Touch-ups

[lillibet]

officialgaiman pointed out this photo touch-up software site. It reminds me of the Dove ad and has some of the same sense of sick fascination for me. I found I was more bothered by some than by others. This made me curious--if someone you met online were using this software, at what point would you feel they had crossed the line from putting their best self forward to engaging in deception?

Comments

[dpolicar]

I have difficulty imagining caring. Much like yellow embroidery floss, people don't look the same moment to moment, either.

Every once in a while I realize that someone's LJ icon is a picture of some celebrity rather than a self-portrait and I'm slightly taken aback.

There are exceptions. The guy whose skin was artificially cleared up bugged me. OTOH, the roundfaced bearded guy I actually thought looked better in the original.