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45 Times People Uncovered How Fake Some Pics On Instagram Are And Just Had To Share (New Pics)
With the rise of photo editing software and the increasing importance of our image on social media, most of us sometimes get worried about what people think of us. Do I look good enough? Do I dress stylish enough? What do people think of me when they see my picture? Would I get more likes/upvotes/notes/tiny red digital hearts if I did X, Y, and Z?
Unfortunately, some people have these thoughts far too often and take them to extremes: they care about their body image so damn much that they start relying on photo manipulation to extreme levels. This results in people looking radically different online than they do in real life. And when you do a side by side comparison? Wow. The difference is striking, often hilarious, and might make some of us wish you were born before they invented electricity.
We’ve collected some of the best examples of Instagram photos vs. reality from the incredibly popular r/Instagramreality subreddit, so get ready for some shocking comparisons. Scroll down, upvote the pics you enjoyed, and let us know what you think in the comments. After you’re done with this list, be sure to check out Bored Panda’s previous articles showing the vast difference between what some fake people look like in real life and how they present themselves on social media right here, here, and here.
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#1
Found On Facebook
#3
When You Preach Body Positivity And Then Shop Your Waist Into Oblivion
There are more people who Photoshop their pictures than most of us think. Of course, most of these edits and photo filters aren’t as drastic as the ones shown in this list, but it still raises the question of how widespread this is.
According to one study, two thirds of Australian women believe that it’s wrong for magazines to edit photos before printing them. The irony is that 57 percent of them also admitted to Photoshopping their own pictures before posting them on social media.
#4
Saw This On Instagram
#5
When You Move Too Much And The Filter Comes Off
#6
His Page vs. Her Page. I Guess He Had To Bring Her To His Level ?
The desire to receive approval and to create a positive reputation for oneself means that some people take multiple selfies in order to get the ‘perfect’ shot.
Dr. Vivienne Lewis, a Clinical Psychologist at the University of Canberra, told the Daily Mail that more and more women are becoming dissatisfied with how they perceive their bodies and their image, thus resulting in a low self-esteem.
#7
Girl, What Is Up With Your Legs?? She Put The Whole Leg On Backwards In The Second Pic!
#8
Famous Singer From My Country
#9
Floors Look A Bit Bent...
“The thing is, they're constantly having to meet unrealistic beauty trends and standards,” Dr. Lewis explained. She noted that there is huge pressure for women to look ‘perfect’ in the age of social media. “Women in particular who are very concerned about their bodies can spend hours editing photos.”
#11
On The Left, Pictures Someone Posted To Twitter Calling Her The Most Beautiful Woman Alive. On The Right, What She Really Looked Like That Day. I Agree She’s Absolutely Gorgeous, So Why Photoshop Her To Make Her Look Like A Doll?
#12
This Girl Was Posted In Another Post For Falsely Calling Police On Her Neighbor. They Put Both These Pictures In The Article
#13
I Cannot Believe She Seriously Posted This
#14
This Person Is Running For Mayor Where I Live. Yikes
#15
Legs For Days
#16
Left: Instagram, Right: Youtube
#17
Local Nail Salon Apparently Removes All Wrinkles From Your Hands After Doing Your Nails
#18
The Longer You Look At It, The Weirder It Gets
#19
Now That The Clouds Have Been Pointed Out, That’s The First Thing I Look At Now
#20
Flexible Bones
#21
Couldn’t Believe My Eyes With This One
#22
Same Person, Different Angle
#23
Apparently We Should All Be Ashamed Of Our Knuckles Now
#24
I Normally Don't Notice These Things But Come On....
#25
Her Instagram Is A Gold Mine For This Stuff. Every Time She Posts, Her Edits Get More Extreme
#26
May I Present To You, A Thicc Zombie. He Makes Fake Pages To Follow And Comment On His Own Pictures And Deletes Anyone Else’s Comments That Call Him Out
Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
This is just disturbing...it sounds like there's something seriously wrong with this guy
#27
The Guy On The Left (Who Doesn't Really Filter On His Own Insta) Got Filtered By The Other Guy A Bunch Too
#28
Serving Ginger Realness
#29
Saw This Girl On Tiktok...atleast She’s Completely Honest About It Lmao
#30
Dude From Tinder Must Think He’s Got Us All Convinced
#31
Goldmine Ig Account. There So Many To Choose From
#32
Left Was Posted On A Thinspo Insta Page. I Thought They Were Tackling This Issue?
June Clavelle 4 years ago
I really hope there aren't kids out there that think it's real. How could the woman in the picture think that editing could be positive? Does she really think the other image is better in some way? The whole thing is just kind of sad.
NCC~1701 4 years ago
I wish someone couldve told this to eleven year old me
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Cristina Sacchi 4 years ago
As if something is wrong with her actual body/shape! Why!!!! Go out and play kids!
Thomas Vinters 4 years ago
It's a thinspo page, though. People who are interested in these are obviously ill and have a very distorted perception of reality.
Marc Morgenstern 4 years ago
This is a serious body image issue, if she feels she has to make herself look thinner.
FreakOfArt 4 years ago
In my opinion, girls who do t try to Photoshop their weight and sent ashamed of their body size are really attractive.
T h e r e s a 2 years ago
She literally has one of the best bodies I’ve ever seen. The photoshop is not only creepy af but pointless.
Lady Marmalade 4 years ago
Im kinda getting anorexic vibes from this if shes photoshopping herself like this...
Lydia Rone 4 years ago
She is already super pretty and skinny, this takes it a little too far.
Baali Venomax 4 years ago
She doesnt need the filter. She's already thin! Also if you shrink your waist, you have to shrink your a*s too else you look deformed.
Twenty øne doggos 4 years ago
She looks better without editing, the left one just looks weird.
#33
I Don’t Even Have To Say Anything
Samantha Pines 4 years ago
She looks so much better without it. Many people here are prettier before all the Photoshop.
#34
Ouch @ Her Dislocated Hip, She Should Go Get That Checked Out
#35
Filtered vs. Unfiltered
#36
At This Point, What Is Real?
#37
Completely Changed Her Face Structure
#38
Christmas Is Coming. Don’t Forget To Photoshop Yourself With A Nice Tree
#39
I Posted A Girl Who Got Called Out For Photoshopping Her Makeup A While Ago. Now It Seems Even The “Greats” Are Getting Away With It
#40
The Picture She Posted vs. The Original
#41
The Photo She Posted vs. The One Her Friend Posted Of Her
#42
He Is Honestly Very Talented But The Editing Is Just So Unrealistic
#43
At Least She Edited Her Friend Too
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What do you think ?
Random Panda 4 years ago (edited)
I really wonder what is going on in their head when they 'shop themselves into oblivion. On some level I feel sorry for them, because they must have serious mental issues. But on the other hand they are a-holes promoting a toxic culture to a wide and often very impressionable audience.
Mommyofboth 4 years ago
It all boils down to our obsession with beauty and what we feel beautiful should look like. It's sad really. I'm just as guilty to hop on snapchat and throw on a filter.
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Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
Some of these filters are ridiculously fake looking, do these people actually think they make them look sexy? Also, level of denial of when some of these 'influencers' get called out is ridiculous.
Mr. Bean 4 years ago
Photos on Instagram and other social platforms have lead people to believe that beauty can only exist in an unachievable body type; that it’s even remotely healthy to look like the models in the photos we see. It's very saddening that it teaches women and young girls that it’s appropriate to try to hide their flaws at all costs instead of embracing them. :(
Night Owl 4 years ago
I feel sorry for them, and for the society in general. They wouldn't do that if they didn't feel like they had to
Kaisu 4 years ago
Exactly, I think people often forget what is causing people - especially young girls - to want to do this. Making fun of individuals who do this isn't going to solve anything, we need to work on the bigger picture
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Kaisu 4 years ago
Apparently people on bored panda think there's a lot wrong, if you see them making fun of the unedited pictures where the people actually look like a human
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Lisa T 4 years ago
This genuinely makes me sad. They all look so much better in the real photos. I bought a new phone recently and took a selfie at an event and wondered why I looked “weird”, then realised it was set to automatically filter! I hate filters. The only time I use photoshop is maybe to remove a blemish or red eye. What you see is what you get with me
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
Some of these are so outrageously bizarre and over the top that you can’t help but laugh a little, but some of the others are honestly disturbing and quite sad.
Fred and George Weasley 4 years ago
some of these are probably becuase of insecurity an unreleasistic expectations but people obviously go way too far and look like their eyes are gonna pop out their heads and that they clearly have no internal organs
Elizabeth Butler 4 years ago
For those brought up on Pixar media, it must seem normal to want to look like a gci character. Pathetic.
Elina Kuusisto 4 years ago
Quite a few of these make me really sad. People skewing their appearances to such an extreme is troubling.
L. Sam Robinson 4 years ago
I was called “”FAT LIPS” as a kid... now people are either paying for them or photo shopping them. Weird
Asper Rated 4 years ago
I think about the misguided efforts. Hours and hours devoted to sitting and editing these fake things. Not for being taken as fake but as real. It's worse then bragging about it. Here you've made up an entire narrative to support a lie (the travel pictures) on top of worrying you'll be asked a question about "that place" at some point. On the other hand these people are so deluded and fake they could get away with it with a histrionic wave of a hand. Pathetic. In their old age theyll look at these photos of their youth "fake spent" in Mexico and think how they were behind a computer one saturday afternoon. Not a moment. Not an experience. Nothing learned. Just time wasted....
Gracie Mae 4 years ago
i guess i'm officially OLD--none of any of that makes a bit of sense to me...why can't people learn to love themselves the way they are? unless they're going for the anonymity in their real life, i just don't get it...
Nadine Francis 4 years ago
We have a very insecure generation coming to be.........it is really sad
Miguel Denyer 4 years ago
This article tells you everything you need to know about people and how fake they are... if this is what they do to the images of their likeness in order to convince people who they are, then what does that say about the words that come out of their mouths?
Lyone Fein 4 years ago
So many of the edited pictures look like anime or comics--it makes me wonder if that was the intention with them. They just don't look like photos anymore. So I guess I am thinking of giving some folks the benefit of the doubt.
Ms E 4 years ago
Why are people doing this to themselves? I mean, removing spots that are temporary is fine, but altering like this. They look so much better before, most of them. Just scary afterwards :D And why removing lines on fingers? Geez. I don't feel like it's good ad if they have done nail work on a doll :D
Nicholas Yu 4 years ago
You dummies. Only take selfies on a plain white or black background so you can liquify all you want without the bendy lines in the background. Then do us all a favor and never leave the house.
Jace 4 years ago
Do these people completely lack any sense of how human bodies REALLY work or look? It’s like the uncanny valley turned into the uncanny Marianas Trench. This is clearly some kind of mental disorder. That we’re putting these all together on a page for some kind of entertainment... makes me uncomfortable. It’s not just weird and gross; it’s disturbing and sad. Any culture that creates this kind of thinking... is f*****g unhealthy.
GenXandEarnedItAll 4 years ago
If they spent as much time eating healthily, working out and getting some much needed therapy they'd be much happier and feel better about themselves.
Data1001 4 years ago
I blame the Kardashians for all this mess. Ladies, it's a minority of men who prefer that fake look. But hey, maybe they're trying to do it to impress other women, and not to impress men.
Kaisu 4 years ago
Maybe they're not trying to impress men, maybe they're just not happy with how they look because they see everyone else's edited pictures, assume that's reality and that they need to do that as well.
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Luisa Vasconcelos 4 years ago
People are really sick in their minds, in a not normal and acceptable way. Thanks for the nightmare.
Michelle Muirhead 4 years ago
How sad and pathetic these deluded souls are to think they are looking gorgeous when it is all so obviously fake. They need a serious reality check and get a life!
Alia G. 4 years ago
I feel like getting angry about this is just as toxic as the environment that makes these people think they need to look like this. It almost feels like bullying to me to "call out" people for changing their appearance. These are obviously extremely insecure people.
Kaisu 4 years ago
Also have you seen the disgusting comments that people made here on BP about the original unedited pictures? And then they're saying it's pathetic to edit your pictures, when they're the ones who create the atmosphere where people feel the need to edit themselves to avoid getting bullied.
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Adam Cantor 4 years ago
Snapchat, instagram, tiktok, etc....users need to chill out with the filters/photoshopping. Quit turning to strangers on the internet to validate yourself. Also...who do influencer's actually influence? What do they "influence" us to do? Please go get a life and a real job that actually contributes to society in a positive fashion.
goodmorning 4 years ago
at least is only photo filters and many of theme maybe they doing for fun. Imagine some people make surgery to look like that for real.
Christina Sersif 4 years ago
Photoshop should be illegal unless you’re buffing out a zit. That I understand otherwise you’re just lying to the world and yourself
Random Panda 4 years ago (edited)
I really wonder what is going on in their head when they 'shop themselves into oblivion. On some level I feel sorry for them, because they must have serious mental issues. But on the other hand they are a-holes promoting a toxic culture to a wide and often very impressionable audience.
Mommyofboth 4 years ago
It all boils down to our obsession with beauty and what we feel beautiful should look like. It's sad really. I'm just as guilty to hop on snapchat and throw on a filter.
Load More Replies... Toujin C'Thlu 4 years ago
Some of these filters are ridiculously fake looking, do these people actually think they make them look sexy? Also, level of denial of when some of these 'influencers' get called out is ridiculous.
Mr. Bean 4 years ago
Photos on Instagram and other social platforms have lead people to believe that beauty can only exist in an unachievable body type; that it’s even remotely healthy to look like the models in the photos we see. It's very saddening that it teaches women and young girls that it’s appropriate to try to hide their flaws at all costs instead of embracing them. :(
Night Owl 4 years ago
I feel sorry for them, and for the society in general. They wouldn't do that if they didn't feel like they had to
Kaisu 4 years ago
Exactly, I think people often forget what is causing people - especially young girls - to want to do this. Making fun of individuals who do this isn't going to solve anything, we need to work on the bigger picture
Load More Replies... Kaisu 4 years ago
Apparently people on bored panda think there's a lot wrong, if you see them making fun of the unedited pictures where the people actually look like a human
Load More Replies... Lisa T 4 years ago
This genuinely makes me sad. They all look so much better in the real photos. I bought a new phone recently and took a selfie at an event and wondered why I looked “weird”, then realised it was set to automatically filter! I hate filters. The only time I use photoshop is maybe to remove a blemish or red eye. What you see is what you get with me
Loki’s Lil Butter Knife 4 years ago
Some of these are so outrageously bizarre and over the top that you can’t help but laugh a little, but some of the others are honestly disturbing and quite sad.
Fred and George Weasley 4 years ago
some of these are probably becuase of insecurity an unreleasistic expectations but people obviously go way too far and look like their eyes are gonna pop out their heads and that they clearly have no internal organs
Elizabeth Butler 4 years ago
For those brought up on Pixar media, it must seem normal to want to look like a gci character. Pathetic.
Elina Kuusisto 4 years ago
Quite a few of these make me really sad. People skewing their appearances to such an extreme is troubling.
L. Sam Robinson 4 years ago
I was called “”FAT LIPS” as a kid... now people are either paying for them or photo shopping them. Weird
Asper Rated 4 years ago
I think about the misguided efforts. Hours and hours devoted to sitting and editing these fake things. Not for being taken as fake but as real. It's worse then bragging about it. Here you've made up an entire narrative to support a lie (the travel pictures) on top of worrying you'll be asked a question about "that place" at some point. On the other hand these people are so deluded and fake they could get away with it with a histrionic wave of a hand. Pathetic. In their old age theyll look at these photos of their youth "fake spent" in Mexico and think how they were behind a computer one saturday afternoon. Not a moment. Not an experience. Nothing learned. Just time wasted....
Gracie Mae 4 years ago
i guess i'm officially OLD--none of any of that makes a bit of sense to me...why can't people learn to love themselves the way they are? unless they're going for the anonymity in their real life, i just don't get it...
Nadine Francis 4 years ago
We have a very insecure generation coming to be.........it is really sad
Miguel Denyer 4 years ago
This article tells you everything you need to know about people and how fake they are... if this is what they do to the images of their likeness in order to convince people who they are, then what does that say about the words that come out of their mouths?
Lyone Fein 4 years ago
So many of the edited pictures look like anime or comics--it makes me wonder if that was the intention with them. They just don't look like photos anymore. So I guess I am thinking of giving some folks the benefit of the doubt.
Ms E 4 years ago
Why are people doing this to themselves? I mean, removing spots that are temporary is fine, but altering like this. They look so much better before, most of them. Just scary afterwards :D And why removing lines on fingers? Geez. I don't feel like it's good ad if they have done nail work on a doll :D
Nicholas Yu 4 years ago
You dummies. Only take selfies on a plain white or black background so you can liquify all you want without the bendy lines in the background. Then do us all a favor and never leave the house.
Jace 4 years ago
Do these people completely lack any sense of how human bodies REALLY work or look? It’s like the uncanny valley turned into the uncanny Marianas Trench. This is clearly some kind of mental disorder. That we’re putting these all together on a page for some kind of entertainment... makes me uncomfortable. It’s not just weird and gross; it’s disturbing and sad. Any culture that creates this kind of thinking... is f*****g unhealthy.
GenXandEarnedItAll 4 years ago
If they spent as much time eating healthily, working out and getting some much needed therapy they'd be much happier and feel better about themselves.
Data1001 4 years ago
I blame the Kardashians for all this mess. Ladies, it's a minority of men who prefer that fake look. But hey, maybe they're trying to do it to impress other women, and not to impress men.
Kaisu 4 years ago
Maybe they're not trying to impress men, maybe they're just not happy with how they look because they see everyone else's edited pictures, assume that's reality and that they need to do that as well.
Load More Replies... Luisa Vasconcelos 4 years ago
People are really sick in their minds, in a not normal and acceptable way. Thanks for the nightmare.
Michelle Muirhead 4 years ago
How sad and pathetic these deluded souls are to think they are looking gorgeous when it is all so obviously fake. They need a serious reality check and get a life!
Alia G. 4 years ago
I feel like getting angry about this is just as toxic as the environment that makes these people think they need to look like this. It almost feels like bullying to me to "call out" people for changing their appearance. These are obviously extremely insecure people.
Kaisu 4 years ago
Also have you seen the disgusting comments that people made here on BP about the original unedited pictures? And then they're saying it's pathetic to edit your pictures, when they're the ones who create the atmosphere where people feel the need to edit themselves to avoid getting bullied.
Load More Replies... Adam Cantor 4 years ago
Snapchat, instagram, tiktok, etc....users need to chill out with the filters/photoshopping. Quit turning to strangers on the internet to validate yourself. Also...who do influencer's actually influence? What do they "influence" us to do? Please go get a life and a real job that actually contributes to society in a positive fashion.
goodmorning 4 years ago
at least is only photo filters and many of theme maybe they doing for fun. Imagine some people make surgery to look like that for real.
Christina Sersif 4 years ago
Photoshop should be illegal unless you’re buffing out a zit. That I understand otherwise you’re just lying to the world and yourself
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