40 Times People Noticed These Instagrammers Who Heavily Photo-Edit Their Pictures And Exposed Them Online (New Pics)
The fact that people share an idealized version of themselves on social media, cherry-picking only the best images, thoughts, and experiences isn't new. But the lengths they go to marketing themselves keep surprising even the ones who think they've seen it all.
I'm talking about r/Instagramreality. It's a subreddit whose members strip down the glamor of make-up, flattering poses, and all kinds of photo editing, and expose the truth behind the facade. It's been around since 2017, and we've written about it numerous times (here, here, and here), but even these folks still get baffled at how absurd some of these manipulations are. Here are a few reasons why.
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Must Be Her Sister In The Car
You have to match the template. There's only one face allowed on Instagram.
Load More Replies...Did she face swap? The smile is not the same. Open mouth in reflection. It's definetely her sister :P
I hate stuff like this, my 19 year old daughter is the most beautiful human who ever lived and hates herself because she has lines next to her nose... I mean.. seriously? Our kids get used to seeing this crap and then think since they have real faces they are ugly. Filters should come with a water mark or something.
And the stupid thing is, they have access to lists like this, and they still think it! I guess it's not that different to the 90s, where we read lots of articles about photoshopped models, but still wanted to look like the models.
Load More Replies...I don’t see a reason why she felt she should edit her photo, she is cute
the car window is an alternate universe where trees are all evergreens and people smile with their teeth showing
A Fairly Popular Local Influencer Recently Made An Appearance On TV. A Lot Of Her Fans Apparently Had Trouble Recognizing Her At First
Yikes. Filler is expensive. Always amazes me how much vain people will pay to turn themselves into literal caricatures of themselves.
Life is a simulacrum of a pointless pantomime
Load More Replies...Good docs will refuse to go beyond what's "reasonable". But the truth of the matter is that many, many "astheticians" with zero medical training are who these people go to for their filler--because a very well trained physician or even PA-C or NP-C will charge you a couple thousand for injecting even just a small or medium amount of filler. That's why you see some of these women being injected with industrial silicone and other toxic chemicals instead of hyaluronic acid. Or going to non-medical people to be injected. There's no way most people could afford the tens of thousands of dollars it would cost each time to look the way some of these people look. :/
Load More Replies...Well she DOES have nice hari in reality but what exactly does she influnece???
In an earlier piece on r/InstagramReality, Bored Panda spoke to Siobhan Ward, a primary therapist at Life Works, a rehabilitation center that provides treatment for addictions and eating disorders, about the scope of social media addiction in the United Kingdom.
"If you broke 'social media addiction' down into categories, it would encompass other process or behavioral addictions such as porn and gambling, as well as eating disorders, especially predominant with the likes of Instagram," Ward explained. "It may be that the addiction is not with the social media itself, but the social media has become a tool of other addictions."
The therapist thinks people can't stop faking and editing their Instagram photos (even when it's an obvious lie) because of brain chemistry. "Dopamine is the neurotransmitter that comes into play with the addict — it is what tells us that we enjoy something and therefore need to do it again as it gives us pleasure."
"If the person is taking a lot of selfies that have to be 'perfect', then maybe they are not addicts. Instead, this could be a sign of a possible narcissistic personality disorder. Also, if someone is posting pictures to get as many likes as possible, they may not be getting certain needs met in their life. They may not have the love, support, or even safety that they need now or that they needed when they grew up and therefore have had to find another way to fill that hole," Ward said.
A Man, For A Change. Not Sure If Satire Or For Real. Behold, The Wall-Bending Biceps And Butt
Years ago, Cartoon Network had an ad with Johnny Bravo Who turned out to have baloons instead of muscles 😁
Load More Replies...The hardest thing to understand about this one is that this guy, edited his pics for hours and then went 'Yes! This is how I want people to see me!'
I instantly thought of the Sponge Bob episode where Sponge Bob orders a pair of blow-up muscles to prove his masculinity and impress Sandy.
I'm kind of surprised that he didn't 'shop the ol package bigger(I can't see any distortion across from it) but opted to stuff his hand in his pocket instead. He should have shrunk his manboobs though! I'm on the edge of jealousy here...
But the design of the background! I love the natural shelf and door!
Skipped Leg Day, Forever
Remember those toys you could get that the top half was massive and it spun from side to side and knocked other toys over? He looks like that. Capri sun straw legs are gonna buckle
This Is Funny And All But It’s Getting Out Of Hand
I'm getting the feeling that I'm probably going to make more Slender Man jokes.
It's a trend recently going on in China tiktok where Thin or skinny people (girl) would pass by between group of people or small space to show how slim they're. Which ironically is just heavily photoshopped and not true at all.
Load More Replies...”Oh no, the breeze she makes by walking past me could break me like a twig!”
If she was in the Eurotunnel and one of those car shuttles went past, she would become a pile of ash.
Load More Replies...I had to go back and look. I hadn't even noticed.
Load More Replies...This is weird on so many levels. The street is wide enough to comfortably pass the other person.
I wonder why it never seems to occur to these people that other people WILL notice that they look NOTHING like what they post online?
Found In The Wild On Instagram
It looks like he had just drawn a beard-ish on his neck. And that he don't have a jawline, just a pretty long neck below his mouth
That would be a worm or snake, right. That explains it.
Load More Replies...Interestingly, being reminded that social media is fake can also 'fill' us. In a 2019 study, researchers decided to investigate the effect 'Instagram vs. Reality' pictures (the ones containing side-by-side photographs of the same woman, one an idealized depiction and the other a more natural depiction) have on body image.
They got together 305 women aged between 18 and 30 years, the largest demographic group of Instagram users. The sample had a mean age of 25.34 years, and their mean body mass index (BMI) was 26.98, indicating a slightly overweight sample. The majority of participants identified as Caucasian (69.2%), followed by Latino/Hispanic (11.8%), African American (10.2%), Asian (6.6%), Native American (0.3%), and 'other' (2.0%). The participants were randomly assigned to view one of three sets of Instagram images over a period of time: 'Instagram vs. reality" images, the 'ideal' side alone, or the 'real' side alone.
Blended The Fence Into Her Face
There will be a pile of filler and implants left behind the fence, as even the T1000 can't increase its own mass 😁
Load More Replies...she's permeating through the fence. (glad i got to use the word 'permeating' this decade!)
That's going to hurt when she tries to pull that fence out of her face!
Be You!
She does. You just can't see it because of the glare coming off her teeth.
Load More Replies...I wonder if life's been challenging without a nose, I mean she can't even wear sunglasses.
Do these people even recognize themselves when they look in the mirror? The Photoshop above is how she ACTUALLY sees herself and that is scary as hell.
In Reality, Birds Flap Their Wings When They Fly
I love how the birds are in the same exact positions in the two pictures as well- frozen in time
Oh, no. She just moved so fast that the birds didn't have time to flap yet
If gulls were getting all up on me like that, I wouldn't be smiling for a picture. I'd be pelting them with grapes to make them go away because I'm not a public bird toilet.
this is in Constantinople this shows us how much they destroyed the place
Unfortunately Did Not Pass Her Photoshop Class Though
And something weird is happening with her clothes too around her breast but i can't figure that out
Load More Replies...It is poor and sad, that more and more people think, they are not pretty enough. Why??
When I graduated, a) I was not photoshopped, b) I was 43, and c) I looked better than this. Poor girl.
Load More Replies..."[The study found that] viewing the 'Instagram vs. reality' and real images resulted in decreased body dissatisfaction relative to the ideal images," the researchers wrote. "Furthermore, the detrimental effects of appearance comparison were much less marked for the 'Instagram vs. reality' and real images than for the ideal images. It was concluded that 'Instagram vs. reality' and real posts have the potential to bolster women's body satisfaction, but more research is needed to assess their longer-term impact."
Siobhan Ward said that we need to become aware of what we believe we are getting from the Internet in order to start resisting its temptation. "By understanding why [we] turn to the Internet, [we] can start to think about healthier ways to meet these needs."
This Guy Popped Up In My Feed As A Sponsored Story
Omg! This is terrifying! I can’t understand how he thought this looked real. Lol
I thought he was part of a video game there for a second
Yes, The Giant Feet Syndrome, More And Coomon These Days
So....is anyone going to say anything about the toothpicks for legs? 👀
I think those are just shoes with giant soles. The legs are a different story, however…
We’ve Seen Tiny Heads…now Get Ready For Giant Feet!
How does that even happen? I am a Photoshop pro and I can't figure out how to screw up a photo like that.
In my day (I'm 73) the goal was petite feet, kind of like the Cinderella story. Proportionality, petite feet with a petite body.
Legs For Dayyyyys
"Steve, don't make another Slender Man joke again. There's many more pics to see and you've not got enough material for all of them".
If these creatures are evolving you have to evolve too! Create more jokes
Load More Replies...No!!! It can't be! You've been crushing my world. Time to contemplate my whole life. :)
Load More Replies..."The Model Has Achieved This By Chewing On A Plastic-Looking Contraption"
Dude that jaw line is horrendous who would like seeing that face every morning you wake up
He'd actually be rather conventionally handsome if it weren't for those bulges ruining his jaw line.
Load More Replies...Sooo, by chewing on a piece of plastic he made his jaw bone grow? I would like to know the science behind it!
According to the eBay description 😂 the device builds muscle strength therefore transforming the shape 😂
Load More Replies...Photoshopped Herself Into Oblivion, Grandpa Can Stay Lookin Old Af
Grandpa's little alien- rated R for hideous editing
Load More Replies...The true story is the guy on the right is 27 years old. She's really 85 but she just sucked all his life force from him, using her nose.
This was posted to Reddit and she was showing how she inherited her very light blue eyes from her grandfather...but it did not look like THIS. The pic seems to have been altered since I last saw it, then, their eyes had a much more natural blue tone and really are quite striking.
Load More Replies...Organs Are For The Weak!
Are we not going to say anything about the photoshop going on around her face
From Her Profile vs. Tagged
When you photoshoped yourself hard enough to be Kate Siegel. Good job.
Isn't this that 'Millionaire Matchmaker' woman from the awful network of loudness (but also crime shows!)
Yes, it totally looks like her, but only on original photo.
Load More Replies...She's not really. But you work with what you've got.
Load More Replies...Omg it's Patty the crazy lady, the relationship whisperer from millionaire matchmaker lmao
So it is her?! I have come back to look several times either convincing myself that yes it's her, or going oh no it just looks like her 🤦♀️
Load More Replies...The left one (retouched) looks like Megan fox when she was on transformers lol
And what good does it do to make yourself look like you're in your early 20s when you are clearly in your 40s? Someone is going to point it out.
When you see a picture on a dating site, show it to all your friends & say who is the lucky stud who's going out this Saturday night with this babe & show them the picture. Then Monday at work you have to explain the date to the Boys! Even worse SHE shows up at your job 😂
Reminder: This Is Not How These Women Look In Real Life
Only upside could be being able to bounce around without needing a moon hopper?
Load More Replies...My daughters are in their teens, and every other photo of the girls at their school are girls turned around so you can see their butts. One girl even posted a photo titled “My new puppy”, which featured her own a*s and a peek of the puppy’s face around her shoulder!
What is it with enormous backsides? Have beauty standards changed that much? Bc my generation never wanted to look like this!
Women just don’t seem to understand, that most men aren’t really interested in women who have butts the size of a ‘56 Buick! I mean seriously!
Internal Organs? Never Heard Of Them
Look at the reflection of the ceiling lights on the floor. The left side reflection is parallel with the ceiling. The right side has somehow rotated 90 degrees and become horizontal
No matter how hard I try, I still can't understand why people aspire to having an a**e that size...
Reminds Me Of That Scene In Beetlejuice (Little Head)
You can ask the same under all posts but you won't find an answer probably
Load More Replies...Aah the old paper cup look. solol-61bc...b83539.jpg
At least now we can credit the original designer: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/jazz-cup-gina-ekiss_n_7666760
If I was going to do anything; I would have photoshopped out the fannypack. Not shrunk my head.
I literally just referenced that same exact guy from Beetlejuice in an earlier post. Maybe shrunken heads are a pandemic side effect?
What The Model Posted vs. Photographer
The right one at least looks somewhat human still, a little overdone as well, but human. The left one is a Tim-Burton-y doll.
Load More Replies...No wonder so many young women across the globe have eating and mood disorders. When supposed "hot chicks" can't even be happy with how they look, what does that tell awkward, pre-, peri-, and post-pubescent girls about themselves? And Zuck always knew.
She airbrushed the crease out of her arm. Very weird thing to be self conscious about.
But Tim's creatures are always looking cool. All of these are somehow distorted and with such a large selection of "out of this world".
Load More Replies...Monkey see, monkey do. Celebrities post retouched photos, wannabes post retouched photos, wannabes get popular, new wannabes know exactly why: retouched photos. And the cycle starts again.
Load More Replies...WOW, she has serious problems if she thinks she has to change her looks.
She Was On A Popular Reality Show. I'll Never Understand Why They Do This When We've All Seen What They Really Look Like!
Why accept the reality show invite if you've modified your online image this much is what I don't understand. You KNOW you don't look like your pictures, so why expose yourself? [Why change yourself this much is a question for another day]
Because in reality people who do this to a large extent have body metamorphic disorder. When they look in the mirror they see themselves as looking horrible. Like their brain uses a filter to make them ugly. When they use Photoshop they see a very beautiful image of themselves and think that's what we will see as well. Their brain has filters for them that only they see.
Load More Replies...Nasty nasty troll. She took her baby away from her ex (he is in Korea, she left to go to the states) and after a year of back and forth came up with some bogus abuse allegations so he won't get custody. That was her 2nd child from 2nd man. She wasted no time to find the next boyfriend and have him play daddy. Seriously disgusting pathetic excuse of a human being
That's the girl from 90 day fiance, who married the South korean guy!
I knew I recognised one of the pics. Had forgotten all about her. Thanks.
Load More Replies...I really feel sorry for all these people that have such shame in their own self image, that they feel the need to post such obvious photo shopped pictures as real instead! Maybe they need to be in therapy!
One I Found In The Wild
So the half centaur part is the human or the horse?
Load More Replies...If it's a big ass you need.. I have one. It comes with a tummy and large thighs. Have at it.
I have a fat ass that I'm willing to sell or give way for free. I don't want it. Just cut it off of me.
Load More Replies...This one is slightly smarter than most. She edited herself in one file and pasted it onto the background to avoid those telltale curved walls and doors.
HER ELBOW IS SO POINTY! I AM CONCERENED FOR THE PERSON SHE MIGHT ELBOW IN THE FACE NEXT!
I also thought she might poke somebody's eye out with that thing.
Load More Replies...Arms So Big They Warp The Plane Seats?
Balloons has this special tendencies to get slow. Much too slow for this healthy young man. Just look at him, he's bursting at the seams of health. :')
Load More Replies...This is 100% that fake plane posers use to pretend to be rich. BUT we already knew that.
If his arms were actually that big, his chest (pecs) would be a lot bigger too. Do they not realize this?
All this massiveness is, I expect, in inverse proportion to the size of something we (gratefully) cannot see.
This Cannot Be Real! Inhumanly Possible To Look Like This
I think this is the guy from TOWIE (UK reality TV show) and he is dangerously thin at the moment
His name is Joey Turner. I looked him up, he really does look like this. :(
Load More Replies...This is Jack from Towie and he is apparently suffering from an eating disorder according to those around him. It's all over the media in the UK. Whether he edited this photo to look even thinner I don't know, but I actually feel bad for him and hope he gets better. Eating disorders aren't funny
You answered your own question. His eating disorder just warped his mind enough to think that if he isn't sickly thin, he isn't good enough. So that's why he edited the photo. He definitely needs help
Load More Replies...I Was Startled By This While Scrolling
I think it is more sad than anything. The fact that they think making their eyes much rounder, larger and less slanted is more desirable is messed up and depressing.
Ah, the ubiquitous peace sign. Apparently, it’s against the law to take a photo without it.
Girl I Go To Uni With Always Edits Her Photos Like This.. The Second Pic Is How She Actually Looks
Self esteem and self confidence issues from society's unrealistic expectations or the more likely answer they just want attention
Load More Replies...That's the first thing that I saw. It's hard for me to feel anything about her lack of self-esteem when she literally cut one of her friends out of the picture. I think it's because she didn't like the way it looked with him in it. I only see selfishness and narcissism in her.
Load More Replies...If you are that self conscious about your tummy to photoshop it then why wear a bikini in the first place?
She looks fab as she is but omg if I didn't see the original I wouldn't have know photoshop skills are on point
It’s really hard hating what you see in the mirror. I feel really bad for this one cause I go through the emotions, I’ve just stopped posting anything instead of photoshop it.
4 Out Of 5 Dentists Approved
I mean it's a group photo, they could be sisters!
Load More Replies...The Dibaba sisters. This is gross. These women are incredible athletes. They also look NOTHING like this.
Amazing athletes and they're already gorgeous without needing all this Photoshop.
Load More Replies...Her Index Finger Seems To Be Melting Down Her Bum
I don't get it what is the current obsession with those giant asses? It looks super weird and deformed.
It's one thing to have a naturally big butt...it's another to try to make yourself look like you do with surgery or photoshop. I don't get this trend either.
Load More Replies...There are far fewer vertebrae in the lower spine than what this moron is pretending to have
I really don't understand those bathroom photos. :/ Haven't you got any better place at home to take a pic?
I like how she did that to her butt but did nothing about the red eye.
The whole big bum thing is so weird to me. When I was a young teen I had a lovely body, but thought I was horribly fat. I was full grown at 14 and 120 to 125 pounds, but so embarrassed about my "fat butt" (which would be made fun of by some) I would only wear long flowy shirts. And now... sheesh, wish fashion had cut me some slack back then. It's all your fault--curse you, Twiggy!
Her Gravitational Pull Is So Strong It Distorts Everything Around Her Waist
this whole page could just have a picture of Thanos after he gets the reality stone with caption now reality can be whatever i want
I mean to say sir..you have no idea what we girls have to go through to get attention today
Two Of Her Fingers Are Thicker Than Her Wrist, Wtf
Repeat Offender. This Girl Has No Shame
So the one who gets bullied online for not living up to certain beauty standards and then mocked relentlessly when she tries to change how she looks?
Load More Replies...People really are dumb. These pictures are YEARS apart. She lost a ton of weight, so people slam on her when she is heavy and also now that she lost the weight??!! There is no pleasing anyone. But she's been very upfront about what she does to her body and she's had lip injections and some injections on her jaw and forehead. Not photoshop Not plastic surgery.
Has nothing to do with weight loss. Credit where credit is due, good for her. The picture is heavily photoshopped and distorts her facial bone structure. That's sad on a different level - she's still trying to conform to an unrealistic standard.
Load More Replies...It is well-known that Kelly Osbourne (daughter of THE Ozzy) had procedures done, and also lost a ton of weight.
She’s made herself unrecognisable from surgery, not that I dislike her new look, but I liked how she looked originally because she was so distinctive and cute.
Except she really has lost weight. These two photos have to be several years apart
Because that photo on the right was taken like 10 yrs ago and she lost like 80lbs and became an adult
Even The Poor Headless Mannequin Can't Live Up To Ig Standards
It’s the Kardashian Complex. That should be considered a real disorder.
Load More Replies...Why...would you need...a MANNEQUIN to be EDITED. It's not like IT'S looking for a date. My lords.
I think it's for the dress to look better cause it's the mermaid style so they decided to edit the mannequin
Load More Replies...I was too, at first. I think they edited the mannequin's hips to be wider?
Load More Replies...Exactly, at least this one is within the range of possible
Load More Replies...When The Very Thing You Rely On Betrays You Lol
But she's so pretty without the photoshop..although I will say at least this case isn't as severe as some of the others.
Wait, the pic is heavily photoshopped, her face isn't real ... what am I missing ???
Load More Replies...I was gonna say "at least the hair is real..." but her wig is crooked in the phone pic.
Copy + Paste Cleavage?
Mine are around my bellybutton ! I bet y’all would say they are photo shopped 😂
Load More Replies...This. I wondered wtf when there was no Adele comment at the top!
Load More Replies...I'm pretty sure she didn't decide on it cause she has no access to her social media accounts so I doubt she had anything to do with the post tbh
This is her photo shoot for Vogue... Vogue ffs! They are the ones that f**ked up, not Adele!
Not to sure about this one. I have slightly under average size breasts but they are very very high. Cleavage line about in line with arm pits. I'm not good looking enough for anyone to ever comment on my boob's, but here seem OK to me.
Mine is the same, that's why I don't really get this post. Ok, maybe after having her child(ren), they might have sagged down a bit. But tbh, they look fine to me.
Load More Replies...The Face!!! And This Was A Sponsored Post
"Natural light is so middle-class... I radiate my own, like baby Jesus on old paintings."
I've never owned or ever used Photoshop but I think I could do better than that on my first project!
And The Knees?
That's it! Congratulation Sherlock, you unravel the mystery: Paris Hilton is a vintage Barbie!
Load More Replies...Knees are for commoners, don't you know. The very rich and entitled have evolved past the need for knees.
Load More Replies...Come on guys!! Everyone knows Paris Hilton was famously born without knee caps.
Saw a very lovely professional photo of a friend. She is a darker skinned woman and her knee caps were severely edited out by the photographer. Like, of course it would be noticeable, melanin skin tends to bee darker were places fold or gather. It looked like a Gumby situation.
The Coveted Thigh Gap
Or physics. I'm no physicist, but even I know particles aren't solid from one perspective and gaseous from another.
Load More Replies...Right?! She looks gorgeous without the unnecessary Photoshop
Load More Replies...Screw a thigh gap! If it weren't for my thunder thighs, my phone would have ended up in the toilet idk how many times! I'm proud of my thighs and everyone should be proud of what they have as well
That's quite the description! I guess I have the mullet of lower bodies then. I don't know whether to be utterly ashamed or to totally embrace it. That's a great profile name by the way.
Load More Replies...And She Would Have Gotten Away With It Too, If It Weren’t For Those Meddling Straps!
Srsly...You don't need to change your body to be truly appealing.
Yes we do. People judge you on your looks more than anything else. If you want to find a job, to have a life, to date, to be found non-guilty in court, to maybe even make friends if you are extremely lucky, you need to change your appearance. Appearance is the most important thing.
Load More Replies...She is holding the front strap of the bag against her body, but take a look at the rear strap - it should hang straight and it has a bend in it.
Load More Replies...The purse straps can naturally look like that, she's holding it tight to her body, it follows the curves.
I mean she may be "fake" as in plastic surgery, but it looks pretty normal
Load More Replies...All that for a crappy ininteresting picture, taken at the mall parking lot. Is this hi life nowadays ?!
I don't think this is fake. She's holding her purse strap with her thumb & it's the shape of her body line. Bad example. Some ppl actually have this body type without photoshop.
I don't know if this shopped. The strap of the bag falls straight down and she's pulling the front strap into her waist and the shadow is straight too!
Subtle.... Her Poor Nose
If she was in beauty and the beast she looks like she was turned into a dish sponge. No true face.
I Honestly Don’t Know Where To Start
it looks like she photoshopped a fur coat from the "Barbies Life in the Dreamhouse" animation series
Did she just slap her face on another body? Because that's what it looks like.
The light illuminating her is completely different from the ambient light in the background, in wattage and temperature.
I’m Sorry… What?
That’s Manny MUA. YouTube beauty influencer and has his own make-up line- Lunar Beauty.Vanity drives people to do strange things.
...how do you know they're dating? nothing abt this post saying "relationship"
Load More Replies...Reality TV Influencer Edits Her Photos To Change Her Skin Colour
Yeah, but that kind of narcissic attitude makes her very ugly in fact
Load More Replies...Bottom right looks like the girl from the hunger games with blonde hair
Famous Youtube Prankster Editing Girls’ Bodies In Video Previews. Lost Some Respect For Him For Perpetuating Those Harmful Standards
That you photoshop picture of yourself, fine. But photoshop SOMEONE ELSE picture (without their consent, it seems) NO!!!!
Took me a while to figure this all out. I kept looking at peePeD as peED and thinking does peeing make your body different proportions!?
I'm astonished that some had any respect for a "youtube prankster" in the first instance
Core So Strong It Bends Everything Around It
So Much Brightness
Wham! Looking happy because they had yet to give their love away at Christmas.
Yeah, that was just last Christmas. This year they're giving their hearts to someone special..
Load More Replies...These neon colours kind of remind me of 1987's fashion. Didn't except that s**t would ever come back.
Found One In The Wild, Totally Natural Looking Face
Online Shopping And.. I Literally Have No Idea What’s Happening Here
Seen In Strasbourg. Influencer Pretends To Use A Selfie Stick As Entourage Shoots. They Were There For At Least 30 Minutes. Best Was Seeing Her Smoke After In A Winter Coat ‘Cuz It Was Chilly Af
Somebody had their picture taken, then had a cigarette. The rest of this story shall remain a mystery evermore.
I think the point is she's pretending to take a selfie, posting it as a selfie, likely a candid. But it's anything but.
Load More Replies...If you ever have the opportunity, you should visit Strasbourg. It is a beautiful city, the most German-looking city ever, but in France.
It's really sad that so many people have body image issues that make them think they have to hide their perfectly normal, healthy bodies to look like action figures or Barbie dolls.
More like Bratz dolls. It's good to see how fake social media is. It's just gotten way out of hand and is so damaging.
Load More Replies...I'm concerned THEY don't remember what humans look like.
Load More Replies...This breaks my heart and reminds me of a stupid thing I did when I was 19. I was always self conscious about my thick thighs and my idiot past self got lost inside her head and decided to starve herself literally. I only drank water for 3 days and didn't eat anything at all. People comment that they do this but they never say anything about feeling sick, "having a black hole" inside or being in pain, I somehow managed to drag myself to the bus station for uni and on the 4th day I ended up passing out half way When I screwed my head back on my shoulders I looked at myself and thought there is nothing wrong with me. I always look back at that moment with a hint of shame... people don't have money to eat and here I was doing this to myself You should love yourself f*$k social media
I did this for years. I ate one thing every 4 days. I would chew food up and spit it out before I could swallow it. It was a mess. Still 10 yrs later I feel guilty when I eat. Therapy helps but it doesn't get rid of that internalized fatphobia completely
Load More Replies...I don't understand why this is a weekly post on Boredpanda. It seems unnecessarily mean-girl ish
And by "mean-girl ish" I mean overly judgemental, and almost vindictive.
Load More Replies...Ya'll act like centuries of sexism and objectification of women in society didn't contribute... Open a history book or open your eyes to the world around you. Yes I know there were a couple men in this collection but let's be real now. SO many people below shaming the people with low self esteem instead of all the layers of issues that caused it. Women are, by and large, still to this day judged for and/or praised by their appearance. The nerve these people have to say that social media is to blame when they have no problem looking at ads with over sexualized tweenagers, or supporting the adult industry, or watching the BS Miss Universe pageants for example. Yes the world is changing but at a snails pace.
I hate it when women flatten their stomachs because they're not supposed to be flat. We have uteruses and therefore an extra organ in our stomachs. They don't flatten because of our organs. If a woman does have a flat stomach she's probably doing something super unhealthy.
As I wrote in a comment above, I am very grateful I didn't grow up in the age of social media -- or I might not have grown up. I really feel for kids today.
I thought I was ugly as a teen, but looking back at photos now, actually I wasn't. And that was when only 1 in 5 of my friends had cameras. Who stands a chance now with phones, filters, etc. At least when I was a pup it was accepted that you were never going to look like Sophia Loren
Load More Replies...I think that's very interesting from a psychological standpoint: These shopped pictures clearly visualize body dysmorphic syndrom - something you usually can't see. These people can never see themselves as normal or beautiful because in their mind this is what they are supposed to look - a look that other people percieve as gortesque.
Good interview on NPR the other day (The Takeaway or On Point, not sure) with some ‘influencers’ who were driven, hard working, and successful entrepreneurs. I still don’t really get it as a choice of career (“You can’t pay the rent with free shoes!”) but it was interesting to hear the stories behind people I usually pass off as just awful.
Some of the ones I follow who seem to be able to make a career out of it usually have side ventures tied to it, working as consultants, authors, crafters, etc. in addition to the money they gain from advertisements and sponsorships. They also focus on a specific theme with their content (such as mental health and sustainability) and work with other people who focus on the same themes.
Load More Replies...See.. I know I’m a fat body pos. Solution: I’m running and lifting as soon as I’m fully healed up from a couple injuries. Don’t edit pictures. Edit yourself through hard work.
It's really sad that so many people have body image issues that make them think they have to hide their perfectly normal, healthy bodies to look like action figures or Barbie dolls.
More like Bratz dolls. It's good to see how fake social media is. It's just gotten way out of hand and is so damaging.
Load More Replies...I'm concerned THEY don't remember what humans look like.
Load More Replies...This breaks my heart and reminds me of a stupid thing I did when I was 19. I was always self conscious about my thick thighs and my idiot past self got lost inside her head and decided to starve herself literally. I only drank water for 3 days and didn't eat anything at all. People comment that they do this but they never say anything about feeling sick, "having a black hole" inside or being in pain, I somehow managed to drag myself to the bus station for uni and on the 4th day I ended up passing out half way When I screwed my head back on my shoulders I looked at myself and thought there is nothing wrong with me. I always look back at that moment with a hint of shame... people don't have money to eat and here I was doing this to myself You should love yourself f*$k social media
I did this for years. I ate one thing every 4 days. I would chew food up and spit it out before I could swallow it. It was a mess. Still 10 yrs later I feel guilty when I eat. Therapy helps but it doesn't get rid of that internalized fatphobia completely
Load More Replies...I don't understand why this is a weekly post on Boredpanda. It seems unnecessarily mean-girl ish
And by "mean-girl ish" I mean overly judgemental, and almost vindictive.
Load More Replies...Ya'll act like centuries of sexism and objectification of women in society didn't contribute... Open a history book or open your eyes to the world around you. Yes I know there were a couple men in this collection but let's be real now. SO many people below shaming the people with low self esteem instead of all the layers of issues that caused it. Women are, by and large, still to this day judged for and/or praised by their appearance. The nerve these people have to say that social media is to blame when they have no problem looking at ads with over sexualized tweenagers, or supporting the adult industry, or watching the BS Miss Universe pageants for example. Yes the world is changing but at a snails pace.
I hate it when women flatten their stomachs because they're not supposed to be flat. We have uteruses and therefore an extra organ in our stomachs. They don't flatten because of our organs. If a woman does have a flat stomach she's probably doing something super unhealthy.
As I wrote in a comment above, I am very grateful I didn't grow up in the age of social media -- or I might not have grown up. I really feel for kids today.
I thought I was ugly as a teen, but looking back at photos now, actually I wasn't. And that was when only 1 in 5 of my friends had cameras. Who stands a chance now with phones, filters, etc. At least when I was a pup it was accepted that you were never going to look like Sophia Loren
Load More Replies...I think that's very interesting from a psychological standpoint: These shopped pictures clearly visualize body dysmorphic syndrom - something you usually can't see. These people can never see themselves as normal or beautiful because in their mind this is what they are supposed to look - a look that other people percieve as gortesque.
Good interview on NPR the other day (The Takeaway or On Point, not sure) with some ‘influencers’ who were driven, hard working, and successful entrepreneurs. I still don’t really get it as a choice of career (“You can’t pay the rent with free shoes!”) but it was interesting to hear the stories behind people I usually pass off as just awful.
Some of the ones I follow who seem to be able to make a career out of it usually have side ventures tied to it, working as consultants, authors, crafters, etc. in addition to the money they gain from advertisements and sponsorships. They also focus on a specific theme with their content (such as mental health and sustainability) and work with other people who focus on the same themes.
Load More Replies...See.. I know I’m a fat body pos. Solution: I’m running and lifting as soon as I’m fully healed up from a couple injuries. Don’t edit pictures. Edit yourself through hard work.
