If a photo on Instagram looks too good to be true, it probably is. Even though the platform can be a wonderful and inspiring place, full of beautiful and artistic images, oftentimes it’s misleading, too. Photography “tricks” and post-production dissolves the difference between real and fake. And some people try to make use of it, turning their looks into what they think society desires.
Eventually, it got so bad, a counter-movement emerged on Reddit in 2017. The community is called Instagram Reality, and it is dedicated to “exposing” these personas, trying to stop the spread of unreachable ideals and unrealistic expectations. To do so, it is posting side-by-side pics of how Instagrammers look online and in real life.
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Bored Panda has already written about the subreddit (most recent articles here, here, and here), but it continues to dig out more and more… “specimens”, so we gotta keep up; the pictures are getting more and more ridiculous.
#1 I Thinks She’s So Beautiful Without The Photoshop. Body Dysmorphia Is Real
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#2 You Gotta Be Kidding Me
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#3 A German Reality TV Star On Instagram vs. On TV
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#4 Photoshopped A Lambo Logo On Her Honda, The Blue One In The Back Also Looks Fake
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#5 What Is Going On Here Honestly
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#6 Rtx On
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#7 Original vs. What She Posted
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#8 It’s A Helluva Drug…
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#9 Found On A Dating App. I Am Genuinely Concerned
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#10 When You Get So Tan That Even Your Eyes Get Darker. (Summer 2018 On Left vs. Summer 2020)
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#11 I’m No Doctor But Her Head Is Small
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#12 Bro….. Seriously
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#13 Pores You Say?
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#14 A Beautiful 51 Year Old Woman Who Doesn’t Need The Facetune
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#15 I Genuinely Don’t Understand This. She Does This All The Time. She Doesn’t Even Slightly Resemble Herself
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#16 Photographer Trying To Claim That The Long Legs Are Only Due To “Angling”
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#17 Her Billboard vs. A Pic From An Interview
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#18 That Foot Said, “Mr. Stark? Don’t Feel So Good.”
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#19 Instagram Post vs. Tagged Pic
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#20 What Is Happening?
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#21 I Didn’t See It Until The Direct Comparison
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#22 Had To Double Take
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#23 Delusion
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#24 The Only Photos She Posts Anymore Are Pictures Of Models With Her Face Photoshopped In Instead
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#25 2 In 3 Use Photoshop
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#26 I Think A Lot Of People Don’t Realise How Much This Girl Edits Her Photos
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#27 She Has 217k Followers On Insta
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#28 Insta Versus A Still From Her Mom’s Show
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#29 When Her Legs Are Taller Than You
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#30 Her Upper Body Looks Absolutely Disturbing In Her Edit
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#31 Just So… Processed
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#32 These Are All The Same Person
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#33 Saw In The Wild On Facebook… Caption Was “Elegance Is The Only Beauty That Never Fades”
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#34 Posted vs. Tagged. Same Event
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#35 Her Promo Pic On Social Media vs. Photo From Her Promo Event
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#36 Found On My Local Community Page. They Were Legit Display Photos Straight After Each Other In Her Reel
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#37 Found On German Reality TV
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#38 Posted On The Same Instagram, 1 Month Apart. Same Picture. Has To Be. Not Even Hiding How Much Photoshopping Is Done
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#39 Instagram On The Left, Reality Show On The Right
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#40 In The Photo vs. In The Video
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#41 When The Mirror Lets You Down
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#42 TV Show vs. Instagram. That’s A Lot Of Editing
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#43 His Instagram Pics Versus Real Life Video Screenshots
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#44 Online Versus At A Photo Op
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#45 Smoothed Into Another Person
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#46 Left Is From Her Fb Live This Morning. Right Is Right After The Live In One Of Her Many Stories
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#47 Does This Count?
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#48 Instagram vs. Unedited Online Store Pic
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#49 Croatian Singer. Yes This Is The Same Perosn
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#50 Look At The Face… Look At The Hand… Look At The Phone!
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#51 Unedited On TV vs. A Selfie On Her Friend’s Story
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#52 Instagram Photos vs. Video Screenshot
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#53 Found One In The Wild. They Really Expect Us To Believe That Her Waist Is Real
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#54 It’s Sad That He Edits Himself This Much. The Edit Doesn’t Even Look Human
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#55 Post vs. Video Screenshot
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#56 This Sub Made Me Realise That You Can’t Trust All Of What You See On Social Media
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#57 Instagram Pic vs. Tagged Pic
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#58 This Honestly Scared Me. I Couldn’t Believe This Was The Same Person
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#59 Bendy Siding, So Hot Right Now
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#60 Very Realistic Bums
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#61 This Star Consistently Photoshops Her Chin
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#62 Instagram Fiction vs. Reality
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#63 Why Is There So Much Effort Put Into Looking Like A Caricature?
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#64 Seriously?
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#65 I Just Don’t Get It
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#66 Post For Her Own Clothing Company vs. Still From A Sponsored Ad Video. Both Posted On The Same Day
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#67 2016 vs. 2020
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#68 Ig vs. Twitch Stream
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#69 Nfl Player’s Wife, Her Posted Pic vs. A Video He Posted
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#70 Instagram-vs.-Reality-Fake-Real-Images
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#71 Why Do They Keep Doing This?! Girl You’ve Had TV Cameras Follow You Around Your Entire Life. We Know What You Look Like!
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#72 These Are All The Same Person
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#73 Even If You Take Away The Horrible Makeup Choices, She Goes Way Overboard With The Filters And Photoshop
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#74 New Purple Eyeliner, Brought To You By Ms Paint
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#75 Curvy White Line. This Sub Has Made Me So Much More Aware Of How Much Pictures Are Edited And Stopped Me Judging Myself Against Edited Images
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#76 This Model Posted This Herself To Prove That She Didn’t Edit Her Body But Like Girl, Your Face!
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#77 Her Instagram Post vs. Her Story Video
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#78 Apparently, This Guy Is A Venezuelan Actor/Model
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#79 It Is So Insidious How She Preaches “Body Positivity” And Healing Your Relationship With Food/Self-Worth While Manipulating Her Own Body Through Pads, Filters, Photoshop, Etc. She Is Putting Her Own Pride, And Obsession With Attaining An “Hourglass” Over All Else To The Detriment Of Her Followers
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#80 Lies!
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#81 Video Thumbnail vs. Video Screenshot. It’s Almost Like Two Different People
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#82 This Clothing Company Decided To Edit Just One Photo On The Listing For These Sweats, But Not The Others
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#83 Dutch TV Personally. Left Is From The TV Show, Right Is The Picture She Posted
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