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45 Pictures Proving You Shouldn’t Believe Everything You See On Social Media, As Shared On ‘Instagram Reality’ (New Pics)
If you've been on social media long enough, you know well that most of what you see is as real as unicorns (which may just be a horse with an ice cream cone stuck on its forehead sans filters). Barbie-like figures, smooth skin faces, perfectly sculpted abs. That's all fine. Except when people start being ridiculous enough to not care if their Photoshop skills start spilling out.
Enter the Instagram Reality community which happily sheds light on those who take things quite too far. While we understand the appeal of matching your pics with those that seem born for Insta greatness (look at all those likes!), taking it to the digital extremes these photos do is borderline absurd. Once again, this only proves that Instagram Reality is the hero we need but don't deserve.
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#1
Her Shadow Had Me Rolling
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#2
The Difference Between Her And The Fella Is Incredible
#3
Finally Found One In The Wild
#4
It’s Always Weird When People From TV Shows Photoshop Their Pictures As If We Don’t Know What They Actually Look Like
Take me to dinner first 3 years ago
i'm so sorry if you're into this, but i'll never understand why people want to look exactly the same! I can't even recognize some celebrities anymore
#5
Editing Your Client’s Body For Instagram Aesthetic Look…
#6
Found This On Twitter And They Look Like How One Piece Draw Their Female Characters I'm Crying
#7
It’s Not Me It’s You
Hippopotamuses 3 years ago (edited)
Imagine being so shallow that you don’t care whether your friend looks deformed, as long as you look good.
#8
Everyone In The Comments Prasing His "Golden Genetics"
#9
Found On Vinted. Even The Shadows Are Confused
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
Her lips are literally just two sausages. Why do people seem so enamored with swollen sausage-lips?
#10
All His Photos Are Like This
#11
Interesting Proportions
#12
Wants People To Think She Hasn’t Aged Since 1999
Tiffany Munday 3 years ago
She is one of the few celebrities I feel sorry for. The press tore her apart and made her the poster child for “fat” when she gained weight and didn’t look like “Daisy Duke” anymore. The woman grow 3 human beings inside of her ffs.
#13
The Joker But Make It Chic
#14
Editing Yourself To An Entirely Different Race
#15
Turkish Reality Show Contestant Instagram vs. First Episode Of The Show
#16
Ah Yes, Very Normal Head To Body Ratio
Hippopotamuses 3 years ago
Ever put a cat in a human jacket? This is exactly what you get if you do.
#17
Same Person. One Of The Most Prolific Photoshoppers On Earth
Hippopotamuses 3 years ago
There’s no resemblance at all. It’s hard to believe these are both shots of the same person.
#18
What Did I Just Lay My Eyes Upon? 😭
#19
Finally Found One In The Wild
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Probably should take a new pic, dude. Somehow, Andre the Giant's arm got into this one.
#20
Picture This Lady Uses For Her Mlm Profile vs. Her Fb Pictures
#21
Profile Pictures vs. Tagged Photos. Which Are Which, I Wonder?
#22
She Says She Uses Filters Just To Color Correct
#23
Instagram vs. Reality TV
#24
My Wife Showed Me This Picture Of Her Friend From High School And It's So Bad
#25
Looking Like A 13-Year-Old When She’s 50 Years Older Than That… Why????
#26
I Bet The Sun Is Not Real Either
#27
Wavy Curtains Strike Again
#28
What Happened To Your Chin And The Side Of Your Face?? Girl, Who You Think You Fooling??
#29
“Influencer” Credits The Expensive Weight Loss Powder She Shills For Keeping Her So Slim
#30
What She Posted vs. What Her Mom Posted
#31
I Think I Scrolled Too Far, They Look Different In Every Photo
#32
Instagram vs. What She’s Tagged In
Lex <3 (they/them) 3 years ago (edited)
…aaand this is why u check the reviews before getting plastic surgery
#33
Reality Show Contestant From My Country, Is She Just Very Photogenic?
#34
Influencer Post vs. Reel
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
She's not even overweight in reality. Why does she think she needs to look even thinner? :(
#35
Uncanny Valley
#36
That Jawline Is Very Cutting
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
This is not body shaming, but you cannot get to this weight without your face and neck being affected/gaining weight as well. This is just sad - she's obviously got confidence and pride in herself, but the face/neck edit is just so bizarre.
#37
In The Wild…
#38
The Picture She Posted On Instagram vs. The Tiktok She Posted… 😵💫
#39
Someone Please Explain This Trend To Me
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
Remember the witch doctor at the end of the 1988 Beetlejuice movie who shrank Beetlejuice's head...? XD
#40
From Twitter; Claims No Photoshop
#41
Found One!
#42
Just Wanted To See How Food From The Menu Looked Like And Here They Are… I’m So Tired Of It…
Marcos Valencia 3 years ago
Coffee and sushi go surprisingly well together. And the Greek salad... mmm. Oh, sorry, I'm not focusing on her natural, casual beauty... and the Prada bag, of course.
#43
Found In The Wild
#44
First Catch In The Wild
#45
The Most Fucked Up Part Of All These Fake Instagram Pictures Are The People In The Comments Believing It's Real
#46
This Faceapp Is Crazy
#47
Feet For Days
Hippopotamuses 3 years ago (edited)
Is the one on the left part mer-person? She seems to have flippers for feet
#48
Faking Your Mom's Looks Then Lying About It Because You Fake Your Own Looks All The Time
#49
No Way This Is Real
#50
Do You See What I See?
#51
She Posted The Left Image On Her Story And The Proportions Make Absolutely No Sense Compared To What She’s Previously Posted (On The Right)
#52
Swipe For Real Skin Texture
#53
Her Teeth Aren't White They're Bioluminescent
#54
Mlm Hun Wants You To Believe Her Transformation Is From “Collagen” As She Hawks Amazon For Pennies
#55
Screenshots From Her Makeup Artists Tiktok vs. The Pics She Posts
#56
Posted/Tagged
Hippopotamuses 3 years ago (edited)
At last. Someone who’s actually recognisable from one photo to the other.
#57
I’ve Seen It All Now…
#58
I’m Sorry This Is Just Hilarious To Me
#59
No Words Needed
#60
A Girl On Fb Posted This Guy Who Catfished Her
#61
What She Posted vs. A Photo From US Weekly
#62
Definitely Overusing Faceapp
#63
The Arm... Both Pics Are Very Recent
Weasel Wise 3 years ago
Going for the anorexic chic look.... looking malnourished is a disgusting trend
#64
My First Find In The Wild! Totally Normal Waist Here 🙃
~cornstarchi~ 3 years ago
This is something that my teenage mind is comparing myself with it, because if I saw that, I would think it was real. :(
#65
Almost Missed This Gem
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
The arms! The shoulder! The suspiciously deformed rock outcropping behind his right arm! D:
#66
Picture vs. Screenshot From Videos
#67
When A Magazine Promo Exposes What You Really Look Like Irl
#68
A Political Commentator
#69
I Got Really Insecure When I Saw Her Waist At First But Then I Saw Her Arms And I Figured Out It Was Just A Filter 💀
#70
“ No Filter, All Natural “
#71
This Girl Is Already Thin, Why Do This?
#72
From A Christmas Movie Poster. So Heavily Edited That It Doesn’t Even Look Like The Actresses
#73
Instagram vs. Getty Images
#74
“Insta” Posts vs. “TV” Appearances
#75
Tin Roof Looking A Little Suspect
Hippopotamuses 3 years ago
Why photoshop? This kid has nothing to hide. Assuming it’s not the tats have have been shopped.
#76
The Audacity It Took To Post This
The post is her talking about not losing her confidence in her body just because she's pregnant... all while photoshopping her ass into oblivion and forgetting to add the lines back to the floor.
#78
This. Even The Trainer Couldn’t Escape Facetuning
#79
Wedding Photographer Shamelessly Editing Her Brides
#80
A Woman Who Dates One Of The Worlds Richest Men Really Loves Facetune
#81
Them Steel Bars Got Some Curves
#82
It Might Be Clever Posing, But Still Doesnt Feel Right. Fashion Snap Story My GF Likes To Watch
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
Posing doesn't transform razor straight lines into blurry, curvy ones.
#83
Instagram vs. Tagged
hellicooki 3 years ago
it is really sad. imagine being a girl with a beautiful smile, nice wavy blonde hair, nice tan skin and a beautiful dress… and you put a filter to feel pretty.
#84
Walking In A Fashion Show vs. What She Posts
Weasel Wise 3 years ago
She didn't post the one on the right though, that's clearly an ad in a sales catalog, you can clearly see the sizes offered. 🤦🏾♀️ It's the magazine's fault for the photoshopping.
#85
Was Looking Though My Crushes Following (Lol) And Found This
#87
She Doesn’t Even Look Real
#88
“No Retouching”
#90
All Of Them Are Supposed To Be The Same Person. These Are Only Few But She Looks Like A Completely Different Person In Each Post
#91
Instagram Post Versus Paparazzi Shot
Lakota Wolf 3 years ago
You have to go to the original Reddit post to see the "reality" pic: https://www.reddit.com/r/Instagramreality/comments/12yeub1/instagram_post_versus_paparazzi_shot/
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Monday 3 years ago
I get a little photoshop here and there, hell I've used it on occasion to get rid of zits or red spots on my face, but why on Earth would you edit yourself so much you're unrecognizable? What's the point of being "omg insta-famous" when you can't go to conventions or anything to meet your "fans" since you look nothing like your insta-self?
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
If you copy your photo onto a new layer, put the new layer on top, and reduce its opacity to 10%, then merge both layers, it'll smooth over minor issues. It's a lot faster and more natural looking than spot correcting.
Load More Replies... Marno C. 3 years ago
I really think many of thee people must have some form of body dysmorphia. We look at these photos and instantly recognize, "That looks wrong. That is not how the human form looks." But these 'grammers (or whatever their platform), edit their pictures, look at the finished product and say, "Yes. That is my ideal appearance. Nothing wrong with this at all."
Deborah Rubin 3 years ago
So many of these women look like other. Clones? And those butts. What is the deal there?
Monday 3 years ago
I get a little photoshop here and there, hell I've used it on occasion to get rid of zits or red spots on my face, but why on Earth would you edit yourself so much you're unrecognizable? What's the point of being "omg insta-famous" when you can't go to conventions or anything to meet your "fans" since you look nothing like your insta-self?
Nikki Sevven 3 years ago
If you copy your photo onto a new layer, put the new layer on top, and reduce its opacity to 10%, then merge both layers, it'll smooth over minor issues. It's a lot faster and more natural looking than spot correcting.
Load More Replies... Marno C. 3 years ago
I really think many of thee people must have some form of body dysmorphia. We look at these photos and instantly recognize, "That looks wrong. That is not how the human form looks." But these 'grammers (or whatever their platform), edit their pictures, look at the finished product and say, "Yes. That is my ideal appearance. Nothing wrong with this at all."
Deborah Rubin 3 years ago
So many of these women look like other. Clones? And those butts. What is the deal there?
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