I can understand getting rid of pimples and wrinkles, but why do they get rid of freckles?

Getting out pimples and wrinkles etc is fine, but making your neck taller, lowering you eyebrows and making your eyes larger? srsly wtf D:

A lot of the stuff done is just lighting adjustments, which honestly aren't a big deal at all. However the really over the top edits are, I don't want to say bad or unethical as they don't seem to fit here, misleading a bit too much. However I know that this is obviously whats going on so its not like it's fooling me or many people. It could be worse.

 

 

 

However, those bastards who make the burgers look delicious should be shot. :evil: Like look at a picture of a Big Mac, looks good right? Get into McDonalds and order one and you've got soggy buns, two quarter inch thick reheated patties and like 1 pickle.

How come only airbrushed photos catch flak for idolizing a perfect fiction?

 

 

 

Idiolizing something so perfect it's impossible is something we do everywhere. Romance novels. Supermodels. The cheeseburger on the poster. The unstoppable action hero. The flawless car.

 

 

 

But the point is that airbrushed photos pretend to be real, whereas romance novels do not. If the flawless car has not been digitally enhanced then it at least exists even if generally we don't have the time to polish and buff up our cars to make them look like the picture. No matter how hard a girl works on her makeup she will never be able to stretch her neck and change the position of her eyes like the model's enhanced digital photo, because it never existed in reality in the first place.

How come only airbrushed photos catch flak for idolizing a perfect fiction?

 

 

 

Idiolizing something so perfect it's impossible is something we do everywhere. Romance novels. Supermodels. The cheeseburger on the poster. The unstoppable action hero. The flawless car.

 

 

 

But the point is that airbrushed photos pretend to be real, whereas romance novels do not. If the flawless car has not been digitally enhanced then it at least exists even if generally we don't have the time to polish and buff up our cars to make them look like the picture. No matter how hard a girl works on her makeup she will never be able to stretch her neck and change the position of her eyes like the model's enhanced digital photo, because it never existed in reality in the first place.

 

 

 

Doesn't matter, has the same effect.

 

 

 

There are women out there tha expect a Jane Austin relationship when they date, based on what they read, and no matter how hard they try, they'll never get it, because it never existed in the first place.

 

 

 

Ultimately it boils down to being personally responsible for what you believe. Everybody knows models are airbrushed, yet they choose to believe it's real, making it no different from a romance novel or the action hero that never gets shot.

Marketing is deception.

 

 

 

Exactly. One of the big reasons why I got into so many fights with my Marketing teacher.

 

 

 

Ultimately it boils down to being personally responsible for what you believe. Everybody knows models are airbrushed, yet they choose to believe it's real, making it no different from a romance novel or the action hero that never gets shot.

 

 

 

Sure we should be personally responsible, but that doesn't excuse anything. That's the same logic scammers use to justify their doings. "Well, they shouldn't have fallen for it in the first place."

 

 

 

And everyone might know that airbrushing does happen, but how would you know which ones are natural and which aren't? It's easy to tell when a book is fiction, but with a picture it's a little more challenging.

But scammers do illegal things, there's nothing legally wrong about trying to make yourself look better.

 

 

 

What's your point? They're still using the "it's your fault - not mine" routine which is all I was arguing against.

Marketing is deception.

 

 

 

Exactly. One of the big reasons why I got into so many fights with my Marketing teacher.

 

 

 

Ultimately it boils down to being personally responsible for what you believe. Everybody knows models are airbrushed, yet they choose to believe it's real, making it no different from a romance novel or the action hero that never gets shot.

 

 

 

Sure we should be personally responsible, but that doesn't excuse anything. That's the same logic scammers use to justify their doings. "Well, they shouldn't have fallen for it in the first place."

 

But scammers do illegal things, there's nothing legally wrong about trying to make yourself look better.

 

 

 

However, when it's used to advertise a product, it essentially says "Use this, and you'll look as perfect as this."

 

 

 

Which is pretty much a giant scam, correct?