It's sad that people think they need to look like that. Personally, I think many of these filters makes you look unnatural. And if apps applies filters without you even knowing, that creates a really scewed view of what beauty is, especially for young people.
I’m a middle aged woman. All the younger women I know- immediate family, extended family, friends’ kids etc. all look completely different in person than in their online photos. It’s surreal. I’ll see a pic of one of them, then see them later that day and it’s like I’m seeing two different people. This was already true due to extreme use of makeup but these filters take it to a whole new level.
It's so insidious to make people think they look good by altering their appearance to channel pop culture without telling them. People under thirty are so superficial and apps feed on it and add to it by making you look "better" than you actually do. But by doing it without telling them its only adding to collective depression related to how we feel about ourselves
There's another way to view this: Since you can apply the illusion of perfect beauty to your own face, it's easier to identify the same illusion while consuming other media.
Can you turn it off on TikTok? I remember my phone, when it was new, it blurred my skin to look smooth automatically, but I could turn it off in settings. It's just weird that this was the default.
I feel like Neo dodging bullets as a millennial woman not on any of these apps 😂 I’m already sensitive about my appearance, and this would definitely not help matters.
@@keepgoing6051 But if she looks more beautiful in the before photos, its a huge point. You can't get into a discussion of avoiding 'molochy' behavior if you're not even acting in your own self interest!
@@SiriusSphynx I am not making this point to patronize. I just think she didn't make this video to fish for compliments. A discussion about beauty standards would be more intellectually stimulating than telling someone they are pretty.
