look?
#43
Influencer Called Out For Using Face Filters
#44
Girl, Be Serious
#45
Why Do Influencers Use Filters When They Know They'll Be Seen At Public Events?
#46
It’s Just Angles And Lighting
#47
I Expect To See A Bit Of Filtering On Dating Apps But This Is Insane
Roman Arendt 2 months ago (edited)
It dyed its hair to flee the Chocolate Factory unrecognised. Nice try, but I already snitched on it to Wonka! Shouldn't have posted on Insta!
#48
I Found One In The Wild
#49
I’m Confused
#50
It’s Amazing What Just A New Haircut Can Do
#51
This Guy From A Reality-TV Show
David Morgan 2 months ago
But what we all want to know is, 'is it hideous?'. We have no way of telling any more.
#52
I'm Dead (Last Pic)
#53
French Politician Gone Wild
#55
Found On Pinterest
#56
Finally Found One!
persephone134 2 months ago
It looks like there are twenty years in between the two pictures, but only moderatly filtered.
#57
There's No Way
#58
Woman In Her 40's Desperately Trying To Be A Teenaged Boy
#59
The Images Speak For Themselves.. This Is Wild! All Recent Recent! The Face Tune And Warping Is Next Level!
#60
Famous Soccer Player
#61
Biker Girl Cringe
#63
31.7k Followers Btw
#64
She Might Want To Find A New Gym…those Weights Look Really Unstable
#65
Girl, You Don't Even Have A Body Like That
#66
I've Never Seen A Person With So Many Different Faces
#67
She Keeps Denying Anything Is Edited!
Apocalyptic Excavator 2 months ago
Hiding love handles and wrinkles is one thing, but editing yourself to look like a literal child, thinking it makes you attractive, speaks volumes about how rotten our society is.
#68
From A Reddit Post In A Serious Sub, And Their Post History Also Suggests This Is Not Satire
#69
She Goes Live And Looks Completely Different Too…
#70
Professional Headshot vs. TikTok Screenshot
#71
This Is Truly Scary
#72
She Cannot Be Serious 😭
#73
From Reality TV To Uncanny Village
#74
Really?
#75
Not Funny Anymore
#76
Of Woman Posts All Over Social Media And Reddit Claiming To Be 6’9” With Edited Photos When She’s Actually 6’4”
She posted on Reddit today and as usual Reddit men saw a woman of any kind and made their typical comments- what surprised me was that most people (and bots) believed her. It’s readily available information that she’s actually 6’4”, which is impressive and rare as it is so I’m not sure why she has to pretend. Anyway turns out it’s an OF promotion type thing as it often is. Crazy edited.
#77
Her Posts vs. Her Family’s
#78
Skin Texture Is Real!
persephone134 2 months ago (edited)
I, too, would love to have better skin. I would probably use a picture of myself at a much younger age, or one with a filter, on social media to defend myself against public scrutiny. This is fairly harmless.
#79
Noooooo
persephone134 2 months ago
It's not a very flattering picture though. So this is the edited version?
#80
2000’s Popstar Has A Weird Floor…
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BrunoVI 2 months ago
I used to be baffled by people who no longer looked human, but now as the technology becomes more automated, I'm more baffled by people who no longer look at all recognizeable? If no-one can even recognize you, what's the point? Why not just use a cartoon avatar or a teddy bear?
BrunoVI 2 months ago
I used to be baffled by people who no longer looked human, but now as the technology becomes more automated, I'm more baffled by people who no longer look at all recognizeable? If no-one can even recognize you, what's the point? Why not just use a cartoon avatar or a teddy bear?
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