50 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.
#1 This Is Funny And All But It’s Getting Out Of Hand
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#2 Must Be Her Sister In The Car
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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.
#3 A Man, For A Change. Not Sure If Satire Or For Real. Behold, The Wall-Bending Biceps And Butt
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#4 A Fairly Popular Local Influencer Recently Made An Appearance On TV. A Lot Of Her Fans Apparently Had Trouble Recognizing Her At First
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#5 Skipped Leg Day, Forever
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#6 In Reality, Birds Flap Their Wings When They Fly
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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.
#7 Yes, The Giant Feet Syndrome, More And Coomon These Days
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#8 Found In The Wild On Instagram
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#9 "The Model Has Achieved This By Chewing On A Plastic-Looking Contraption"
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#10 Be You!
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"[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."
#11 Blended The Fence Into Her Face
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#12 Organs Are For The Weak!
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#13 What The Model Posted vs. Photographer
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#14 We’ve Seen Tiny Heads…now Get Ready For Giant Feet!
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#15 Internal Organs? Never Heard Of Them
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#16 Legs For Dayyyyys
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#17 Arms So Big They Warp The Plane Seats?
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#18 Unfortunately Did Not Pass Her Photoshop Class Though
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#19 This Guy Popped Up In My Feed As A Sponsored Story
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#20 Reminds Me Of That Scene In Beetlejuice (Little Head)
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#21 Reminder: This Is Not How These Women Look In Real Life
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#22 This Cannot Be Real! Inhumanly Possible To Look Like This
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#23 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!
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#24 Two Of Her Fingers Are Thicker Than Her Wrist, Wtf
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#25 4 Out Of 5 Dentists Approved
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#26 Her Index Finger Seems To Be Melting Down Her Bum
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#27 Photoshopped Herself Into Oblivion, Grandpa Can Stay Lookin Old Af
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#28 Girl I Go To Uni With Always Edits Her Photos Like This.. The Second Pic Is How She Actually Looks
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#29 One I Found In The Wild
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#30 Copy + Paste Cleavage?
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#31 I Was Startled By This While Scrolling
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#32 When The Very Thing You Rely On Betrays You Lol
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#33 Even The Poor Headless Mannequin Can't Live Up To Ig Standards
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#34 Repeat Offender. This Girl Has No Shame
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#35 Her Gravitational Pull Is So Strong It Distorts Everything Around Her Waist
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#36 And She Would Have Gotten Away With It Too, If It Weren’t For Those Meddling Straps!
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#37 And The Knees?
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#38 The Coveted Thigh Gap
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#39 Subtle.... Her Poor Nose
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#40 The Face!!! And This Was A Sponsored Post
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#41 From Her Profile vs. Tagged
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#42 I Honestly Don’t Know Where To Start
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#43 I’m Sorry… What?
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#44 Famous Youtube Prankster Editing Girls’ Bodies In Video Previews. Lost Some Respect For Him For Perpetuating Those Harmful Standards
#45 Reality TV Influencer Edits Her Photos To Change Her Skin Colour
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#46 Core So Strong It Bends Everything Around It
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#47 Online Shopping And.. I Literally Have No Idea What’s Happening Here
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#48 So Much Brightness
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#49 Found One In The Wild, Totally Natural Looking Face
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#50 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
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