If a pic of your crush, class friend, or one of the influencer divas looks too good to be true… you do the math. Because if there’s anything we know about pic-perfect shots on social media by now, it’s that a huge number of them are totally fake.
And as long as there are serial Photoshop offenders out there, the Instagram Reality subreddit will continue exposing their malicious deeds. Trust me, people out there are never running short of inspiration to face-tunefy and beautify their looks.
Below is the fresh batch of IG absurdity that must be seen to be believed. More eye-rub inducing snaps from Instagram vs. Reality can be found here, here, and here.
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Don't You Hate It When Your Pecs Grow Over Your Pendant?
Really? I couldn't give a f**k about them anymore.
Load More Replies...And the skin tone is not just lighter - it's a completely different tint family? What a LOSER!
And the abs are off centerline. I think is a condition of the brain that manifests on your belly.
She Must Be On Tatooine With The Sun Both Behind And Ahead Of Her
Don't be too harsh. Maybe she's on another planet that has two suns. No? Not possible you say?
That is literally what the heading is saying...
Load More Replies...Hahaha. I’m like 95% sure this is right by my house, and I can confirm we do not have 2 suns here
I don't see it. Where is the second sun? Please be kind when you answer. I'm a little slow at these things.
Y'all acting like artificial light doesn't exist... it's not that hard to understand? Sometimes you need additional light for a picture to be clear? Have you never seen the behind-the-scenes for a video or photoshoot?
That's probably how they lit up those mountains there in the background
Load More Replies...Spines Are Out Of Fashion. Pass It On
I tried to think of a pun, but it would've been spineless. Thank you, I'm here all week.
Sure you can do better than that, if you put your back into it.
Load More Replies...Previously, Bored Panda reached out to the redditor Cluelessnumber7, who’s the moderator of the r/InstagramReality community. The moderator explained the adverse effects all the heavily edited images have on people.
First, it sets unrealistic expectations that influencers purport to their easily impressionable audiences. “The amazingly smooth skin, suddenly common almond-shaped eyes, pouty lips, sharp jawlines, slim hourglass shapes, and so on," they commented.
Meanwhile, the viewers have no idea how long it took to pick the outfit, hunt down the perfect lighting, and many other little details that come before face-tuning every picture-perfect Insta look. Without discussing the use of editing apps such as Photoshop and Facetune, “there is now a countless amount of people comparing themselves to (and perhaps spending money to look like) a person who doesn’t exist," Cluelessnumber7 told us.
Her Official Press Photos vs. Interview
Can’t women own their unique noses! What’s with all of these cookie-cutter noses?
Why would you heavily edit campaign photos? You will have to interact one-on-one with the public at some point. You can't hide the truth.
Does not even look like the same woman - hair color - maybe.....sorta.
Is It Really That Hard To Hire A Pregnant Model, Amazon?
Did they REALLY blur her bellybutton? I didn't realize that part of a woman's anatomy was so risque these days.
I think the problem is that her belly is fake, not the blur
Load More Replies...It's not hard to hire a pregnant model. It's hard to hire a pregnant model who's skinny and hot.
Pretending To A Chess Player Without Learning A Single Rule Of The Game. All For The 'Gram!
I know right? Lol! She has two queens as well, and oh god this pic bugs me so much
Load More Replies...She looks like she just let out a big fart and isn’t sure if it’s going to be deadly and then it starts to stink up the room and hopes no one notices..
Hahaha this made me laugh way too hard! Thanks, needed that 🤣👍
Load More Replies...Black pieces are not in height order.
Load More Replies...It really is and then acting like she knows how to play 🙄
Load More Replies...Wow... chess realy changed since I last played... are there new moves too?
I didn't even realize the order of the pieces when I saw she had two queens.
Might still be too difficult for her...tic tac toe maybe? Or POSSIBLY connect four, but that's pushing it
Load More Replies...she didn’t even move a p**n to get to the queen... and the order of the pieces, smh this is just so dumb.
The second problem that hasn’t been addressed enough is the insecurities of the influencers who feel an urge to edit their pictures. “They’ve been editing their photos for so long it could mean losing the validation from their followers, losing followers, and maybe losing sponsors if they came clean.”
As huge crowds of followers become familiar with your fictional, yet perfect look, it may be impossible to speak out about all the editing that goes into creating their brand. “So, they would rather enjoy the false fame than risk losing it over integrity," the moderator concluded.
Reptilians Are Back
The worst thing is her face now makes her boobs look natural in comparison
Barbie dolls look more like a real person than this. Yikes.
Load More Replies...People Writing “I Wish I Had Skin Like This”. Lol She Wishes She Had Skin Like That Too.. Don’t Let Filters/Photoshop/Facetune Make You Feel Insecure
Yeah she's pretty but she looks like a human being, which is hugely unpopular on IG.
Load More Replies...I think her skin is fine on her original photo. She could be a model, filters just make her look fake.
I agree she is beautiful in both photos, but if she was to post the one on the right to Instagram she wouldn't have gained the followers like she would by posting the one on the left because people seem to want nothing other that 100%perfection 🙄
Load More Replies...The first picture is zoomed out more and has lower resolution. There is probably some filtering but honestly I don’t mind this type of photoshop.
He Must Use Wite-Out Instead Of Toothpaste
Apparently he used on of those planes to visit the sun.
Load More Replies...I'm curious. What gender is attracted to this creature? Or what gender is he trying to attract?
"Look at my dazzling teeth!" said Chad, before eating everything on his plate, and staining his chompers a dull orange/brown colour.
When You See It
Why would you edit that part when you already are a 6 foot weiner trying to showoff on social media.
Sad Face
I'm more bothered by the fact that she's about to do something dangerous enough to require a helmet, but she has hear earphones in to ignore what's going on.
Did she have a freakishly large neck or what was the problem with the op?
Who Needs Organs Anyway
Yes, but only in a very tight corset, not in a fur tube top with your waist exposed.
Load More Replies...Don’t these people look at their pictures before they post them? Geez.
Well, as someone familiar with the world of corsetting, the pelvis and ribs are wrong to even fake that.
Someone on Botched got 3 or 6 ribs removed. I can't remember. If she were to get in a car accident (A bad one) she would basically be automatically dead. There's nothing protecting her internal organs. Just consider her a dead girl walking.
What Did She Even Try To Do With The Edits?
I take it she's not the woman who had a bad reaction to hair dye, then?
It’s The Photoshopped Cleavage For Me
Do you? These are a perfectly normal set of — *puts on glasses* ...nvm...
Load More Replies...Twitter Thirst Trap Got That Grinch Fingers
'Cause she only made her stomach smaller, not her head. Though it would be alright if she did make it smaller, her tiny brain's got a heck lot of room in there.
Load More Replies...What She Posts vs. Her Live Stream
Aw, that's kinda mean... it's fair to say that about ridiculously edited pictures, but her actual face? That's probably why she does that :(
Load More Replies...Me too - she looks like she has a lot of problems. Poor woman.
Load More Replies...Left Is From Her Instagram, Right Is From A Video
She looks better in the video if she got rid of the over the top lashes. I think she's pretty.
Same Guy.. Left Is His Pfp
This guy is from Catfish. The guy on the right found the pic on the left, pretended to be him (obviously, it's Catfish) and then turned out to be the guy on the right. I believe that this is season 4. (Seasons 4+ are the only ones available on UK Amazon Prime Video for free)
I wish he would put up a pic that looks like his real self... I love Yashar!
Is that a smoldering “look” like from a Romance novel so he looks mysterious and exotic or is it constipation? Talk amount yourselves.
This Girl Is A Gold Mine
The original must have been really REALLY bad, if this was the improvement
I can't be the only one who looked that resort up on Instagram and scrolled through all the posts...
that post has 18 likes lol. also there are a number of other concerning posts made at this resort.
Load More Replies...Lmao This Has Got To Stop
This is the punchline to a joke...with a little help she can sit up.
Impossible standards create impossible exoectations. And, this, is why eating disorders, mental health disorders and general body discomfort is real
I’m thinking she has 2 of those 3 disorders to think she needs to make her waist unnaturally thin and her arms stick like appendages. *smh*
Load More Replies...Why must a lot of people think having giant breasts is what makes you perfect? The size they are does not matter.
This reminds me of those Bratz dolls you could get that had the tiniest waist but then big ass hips 😆
What The Actual Fu-
Yow! It took me a fur-lined canoe of wheat-thins and Vaseline to come to the same conclusion!
Load More Replies...I was gonna say that as well. “Rubber Boys” X3, a new boy group!
Load More Replies...Where Are Her Knees At?
Um, how about buying the romper in the correct size? She looks like she bought it then gained 20 pounds.
This Is A TV Anchor... We Know What Your Face Looks Like?
A girl I graduated with does this to every single one of her pics. Her mom does it too.. I don’t understand.
I don't understand either, I've just come to believe some people are SO strange, they think this looks normal or something?
Load More Replies...I refuse to have my photo taken because I feel that I am not pretty enough (but there are also some other issues about that as well), but honestly I would never even try to make myself look better by photoshopping myself
My Sims After I Go On A Custom Content Binge Be Like
"Oh Hi, I didn't see you there, just busy getting out of the shower with my jewelry and a full face of cake makeup on!"
Is this James Charles? I saw the "sisters" on the robe and thought it must be him. His face is always changing. Always.
The crazy thing is that dude is stupid pretty and yet...still feels the need to do stuff like this. Don't get it.
Load More Replies...His Instagram vs. TV Screenshot
At first I thought why has he stretched his eyes??!! Then realised he’s cropped eyes and put them over his real ones in the pic. Just sad
I think this whole pic (on the left) has been altered, it looks nothing like him EXCEPT the hair, it’s still janky.
Load More Replies...What's wrong with the way he looks normally? ... If he was just happier he'd be a handsome dude.
That’s what happens when one photoshop ones own photos, and don’t have an artist eye. They don’t see those kinda things that they’ve done wrong. LOL
Load More Replies...he looke fine regular. argh people make me confused about why this is a thing
Photo Posted On Her Instagram vs. Interview
Contrary to popular belief, wearing 10 pounds of makeup daily doesn't do wonders for the skin.
Damn she paid for all that plastic surgery and still changes the way she looks?! (That is the chick from Jersey Shore right?)
The problem is there's not actually anything wrong with aging - older women still look really nice. It's when they start to age but still cake on makeup trying to convince everyone they're still 20, it's so 😬😬😬
She's 34, that's not an "older" woman... But otherwise, yes you're correct
Load More Replies...I’m Sorry What
this reminds me that meme about the loooong cat 4c195a2b21...ac7a22.png
They tried to put me on the cover of Vouge, but my legs were toooooooooo loooooooooooong!
Left Is Steve Madden On Twitter, Right Is Their Instagram
WHY the need the pretend women don't have ankle bones?
Right...they also edited out the pores on her leg skin...like, who cares about her leg skin pores?? God help us all...
Load More Replies...They often only have one size pair of shoes that are for a run way model at the time of the shoot, but they don't fit a normal Height leg model, so they need to be retouched. This is super common.
Load More Replies...Why couldn't they start with getting shoes that actually fit the model?
They only had one pair of size 8 shoes and the model was a size 6.5.
Load More Replies...Boy, Steve sure has some womanly legs for a man. Or does he identify otherwise? Or is Steve Madden simply a woman named "Steve"?
Instagram vs. Reality Queen
She is like Kloe Kardashian of Serbia. We all know how she really looks like but she is still using tone of facetunes and filters. Why people do that? Accept how you look like, it's fine.
It’s a Tiffany Neck collar, made of Sterling Silver.
Load More Replies...I think the pic on the right is actually Maya Rudolph doing a spoof of one of the Kardashians. The hair isn't even parted the same, so that is a giveaway.
I Just Don't Understand
You can see her arm but the rest is cropped out I think
Load More Replies...Insta vs. Pap Shot
A British reality star from about 100 years ago in a really s**t show called 'the only way is Essex'...must have been trying to Pap the bollard behind her and she got in the way.
Load More Replies...I mean let's give her the benefit of the doubt, they're at different angles..?
Selfie vs. Paparazzi Photo
hun, bun, baby, I'm sorry but you can't be an anime character.
Left Is Insanely Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaake.
Is It A Turn-Off For Girls To Have Wrists?
Private Jets
This tells me that it might be a good business idea to transform your garage, basement or any unused room into a studio for those vain instagrammers. Building a set is not expensive and green screens are cheap to make.
“YOU GET A PRIVATE JET, AND YOU GET A PRIVATE JET, EVERYBODY GETS A PRIVATE JET!!!””” *CLAPPING & SCREAMING*
Load More Replies...But who wears just their underwear (presumably alone) on a private jet?
Because when you "have" a private jet (or at least stage that looks like that) on which you "catch" a flight, and you can walk in it in your underwear, you just have to post that on Instagram to show how sad you are you don't have a date right now. :)
The fact that so many are able to "afford" a private jet is already a red flag. None of them could ever afford private jets.
How is the OP just now learning that anything posted online could be fake?!? 😳
What She Posted vs. What The Show Posted
She looks just fine in the real pic. Why make yourself six inches taller and stick thin?
Honestly, I'm 4 foot ten and I never edit myself to be taller in pics (or wear heels, I am clumsy as heck)
And Here I Thought The Earth Was Flat...
Creepy Catfish Stole My Photos And Photoshopped My Face Onto Another Body Then Posted The Photos On Ig
Photoshopping Himself Making It Look Like He’s On Vacation W Out His Shadows
That´s a very poor photoshopping skill anyways. He looks like he floats in the air on the Easter Island pic.
Also he's about 12ft/ 3m50 tall to match the Easter Island statue?
Load More Replies...It's Woojin (woo jail) he was accused of some things so he did that to make it look like he wasn't at his home or Korea
What Is This?
It's that girl with the tallest legs in the world again only this time she's turned caucasian lol
Isn't this what they say would happen if you fell into a black hole?
Might Be Twitter But Still Prime Instragram Reality Materiel
Yeah I thought it was a pair of breasts for a second, then I was ohhhhh he was trynna look like he has abs!! LOL
Load More Replies...Ig Post vs. Video
As Someone Who Does This For A Living This Might Be Taking It A Bit Too Far
Yeah, it looks like standard glamour shot editing. At least they didn't give her facial features that don't belong to her.
I don't know if this is taking it "too far". They cleared up her skin, evened out the tone, and finessed some details without changing any of her facial structures. Seems fairly standard.
They made her neck thinner and completely removed any sense of realness in her skin. Who needs pores?
Load More Replies...Okay, this is really not that bad. I don't like airbrushing overall but at least in this one her skin still looks like SKIN with pores and all. This has been given more standard touch-ups, like the eyes being brightened a bit to make them stand out more, versus the absolute slagfest of these other IG photoshop disasters. While I don't think there's anything wrong with the pic on the left, the right is one I'd expect to see in a magazine or something.
All models have their skin touched up and smoothed. This one is probably the most normal of all the photos.
Honestly, her showing her natural skin instead of the photo-edited crap looks a lot better imo.
At least she didn't change her features, just polished her skin, although even that wasn't necessary.
Exposed During An Interview
What, you've never seen an eyeball the size of a plum?
Load More Replies...there's sth really weird gg on with her eyes (right pic). Medical condition?
Nah it's a type of plastic surgery that's popular in parts of asia- hyaluronic acid injections under the eyes to make them look "puffy"
Load More Replies...Hmmmmmmmmm
No. No one who naturally has an ass like that has a waist like that, unless they’re wearing a very tight corset. Or they’ve had buttcheek injections, several ribs removed, and a load of liposuction. This just does not happen in nature. I know this because when I was her age, I had a booty too. But I had a 24 inch waist, not an 18 inch waist like this.
She Really Photoshopped Some Stretch Marks On
I don’t get why someone would photoshop a body positivity post. Oh wait, she photoshopped her skin to be smooooth and stuff
Yes someone that’s that big doesn’t have that much smooth Unblemished skin, I know bc I’m 5’ 11” tall and 210lbs and do not have smooth skin and ZERO blemishes.
Load More Replies...As someone who has gin through weight loss and has stretch marks, this one is stupid. Stretch marks don't just appear on one side; they appear on either side of your stomach, legs, back, and sometimes arms. Also, it's very obvious that she smoothed her previous stretch marks and then....added some back!? What.
Yep. I’ve got a few and they are ALWAYS SYMMETRICAL. I’m 5’ 11” and 210lbs (was 305 at my heaviest after I lost my Mother and Father within a year of each other) and have always had them. This photo made me laugh at the photoshopped stretch marks.
Load More Replies...I've never seen stretch marks only on one side? It stretches both sides....
why would you spend the time to take a pic, smooth over your skin completely, PHOTOSHOP STRETCH MARKS ON, and then take 10 minutes to write a "heartfelt" message. What's the point when it's so blatantly obviously fake.
Instagram vs. Reality
I’m pretty sure this one was proven not to be her. I read an article about it.
You are correct. I read about this one, too. They are not the same person.
Load More Replies...If you want us to spot the difference, at least use two different pics! :D
Real Jawbone vs. Facetuned
Oh, FFS. Does she live underground? Because she could burrow with that chin.
Instagram vs. Twitch Livestream
She looks beautiful without the makeup and filters! Honestly, all those anime filters NEED TO STOP uvu
Waist? Never Heard Of Her
Some People Just Ooze Facetune
I'm Not To Sure About This One
A Clothing Brand I Follow On Ig Is Hiring Models From Other Dimensions
This Is The Same Person In All 3 Photos
WHY DID THEY TRY TO MAKE HER BLACK?!! UGH SOCIETY NEEDS TO GET IT'S S**T TOGETHER. THEY COULD'VE JUST GOTTEN A REAL BLACK MODEL LIKE IT AIN'T THAT HARD.
Picture vs. Video Comparison To Remind Us That Even Famous Makeup Artists Don’t Look Like Their Ig Pics
Top Is From Her Ig, Bottom Is The Paparazzi
God shes going to regret those fillers when shes older. Shes like 22 and some psycho advised her that pumping a s**t load of filler in her face was a wise move. Her face is going to be f****d
BP censored your S H I T & F- U- C-K E D !!! LOL
Load More Replies...Looks Like The Same Face Copy Pasted 3 Times And Magically The 5 Foot Tall One (Middle) Looks Taller Than The 5’10 One Next To Her
The one on the right has her legs bent almost in a seated position. The one in the middle has her legs pretty straight. The height isn't magic, just bent legs. 🙄 Plus one is 5'10...middle is 5'3.
Going From White Af To A Blackfishing Supermodel
That’s just insulting. Why not just make the most of what you’ve—-naturally—-got?
Mixed people exist fyi and yes we can go from white af to very dark, it called getting a tan
So if there is all this white privilege, then why are people trying to pass for black?
Who thought she was black? Doesn't look like she is pretending to be black at all. Reaching a bit just for the sake of being offended.
A Body That Can Bend Buildings
they've been ✨e x c o m m u n i c a t e d✨
Load More Replies...The Queen Of This Sub
I never thought she looked that bad to begin with, so I don’t understand why she drank the Kool-Aid.
That’s Khloé Kardashian one of the only Kardashian that hasn’t had $100,000 of plastic surgery done.
Load More Replies...The worst part is that she even edited her "I don't edit my pics" video
I’m Sorry You’re Not Megan Fox
This Makes Me Uncomfortable
have they just run 50 marathons to make their skin so shiny....? No wonder sweat is always trending in summer worldwide! ;)
I- y'all know those gatorskin soft ball thingies that we used for "dodgeball" in elementary??
Are ya'll made out of that weird flooring that you find in stores or sum?
I think they mean that skin on both models is too shiny and perfect, but I guess that's the point when you are model and probably around 19.
Load More Replies...Nice Knees
Why Do People Do This
But...but... One of her eyes is making a break for it. Sensible eye.
Instagram vs. Reality TV Show. She’s Been Posted Here Before But People Claim “Angles” And “Unflattering Shots” Are The Reason For The Discrepancy... Here She Is, Made Up For The Show Taping, Looking Like A Different Person Than Her Insta
All Her Pics Are Like This....
These Guys Can Do Some Magic!
You know, it just looks like these people need therapy, and lots of it, because they obviously hate their real selves.
I don't think many of these people hate themself. They do it because that's how they get paid. It's the people who follow these people need therapy for their own good.
Load More Replies...She Looks Like A Computer Graphic
Now our long legged world record holder has changed nationality again
Ig vs. Reality
I Have No Words
She reminds me of a Asia boo/Korea boo. Look them up and you'll find A LOT more people who do this
This Person Photoshops Weird Fake Faces On Other People’s Pictures And Pretends It’s Theirs
She Posted Both Those Selfies , The One To The Left Is The Kinda One She Posts Almost Daily... What's The Point, It Ain't Even You Anymore
Denial of aging. Honey, it’s inevitable, so instead of denying it, embrace it.
or just fake it til ya make it, lmfao
Load More Replies...That Frappé Is Too Picture Perfect...
I Think She Forgot To Blur Some Pores On Her Forehead, Because Apparently 51 Year Olds Don’t Have Any
I Guess Reviewing A Laundry Detergent On Amazon Is Just Another Excuse To Share A Heavily Edited Photo Of Yourself
Shouldn't someone tell her that's not a washing machine? I fear this isn't going to end well.
TV Personality In My Country, She Always Posts Stuff Like This. And All 3 Pictures Are Under The Same Post Too
He Forgot To Open Up The Bag On The Far Left! Carrying Around A Bunch Of Empty Bags Pretending Like He’s A Baller!
This one was included purely because one bag wasn't opened? A bit random...
This guy's posts are full of fake vacations and trying to look rich.
Load More Replies...Was Trying To Look Up Tattoos And Spotted This Gem. He Has Other Photos Like So And Its Not Even Placed The Same
Streamer In An Interview vs. Every Pic On Her Instagram
The Irony Of Using #curves When The Only Thing Curving Is The Furniture. (Thanks To This Thread I Notice It Everywhere Now!)
It's not entirely their fault. They're getting all those likes that they assume they're doing something right. It's a vicious circle that goes round and round. I wish people would understand that it's our personalities and our character that make us better people not our looks.
I agree, it's messed up but people know they are looking at something artificial. They are giving likes to cartoony looking people with photos that are clearly tinted and manipulated
Load More Replies...I want to know who woke up one day and decided super sharp chin and humongous eyes are attractive?
You guys spend ALOT of time fixating on IG accounts...seems kind of trivial in the Grand Scheme of things. Are you out of material to heckle or???
If "curvy" is supposedly so beautiful nowadays, how come none of these people made themselves appear to be fatter?
Locally they do --- fat/weird lips, fat hips/weird butts, spherical boobs...
Load More Replies...Pretty sure that's Stella Vaudran and that's really how her body is shaped. She's always been thin.
It's not entirely their fault. They're getting all those likes that they assume they're doing something right. It's a vicious circle that goes round and round. I wish people would understand that it's our personalities and our character that make us better people not our looks.
I agree, it's messed up but people know they are looking at something artificial. They are giving likes to cartoony looking people with photos that are clearly tinted and manipulated
Load More Replies...I want to know who woke up one day and decided super sharp chin and humongous eyes are attractive?
You guys spend ALOT of time fixating on IG accounts...seems kind of trivial in the Grand Scheme of things. Are you out of material to heckle or???
If "curvy" is supposedly so beautiful nowadays, how come none of these people made themselves appear to be fatter?
Locally they do --- fat/weird lips, fat hips/weird butts, spherical boobs...
Load More Replies...Pretty sure that's Stella Vaudran and that's really how her body is shaped. She's always been thin.
