#35: Filters Gone Too Far
Social media has made it incredibly easy to tweak, brighten, enhance, or completely reshape our photos before we share them. But many people have taken this trend so far that their online images barely resemble their real selves.

Before filters and editing apps existed, photos captured honest moments — imperfect, but real. Now we’re watching authenticity fade as people feel pressured to smooth every wrinkle, shrink every feature, and perfect every angle. It’s worth asking: what’s so wrong with looking like yourself?
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