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35 Times People Spotted Such Fake Instagrammers, It’s Borderline Ridiculous (New Pics)
Looks can be deceiving. We’ve heard it a million times before, and yet some of us still fall for it. In the current world, hyperreality is taking over, and social media is no exception. As its users continue to push these limits to keep their fellow Instagram aficionados on a like-driven leash, one can't help but remember the words of philosopher Jean Baudrillard: “We live in a world where there are more and more information and less and less meaning.” The lines between real and fake have blurred, while true and false are hard to tell apart. Luckily, the subreddit r/Instagramreality is armed with 723k active members who dedicate their days (or maybe years) to exposing fake people on social media. Let’s have a look at their most recent ugly truth discoveries and if it’s not enough, then check out more Instagram vs. Reality posts here and here.
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She’s Back And Her Eyes Are Even Bigger
Bored Panda spoke to Siobhan Ward, a primary therapist at Life Works, a rehabilitation centre 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 behavioural addictions, such as porn and gambling, as well as eating disorders, especially predominant with the likes of Instagram. It may be that the addiction is not with the social media itself, but the social media has become a tool of other addictions."
So why can't people stop faking and photo editing their social Instagram photos, even when it’s an obvious lie? The answer might be more interesting than you expected. In short – blame brain chemistry! Of course, all these neurons have a lot going on. In full – “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.”
“One would need to become aware of what they believe they are getting from the internet in order to start resisting its temptation. By understanding why they turn to the internet, they can start to think about healthier ways to meet these needs.”
Of course, that's in no way an excuse for spreading fakery online. But at least we now know where to look. Hint: right inside your head.
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Nothing Normal About This Picture.. At All..
Misha Christensen-wildeman 4 years ago
hahahahahahaha reminds be of beetlejuice when he has a small head
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Shadow Tells The Truth
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3 Years On Instagram Turned A Lovely Girl Into This
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If We Don’t Have A Pregnant Model We Will Just Improvise. No One Will Notice!
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I Mean... Who Needs Organs Anyway
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All Of Her Photos Are Heavily Facetuned, But This One Is Just Beyond
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Maybe They Wouldn't Notice
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I Call This The Dorito Body
I’m Foxxy and I know it 😉 4 years ago
Whilst there is a lot going wrong I just can’t get past his arm. It looks like it is backwards.
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Lady On Facebook Insists That There's No Editing, And Any Comments Saying Otherwise Are Blocked
Bianka Nagy 4 years ago (edited)
I found her profile by accident, she's in one of the tag groups I'm in. That was before her photos went viral. I stalked her profile a little. She'd been in a serious accident, and has scarring on her face, and trying to compensate with editing I guess... It's sad, really. I guess that accident harmed more than just her physical appearance.
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How Is This Supposed To Resemble Her Behind?! Just Looks Like 2 Balloons At This Point.
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Left Is From The Official Show Account, Right Is The One She Posted
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I'm Scared
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Caught One In The Wild As They Say. He’s A Very Corrupt Lawyer In My Country, Posted This In His Twitter Account Recently
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Kitchen Cabinets By Salvador Dalí
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This Girl Is Known For Calling People Ugly On Facebook And Says She Doesn’t Edit Her Pics....lol
Phyllicia Goh 4 years ago
Whether you are pretty or not, edit your pics or not, who are you to call others ugly??
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This Girl And Her Demon Eyed Family Keeps Popping Up On My Explore Page
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Saw This While Looking Up Hairstyle References
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Local “Influencer” Badly Photoshopping On Different Clothes
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I Just Can't Deal With This One Particular Girl, I Just Had To Follow Her Because Of The Crazy Editing
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Proportions Out Of Whack
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Hot Dog Fingers Strikes Again
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My Hair Stylist Was Warning Me About Unrealistic Hair Expectations Due To Photoshopped Photos On Instagram Like This One
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Girl What
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Oh No
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This Is The Mother Of A Girl I Grew Up Near. Her Instagram Is Full Of This Sort Of Stuff
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Genuinely Upsets Me How Much She’s Edited Her Face Here
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Beautiful Girl... I Don’t Know Why She Does This
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Saw This On Pinterest. Girl Went Crazy With The Smoothing Tool. Her Face Literally Looks Like A Sim To Me
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I Personally Hate The “Snatched Waist” Look. It Looks So Weird And Unneeded. We’re Humans Not Plastic Barbies, No Need For Unrealistic Expectations.
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Edited vs. Unedited
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At Least He Chose A One Colored Background
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That Dog Is Smooth As Hell
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Excuse Me What The F?
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Bruh...
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Another Gem From Aliexpress. Tiny Head Big Body
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When You Edit Dem Hips But Not Dat Shadow
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What "Natural" Looks Like Online vs. Irl
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Recently
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He Likes Museum Enough To Photoshop Him In It But Not Enough To Be Really There ( I Think His Body Is Also Edited To Make Waist Smaller... But Not Sure)
XxInstantKarmaxX 4 years ago
with most photoshops you can tell if they're fake by looking at the feet
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My Hairdresser Using Filters On My Hair, Setting Unrealistic Expectations.
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Skin Online vs. Skin Irl
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Got Blocked Within 60 Seconds For Asking Why Her Left Hand Is So Small
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Like Two Different People
Becca Gizmo the Squirrel 4 years ago
If the photoshopped one is on the left she didn't do a bad job.
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An Unconventional One
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Instagrammer’s Picture vs. Photographer’s Picture
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"Natural" Is Always Flawless Online
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A Very Popular Cosplayer
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Okay But Why Does The Lolipop Be Like That?
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It Looks Like It Hurts To Exhale.. Someone Get Her Some Clothes That Fit!
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What do you think ?
Slinkman 4 years ago
Yeah we know they are fake, we know they use filters, we know they shop themselves and we know the people in the pics aren't that beautifull in reallife... But Panda, can we please stop posting these stupid articles about the fakeness of instagram pics? I'm so done with these. I rather have Disney princesses drawn in a special way by some 'artist'. maybe i'm sour, so be it, but i'm done with this c**p. Let them downvotes come!!
Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 4 years ago
You know a lot of these people most likely have actual illnesses - body dysmorphia, many other eating disorders, pressure from society - how about the people going through illness or medication which makes them suddenly gain weight, loose their hair, changes the shape of their face (medical steroids and chemo are good examples of this). Some of those people don't want everyone in the world to see them as "sick" so they try to get closer to what they were before. Some people aren't very good at it. Celebrities and advertising - yes that's different. But still. These people are struggling with self image and probably life in general. Let's not give them more of a hard time. No real need to draw more attention to this or demonise these people. You don't know what they've been through or are going through. Most of them aren't hurting anyone. Leave them be and just be glad you don't have body dysmorphia. Like. Just be decent humans Like,
PandaPiñata 4 years ago
Am I the only one getting tired of Bored Panda reposting entire threads from other sites? If you ask me that´s just lazy.
littlesaresare 4 years ago
Can I get a dollar every time Bored Panda posts one of these? I'd be rich.
kathryn stretton 4 years ago
Really really fed up of these types of posts now. Not why I read Bored Panda. And, No, I didn't look at all the entries. Just scrolled down to comment, and went vack to look at proper stuff.
deanna woods 4 years ago
I am not on Instagram, but if I ever am, I hope that I will look like a human in my photos and not like a doll, demon, or alien. Or video game character.
Ben 4 years ago
WAY back in the day, before Instagram and social media, my brother had a Sony digital camera with a "unique" feature. It had an option to add a smile to your subject if they weren't smiling, or perhaps not smiling enough. We had fun experimenting with the effect and you can see the results in my avatar pic - this is what happens when you already have a sh*t-eating grin and you turn the force-smile effect to max. GIGGITY! 2019-09-11...de2181.jpg 
Alia G. 4 years ago
I'm so fed up with these. Has BP always been so toxic? What's the point of "exposing" these people?
Lou Herout 4 years ago
Some of these are just examples of changes in lighting, posing and makeup.
Sebastian Melmoth 4 years ago
Who thinks this actually looks real? Don’t know if I should laugh or be concerned that they have some mental illness that makes them crave attention... all of them looked completely fine before they let their 3 yr old sibling play with the photoshop function
Beh Pnkt 4 years ago
it's weird...I mean...is there even a point in using your own pictures at all, when reality looks just completely different? Why bother editing it. Just buy a set of nicely done stock photos...and create an account with another fake persona. Seems the same to me. The perception of one's own beauty really got out of hand. As a guy, I find myself not very handsome and I'm overweight. But it would feel weird to create pictures and make me slimmer or more beautiful. Who am I gonna attract with that? I mean...first date and they will see my bluff. So...whats the point in having a online-persona...hm...
Steve Cruz 4 years ago
Several of the "afters" look like animé characters and the rest look like Hunger Games freaks.
Lea Springstead 4 years ago
It's sad, all of these women are trying to look like puffed little vaginas walking around. Offering themselves as sacrificial little sacks of meat of the masses.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago (edited)
"Influencers" : Entitled morons followed by clueless idiots. LMAO. I got downvoted either by some influenza's or by some clueless idiots. I guess I hit some nerves there.
An Opinion 4 years ago
I feel like most of these are posted for a laugh. Stop making out otherwise you click baiting pieces of.........
John Louis 4 years ago
SOMEONE HELP: Please tell me why people would post such unnatural looking pictures? Why would anyone be satisfied with the results?
Slinkman 4 years ago
Yeah we know they are fake, we know they use filters, we know they shop themselves and we know the people in the pics aren't that beautifull in reallife... But Panda, can we please stop posting these stupid articles about the fakeness of instagram pics? I'm so done with these. I rather have Disney princesses drawn in a special way by some 'artist'. maybe i'm sour, so be it, but i'm done with this c**p. Let them downvotes come!!
Let’s All Just Try And Be Decent 4 years ago
You know a lot of these people most likely have actual illnesses - body dysmorphia, many other eating disorders, pressure from society - how about the people going through illness or medication which makes them suddenly gain weight, loose their hair, changes the shape of their face (medical steroids and chemo are good examples of this). Some of those people don't want everyone in the world to see them as "sick" so they try to get closer to what they were before. Some people aren't very good at it. Celebrities and advertising - yes that's different. But still. These people are struggling with self image and probably life in general. Let's not give them more of a hard time. No real need to draw more attention to this or demonise these people. You don't know what they've been through or are going through. Most of them aren't hurting anyone. Leave them be and just be glad you don't have body dysmorphia. Like. Just be decent humans Like,
PandaPiñata 4 years ago
Am I the only one getting tired of Bored Panda reposting entire threads from other sites? If you ask me that´s just lazy.
littlesaresare 4 years ago
Can I get a dollar every time Bored Panda posts one of these? I'd be rich.
kathryn stretton 4 years ago
Really really fed up of these types of posts now. Not why I read Bored Panda. And, No, I didn't look at all the entries. Just scrolled down to comment, and went vack to look at proper stuff.
deanna woods 4 years ago
I am not on Instagram, but if I ever am, I hope that I will look like a human in my photos and not like a doll, demon, or alien. Or video game character.
Ben 4 years ago
WAY back in the day, before Instagram and social media, my brother had a Sony digital camera with a "unique" feature. It had an option to add a smile to your subject if they weren't smiling, or perhaps not smiling enough. We had fun experimenting with the effect and you can see the results in my avatar pic - this is what happens when you already have a sh*t-eating grin and you turn the force-smile effect to max. GIGGITY! 2019-09-11...de2181.jpg
Alia G. 4 years ago
I'm so fed up with these. Has BP always been so toxic? What's the point of "exposing" these people?
Lou Herout 4 years ago
Some of these are just examples of changes in lighting, posing and makeup.
Sebastian Melmoth 4 years ago
Who thinks this actually looks real? Don’t know if I should laugh or be concerned that they have some mental illness that makes them crave attention... all of them looked completely fine before they let their 3 yr old sibling play with the photoshop function
Beh Pnkt 4 years ago
it's weird...I mean...is there even a point in using your own pictures at all, when reality looks just completely different? Why bother editing it. Just buy a set of nicely done stock photos...and create an account with another fake persona. Seems the same to me. The perception of one's own beauty really got out of hand. As a guy, I find myself not very handsome and I'm overweight. But it would feel weird to create pictures and make me slimmer or more beautiful. Who am I gonna attract with that? I mean...first date and they will see my bluff. So...whats the point in having a online-persona...hm...
Steve Cruz 4 years ago
Several of the "afters" look like animé characters and the rest look like Hunger Games freaks.
Lea Springstead 4 years ago
It's sad, all of these women are trying to look like puffed little vaginas walking around. Offering themselves as sacrificial little sacks of meat of the masses.
WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago (edited)
"Influencers" : Entitled morons followed by clueless idiots. LMAO. I got downvoted either by some influenza's or by some clueless idiots. I guess I hit some nerves there.
An Opinion 4 years ago
I feel like most of these are posted for a laugh. Stop making out otherwise you click baiting pieces of.........
John Louis 4 years ago
SOMEONE HELP: Please tell me why people would post such unnatural looking pictures? Why would anyone be satisfied with the results?
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