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30 Times People Uncovered How Fake Some Pics On Instagram Are And Just Had To Share (New Pics)
Sometimes, it’s easy for us to forget that social media isn’t the same as reality. But it’s incredibly important to remember that what we see on our screens can often be an altered, upgraded, and airbrushed version of what’s really out there. If we realize it’s partly an illusion, we won’t feel so bad when we compare our lives to those of seemingly ‘perfect’ Instagram influencers. However, some people take photo editing several steps too far.
The “Instagram Reality” subreddit is dedicated to showing how heavily some people facetune their pictures before putting them up on social media. Whether it’s inspired by people’s insecurity or narcissism is difficult to tell. But we collected some of the best examples of fake people pics from the subreddit for you to enjoy.
So scroll down, upvote your fave Instagram photos, and leave a comment below to let us know which images you thought were the most shocking, and why you think these people tend to use too much Photoshop. Also, check out Bored Panda’s previous posts about expectations vs. reality right here, here, here, as well as here. Scroll down for our interview with the "Instagram Reality" moderators about their community and about the culture of excessive photoshop, and be sure to visit their subreddit as well.
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Blakkur Sverrir 6 years ago
Its not photoshop if you print it out. Put makeup on the photo and than take a picture of it
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Forgot To Edit The Mirror
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Hocus Pocus 6 years ago
I think this might be apart of one of those trends where you make it look like that on purpose? Like, I've seen 'eye tutorials' on youtube where people purposely try to make their eyes look like that. Sorry if I'm wrong.
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Am I Insane Or Did He Photoshop The Exact Same Face Onto Two Different Photos
Gemma Lees 6 years ago
I thought that Photoshop was supposed to make you look good, not scary af.
Elsker 6 years ago (edited)
It's a tool.. can be used for good AND evil...
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Molly Block 6 years ago
Yeah--- this guy again! Why can't I remember his name? I think he edited out his pointy elf ears and the costume to make the photo on the left. I can't remember his name..... Charles? Michael Charles? I know I'm close....
Femur! 6 years ago
Nami, the make up is not different at all, simply print one image and put the other on a wall projector, you'll see is the same image, over different bodies. I know all this s**t about genders is well accepted and I don't have problem with that, but why lie to your followers? There's no make up artist that can be original even if they don't look that good?
Catherine Becker 6 years ago
leave him alone! why do people have to hate other people for no reason.
Catherine Becker 6 years ago
Leave him alone he looks good in both photos! why do people have to be hating
Ema Sklepic 6 years ago
He is actually very open about using filters and Photoshop (or another editing app) on his images, and likes doing it for fun. Not to "hide" anything, as he has been seen with no make up on in every video he makes. I for one actually really respect him even though I am not that into to make up. The ears are also obviously elongated for 'being an elf' purposes
Laura Maeflower 6 years ago
He's also copied one eye, flipped and pasted it on the other side. The light in his eyes are on opposite sides when they should be on the same side. He's actually made his face too symmetrical.
Laura Maeflower 6 years ago
Scratch that, I was wrong, the lights just in the middle...feeling stupid.
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GachaGirl 6 years ago
An I the only one who saw that he is wearing a paperclip in his left ear. Well, if it’s in the mirror, than it’s the right ear
Amazon QT 6 years ago (edited)
Nope I saw that too, but it’s a Safetypin! I use to do that in like 1983... but I put it through a hoop earring along with my house key!!
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Lazy Panda 6 years ago
I think they might be different, the lips are slightly different and the lower false lashes are glued differently. In the photo on the right they’re closer to his lid
Elizabeth Dunlop 6 years ago
I think he just changed his ears and his hair, but yeah he probably did
iluvanimals 6 years ago
And he makes MILLIONS for his makeup line and tutorials. The young support this fake culture.
Monika Soffronow 6 years ago
No, it is not. The editing is slightly different.
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Why? Just why?! She should embrace who she is, she might be chubbier in the youtube, but she looks better.
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This Stuff Makes Me Sad On So Many Levels
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I Thought Her Photo Was Ironic
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I Think She Still Looks Perfectly Fine On The Right But I Didn't Expect Her Waist To Be Normal Sized Because You Only Get To See Altered Pictures Or Pictures Of Her In Corsets
Kathy Baylis 6 years ago
Her waist is normal sized in the picture on the right because that’s how someone with large hips and bust is proportioned by Mother Nature, not Spanx/corsets/plastic surgery.
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Outrageous Construction Work
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Blueberry Woofle 6 years ago
Can we please find a way to block people on here? BrendaGames is just..
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Hocus Pocus 6 years ago (edited)
I refuse to believe any of these people would willingly photoshop their posts this much. They must be aliens trying to take over the world. I mean, LOOK AT THOSE NOSES.
Max L. 6 years ago
welcome to dismomorphya, the magical word to convertibles for cheap surgeons.
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Rose the Cook 6 years ago
Why do people want others to think that they actually look like some of these? Are there truly "followers" who believe it is real?
Mondo Cane 6 years ago
There are people who believe the earth is flat, so...
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Amazon QT 6 years ago
If you do it within the proper proportions, it doesn’t take that long.
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Mama Panda 6 years ago
I just can't understand how these people look at the finished photo and think "oh hey I look good! No one will ever guess that I photoshopped this! Imma post it now!!" Wtf are they thinking???
KombatBunni 6 years ago
They weren’t..that’s what’s so sad about these pictures
Load More Replies... Human #1,232,867 6 years ago
It's scary in no many levels, But in China, when yo pay with your face, the payment app add a filter to" please you" as well. Fake world, even in these little camera..
Cassie 6 years ago
This is so prevalent in our society that there are now missing people posters with these stupid fake pictures. Some people don't even have actual pictures of their loved ones to put on a missing person poster.
Debbie Wiseman 6 years ago
I noticed that too. There are 5 photos and they all look like a completely different person.
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John Louis 6 years ago
I have a question. Don't people know the flaws in these pictures exist before posting them? It seems so obvious that these pictures don't look real. So why post them?
Lucas 6 years ago
They have lost sight of what looks real. They are unhappy, insecure people mostly, otherwise why do it. I feel sorry for them.
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Matthew Smith 6 years ago
It's really sad that people have gone the same way as the Kardashians and real celebrities by photoshopping their photo's. In many cases it's clear they are fake and displays what they wished they looked like. They are very sad and disturbed people.
Robyn Denton 6 years ago
I think we should start up a fund to buy these people some mirrors - then they could look at themselves before heading out the door.
Trash Panda 6 years ago
All I saw here was a bunch of folks who have zero pride in themselves and instead of striving toward an actual quality of life, they seem to think as long as it "looks" "real", it will fool everyone into thinking they have it all. Again, "influencers" suck. At everything.
MermaidQueen 6 years ago
If you got it, flaunt it. Even if you DON'T "got it", still flaunt it! Don't photoshop. Half the time it looks dumb AF like these photos.
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
These girls grew up with Bratz dolls. We grew up with Barbie. Now look at it and tell me you can’t see it all over this stuff. Disney and Bratz have convinced girls the only acceptable look is tiny noses, huge almond eyes and small waists.
Lita Sewer 6 years ago
When Oprah Winfrey was obviously photoshopped for a magazine cover people were outraged. Now, we just say "meh" and get on with our lives.
Stéphanie Venet 1 year ago
Ce qui me sidère, c'est que ces personnes ne ressemblent à rien après photoshop. Ils n'ont plus rien d'humain, c'est affreux !!
Nicholas Yu 6 years ago
These jackasses better never leave the house since their "avatars" do not match themselves in real life. Ever notice influencers with a million followers or more always have roughly 50,000 likes in every photo? I miss the days when adoration was given for something earned...like running a 4 minute mile.
jenjie.newt 6 years ago
As a professional graphics and photo editor in the bodybuilding industry, this is sadly, practically normal to me. And most of them will fight you to the death before admitting it
Duska Radmanovic 6 years ago
Not only that they don't look like themselves, but they don't look like humans at all. And why on Earth this stupidity of huge woman with waist of a toddler become a thing?
bill marsano 6 years ago
One of these days these people are going to wake up. Don't want to be there when that happens. On the other hand, this qualifies as a great public service by BP.
Rabite 6 years ago
Some pictures look as if they were intended to be fake. So maybe put some text screenshots with it which shows that they are actually serious and not trying to have fun. Plus, some people confuse makeup and stuff for photoshopping. Of course you are going to look better styled for a photoshoot than just going around in your free time and sometimes people are bloated or their body looks just weird. Not everything is photoshopped.
April Simnel 6 years ago
What an awful thing to believe that you have to look fuckable at all times, or else you're not worthy.
Charlese Bonca 6 years ago
It's so sad to see this. Social media has made people think that in order to be accepted, they need to look a certain way. These people were BEAUTIFUL just the way they are and yet they still feel the need to photoshop and edit to fit what society believes is beautiful. :(
Bernardita Valdés 6 years ago
And this ppl must be influencers... if u dont have ridiculously inaccurate proportions u are not eligible to be an influencer i guess....
Marta Kozińska 6 years ago
On this pic even husband has mascara on his lashes . 80746413_2...29abc2.jpg 
Blueberry Woofle 6 years ago
Can we please find a way to block people on here? BrendaGames is just..
Load More Replies... Hocus Pocus 6 years ago (edited)
I refuse to believe any of these people would willingly photoshop their posts this much. They must be aliens trying to take over the world. I mean, LOOK AT THOSE NOSES.
Max L. 6 years ago
welcome to dismomorphya, the magical word to convertibles for cheap surgeons.
Load More Replies... Rose the Cook 6 years ago
Why do people want others to think that they actually look like some of these? Are there truly "followers" who believe it is real?
Mondo Cane 6 years ago
There are people who believe the earth is flat, so...
Load More Replies... Amazon QT 6 years ago
If you do it within the proper proportions, it doesn’t take that long.
Load More Replies... Mama Panda 6 years ago
I just can't understand how these people look at the finished photo and think "oh hey I look good! No one will ever guess that I photoshopped this! Imma post it now!!" Wtf are they thinking???
KombatBunni 6 years ago
They weren’t..that’s what’s so sad about these pictures
Load More Replies... Human #1,232,867 6 years ago
It's scary in no many levels, But in China, when yo pay with your face, the payment app add a filter to" please you" as well. Fake world, even in these little camera..
Cassie 6 years ago
This is so prevalent in our society that there are now missing people posters with these stupid fake pictures. Some people don't even have actual pictures of their loved ones to put on a missing person poster.
Debbie Wiseman 6 years ago
I noticed that too. There are 5 photos and they all look like a completely different person.
Load More Replies... John Louis 6 years ago
I have a question. Don't people know the flaws in these pictures exist before posting them? It seems so obvious that these pictures don't look real. So why post them?
Lucas 6 years ago
They have lost sight of what looks real. They are unhappy, insecure people mostly, otherwise why do it. I feel sorry for them.
Load More Replies... Matthew Smith 6 years ago
It's really sad that people have gone the same way as the Kardashians and real celebrities by photoshopping their photo's. In many cases it's clear they are fake and displays what they wished they looked like. They are very sad and disturbed people.
Robyn Denton 6 years ago
I think we should start up a fund to buy these people some mirrors - then they could look at themselves before heading out the door.
Trash Panda 6 years ago
All I saw here was a bunch of folks who have zero pride in themselves and instead of striving toward an actual quality of life, they seem to think as long as it "looks" "real", it will fool everyone into thinking they have it all. Again, "influencers" suck. At everything.
MermaidQueen 6 years ago
If you got it, flaunt it. Even if you DON'T "got it", still flaunt it! Don't photoshop. Half the time it looks dumb AF like these photos.
Mewton’s Third Paw 6 years ago
These girls grew up with Bratz dolls. We grew up with Barbie. Now look at it and tell me you can’t see it all over this stuff. Disney and Bratz have convinced girls the only acceptable look is tiny noses, huge almond eyes and small waists.
Lita Sewer 6 years ago
When Oprah Winfrey was obviously photoshopped for a magazine cover people were outraged. Now, we just say "meh" and get on with our lives.
Stéphanie Venet 1 year ago
Ce qui me sidère, c'est que ces personnes ne ressemblent à rien après photoshop. Ils n'ont plus rien d'humain, c'est affreux !!
Nicholas Yu 6 years ago
These jackasses better never leave the house since their "avatars" do not match themselves in real life. Ever notice influencers with a million followers or more always have roughly 50,000 likes in every photo? I miss the days when adoration was given for something earned...like running a 4 minute mile.
jenjie.newt 6 years ago
As a professional graphics and photo editor in the bodybuilding industry, this is sadly, practically normal to me. And most of them will fight you to the death before admitting it
Duska Radmanovic 6 years ago
Not only that they don't look like themselves, but they don't look like humans at all. And why on Earth this stupidity of huge woman with waist of a toddler become a thing?
bill marsano 6 years ago
One of these days these people are going to wake up. Don't want to be there when that happens. On the other hand, this qualifies as a great public service by BP.
Rabite 6 years ago
Some pictures look as if they were intended to be fake. So maybe put some text screenshots with it which shows that they are actually serious and not trying to have fun. Plus, some people confuse makeup and stuff for photoshopping. Of course you are going to look better styled for a photoshoot than just going around in your free time and sometimes people are bloated or their body looks just weird. Not everything is photoshopped.
April Simnel 6 years ago
What an awful thing to believe that you have to look fuckable at all times, or else you're not worthy.
Charlese Bonca 6 years ago
It's so sad to see this. Social media has made people think that in order to be accepted, they need to look a certain way. These people were BEAUTIFUL just the way they are and yet they still feel the need to photoshop and edit to fit what society believes is beautiful. :(
Bernardita Valdés 6 years ago
And this ppl must be influencers... if u dont have ridiculously inaccurate proportions u are not eligible to be an influencer i guess....
Marta Kozińska 6 years ago
On this pic even husband has mascara on his lashes . 80746413_2...29abc2.jpg
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