The Most Ridiculous Things People Tried To Pass Off As Reality On The Internet

Anyone who has spent any small amount of time on the internet could probably tell you that not everything you see on the World Wide Web can be accepted as 100% truth, but we'd all like to think that we can tell the difference between fact and fiction.

While it came sometimes be hard to tell what's real or what's not, some people on social media make it particularly easy to spot a fake thanks to their efforts to turn themselves into something they're definitely not.

She Could Be A Track Star

photoshopped long legs
Photo Credit: Reddit / Naniibananii
Photo Credit: Reddit / Naniibananii

With legs as long as those, her talents are wasted as a model.

She should be trying out for the Olympic track team or off reaching things that are stuck on the top shelf.

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Just Hire A Pregnant Model

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pregnant model badly photoshopped
Photo Credit: Reddit / wanderlust1916
Photo Credit: Reddit / wanderlust1916
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Rather than photoshopping a fake belly onto a non-pregnant woman and leaving her looking like she's about to recreate that scene from Alien, would it not be easier to simply hire a pregnant woman?

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Honest question.

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Even The Food Can't Be Trusted

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fake food in instagram
Photo Credit: Reddit / FaceInTheSpace
Photo Credit: Reddit / FaceInTheSpace
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So now we have to go around wondering if even the food or flowers we see in photos on social media is fake too?

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Is nothing sacred in this world?

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Lighting The Way

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super white teeth
Photo Credit: Reddit / trich87
Photo Credit: Reddit / trich87
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You can take comfort in knowing that if you're ever staying at his apartment and the power goes out, you'll be able to survive off the glow of his teeth until the lights come back on.

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Maybe that's a good thing?

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Catch Of The Day

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giant fish photoshopped
Photo Credit: Reddit / Obliverate
Photo Credit: Reddit / Obliverate
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I understand that you think catching a fish this large will enhance your social status and have all the women swiping right on your Tinder profile.

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You'd be better off with no fish at all.

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Knees, Who Kneeds Them?

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facebook model has no knees
Photo Credit: Reddit / bel998
Photo Credit: Reddit / bel998
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Prior to seeing this photo, we probably would have argued that everyone needs to have knees to live their life, but this model has proved us wrong.

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She's doing just fine without them, and we can too.

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Even The Food Looks Fake

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extra edited instagram post
Photo Credit: Reddit / shredder7931
Photo Credit: Reddit / shredder7931
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There are too many things happening in this photo to pinpoint just one issue with it, but I think we can all agree that this is a bit much.

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Surely, no one can think they look better like this than in the original photo, whatever that may be...

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Well, That Seems Completely Believable

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terrible photoshop on muscles
Photo Credit: Reddit / Unkown_Gamer944
Photo Credit: Reddit / Unkown_Gamer944
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Sure, it looks like he actually cut a picture of a celebrity's arm out of a magazine and taped it to his body or to his mirror, but we're just going to let him have this win.

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It is really obvious, though.

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We're Inclined To Not Believe Her

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floating on the fake disney background
Photo Credit: Reddit / SofyB
Photo Credit: Reddit / SofyB
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Maybe if she had photoshopped herself into the patch of sunshine and managed to add a shadow, we might have believed she was really on the Disney boardwalk.

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Not sitting in her room in some state other than Florida while photoshopping this.

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Talk About Unattainable Goals

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fitness fake goals
Photo Credit: Reddit / zephaone
Photo Credit: Reddit / zephaone
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It's already hard enough to scroll through Instagram and see a bunch of other people who have bodies you can't possibly attain, but this is just too much.

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This isn't fitness goals, this is just impossible.

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Sunsets And Trees Don't Mix

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fake sunset in background
Photo Credit: Reddit / moclen
Photo Credit: Reddit / moclen
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Haven't you ever been told that sunsets don't reach behind the trees? No? We haven't heard that either, but apparently, that's what this girl was taught in school.

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Maybe that beautiful, completely natural sunset that definitely happened will distract people from the truth.

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You Forgot The Box's Shadow...

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forgotten box shadow
Photo Credit: Reddit / empenarede
Photo Credit: Reddit / empenarede
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If you're going to photoshop items into your Instagram giveaway so you can gain some recognition or extra followers, at least take a photo where the shadow doesn't expose you.

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Come on, dude.

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Half-Person, Half-Cartoon

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half cartoon body on person
Photo Credit: Reddit / gritch_123
Photo Credit: Reddit / gritch_123
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It's like whoever was designing this ad changed their strategy halfway through...

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It was going to be a cartoon, but then they went with the real person and never corrected her bottom half!

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Its The A Bug's Life Look

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weird skull photo shop
Photo Credit: Reddit / whitecat7890
Photo Credit: Reddit / whitecat7890
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We understood that people like to edit their photos to make themselves look better, whether that's by making their skin a little smoother or their waist a little smaller.

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We have no idea what this woman was trying to do with these edits...

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Even Mother Nature Can't Pull This Off

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nature photoshopping fake
Photo Credit: Reddit / half-im-lost
Photo Credit: Reddit / half-im-lost
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So you've got the sun breaking through the clouds up ahead, but you've also got the sun shining on the back of the woman looking at the sun in the distance.

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Plus, there's the fact that the sky doesn't match the reflection in the water.

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Pecs > Pendant

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fake abs
Photo Credit: Reddit / xakmonster
Photo Credit: Reddit / xakmonster
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Don't you just hate when you work out too much, and you become so ripped that your pecs grow over the top of your necklace?

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The sacrifices people make to have a six-pack!

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Is That Maya Rudolph?

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instagram fake on video
Photo Credit: Reddit / fairyca
Photo Credit: Reddit / fairyca
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Unfortunately, no matter how much you edit a photo or how many filters you throw over it, the second you start a live stream or post a video, you're going to expose yourself.

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Just like this lady did.

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Should We Be Airbrushing Our Ankles?

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ankles super photoshopped
Photo Credit: Reddit / LaComtesse
Photo Credit: Reddit / LaComtesse
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Out of all the things that society tells us we should be ashamed of or that we should feel insecure about, ankles were never one of them.

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That changes today. It's time to start airbrushing your ankles, ladies. Break out those Photoshop skills to get that boneless, poreless ankle skin.

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But Why Make The Heads Smaller?

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men with shrunken heads
Photo Credit: Reddit / rightonnnnnnyo
Photo Credit: Reddit / rightonnnnnnyo
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Did they make the heads smaller, or did enhancing every other muscle they have and lengthening their legs simply result in their heads looking smaller?

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It looks like they'd topple over if a strong breeze came along.

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Good Luck Swimming In That Pool

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terrible photo background
Photo Credit: Reddit / sharkbait1999
Photo Credit: Reddit / sharkbait1999
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Wow, what a lovely home this girl has! Which Windows desktop background do you think she pulled this picture from?

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It would have been more believable if she hadn't put herself in the photo.

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Those Pesky Shadows Ruin Everything

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man taking photo of himself and pretending it was girlfriend but you can see shadow in car window
Photo Credit: Imgur
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It seems like any time people try to post a photo that their "girlfriend" or "boyfriend" took, they end up exposing themselves in some way.

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It's almost like it's a sign that you should stop taking fake relationship photos.

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His Sunburn Will Be Real

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fake beach day person lying in dirt in backyard
Photo Credit: Imgur / caiusj
Photo Credit: Imgur / caiusj
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If he wants to lie on a pile of dirt in the backyard and tell his friends that he spent the day at the beach, are we really entitled to tell him he's wrong?

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He's living his best lie, and we support that.

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His Hips Don't Lie

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woman who photoshopped photo with boyfriend so they both look distorted
Photo Credit: Reddit / Fizzy107
Photo Credit: Reddit / Fizzy107
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Everyone knows it's scientific fact that hips are unable to lie, and his hips are telling the real truth behind this photo.

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His bicep would have been our next clue if the hip wasn't enough.

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What Did This Lie Accomplish?

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woman in instagram caption who said she used self-timer to take photos but someone saw her photographer
Photo Credit: Reddit / dramainsanity
Photo Credit: Reddit / dramainsanity
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Did we miss the memo where people decided that it was no longer cool to have someone else take photos of you so you should lie and say that you used a self-timer?

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Luckily, there was someone else around to catch this influencer in her lie.

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You Have To Look Good, Even In The Hospital

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before and after of woman using filter on photo of her in hospital
Photo Credit: Reddit / Elphaba78
Photo Credit: Reddit / Elphaba78
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We'd like to argue that of all the places it would be acceptable for you to not feel like you need to put a filter on a photo, a hospital would be high on that list.

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Maybe a funeral too.

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Her Skills Are Out Of This World

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linkedin profile picture of woman who edited eyes too big so she looks like a bug
Photo Credit: Reddit / Rampersandy
Photo Credit: Reddit / Rampersandy
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Apparently, we've now graduated to people heavily editing their LinkedIn photos too, so no platform is safe.

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She looks like she's an alien from another planet, so maybe she'll be the secret weapon your company needs.

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Armpits Aren't Necessary

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heavily edited photo where woman smoothed out armpit
Photo Credit: Reddit / eileen_likacholo
Photo Credit: Reddit / eileen_likacholo
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Are armpits something that we're supposed to be uncomfortable about? Is that the new insecurity that we want to be gifting to young women?

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Leave your armpits alone and stop making them so smooth.

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She Can Travel Anywhere She Wants

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influence photoshopping herself into vacation photos but it's really obvious that its fake
Photo Credit: Reddit / Elisa-Allin666
Photo Credit: Reddit / Elisa-Allin666
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With the power of Photoshop, this influencer has discovered that she can travel anywhere around the world that she wants!

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She tried to pass it off as actual trips, but she needs to take another class or two before anyone is going to believe she's really in that resort and not in her house somewhere.

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Adjusting To The Curves

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photoshop job given away by car door frame bent very out of shape
Photo Credit: Reddit / DomingoJoe
Photo Credit: Reddit / DomingoJoe
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How nice that her vehicle is custom built just for her and even knows when to adjust the doorframe to make room for her large booty.

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Some users commented that maybe this woman was intentionally doing this because there's no way she could think that people didn't know she edited the photo.

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A MegaWatt Smile

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woman who edited super white teeth and very tiny waist
Photo Credit: Reddit / magadget
Photo Credit: Reddit / magadget
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She's apparently hoping that everyone will be blinded by her extremely white teeth so they won't notice that she has eliminated half the space in her waist that would normally house her vital organs.

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We all suffer for beauty.