10 Instagram Vs. Real Life Photos That Pull Back The Curtain
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Life is seldom as rosy as it seems to be on social media, isn’t it?
In this day and age of the Internet, when social media has become an integral part of life, it has become a sort of compulsion for us to capture each and every moment of our life and display it on our social media profiles for the entire world to see.
On one hand, it is surely a very convenient method of connecting with all your friends and family at the same time, on the other hand, it sure puts a lot of pressure on us to live the cool life, doesn’t it? And this is very apparent on one particular social media site, and that is Instagram!
We go togreat lengths to present our life through the rose-tinted glasses on Instagram. Whether it’s asking your bae to crawl on his stomach to get the perfect angular shot of you or stopping the traffic on a wildly crowded street to get the mystical wanderer shot, almost all of us are guilty of going the extra mile to get the perfect trending Insta click. But all is not as perfect as it seems, and to remind you of this fact we present to you this unique compilation of pictures that tell us just how unreal the life presented on Insta is. Go ahead and see for yourself.
1. How It Looks On Instagram When You Make Dinner For Your Date
Well, we all have been there, haven’t we? We all have cooked for our dates, and though the reality of that cooking session might’ve been messier than this (a little more on the chaotic side), we don’t mind embellishing the reality a little to get that perfect date food shot.
How It Really Is
This is what actually happens when you have no idea of seasoning and ingredients, yet you want a ‘homecooked’ meal. Could it get any more real?
2. Being Fiscally Responsible On Instagram
As soon as you sit down to balance your checkbook you immediately realize that you need to have actual money to balance too! But hey, we don’t want to waste this opportunity to document our responsible side, do we? Hence the aesthetic shot!
What Actually Happens
This is all of us, just five days after the payday!
3. Work Desk On Insta
A true millennial can afford to miss actual work, but the opportunity to document it? Never! Presenting to you the ideal work desk with calm vibes and organized aesthetic as represented on Instagram.
Work Desk In Reality
You know it’s true! This is what an actual work desk looks like. Chaotic, unmanaged and most importantly real, as opposed to the fictionalized version presented on Insta!
4. Being An Outdoorsy Bibliophile On Instagram
When you want to soak in the words while being one with nature. This aesthetic is especially popular among the so-called sapiosexuals!
How That Shot Actually Becomes A Reality
Now you know! Not really a bibliophile. It’s about stage-managing the reality, my friend!
5. Baking On Instagram
This cookie monster cake might be store-bought but that’s not what the description on your post will say. The image will be dedicated to chronicling your love of baking, and the marvel of your creation, because what will your 10 followers have to look forward to otherwise?
Baking In Real Life
This is your actual creation, the one you dumped in the dustbin before you went out to buy it from the store!
6. The Perfect Burger On Insta
The perfect juicy burger, the one that is symbolic of the good life you and your friends have. This picture is captured to give your followers a peek at your amazing palate and the delicacies it savors.
The Real Perfect Burger
The burger you actually end up eating.
7. Waking Up With Last Night’s Makeup On – Insta Version
This is an illustration of the “I-woke-up-like-this” aesthetic. It’s that one pic that you click to wish a good morning to your followers and also check in for some early morning validation!
Sleeping With Makeup On – Real Life
This is how you really wake up. Panda eyes, vampire lips and all!
8. Doing Your Nails As Depicted On Instagram
As with all things in life, you also decide to capture your exercise in self-love on the Internet. But while you might’ve claimed that you spent the morning painting your nails and making them picture-perfect, the reality is you sought expert help after failed attempt no. 4.
Doing Your Nails In Real Life
This is what failed attempt no.4 looks like.
9. Travel Diaries As Depicted On Instagram
This is the one that you have been guilty of posting on your social media quite often, if not you, you must’ve friends or family who are indulging in this— capturing their travels in this dreamy, utopic vision.
Travel Diaries In Reality
But, umm, this is what that vision looks like before editing. Side note:Taj Mahal is always that crowded.
10. Being A Daredevil On Instagram
You love to live your life on the edge, and what better way to document it then by performing some death-defying stunts and posting them on Insta for the world to see.
Capturing The Daredevil In Reality
The only way you can pull off those images while battling your crippling fear of heights!
See? Life is not as perfect as it seems on Instagram. What you see on these social media sites is a manufactured reality, not a lived one. And while it’s okay to indulge in this vanity every once in a while, you shouldn’t forget to enjoy the real moments in your bid to captured these manufactured ones!
