The fact that people share an idealized version of themselves on social media, cherry-picking only the best images, thoughts, and experiences isn't new. But the lengths they go to marketing themselves keep surprising even the ones who think they've seen it all.
I'm talking about r/Instagramreality. It's a subreddit whose members strip down the glamor of make-up, flattering poses, and all kinds of photo editing, and expose the truth behind the facade. It's been around since 2017, and we've written about it numerous times (here, here, and here), but even these folks still get baffled at how absurd some of these manipulations are. Here are a few reasons why.
#1 Must Be Her Sister In The Car
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#2 This Is Funny And All But It’s Getting Out Of Hand
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#3 A Man, For A Change. Not Sure If Satire Or For Real. Behold, The Wall-Bending Biceps And Butt
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#4 In Reality, Birds Flap Their Wings When They Fly
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#5 A Fairly Popular Local Influencer Recently Made An Appearance On TV. A Lot Of Her Fans Apparently Had Trouble Recognizing Her At First
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#6 Yes, The Giant Feet Syndrome, More And Coomon These Days
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#7 Be You!
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#8 Skipped Leg Day, Forever
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#9 Blended The Fence Into Her Face
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#10 "The Model Has Achieved This By Chewing On A Plastic-Looking Contraption"
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#11 We’ve Seen Tiny Heads…now Get Ready For Giant Feet!
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#12 Found In The Wild On Instagram
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#13 Arms So Big They Warp The Plane Seats?
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#14 Organs Are For The Weak!
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#15 What The Model Posted vs. Photographer
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#16 This Guy Popped Up In My Feed As A Sponsored Story
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#17 Legs For Dayyyyys
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#18 Reminds Me Of That Scene In Beetlejuice (Little Head)
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#19 This Cannot Be Real! Inhumanly Possible To Look Like This
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#20 Unfortunately Did Not Pass Her Photoshop Class Though
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#21 She Was On A Popular Reality Show. I'll Never Understand Why They Do This When We've All Seen What They Really Look Like!
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#22 4 Out Of 5 Dentists Approved
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#23 Internal Organs? Never Heard Of Them
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#24 Her Index Finger Seems To Be Melting Down Her Bum
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#25 Repeat Offender. This Girl Has No Shame
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#26 Reminder: This Is Not How These Women Look In Real Life
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#27 Girl I Go To Uni With Always Edits Her Photos Like This.. The Second Pic Is How She Actually Looks
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#28 Two Of Her Fingers Are Thicker Than Her Wrist, Wtf
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#29 Even The Poor Headless Mannequin Can't Live Up To Ig Standards
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#30 And The Knees?
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#31 Copy + Paste Cleavage?
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#32 When The Very Thing You Rely On Betrays You Lol
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#33 I Was Startled By This While Scrolling
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#34 One I Found In The Wild
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#35 Her Gravitational Pull Is So Strong It Distorts Everything Around Her Waist
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#36 Photoshopped Herself Into Oblivion, Grandpa Can Stay Lookin Old Af
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#37 From Her Profile vs. Tagged
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#38 I Honestly Don’t Know Where To Start
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#39 And She Would Have Gotten Away With It Too, If It Weren’t For Those Meddling Straps!
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#40 The Coveted Thigh Gap
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#41 The Face!!! And This Was A Sponsored Post
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#42 So Much Brightness
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#43 I’m Sorry… What?
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#44 Famous Youtube Prankster Editing Girls’ Bodies In Video Previews. Lost Some Respect For Him For Perpetuating Those Harmful Standards
#45 Subtle.... Her Poor Nose
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#46 Reality TV Influencer Edits Her Photos To Change Her Skin Colour
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#47 Online Shopping And.. I Literally Have No Idea What’s Happening Here
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#48 Seen In Strasbourg. Influencer Pretends To Use A Selfie Stick As Entourage Shoots. They Were There For At Least 30 Minutes. Best Was Seeing Her Smoke After In A Winter Coat ‘Cuz It Was Chilly Af
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#49 Core So Strong It Bends Everything Around It
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#50 Found One In The Wild, Totally Natural Looking Face
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