Do you guys think it’s a difference between being social media pretty/attractive vs real life beauty?

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Anonymous · Accepted Answer

there is, yes. for starters, makeup looks SO MUCH on social media better than it does in real life. the skin crust because of caky foundation, covering a pimple with concealer and stuff but when you turn your head--- the bump is there, lashes look clumped, and even eyeshadows look much more dull irl. also i know we all fan over those thick sculpted insta brows (not the natural ones, i mean the drawn ones) and many a times we can't tell if they're real or not but they look SO TACKY in real life. around 80% of main look of those "makeup artists" you see on instagram heavily photoshop their images to smoothen skin, make the colors "pop" and fix any other "imperfection". i've seen it happening with my own two eyes. so its never a good idea to compare your makeup look to a pic u found on social media.

about body: different poses and angles make you look different. that's it. a person can look taller in a pic but be much much MUCH shorter irl. and of course, there's always the possibility of photoshop.

also its not JUST people who "look better on social media because of photoshop",, some people actually look lesser attractive in pictures than they do irl (almost ALL of my crushes look better irl because they're less photogenic and take awkward pics)

melanieeeB · Accepted Answer

Yeah, purely cause the pics on social media are edited and placed

DaveJord · Accepted Answer

In real life people don't really entertain attention whores for very long, they are super annoying. But attention whores are very well suited for social media and we men very much appreciate all the great pictures they provide us... and of course we respect them as real people and not sex symbols.

So yes on social media you look amazing and I think you're super attractive. In real life, you'd probably just be another women I'd never notice... and if you came off as someone swallow who loves or seeks attention from her social media to feel validated about herself... then I'd like you on social media but avoid you in real life.

Sixgunsound · Accepted Answer

There is absolutely a difference! People are a lot braver and their images are a lot more polished online than in real life. Beauty takes a lot of forms in real life, but when women or men try to live up to idealized beauty standards they all end up looking like slight variations on the same theme. Appreciating the beauty that real people have in real life is far better than trying to sort through the fake beauty and fake bravado that fake people have online.

MrJMM · Answer

Yes! I even wrote an entire speech to present for graduation but of course, the all fucking getting Mathew won it... Like he wins every single award ever at my high school it's fucking annoying. Mine was titled: Our Self-Image Vs. Our Social Media Feed. It was voted second best by almost everyone in my senior class but he just wrote a basic ass speech ever like we are the future and we can do anything blah blah blah. Even the principal said to me it was an amazing speech and guess what. They determined mine after a week because “It was too violent and not appropriate for kids or parents” even though they gave me full creative control and said “You can write about anything you want. You have full creative control.” yet they said you shouldn't write about that and I said “Well... Maybe if you said what you can not write about I would have written about something different!” and people liked mine because I was speaking about a real topic that affects about real people about social media how it can affect their lives.

Paul_in_Indy · Answer

Sure: Girls in real life are, often, attractive. Social media “influencers” with their crazy eyelashes and plastics make-up and puffy lips and awful photo “filters” look atrocious and unappealing.

The photos in your post are not the least bit attractive. I would much rather have any of a hundred cute real girls who pass by me every day.

CaptainOverthink · Answer

Yes. Very much so.
Social media is shallow and there's so much more comparisons being done. Not to mention how much more judgmental people are online.

IRL,
You can check for chemistry, get attracted to intellect. Also, just the fact that someone is in front if you makes everything better. It's real.

hahahmm · Answer

Uh, of course there's a difference. In my life I've known women who were drop dead gorgeous without trying. On their worst day they look better than social media attention whores look after using pro level makeup and photoshop. Think about it.

You also need more than just looks to get a guy to take you seriously. Getting attention online is easy. Getting a quality dude to take you seriously isn't.. when you're a shallow self-absorbed attention HO.

normalice · Answer

Not really. Or rather, to some there probably is but to others (like myself) I know precisely what I am attracted to in real life and if I will not be attracted to a girl in real life I won't be attracted to her social media pictures.

MaddyJ · Answer

A lot of insta/social media posts seem filtered and unnatural. I don’t think they usually look very good

maximumpower · Answer

pretty is pretty. what people show in photos/selfies is what they want others to see.
it is far more difficult to convince people that one is "pretty on the inside" in person.
also - posing question like this looks like you are trolling for complements.

OddBeMe · Answer

Yeah, i love the real/expectations meme. Or the models releasing their gut muscles and showing you the fat thats on all of us.

Seriously tho, I've seen the skin airbrushing and photoshop that goes into social media marketing. Take it like salt.

oliver4love · Answer

Natural is forever and fake artificial look attract for few moment's... Better don't show 100 percent different at Social media in terms of beauty or color of skin..

Whatever2929292 · Answer

Yea since many times they aren't as attractive in person when you see who they really are and how they act

dustybiker · Answer

There is a lot of natural beauty on social media. A lot of the time those people don’t realize it. And it is part of the charm. So I’ll say it depends on the person.

ShadezMcgee · Answer

Yeah, there is. It's called photoshop and filtering.

IJhonnyI · Answer

There is such think as catfish one of the main reasons I have trust issues on the internet also have them in real life but that's besides the point

MagicalWorld2 · Answer

Yes, social media pretty= filters, lighting, angles and makeup

Phoenix98 · Answer

Real life you don’t have filters on social media you do and the power to upload altered or edited pictures.

dreamstar72 · Answer

One is wishing (for the most part nobody post a bad picture).  The other one is real, your true self. So isn’t real better than wishing.

FilmGuy93 · Answer

There's definitely a difference! Photogeneticism is a very specific thing. You don't need to be photogenic to be physically attractive.

TommyMountainFigure · Answer

I'm not into Social Media (Apart from here of course)  To me, the whole concept of Social Media is too theatrical. Much too way over the top.

TheMajesticKing777 · Answer

Yep catfishing exists, there's no way around that statement

Dontaaaa · Answer

Besides all these filters and stuff that people us to alternate thier photos then no, there's not a difference technically.

jshm2 · Answer

Obviously.  Unless you're wearing "beer filter". You cannot dress up behind photo filters. Even makeup gives itself away.

DarkWinterNights · Answer

Yup. I’ve seen what people go through to get the right picture for Instagram and it’s kinda trashy.

exitseven · Answer

Yes, social media pretty usually involves finding a picture of a hot person on the internet and saying it is you.

genericname85 · Answer

absolutely. you can find angles that make you look way better than real life xD i know that from painful experience on dating sites xD

jennifer_bloom · Answer

When will these people understand that straight females do not care what woman look like?

Pudsmucker · Answer

There is a big difference. You can sense the real beauty of a good woman. A social media woman is just all looks and all poise.

Loveisgirthy · Answer

For sure but also if you can be looking like that. I think in person though people rather be more real or personally expressive, not just attention grabbing expression

WhitneySnow · Answer

No. Not really. But some people are more photogenic than others.

Th3ft · Answer

The only difference is that social media girls are some times more fake then RL girls

Mynameisbobby · Answer

If you're pretty/attractive does it matter if it's on social media or real life? Pretty is pretty 😍 And you are pretty 😍

Shy_Steve · Answer

I think most of us Guys like Girls who are Beautiful in Real life not Social Media Pretty or instagram Pretty, At least I definitely do.

vald9inches · Answer

i would assume there is a lot of filters and Photoshop online so yea there should be a difference

roy_ricky09 · Answer

100% it's all fake. You don't see the real person just what they want you to see

Xtendable · Answer

For Social media you can portray yourself a certain way. In real life, you have a personality that goes with your looks. Who’s the girl in these pics?

Iamjustacuriousguy · Answer

Personally I would go with real life beauty because I want to see a girl for who she is and how she is comfortable with herself not trying to be somebody she isn't you know.

BruceJender · Answer

The more makeup a girl wears, the more I avoid them.

KrakenAttackin · Answer

Absolutely. So much of "social media" pretty is makeup and filters.

Adronicus · Answer

Yes, a person's presence isn't conveyed through pics / video.

boobliker · Answer

real life is all ways best in my book as all other ways are fake!

RuthlessAggression · Answer

Keep in mind that a lot of social media, are filters.

joeldalton · Answer

since most all social media pics are edited, I'd say 'yes'.

Waldoe · Answer

YES... social media is a photo... real life includes attitude, which makes a lot of girls UGLY

Kiran_Yagami · Answer

We don't think it's a difference. It is a proven fact that it's a difference.

Mister_No_Name · Answer

Yes, because social media is most likely photoshopped and social media is different from the real world

Thecubs22 · Answer

I go with real life beauty! I wouldn't trust social media. How do you know it's really her? So many fake profiles and etc. Besides

Bklynbadboy12 · Answer

Hell yeah rarely do you see anyone from social media take pics with out a filter or unedited

Anonymous · Answer

if you are going for the social media status  just fake it lol

OlderAndWiser · Answer

This is pretty? This looks like a plastic tramp!

CloudMassacre · Answer

Social media people look manufactured

Iron_Man · Answer

I don’t know I don’t use filters

Wise4myage · Answer

Yes, because lots of girls use filters.

bananathunder · Answer

yeah... natural is pretty and SM is sexy/hottt

helen882 · Answer

Is what has been going on in life right now.

Anonymous · Answer

Well they are real since they are posting

Makeushiver · Answer

Lovely

Luckycharms12 · Answer

Yes big difference

JohnK123 · Answer

Uh yeahhhh

This_Is_My_Opinion8 · Answer

Absolutely.

Sorbay · Answer

She need a gym asap

Anonymous · Answer

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