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[–] 5 points 8 months ago (1 child)

they expect your work to be every IG filter they've ever used to fix their faces

Exactly what I was thinking reading the first couple of stories. I think people just straight up aren't used to accurate depictions of their own face. Even the horizontal flip is jarring to most people. No one is symmetrical, and we're used to mirrors and taking selfies with a front facing camera that horizontally flips the preview.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    It's actually deeply strange to consider what we see in the mirror isn't what other people see because it's flipped. How you fix your hair that you like is what no one else sees.

    There was a Radiolab episode about this years ago. https://hairparttheory.com/2011/04/22/radiolab-show/

    Go find 3 or 4 iconic portraits (Abraham Lincoln was the example given) and flip them. It's like a whole different person. But that's how HE saw himself every day.

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