Anyone who’s no stranger to the picture-perfect world of Instagram knows that you have to take everything you see on there with a pinch of salt. Or rather a whole bag of it.
It only takes a glance at the heavily airbrushed photos and virtually unrecognizable selfies to see how saturated with editing and filters Instagram has become. This corner of Reddit known as the Instagram Reality subreddit has long been busting all the fakery online by sharing some of the biggest examples of faux pas found on social media.
Below we wrapped up a new batch of surreal pics from the same subreddit that show people’s obsession with looking perfect on the screen at whatever cost.
Also make sure to check out our previous article with more Instagram vs Reality pics.
#1 One Of My Fav Influencers
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Instagram is notorious for the use of photo editing filters and lenses and it’s no secret that many influencers use them. There are many other apps and plugins that enhance a person’s appearance in the photographs uploaded there.
But there is a dark side of it that not many people who use these tools to achieve that picture-perfect ideal and seek unattainable beauty standards are willing to speak about. In 2019, a report showed that nearly half of Instagram influencers who were surveyed said their job as an influencer impacted their mental health, and 32% said it negatively impacted body image.
#2 Damn, We Got Some Fine Elbows Up In Here
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#3 These Actually Terrify Me!
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#4 Let Me Just Tuck My Hair Behind My Eyelash Real Quick
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Another study from 2017 ranked Instagram as the most dangerous social media platform in regards to young people’s mental health because along with other photo and video-based apps like Snapchat and TikTok, it offers filters and lenses that dramatically change the way someone looks.
The psychologists who research the influence of social media on mental health argue that many people feel upset that their real appearance doesn’t match with how they look online. This is extremely dangerous and can potentially cause body dysmorphia, a mental disorder in which someone fixates on and obsesses over one or more of their perceived physical flaws or defects, according to the Mayo Clinic.
#5 Asian Photoshopping
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#6 Yeah…
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#7 Difference From A Live Performance And A Video
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But this is far from the only threat lurking in the social media apps. Another danger is a threat to our privacy and security, something that many apps are extremely vulnerable in. So to find out about that side of the coin, Bored Panda spoke with a cybersecurity expert at NordVPN named Daniel Markuson.
Markuson unexplained that “photo editing apps usually demand various permissions for a person's camera, photo library, location, microphone, and much more. Nobody would want any of this information to be accessed by a malicious third party, not to mention that some of those apps can even use a person's camera without their consent.”
#8 Her vs. His Insta Post
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#9 Your Sleep Paralysis Demon Stood At The Edge Of Your Bed
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#10 This ‘Influencer’ Claims She Only Uses Filters To Adjust The Colours. Instagram On Left, Reality On Right
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In order to make sure that their privacy will not be compromised while editing their photos, Markuson argues, “users should pay attention to the legitimacy of the apps they choose to download from the app store.”
Markuson also listed some of the things that they should consider before downloading an app: “Photo editing apps are non-essential. The fewer apps a person has, the less data they collect and store.” Markuson’s advice is as follows: “if you can edit your photos on social media apps, like Instagram - do so.”
#11 Youtuber Who Always Looks Different In Each Of Her Pictures
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#12 This One Made Me Laugh!
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#13 Seen On Ig Explore Page
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Moreover, Markuson reminds everyone that some of the top-ranked apps collect their users' data and later use it for marketing or malicious purposes. “Read the Terms of Service before using the app,” he suggested.
Another important thing is to pay attention to permission demanded by the app. “Your photo editing app doesn't need to know where you are when you edit your photos, or who is on your contact list.”
Markuson concluded that “the safe choice would be to use apps created by trustworthy, well-known companies, which are known to be more responsible with their users' data.”
#14 I - Um-
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#15 You’re Id Card Won’t Lie
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#16 Saw This Guy On Tinder. Looks Like He Photoshopped Someone Else's Head On His Body
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#17 How Delusional Are You From 1 To This Person?
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#18 God I Hate Snapchat
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#19 Something About Her Head Just Seems Off
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#20 I Cried Laughing. Can You See It?
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#21 Small Face, Weird Big Fingers Wtf !
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#22 Found This On A Japanese Musician's Page. I Don't Even Know What's Going On - Is The Red Haired Dude Ok?
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#23 This Hair Stylist Adding Filters After His Work
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#24 Before And "After". Based Off An "8 Week Study", Yet Has 3 Pimples In The Exact Same Spot With No Change In Size Or Color. I Really Hate Misleading Ads
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#25 Same Person, Right?
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#26 That’s Her Strong Arm
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#27 Also A Case Of Ig vs. Reality
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#28 Everyone Looks Normal Except
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#29 Skin Texture We Don’t Know Her
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#30 When You Mutilate Your Crotch For The Sake Of A Thigh Gap. (Also, Everything Else)
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#31 What She Look Like vs. Instagram
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#32 Popular Tiktoker Claims She Uses No Filters
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#33 Just A Little Touch Up Here And There
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#34 A Well-Known Korean Social Media Influencer Over The Years
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#35 Some Editing May Have Taken Place
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#36 I’ve Never Seen A More Accurate Description
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#37 I Can’t Believe She Posted This…
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#38 We’ve All Seen Face Smoothing, But The Clone Stamp Arm Gone Wrong??
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#39 Pic vs. Video, Both Posted By Her. She's Already So Skinny To Begin With /:
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#40 Do The Wavy Leg!!
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#41 Her Waist Is Smaller Than Her Head
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#42 Bruh
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#43 Zoom In On The Nose
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#44 Probably One Of The Worst I’ve Ever Seen. And All Of Her Photos Look Like This And No One Calls Her Out For It
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#45 Tinder vs. Instagram
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#46 Look Guys My Waist Is The Same Size As My Arms!
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#47 This Influencer That Photoshopped Her Face On Another Person’s Body And Thought We Wouldn’t Notice
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#48 Yet “No Fish Pictures Plz”
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#49 It's Like Her Hair Is Afraid To Touch Her Butt
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#50 Guess Who
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#51 Why Do They Think We Don’t Know What They Look Like…
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#52 Clothes Shopping Must Be A Nightmare For Her
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#53 Looks Like A Minecraft Wall And Door
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#54 She Got 57m Followers!!
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#55 Why Is The Pen Shaped Like That?
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#56 That Hand Has Me Howling
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#57 Imagine Looking Like #2 And Still Feeling The Need To Filter Yourself Into Oblivion
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#58 Just A Tad Bit Heavy On The Hips, Just A Tad Bit
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#59 This Seems Like Such A Natural And Healthy Body
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#60 From Skinny To Slenderman
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#61 41yo Journalist Looks Different In Person
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#62 Am I Not Paying Attention Or She Doesn’t Get Posted Here Enough?
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#63 Celebrity Chef's Collaboration - Brand Post vs. Still From Video
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#64 Theres Something Off About Her Torso… (Hint: You Can See Her Waist Glitching In Videos Bc She Uses Body Filters)
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#65 Uniquely Photoshopped
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#66 What Was She Even Trying To Achieve With This Epic Fail?
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#67 The Entire Profile Is Like This. Are Normally Shaped Heads Out Of Fashion?
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#68 What Is Going On Here?
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#69 It’s The Arm For Me
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#70 Instagram Versus The Photographer
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#71 Indian Instagram Just Hit Different
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#72 Not Just Women Face Tuning…
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#73 The Stove Is Going Thru It
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#74 Pictures Like This Became So Normal I Had To Take A Second Look To Remind Myself This Isn’t How People Look
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#75 She Actually Thinks This Looks Real
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#76 Ia Gov Campaign Commercial vs. Reality
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#77 Lol Imagine Going To Get Your Lashes Done And They Photoshop Your Skin So Much
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#78 Didn’t Initially Recognize Her In The First Image
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#79 I Couldn’t Not Comment
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#80 They Are Always Heavy On The Editing But I Didn’t Even Recognize Her Here
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#81 This Makes Me Want To Scream And Cry. It’s A Video And As Much As I Looked, I Didn’t See Any Warping, Even Though I Knew This Isn’t Realistic. Only After Screenshotting And Looking Really Close. So Many Young Chindren Think This Is Real
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#82 More I Look More I'm Like 'What?!'
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#83 Actually Found One In The Wild. While Scrolling Pinterest. Look At Her Waist!
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#84 I Love This Actress But This Picture She Posted Ain’t It!! Why The Fake Braid, The Filter, The Dress Feels Liquified…
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#85 Love How Everyone Is Edited But Her. ?
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#86 Noticed Some Fat Elbows In This Christmas Song Promo
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#87 Youtuber Who Looks Different In Each Of Her Pictures
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#88 The Boba Milk Tea Is Bigger Than Her Head
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#89 Neck Looking A Lil Suspicious
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#90 How To Avoid A Warp Fail? Just Photoshop Yourself (Badly) In Entirely Different Location
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#91 Found In The Wild. Looks Like A Cartoon At This Point
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#92 What The Model Posted vs. The Brand
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#93 Finally Spotted My First! She's Still Pretty But She Looks Completely Different From Even A Year Ago :( The Waist Being Smaller Than The Head Is A Big Giveaway But There's A Lot To Unpack
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#94 "No Make-Up " Lol
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#95 Most Intensely Filtered One I’ve Seen Her Post So Far
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#96 Her Hair Not Falling Vertically And Her Arms Looking Off Makes Me Think That This Was Photoshopped. Whole Thing Just Looks... Weird. This Picture Was Published In A Really Well Known Magazine
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#97 Politician-Adjacent Woman With Absolutely No Skin Texture, But With Bonus Eye Makeup Filter Going Into Her Hair
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#98 What’s Going On Here? All Of His Pics Look Like This
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#99 Left Is Real, Right Is Ig
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#100 Gotta Thin Those Arms Out
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#101 Guys Are Doin’ It To Themselves
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#102 What Agency Posted vs. Paparazzi Photo
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