If there’s one rule on the internet, it’s that you can’t blindly believe what you see on it. And this applies to more than just news headlines—it also includes random people’s profiles on social media.
The subreddit ‘Instagram vs. Reality’ is full of proof that some of us over-edit our pictures to the point where they start losing their connection to the actual world. Here’s a list of examples its members collected to remind us to scroll mindfully and keep a healthy dose of skepticism.
#1 Catfish Final Boss
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#2 Wth Is Going On. How Is She Even Editing Like This
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#3 I Present To You The Final Boss
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#4 10 Feet Tall Babes X
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#5 That’s A Completely New Face
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#6 Ok, I Can’t Stop Laughing
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#7 Don’t Believe Everything You See
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#8 Mua Before And After
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#9 This Is Wild
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#10 Keep It Subtle
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#11 You Know, It Just Gets To A Point…
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#12 She’s Writes Daily About How Natural Beauty Is The Best And Shames Other Women
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#13 Heavy Photoshopping
A Finnish C.. Maybe D-list “celebrity”. Was in the headlines years ago, now simply can not accept her aging (and weight gain).
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#14 I Don’t Even Understand What The Point Is
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#15 Instagram Post Versus Live Stream
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#16 What In The World
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#17 It Getting Worse
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#18 Post vs. Tagged Video
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#19 Famous Immigration Lawyer On TikTok
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#20 Stumbled Upon This On Instagram…
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#21 Posted vs. Friend’s
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#22 “Ummm… What Did You Do To My Face..?”
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#23 Always Shooketh When I Get A Glimpse Of Her On TV (Compared To Her Insta)
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#24 An Embarrassment That Can’t Be Topped
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#25 Photo Versus A Screenshot From A Video
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#26 Hands Don’t Lie
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#27 Build-A-Body Scammers
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#28 South Korea Using Slimming & Muscle Filters On “Live” Television. So Cooked
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#29 Holy Hips
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#30 This Is Crazy!
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#31 Posted vs. Posted… I Guess She Didn’t Think It Was Noticeable
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#32 When The Filter Slips
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#33 🤔
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#34 The Audacity
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#35 Was This Person Posted Here Before? I Can’t Stop Laughing 😭
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#36 Lady Galadriel Jumpscare At The End
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#37 Profile vs. Tagged
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#38 She Claims She Does Not Use Filters…. Really????
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#39 Today On Left. A Few Months Ago On Right. She Identifies As A Woman So This Is No Hate Relating To Gender Identity
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#40 Found This Gem, While Scrolling, Today
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#41 This Repeat Offender!!!
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#42 I Expect To See A Bit Of Filtering On Dating Apps But This Is Insane
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#43 This Influencer Really Grinds My Gears As A Fellow Biker Girl 🤨🤔
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#44 Anyone Else Feel Like This Is A Form Of Dysphoria
I genuinely can’t tell if the people who post these genuinely believe they look the way they edit themselves to be. I have a family member who SWEARS she doesn’t edit their photos when it’s painfully obvious. The yell until they are purple in the face that they don’t edit their photos and I fear they genuinely don’t know what they look like….
It’s posts like this where you can literally see the outline of their body before the edits in a hazy shadow. It’s genuinely disturbing.
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#45 The Irony Of Her Posting This Comment
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#46 This “Body Positive” Influencer Doesn’t Look Like Her Photos On TV
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#47 Unrecognizable
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#48 People Were Actually Convinced This Was Real
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#49 Saw This On A Facebook Page Today
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#50 What She Posted vs. The Video
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#51 Found This On TikTok, Definitely Normal Human Proportions
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#52 Hourglass Core
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#53 Ultimate Hand To Torso Ratio
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#54 Saw This On Facebook
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#55 55 Year Old Singer From My Country
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#56 Bro Is Back Again
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#57 Please Stop
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#58 Would You Say This Is Subtle Editing?
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#59 Everyone In The Comments Is Saying They Wish They Looked Like Her And Wish They Could Afford Surgery
This looks like scary lordosis, the face has the classic filter effect, it’s not often surgeries are THIS advanced (and successful), and idk I’m just disappointed people actually think this is real.
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#60 I’m Just Gonna Leave This Here…
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#61 Finally Contributing. Long Time Lurker. Saw This One In The Wild. All Her Followers Believe This Is Real
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#62 What She Posted On Instagram vs. The Youtube Video
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#63 🤦♀️
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#64 No One Can Tell
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#65 These Ads
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#66 Found In The Wild
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#67 What In The
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