35 Times People Spotted Such Fake Instagrammers, Its 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 is 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 fakery on social media. Let’s have a look at their most recent discoveries and if it’s not enough, then check out more Instagram vs. Reality posts here and here.
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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 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 altering their social media pictures, 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.
1 day ago
Sally, Jack Skellington is looking for you. Where have you been?
1 day ago
Flat Earth Society
1 day ago
She also forgot to photoshop the fuck out of her shadow.
1 day ago
Jesus, the photo on the right! It 100% looks like a mugshot
1 day ago
hahahahahahaha reminds be of beetlejuice when he has a small head
1 day ago
The fact that she thinks this is beautiful, is what scares me the most
1 day ago
even stuffing a pillow would be better than…….this..
1 day 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.
1 day ago
The tattooed one looks like a character in a horror movie that would suddenly open her mouth super wide blaring super sharp teeth. Meanwhile, the super long face on the left one is making her look stretched. Both are weird.
1 day ago
Whether you are pretty or not, edit your pics or not, who are you to call others ugly??
1 day ago
Britney is that you?
1 day ago
Whilst there is a lot going wrong I just can’t get past his arm. It looks like it is backwards.
1 day ago
The tiny champagne glass seems symbolic here…
1 day ago
Ironically, the left one looks much better.
1 day ago
Notice what?
1 day ago
Is that a xenomorph in human disguise?
1 day ago
This is the return of the Stepford wives.
1 day ago
she has organs but they all in her arse !!!!!
1 day ago
Definitely be careful about choosing a hair dresser, tattoo artist or makeup artist based on their Instagram, because a lot of them heavily edit the pics of their work
1 day ago
The Kardashian affect strikes again.
1 day ago
This reminds me of those paper dolls that I had as a child. God, I’m old.
1 day ago
Why, why, why do people do this as if the public can’t tell that it’s completely fake?
1 day ago
They haven’t turned the boyfriend yet…send the Winchesters for rescue
1 day ago
Oh, her again. She looks like a cartoon.
1 day ago
The skin on knuckles and other joints show wrinkles, so they’re edited out to enhance the smoothness of the hand. UGH.
1 day ago
She’s so fake. Yet people throw money at her cosmetics. Plenty of vain people out there.
1 day ago
Like a Lego head on a Barbie body
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1 day ago
I hate it too
1 day ago
Also the teeth look unnaturally white
1 day ago
Damn. Her original self is so much better.
1 day ago
Only thing they kept was her boobs..
1 day ago
Her skin would be clearer if she didn’t trowel on so much makeup.
1 day ago
Poor lighting does this to my shitty camera.
1 day ago
Face AND Body
1 day ago
That’s where I left my box of cookies!
1 day ago
Looks like a painting to me.
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1 day ago
She looks really gorgeous on the right and I prefer her look there
1 day ago
Why do people think skin on the left is somehow beautiful? It looks unnatural and creepy to me.
1 day ago
feet hun ??!!?!??
1 day ago
with most photoshops you can tell if they’re fake by looking at the feet
1 day ago
What’s with this? Is that a new thing now?
1 day ago
they got rid of her freckles 🙁
1 day ago
Even all the work she’s had done on her face, it’s still not enough and she needs to heavily edit her pictures
1 day ago
If the photoshopped one is on the left she didn’t do a bad job.
23 hours ago
it’s a fair question
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1 day ago
She wants to make herself look like a character in a video game.
1 day ago
but why????
1 day ago
Maybe natural. The lollipops from my sons look like that when they chew on em.
1 day ago (edited)
Do not understand why they do this, absolutely nothing wrong with unedited pic.
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