Nothing tells me more about a person than a touched up profile photograph.
When i see such a photograph, its not just a touch up that i see. I see a person trying to get a perfect shot and then trying again and again till they get the best picture. I then see them taking a look at that best shot with a look of dissatisfaction on how it turned out.
It turned out different from the way you think about yourself. You look different than how you think you look, and no amount of angle or lighting could capture that.
Then i see a dissatisfied person getting an app. Loading that photo on the app, and in more cases than not, adding that glow, removing that blemish, and making the skin look a little more fair.(i came across such a profile on linkedin)
Because these are the important things right? How people look at you and how they perceive you is being determined by the shade of your skin, and you wanted to look your best. Then you would go out in the world and judge everyone who was a little more tan than you.
You also wanted to successfully communicate it to people through a photo that you have made sure that your inner beauty is being reflected on your exterior self. Just in case they misunderstood it as a vain exercise.
People who put in a profile photo of salman khan, are in my world a little better than the people who touch up their photos. Why you ask? I don't know, but that is how it is.
All of this and tonnes of our other actions keep making our world a little more superficial and a little more phony. And a day comes when reality and fiction just crossover into each other.
When i see such a photograph, its not just a touch up that i see. I see a person trying to get a perfect shot and then trying again and again till they get the best picture. I then see them taking a look at that best shot with a look of dissatisfaction on how it turned out.
It turned out different from the way you think about yourself. You look different than how you think you look, and no amount of angle or lighting could capture that.
Then i see a dissatisfied person getting an app. Loading that photo on the app, and in more cases than not, adding that glow, removing that blemish, and making the skin look a little more fair.(i came across such a profile on linkedin)
Because these are the important things right? How people look at you and how they perceive you is being determined by the shade of your skin, and you wanted to look your best. Then you would go out in the world and judge everyone who was a little more tan than you.
You also wanted to successfully communicate it to people through a photo that you have made sure that your inner beauty is being reflected on your exterior self. Just in case they misunderstood it as a vain exercise.
People who put in a profile photo of salman khan, are in my world a little better than the people who touch up their photos. Why you ask? I don't know, but that is how it is.
All of this and tonnes of our other actions keep making our world a little more superficial and a little more phony. And a day comes when reality and fiction just crossover into each other.
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