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I think it is unhealthy and toxic. I am guilty of editing my own photos, but not to the extent where I’m changing the look of my face or something extreme. But it gives a very unrealistic beauty standard that tbh no one can live up to. And if you think about it, most of social media is fake. People do not post when they look terrible or show their acne or cellulite the list goes on... people show themselves at their “best.” The whole thing just isn’t real and I think if people reminded themselves that more often, there would be less insecurity issues and obsession with trying to look perfect. And perfect doesn’t exist.
I don't like it at all, especially when they make girls look unnaturally skinny. It promotes a very unhealthy outlook for young girls, and honestly, nobody should feel so insecure about themselves that they feel they need to Photoshop their photos. But honestly, a lot of social media and especially the whole Instagram influencer thing are very toxic as a whole, and nobody should be comparing themselves to others on there or trying to please random strangers online. The obsession over likes and followers is equally as unhealthy.
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I don't like it though. It makes me feel self-conscious about myself. I don't really care about beauty standards, because I have no interest in it. I don't even wear makeup. I don't think that I am really pretty, I sometimes try to avoid looking at my face in reflective things. I sometimes do feel that I look ugly though. Also, those beauty standards always go towards white girls, so I don't feel represented in the beauty media. I don't have the same body and the looks of them or in the mainstream media, so it doesn't really affect me on the whole personal level.
Well I would say unreal rather than unrealistic cause it might be realistic for certain types of people - I think being moderately attractive and putting a normal amount of effort into looking good is all that you need to get a good guy - too much effort and too much unrealistically attractive things about you and you might get a guy who pretends to love you to get sex or dates you purely for your looks which is a recipe for disaster from a relationship standpoint - we weren’t designed to be beach bunnies which is why they alienate so many people - we were designed to be mothers and daughters and wives and grandmothers and employees and servants to society and academics and intellectuals - this is why nobody should be expected to look good 24/7
It’s unnecessary. I don’t mind if someone poses a certain way to appear taller, shorter, slimmer, etc but to edit the way your body looks is totally different. It gives people a false sense of beauty, making them think they need a body that is super unrealistic and most likely isn’t achievable (healthy anyways) to be considered pretty.
People do what they want really I don't care but it would be nice to know when a pictures have been edited (like having a message saying it).
Like this I can know which people take as model and which I shouldn't.
Yeah it would be nice to know
Females want to look perfect because if they don't others would point out their flaws and make fun of them, Grown ass adults do that in magazine and news papers its so fucked up. Anyways the pressure to look perfect and have zero flaws is the society we live in.
I don’t edit my photos. If I didn’t want part of me shown, I’d crop it.
I recently posted a pic of me with 2 abs and a little belly 😂 I don’t care. I think everyone has put on a few pounds with lockdown!
Lmao I crop too
It depends on where they're posting the and their intentions. For example; it's a bad idea if you're posting edited pics on dating sites.
But posting edited pics on say the likes of this site is okay. Because some users actually use people's pics from here on dating sites to catfish and troll people. So it's best never to post an unedited or real pic of yourself on like's of here.
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woah !!! I had no idea. I know people use noise filter to smooth things over. Or dog eats. But wow. Not that. I don't know what to say. Must feel horrible looking in the mirror. After completely changing your - everything. Wow.
Yeah, I even have a sister who does it. He gets defensive when I tell her she doesn't need to edit herself so much
Hmm ok shock over. So my thinking is, creating art is one thing. I don’t think there is anything inherently unseemly about editing photos to make what is obviously not a real version of yourself. Like I like to make pictures look like oil paintings -it’s a hobby. But I know I don’t look like a painting and I don’t expect other people to assume I do.
But if people are doing this in place of reality, that’s Clearly unhealthy. And I’m not even talking about the impact on people thinking looking at it, thinking it is real. Even just the Impact on the person themselves.
Yeah it can't be healthy for the person completely changing their appearance. And I feel bad for people who compare themselves to something that not real.
I don’t think it matters because of beauty standards per se. There are good looking people in the world without any editing or photoshop.
I will say that it’s got to be really embarrassing to not look like your photos in real life. Talk about embarrassing!
that's not even the slightest fucked up thing in this world. I remember years ago when people actively talked to each other on a bus drive to and from school. this barely happens anymore (usually it's the old folk talking to each other). I still see people who know each other talking but back then I were often caught to talk with randoms
Honestly, it's not a new thing. Girls did it on My Space back in the day, and hey, I even wrote a paper in college on photo editing back in the late 19th century/early 20th century (see photo below... her was clearly edited).
It's sort of a shame that women feel insecure about their bodies. Embrace your shape, ladies, and be glad that you have a functioning, healthy body.
It's a clash of technology, overcrowded market and the superficiality of women.
Where it used to be an interfamily rival or friend rival, a local community competition in school or church, now things have changed with the likes of social media- they are always someone prettier, sexier, more attractive in general right in front of your face.
Women are more superficial and their fertility intrinsically linked to their self-esteem and the value men place on them.
I think when it's done well it's kind of an art form. I don't see why people have to make inconsequential things like this a "problem"
People are using the technology we have to make pictures nicer to look at. Cool, do it. Why the fuck not.
Because it affects society negatively. This isn't just making a picture look nicer its catfishing. It also affects how some others view themselves
I'm not saying I am. I'm saying many impressionable teens are. I know I use to be until I found out this was more common than I realized. Aslo, it's even worse when fitness influences do it. At that point it becomes a con in my opinion. It's morally wrong
the only time I edit is when I have poor lighting and want to enhance the lighting of my photos or crop the picture to get rid of more background and keep the object I want to view more visible.
That's cute
I think what's wven worsebis that these girls are actually completely beautiful without the photoshop. So the fact that they feel the meed fo hide their true selves is really sad...
Definitely not a good thing to do
But i blame on celebrities and media coz almost all of them have made it normal and now a common girl struggles to keep herself like those celebrities but still she would be obsessed with it plus guys also like to see their girlfriends in a shape shown by celebrities (fake ofcourse)
You mean like so many chasing that unobtainable
illusion known as perfection?
Yes. Exactly
Let them stay plugged into the matrix. 🤘😎
I'm trying to get them out lol
Bogus. It's really dumb. I wish these don't exist 😤
Lol Tana really knows how to change her body in a picture. I think light editing is ok but not too drastic
Lol she does
Lmao
We need to start valuing women for more than their bodies, it will make women feel like they dont need to edit themselves <3
Women are perfect and beautiful as long as they are healthy :)
There is no unrealistic beauty expectations. You are just not attractive. Is unrealistic beauty expectations for man being 6feet tall? While majority guys are 5'5" ? No? Then fuck you :)
Big breast. Slim body. aren't unrealistic beauty expectations. Its just preferences
Its just lies. People are goning to see your real body and they will just be put off because you were lying before they even met you.
Catfishes benefit from that trend the way the coronavirus benefits from irresponsible behaviour and lack of social distancing.
Yeah it's quite common to edit some are difficult to spot but not impossible
Lol and how do you know which one is real or not? You're assuming the uglier ones are the real ones-- how do you know those aren't the altered ones, so-altered because someone has an axe to grind?
Well starting from the top
Pic 1: those aren't natural prepositions.
Pic 2: Khloe looks nothing like that picture she uploaded to ig
Pic 3: looks like the editor brought in her ribcage
Pic 4: was from an ig account that gave an example of how different bodies are than photoshopped ones.
Pic 5: the right picture was screenshot of a video of the same day tana took that picture.
I know women who edit their photos like this. It's more common than you think. It's also easy. People can even changed some of here looks in videos these days.
It's sad really. I can only imagine how they view themselves. And young girls look up to these celebrities and influencers and compare themselves to a fake reality.
They're not doing this "to meet an unrealistic beauty standard", they're doing it to appear exceptionally beautiful compared to the standard woman, and thereby SETTING unrealistic beauty standards.
They are culprits, not victims.
I prefer natural looks. No photoshop, no makeup etc
Stupid. False advertising in reality. If it makes you feel better to doctor your pics go for it. Seems stupid to me
No, I honestly cannot tell. Though if someone looks fake then they're usually less attractive to me.
Its dangerous and does nothing for lots of girls self confidence.
I fucken hate it.
I feel like women are the hugest culprits of this behavior.
It’s all thanks to them bitch ass kardashian family
It is scary that it is even possible. Technology has always been dangerous, but social technology is just coming into it. It's a scary world. Don't date off social media is my take on it.
I think video chatting would be a solution if you are worried about that
Yes, possibly, I've actually been considering online dating but A) I'm afraid it's about as useful as flushing money. And B) Things like this topic make me afraid of wasting my time on 'phishing' expeditions. By the time I see her on video or even meet her in person if she's not who/what she says she is, that's a whole lot of time wasted.
Wouldn't it be awkward to come right out and say I would like to request a video chat? Lol.
I see your point lol. I don't know. I've never been catfished for an extended period of time that I know of. You could befriend someone women and see where it goes
Since when are beauty standards supposed to be "realistic?" They're meant to be idealistic. Realism doesn't figure in at all. I'm not sure who decided that suddenly this is some huge problem.
I don't get it, seems like it's just something to cope with insecurities
Most model agencies are female dominated. So who's fault is that? Since we're playing the blame gender game here. Stop setting unrealistic standards.
When did I bring up gender?
photo shop has been around for a while. and it has only gotten better for the years.
It's sad really. The people who are beautiful who don't need to do the edits on themselves are often the most insecure and the most body focused
Women already do this when they wear makeup, high heels, wigs, weaves, etc.
It perpetuates the problem: Unrealistic beauty standards
Editing photos to meet standards are not the best in my opinion.
I think one should be real enough.
just like hackers edit political photos to make people look like they're drunk
When you over edit yourself and starting to look fake thats when its not ok
Senseless as th people who do it... lack of knowledge kills
Wish I could have edit and made my dick look bigger
That's not necessarily
Necessary
Why?
Because it doesn't worth?
Because people should learn to accept and love what they have
But girls don't follow it. They want big boys
Not all. Everyone has a preference
I support nude weddings actually.
Oh.. haven't heard of that.
Would you try with me?
Nope
Ok. I am just little boy
LMAO when the non photoshopped photo is just whale on the beach xD
How else will they get clickbait? Lol
Stupid. They're just lying to theirself.
unnecessary and fake and illusion and delusional
It promotes toxic standards of beauty.
Wack very
Lame
Editing photos is completely retarded.
Only fooling themselves...
I don't care for it.
I find in disgusting.. ew.
Cringe as fuck
Better pictures
It's retarded
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