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AIBU?

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To despise Snapchat filters

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St134 · 01/06/2018 19:24

Well this really, a couple of years ago they were fun, but now I everytime I see a teen and now adults using them I find it so irritating for some reason. Aibu

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CadyHeron · 01/06/2018 23:54

Meh.I don't put cutesy dog ears on myself or little snouts, and always feel a bit bemused when people do especially when they put them on newborn babies
Each to their own though, I say.

ToPlanZ · 02/06/2018 00:44

Oh thank God I thought it was just me that hated them

Whattheactualfuckmate · 02/06/2018 00:48

I hate them but i also think that the adults that use them have very little self esteem.

I have a few friends who don’t post a pic with out them They are unrecognisable in real life as their filter changes them so much. I find it really sad

CaptainCabinets · 02/06/2018 00:50

YABU, who made you the fun police?

DP and I had endless fun with the traffic cone one

alliben22 · 02/06/2018 00:51

They have their uses...sometimes my daughter wants a photo of us to put on her social media. I really really hate having my photo taken as I am very unphotogenic. The filter acts like a mask, so I don't mind the filtered pic that doesn't totally resemble me and she doesn't always have me saying no to pictures. She knows what I look like in real life, its just a bit of fun!

Oysterbabe · 02/06/2018 07:19

I get it, I have a face like a dropped pie too. I deal with it by not taking and posting endless selfies.

Lovestonap · 02/06/2018 07:26

The main adult that I see using them on facebook is very nice but also posts constantly about her anxiety, struggles with food and motivation etc - so yes in my mind I connect them with low self-esteem and need for approval.

However, when facetiming dh he puts constantly changing filters on and they do make me laugh a bit.

Eliza9917 · 02/06/2018 07:54

They’re awful! Kids, I can just about understand but when it’s full-grown adults. FFS, why?

For fun maybe? There really are some right miserable killjoys on MN.

MrsDilligaf · 02/06/2018 08:18

Personally Snapchat isn't for me I don't like having my photo at the best of times.

And I know I am judging but there seems to be hundreds of Snapchat photos on my Facebook newsfeed - Mainly of women pouting. They look ridiculous.

RedForFilth · 02/06/2018 08:19

I don't know anyone who only has photos of their kids with filters on though. It's harmless fun and doesn't affect you. Some kids get treated like crap, save your outrage for that!

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 02/06/2018 08:23

Nah I don’t mind them. And I suspect the people who use them a lot don’t give two shits that others think they look ridiculous.

I think a big part of the appeal is the novelty, it’s the first time that I can think of where humans have been able to see themselves looking completely different in real time, moving around, with their facial features altered or accessories etc. It’s like some futuristic thing but it’s accessible now to anyone with a smartphone! It’s cool to see what you’d look like in different ways, and can be fun to try new ones out when they’re released.

Plus nobody actually believes that a photo with a filter on looks like them. It’s kinda obvious to people who see it, the massive dog ears or whatever do give it away. So people aren’t exactly trying to pass it off as how they really look, and if they were so what? People have always taken photos to look their best, whether it’s turning to a side to seem slimmer or standing in front of a window for natural light. It’s nothing new.

rollingonariver · 02/06/2018 08:23

God. Let people enjoy things.
I'll never understand how something harmless that gives people enjoyment is annoying to other people. Cheer up, let go.

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 02/06/2018 08:25

And to PP saying they know someone whose first photo with their newborn had a filter on: firstly, so what? If she wanted it then that’s up to her. But secondly you don’t know she didn’t take another without a filter and only shared the one with it. You only see what she’s chosen to share.

Most women feel like they look shite after childbirth, and some women feel self conscious about their features in general. If adding a filter over the top of a photo enables that person to feel comfortable with having their picture taken then fair enough. It’s not for anyone else to be snide about.

ImMissHannigan · 02/06/2018 08:38

I don't mind them here and there. But I have one friend who posts around ten pictures a day pouting with a snapchat filter on. She is 42 and it is cringeworthy and embarrassing. They are so desperate and obvious. All lips and tits but with flowers or wings or dog ears! People comment laughing at her. I wish I was brave enough to tell her how she is coming across. But as others have said, it's each to their own. I can imagine when she gets older she might wish she had toned it down a bit.

RedForFilth · 02/06/2018 08:45

ImMissHannigan why does the fact she's 42 matter?! I'm 26 but don't plan on not doing things I like to do in 20 years time, how silly.

RedForFilth · 02/06/2018 08:46

Also, you can block people on anything now. So if people don't want to see it they have the option to block or unfriend. You always get a few who stay friends/following so they can bitch about them though. I think that's more cringeworthy than posting filtered photos personally.

DollyLlama · 02/06/2018 08:54

I don't have an issue with them as such, they're a bit of fun.

1 thing that really annoys me is I know 2 girls who have had their first babies around the time I had my second. They both post constant pictures of the babies with filters! Fill your boots n all that but imagine in 20 years time the majority of photos you have of your children have filters! It seems such a shame because you can't un-do those.

RedForFilth · 02/06/2018 11:28

DollyLlama but how on earth do you know how many photos they've without filters? You only see what they have shared surely?

WalkingOnAFlashlightBeam · 02/06/2018 11:45

Dolly, how do you know for sure that every single photo of the kids with and without filters is on Facebook?

BrilliantDarling · 02/06/2018 11:47

People are really fucking obsessed with themselves now, constant selfies filtered or not it's embarrassing alot of the time because they are blatantly advertising themselves with the fish lips and making sure their tits are in the picture too, it's non stop! 😂

ImMrsBrightside · 02/06/2018 11:48

YDNBU!!! They are hideous and tacky.

DollyLlama · 02/06/2018 12:07

I never said every photo, I said the majority and of course I can't speak for the photos they haven't posted on Facebook, just the ones I see but because they post almost every day and most are snapchat filters I'm only speaking about what I see.

I'm not miserable about it, I take pictures using them of my kids as they think it's hilarious but not all the time.

Bluelonerose · 02/06/2018 12:14

I can't be bothered with them but I don't understand selfies either.

If I'm taking a photo it's coz it's something I want to remember forever. I don't want a photo of anyone with dog ears thank you.

Elainethepain · 02/06/2018 12:47

Not all the filters are novelty ones with big ears and silly hats though, a lot of them just 'beautify' and change and enhance somebody's features.

I don't a problem with others using them, but personally wouldn't feel flattered by likes, praise and compliments on a selfie that doesn't represent anything close to what I really look like.

BastardMs · 02/06/2018 12:51

They're fun. Not hideous or tacky or immature, just a bit of fun. Don't like them, don't use them.

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