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To think that men believe everything on IG/Tiktok is real

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Maria971 · 11/03/2025 17:56

It takes seconds for influencers to edit/facetune their body, making waist narrower skin smoother etc, eyes bigger nose smaller etc…. It’s just as easy to edit videos as images.

But there are so many men who seem to simp over TikTok influencers when it’s not even the ‘real’ them… do these men really believe what they’re seeing is, well, real?

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Maitri108 · 11/03/2025 20:32

Why are you only talking about men? Haven't you noticed the amount of women getting work done so they look like influencers?

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Maria971 · 11/03/2025 20:32

toomuchfaff · 11/03/2025 18:57

What difference does it make, let then live in a world of make believe. Simpletons will stay there. Anyone worth their salt isn't in that mindset

There are millions of men living in a world of make believe though…. And wondering why women in real life, even naturally attractive ones, don’t look like a filter

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Maria971 · 11/03/2025 20:30

EveryKneeShallBow · 11/03/2025 18:00

YABU. Not just men.

I know women believe it too, but the believing has a different effect. For men, they simp and comment, ‘perfection…10/10… etc’. Women look and think, ‘well I look rubbish in comparaison…’, even though they’re comparing themself to Facetune…

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Maria971 · 11/03/2025 20:28

Hemlocked · 11/03/2025 17:59

I don't think they care either way.

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toomuchfaff · 11/03/2025 18:57

What difference does it make, let then live in a world of make believe. Simpletons will stay there. Anyone worth their salt isn't in that mindset

EveryKneeShallBow · 11/03/2025 18:00

YABU. Not just men.

Hemlocked · 11/03/2025 17:59

I don't think they care either way.