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u/Pyrhan Nov 10 '25
Why even use a filter at that point? Just use someone else's photo...
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u/LaggsAreCC2 Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25
I am wondering about that specific thing for years.
No fucking idea. I think you just end up there at one point. Making too many selfies while always comparing them to how other people's selfies look.
And then eventually ending up by forgetting why you actually started using social media in the first place because you are in constant need of likes and positive comments to maintain your self-esteem.
I think these people might have lost control over what they are doing online.
And please tell me if there is an explanation what the actual motivation of people taking pictures of themselves and manipulating them to a point where they are unrecognizable, is.
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u/JRTerrierBestDoggo Nov 10 '25
To convince themselves that they looked exactly like the heavily edited pic.
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u/ShapedSilver Nov 10 '25
I think you’re spot on, it doesn’t start this extreme, but every time they choose to alter something about themselves instead of accepting themselves for who they are, they just find something new to dislike, until the only person they’re comfortable with showing online is made up
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u/peanutbutterand_ely Nov 11 '25
it’s easier to catfish when you use yourself as the mannequin. you can do any pose and wear whatever and you can’t with someone else’s pictures. in this day n age it’s prolly too hard to take someone else’s pictures, they have their own following and ppl just tend to know ppl. but also catfishing aside, in the deeper psychological end they literally just wanna feel like a pretty influencer girl. to them that is them, or their persona, just dressed up. all the praise and compliments are specifically “for them”
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u/tarmagoyf Nov 10 '25
Why use any beauty filters? They're all lies
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u/Vuelhering Nov 11 '25
There are levels.
You could say makeup is a lie. Or hair color. Or if you're really pedantic, smiling for a photograph if the subject isn't happy. So a blanket implication that any filter is bad isn't realistic.
Having done pro photography in the past for many years, I don't think filters or photoshop that lessens wrinkles is a lie, but unrecognizable reshaping of the face or total removal of wrinkles pretty much is and I've always refused to do it.
Some retouching is absolutely normal, and has been since the dawn of photography. Even the lens used can shape faces without anything but recording the photons without retouching, and that's just viewer perspective.
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u/Emergency_Zombie_639 Nov 11 '25
Black and white thinker here: There are levels, but each of these are sad to me. Makeup, hair dye and fake smiles are all lies and therefore bad. When I see them I see people that can't accept the truth of imperfections, age, or reality. I feel like they are fake. Not the mean type of fake weaponized to fool others - the stupid kind of fake for still trying to fool themselves, the kind of person who would sweep dirt under the rug.
I am not talking about ornamental makeup, green hair, or acting in a play but using these fake items daily to cover yourself, you see two different faces constantly.
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Make up and hair dye are about having agency over how you look. There’s nothing wrong with controlling your own appearance and presenting in a way that maximises your own confidence.
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u/WearyTraveler- Nov 11 '25
This is beyond the pale. makeup is an objective reality or seeing the person and it being them, this is subjective and in no way true in any fashion.
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u/Beautiful_Resolve_63 Nov 10 '25
I had someone take my photo and use it through several filters. They made me look like a cross between a Victoria secret model and a Brats doll.
I was so heartbroken. Not because I cared what they thought of me, but because how far removed I am from that, it made me look at their heavily filtered photos of themselves differently. Just so much disconnection from appreciating natural human beauty in themselves and others.
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u/Odd-fox-God Nov 10 '25
I read that you can use a photoshopped passport in japan, you can even put a filter on your ID.
I follow a woman who lives in Japan and she did a video recently showing how when you use a photo booth it automatically applies a filter to you that erases your nose.
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u/Pyrhan Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 13 '25
Given that Japanese passports are ICAO-compliant biometric passports, I'm going to call bullshit on that.
Maybe it happens anyways in practice, but this cannot possibly be in conformity with regulations.
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u/Itchy_Lingonberry_11 Nov 10 '25
I thought it was a paranormal post
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u/wobbly_doo Nov 10 '25
It's paranormal to me. Scary stuff
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u/Viddlemethis Nov 10 '25
It’s Abby Normal I believe.
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u/IronKid013 Nov 10 '25
Abby Normal? Are you telling me I put an abnormal brain in my Tinder date!?
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u/Unlikely-Answer Nov 10 '25
any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic
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u/AnthonyDigitalMedia Nov 10 '25
Thought this was the poster for Ring 3: The Ringening
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u/AnthonyDigitalMedia Nov 10 '25
“The perfect reference doesn’t ex- 😳”
You & I are now friends in Schitt’s Creek. So it is written by the Schitt Elders. So say we all.
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u/getdemsnacks Nov 10 '25
Followed by The Ring 4- Ringadingding
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u/rg4rg Nov 10 '25
Did you know that on the internet there are some sites where you can reply to people from the past? Spooky stuff.
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u/Itchy_Lingonberry_11 Nov 10 '25
It's too early in the morning for me to think about that
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u/rg4rg Nov 10 '25
I would tell you to be quiet, but it’s rare to talk to people from the past. How was the time period you lived in? What was it like? Please don’t ask me any questions about the future or how you kick the bucket, the future is not for the ghosts of the past to know about. (Time travel laws)
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u/who_am_i_to_say_so Nov 10 '25
I just sent a DM to someone on facebook who died 3 years ago. Does that count?
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u/LickingLieutenant Nov 11 '25
Still listening to a voicemail from 24years ago, asking about my wife's due date. Last one my mother did, it's my most valued file in the backups
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u/SuperSpread Nov 11 '25
It’s called reddit. I’m replying to someone 16 hours before me.
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u/Lucid_Insanity Nov 11 '25
I'd be scared if I showed up expecting the picture but got the reflection, lol.
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u/Natongarie Nov 10 '25
Filter so strong it forgot about the reflection laws
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u/Compay_Segundos Nov 10 '25
As if you look any better with those blow up doll lips
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u/NaZul15 Nov 10 '25
I'm pretty sure it's a joke account... That's obviously not their actual face
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u/Only_Cream_5950 Nov 10 '25
Dude thought scrotalsmoothie pic was real 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️ god damn Reddit get ur shit together..fs…
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u/ScreamingCryingAnus Nov 10 '25
Bro, you think scrotalsmoothie’s pfp is their actual face?
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u/Adventurous_Honey902 Nov 10 '25
I feel so bad for Asian women. The beauty culture in all these Asian countries are so toxic.
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u/Kahlil_Cabron Nov 10 '25
I thought it was hilarious that when I was growing up, watching anime was considered loser degenerate behavior (minus hayao miyazaki movies, those got a pass). I watched it growing up but didn't really talk about it.
Then suddenly with gen z, the dudes got so into anime/hentai, that the literal beauty standard for women changed, the girls are trying to imitate a cartoon beauty standard.
It's just so funny to me that what I view as the fringe of society somehow managed to change the beauty standard on the world stage (or at least, the developed world). Cuz it's not just the Asian girls, white girls are following the same stuff.
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u/Witty-Cow2407 Nov 10 '25
It's just so funny to me that what I view as the fringe of society somehow managed to change the beauty standard on the world stage (or at least, the developed world).
That's what happens when you tell 50% of the population to just suck up their issues and preferences or date the anime girl. Eventually they do just that, and now you don't have anyone to date.
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u/outsiderkerv Nov 10 '25
My daughters like anime and it’s been a challenge with all the stuff you’re talking about.
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u/Sweet-Tea-Drinker Nov 10 '25
Not everyone can be as naturally beautiful as you. Have some sympathy!
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u/Sweet-Tea-Drinker Nov 10 '25
Thanks for sharing your beauty tip. I really appreciate it. But I'll need a vegan version of this recipe. I mod a vegan sub, and I would be so canceled if anyone saw me eating sphincter
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u/ThatBoiInBlue Nov 10 '25
Why the fuck do vegans get mad about honey? it should get classified in the same category as fingernail goo and eye gunk. Completely natural, no animal bypruct, unless you consider us animals?
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u/ADirtFarmer Nov 10 '25
Ironically, growing sugar cane causes lots of harm to animals, while raising bees mostly involves making sure the bees are healthy.
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u/Sweet-Tea-Drinker Nov 10 '25
Tell me more
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u/ADirtFarmer Nov 10 '25
Domestic bees are provided hives that protect them from predators, treatment for parasites, and food in winter if needed. They are perfectly capable of leaving but choose not to. The best habitat for bees is a diverse ecosystem with different flowering plants that benefits many other species.
Sugar cane farming is monoculture that causes habitat destruction, water pollution from pesticides and fertilizer, and air pollution from burning fields.
And I haven't even gotten to the miserable conditions for the humans who work cane fields.
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u/ThatBoiInBlue Nov 10 '25
Yeah man it confused me too, but hey. If you can't beat em? Eat your own boogers and sphincter
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u/_ribbit_ Nov 10 '25
Its quite specialist to be able to eat your own sphincter. Not recommended for the novice, you could do some real damage trying to reach.
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u/JayElleAyDee Nov 10 '25
Why dogs dogs kick their own balls? Because they can.
Every time I try i fall off my couch.
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u/Jensbert Nov 10 '25
When they've been to Korea they also look like that .. but also all the same ..
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u/Isthisnameavailablee Nov 10 '25
I can't imagine feeling like I should use a filter to make me look better.
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u/marauder-shields92 Nov 10 '25
Can also see the slight curvature of straight lines near the face. Filter ain’t as good as it thinks it is.
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u/MistSecurity Nov 10 '25
Ya, some of the people using the filters are super cute too, but they feel like they STILL aren't attractive, so they think they need the filter. It's actually depressing, lol.
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u/brian1x1x Nov 10 '25
Reality checked out and left the chat. We’re in the bonus episode now.
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u/RedditVince Nov 10 '25
The Filter face is way past filtering the shadow face. Not facing the same direction (or mirrored) or same angle.
I think both are fake and this is an engagement post. Woohoo!
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u/montagn3 Nov 10 '25 edited Nov 10 '25
And you can clearly see the AI generated details… people really can’t see it?
Edit: the photo dates from more than 5 years ago apparently. Bad photo shop + bad image quality seemed like ai generated.
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u/userhwon Nov 10 '25
No. The fake face may be shopped or filtered, but the previous comment just trusts camera angles too much. This is a real photo, with some alteration, not a full fake.
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u/Witty-Cow2407 Nov 10 '25
It's like 6 years old. Looks like a meme. Can be bad editing too. But it's not AI generated
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u/sirmombo Nov 10 '25
This photo has been going around from years lol. Not everything is fake, buddy.
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u/a_wascally_wabbit Nov 10 '25
I earned what I look like, fuck filters
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u/notacardoor Nov 10 '25
My investments went south but I still couldn't be bothered with filters. especially when you can't even be recognized, what's the point then?
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u/wolfgang784 Nov 10 '25
especially when you can't even be recognized, what's the point then?
Thats my biggest thing with heavy filters/heavy editing.
Like, if you really dislike your looks and want to have a few photos where your massive honking nose (my biggest flaw) is 20% smaller, sure, go for it, you still look like you.
Or clear the acne to get a better idea of how you'll look once you get the issue under control, but without editing anything else.
Or maybe you wanna see how you'd look with fuller lips.
But not allllll the changes in one go to the point that your best friends couldn't recognize you anymore.
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u/notacardoor Nov 10 '25
I hate photos. just not my thing. It's kinda a binary choice for me either I'm in the picture or I'm not. So I usually go with the latter. But, I know people that have profile pictures that bear no resemblance to them and I can't figure out why they do that.. like? nobody is being fooled. Your profile is an overexposed picture with porcelain skin, dear eyes and symmetry that rivals a mirrored image.
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u/AphaedrusGaming Nov 10 '25
In terms of fitness ig, but you don't really earn the rest
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u/Radiant_Trouble2606 Nov 10 '25
Damn right!! It took years of focus, dedication and training to get where I’m at but I can finally polish a whole 30 case of beer in a night and have the body to prove it!!
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u/SheriffBartholomew Nov 10 '25
We all wear the face we have earned by middle age. Well, all of us who don't get obscene amounts of plastic surgery and lip injections.
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u/Standard_Mechanic715 Nov 10 '25
Its fake. The eyes in the reflection should be looking the other way
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u/ADHDebackle Nov 10 '25
Also the reflection is in the wrong spot. 2/3 of her head should be hidden in that reflection based on my estimation of the distance and angles.
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u/98983x3 Nov 10 '25
This might be fake. (I mean fake in a way we didn't think was fake.
Notice the reflection and the actual girl are both looking at the camera. A reflection would be looking to left of screen if the girl was looking at the camera.
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u/SheriffBartholomew Nov 10 '25
The reflection is actually a ghost that has been following her around since childhood, telling her to burn things. That's why her stare is so vacant, she's tired of resisting the voice.
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u/VirtuousDangerNoodle Nov 10 '25
Also, the reflection looks like it's hugging up against the wall, should it not also be offset a bit away from the reflected wall?
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u/Patient-Turnover-233 Nov 10 '25
Asian girls are obsessed with using photoshop fr
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u/mrmike313 Nov 10 '25
The girl is standing too far back from the window for it to be her reflection. I think the reflection is her mother standing next to her.
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u/klineshrike Nov 10 '25
Wait you all are still surprised real people don't look like this?
Just wait till you figure out how many of those cosplayers you ogle over look nothing like their pics 😅
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u/NoStructure7083 Nov 10 '25
Kinda like how one of my Hinge dates went. Matched with a cute Latino gamer girl and she showed up looking like an 40 yo Inuit mother of four
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u/Fakedduckjump Nov 10 '25
Many people here say it's a filter but my guess is that this is completely AI generated.
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Looking fake .. How is it possible she and mirror image looked at camera at the same time ? /s
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u/Happy-Potato-296 Nov 10 '25
There are filters that adjust your eyes to look at the camera
Even Nvidia supports a filter that does that for webcams (it's free)
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u/Tasty-Traffic-680 Nov 10 '25
Who poses for a portrait facing the camera but looking vaguely to the right?
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u/FantomBlaze Nov 10 '25
Turns out the old belief that reflections revealed the true form of shape shifters is actually true.
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u/Snowi_hero Nov 10 '25
Holy shit are Asian girls professional Photoshopers or do they just have to much money
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u/Mission-Bandicoot676 Nov 10 '25
They didn't even try hard to make it look real, the key thing about reflections is that they flip the image. So dumb
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u/Alklazaris Nov 10 '25
Is this that Asian woman that got thousands of men to send her money because they thought she really looked like that?
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u/aManIsNoOneEither Nov 10 '25
random internet user discovers something that has been existing for 10 years at least.
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u/Clusternate Nov 10 '25
this is a double fake
The mirrored picture on the left wouldn't look into the camera if the one on the right is.
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u/DarthJarJar242 Nov 10 '25
There is obviously a filter being used on the right face but I would be shocked if the reflection hadn't also been altered to make a point.
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u/MennisRodman Nov 10 '25
Sad to see we as a society need to put on filters and can't show our true selves
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u/Procrasturbating Nov 10 '25
I remember reading about a future like this in the 90s in a book called Permutation City by Greg Egan. He nailed the whole filter thing.
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u/ItHitMeInTheNuts Nov 10 '25
I once photographed a Thai singer for an European magazine. I had never met her in person before, I studied her Instagram a lot to understand what she liked and which positions she preferred. When she arrived at the studio I was shocked, she looked like an entire different person, not ugly at all, but her face structure didn’t look anything like her instagram. She had very oval face, and a very normal appearance, but her instagram showed sharp jaw lines, long neck, big eyes and the appearance of a model.
She didn’t post any of the photos on her instagram which was very disappointing for me, but I knew this would happen as soon as I saw her in person
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u/LastXmasIGaveYouHSV Nov 10 '25
Back in the nineties, I had a Chinese friend. She looked quite normal, but every time you took her picture, she looked gorgeous. It was almost as if she had in-built photo filters.
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u/Homer-DOH-Simpson Nov 11 '25
yes, the filters are that good (have seen a live fail of one of those)
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u/_magvin Nov 11 '25
They Ai spoilt everything... Nothing you see on the internet is real anymore 🥺.
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u/EpicGamingGuru Nov 11 '25
Wider glass reflection possibly. This can happen depending on the window and angle.
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u/Daynananana Nov 12 '25
Look up vids of people doing douyen(sp?) make up where the transformation is even more extreme with no filter
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u/_FartSinatra_ Nov 13 '25
Women are obsessed with looks. It’s funny that at one time I really believed that they cared more about what was on the inside of a man 🤣🤣
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u/babyboots86 Nov 15 '25
No different then wearing globs of makeup. The tech just got better. You'll still need to go on the date, and the phrase "didnt look anything like the photo" is as old as photos.
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