The rise of selfie culture has changed the ways we perceive beauty beyond recognition. It has blurred the lines of what’s real and fake, of what’s natural and purely fictional. When heavy photo editing and filters came to social media, at first, everyone was just messing around.
Now, kids as young as ten are airbrushing their selfies with ready-made augmented-reality face filters that often sharpen, shrink, and enhance their faces and bodies. But the result is often anything but pretty. And now, many social media influencers are being busted for using these filters to alter their identities and create fake personalities.
It’s no secret that some go as far as pushing this fakery to its very limits, and this is where the community r/InstagramReality steps in. “It’s unbelievable how some people get away with it while others don’t!” the subreddit writes on its page.
Let’s see some of the worst offenders below, and after you’re done scrolling, make sure to check our previous posts on Insta vs Reality here, here and here.
#1 This Model Makes Herself Look Easily 25 Years Younger And It’s Crazy
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#2 You Can Barely See Her Nose
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#3 Will Never Understand The Appeal Of Little Head Syndrome
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#4 He Has One Sky That Follows Him Around Everywhere He Goes. Amazing How Its So Consistent!
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#5 My Friend Met This Girl And She Looks Nothing Like This
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#6 Body Positivity So Strong It Caused A Tsunami
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#7 What She Posts vs. A Screenshot I Took From A Video
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#8 She Can Touch The Sky With Those Legs
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#9 Hi Humans
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#10 Tagged vs. Posted. She Actually Looks Really Good For 72 Y/O But Can’t Help Herself With The Photoshop
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#11 Intestines ? Never Heard Of Them
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#12 Saw This A While Back… Thought I’d Post It Here
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#13 Makeup Is Truly Amazing. It’s The Nose For Me
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#14 It’s Like A Mask
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#15 Don’t Understand How Someone Can See This As Anything But Straight Up Scary
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#16 When Your Shadow Looks More Realistic Than You. Seriously, Bellies Don’t Need To Be Fixed
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#17 Came Across On Pinterest. It’s On A Clothing Website. When Your Arms Are Bigger Than Your Legs
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#18 Iger Compares Editing Before And After
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#19 Claims It’s All Makeup And Expensive Wigs
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#20 I Don’t Even Know Where To Start
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#21 What Am I Even Looking At
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#22 This Side Profile Is…
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#23 Found One On A Dating App…
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#24 Does Anybody Else See The Purple-Ish Rectangle Around Her Head In Both Pictures? Also, The Proportions Just Seem Off
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#25 I Don’t Think This One Needs Explaining
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#26 Aight
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#27 Excuse Me?
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#28 Her Eye Edits Make Me Uncomfortable
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#29 Spotted On Tinder
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#30 Instagram vs. Youtube, Ma’am, You’re Lying To Yourself
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#31 Finally Spotted One In The Wild On Tinder
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#32 He Has An Onlyfans Where I Can Only Assume He’s Photoshopped A Giant Dong As Well
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#33 She’s My Current Favourite From The Show She’s In But The Ig vs. Reality Isn’t Adding Up
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#34 Instagram Picture vs. Livestream
Image source: some_kind_of_onion
#35 Hard To Believe It’s The Same Girl
Image source: Nanimc
#36 Those Grocery Shelves
Image source: AquarianScientist
#37 Loves Those Curves On The Door
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#38 Gray Halo All Aroun’! Or Floating Buttocks’?
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#39 I Absolutely Love This Brand And Have Bought From Them Many Times, But How Dare You Have Fingers That Bend? Feeling Like I Don’t Fit In With All My Joints
Image source: Forzara
#40 Photoshop? Filters? Surgery? Yes
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