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What we find funny greatly depends on a number of things: how unexpected the joke is, how desensitized we are to that sort of humor and the like.

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Social media is like a funhouse mirror at times—it reflects reality, but often in a somewhat distorted way. That’s because a lot of people choose to alter their images. And while some keep it simple and realistic, others take it one—or three—steps too far.

Nowadays, Instagram has become so widespread, it feels like we’ve been using it forever. However, you might be surprised to know that it was launched less than 15 years ago, in October 2010. The application, used for sharing photos and videos, was founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger and quickly became one of the fastest-growing apps of its time.

On its very first day, Instagram attracted roughly 25,000 users. The number grew to 100,000 in around a week and reached its first million just a couple of months after. Nowadays, there are over 2.35 billion monthly active Instagram users.

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With such a huge number of active Instagrammers out there, it’s no surprise that the quantity of content is pretty jaw-dropping as well. Photutorial revealed that roughly 1.3 billion images are shared on Instagram every day; the vast majority are used for stories and in chats and around 100 million are uploaded as posts.

The popularity of the app fueled the rise of social media influencers. Now, in 2023, there are around 40,000 of them with over a million followers, and nearly 2 million with more than 100,000 followers on Instagram alone.

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Due to the extent of its popularity, Instagram—and social media in general—has influenced the way we view the world. When the app was first launched, cameras on people’s phones couldn’t produce images of great quality. To remedy that, the company introduced filters so that the users could alter the pictures and make them look better. Despite having different views on what better means, people would often edit the images in a way that was popular at that time.

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A 2020 study revealed that roughly two-thirds of people edit their selfies before posting them online. It also pointed out that in such self-portraits, people retouch their skin and facial shape the most. They usually try to achieve a sharper jawline and higher cheekbones.

Quite a few examples of Instagrammers adjusting these features in their pictures can be seen on this list as well. Unfortunately, they might have overdone it a little, as some of them look far from realistic.

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