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?
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?
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.
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?
Is It Really That Hard To Hire A Pregnant Model, Amazon?
Pretending To A Chess Player Without Learning A Single Rule Of The Game. All For The 'Gram!
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
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
He Must Use Wite-Out Instead Of Toothpaste
When You See It
Sad Face
Who Needs Organs Anyway
What Did She Even Try To Do With The Edits?
It’s The Photoshopped Cleavage For Me
Twitter Thirst Trap Got That Grinch Fingers
What She Posts vs. Her Live Stream
Left Is From Her Instagram, Right Is From A Video
Same Guy.. Left Is His Pfp
This Girl Is A Gold Mine
Lmao This Has Got To Stop
This is the punchline to a joke...with a little help she can sit up.
What The Actual Fu-
Where Are Her Knees At?
This Is A TV Anchor... We Know What Your Face Looks Like?
My Sims After I Go On A Custom Content Binge Be Like
His Instagram vs. TV Screenshot
Photo Posted On Her Instagram vs. Interview
I’m Sorry What
this reminds me that meme about the loooong cat 4c195a2b21...ac7a22.png
Left Is Steve Madden On Twitter, Right Is Their Instagram
WHY the need the pretend women don't have ankle bones?
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.
I Just Don't Understand
Insta vs. Pap Shot
Selfie vs. Paparazzi Photo
Is It A Turn-Off For Girls To Have Wrists?
Private Jets
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?
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
What Is This?
Might Be Twitter But Still Prime Instragram Reality Materiel
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.
Exposed During An Interview
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
Instagram vs. Reality
Real Jawbone vs. Facetuned
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
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
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
Going From White Af To A Blackfishing Supermodel
That’s just insulting. Why not just make the most of what you’ve—-naturally—-got?
A Body That Can Bend Buildings
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.
I’m Sorry You’re Not Megan Fox
This Makes Me Uncomfortable
Nice Knees
Why Do People Do This
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.
She Looks Like A Computer Graphic
Ig vs. Reality
I Have No Words
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.
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
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!
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.
That is sad that they want to look like a completely different person.
sure, they may be gross with facetune and photoshop, but death!?! nah....
Load More Replies...Why some people want to look like Sims or Barbie dolls? How is that even a trend?
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.
That is sad that they want to look like a completely different person.
sure, they may be gross with facetune and photoshop, but death!?! nah....
Load More Replies...Why some people want to look like Sims or Barbie dolls? How is that even a trend?