Why do we look way better in the mirror?

[Vegyn]

I want to hear your thoughts.

 

[Deleted member]

face legit looks deformed in my back camera

looks like shit pfl/ terrible droopy nct, asymmetrical ramus and jaw

overall subhumanity in the back camera

i wanna rope but I’m coping with surgeries in the future if I ever make enough money

 

[Deleted member 16530]

It’s simply the lens distortion imo

 

[CosmicMaxxer]

because selfies have pinhole distortion

 

[Deleted member 16989]

Because selfies distort your face. Mirror just reflect your image and lightening have big effect how you look like in both mirror and selfies. If there is bad lightening you could look worse than you really are.

 

[.👽.]

cuz u r used to your face in the mirror. if you look at something for a long time you will start liking it

 

[Deleted member 14677]

i think Snapchat camera is the most accurate when it comes down to how you’re viewed irl?

 

[Constantin Denis]

Distortion. + you look better in motion. Mirror is the way you look.

 

[Deleted member 16989]

The familiar face effect. Faces you are used to seem more attractive. The mirror is not accurate as you are psychologically biased to view yourself as more symmetrical and more attractive.

You look like how you look in mirror. You will only see your asymmetries if you take photos of yourself and flip it. Or you can see others people asymmetries in mirror but not yourself.. but the guy that see his image in mirror is how you actually see him in reality. They dont see your subhuman asymmetries in real life.. Only in mirror.

 

[Deleted member 16989]

i think Snapchat camera is the most accurate when it comes down to how you’re viewed irl?

No. You need buy real camera and learn the distances.

 

[Deleted member 16989]

Back camera, 6 ft away, take a video

Or go to the pinned post in ratings section by arabincel.

It does not help much because camera are not build for self portrait images.

 

[Deleted member 16989]

Correct. However your brain warps it. Does that make sense? The mirrored image of you is accurate- you perceive it inaccurately though.

Yes, how other people see you.

It wraps it for sure but people see you in warp mode in real life. They dont see the same asymmetries you do in flipped image.. They can only see it in mirror if you are near by.. I literally saw my brothers crooked nose in mirror then I looked at him.. It was literally gone.

 

[Deleted member 16989]

Yes but is it the most accurate you can do. You should be taking a video anyways to compare to IRL. A picture can only be “2d”.

Yes but even videos has self distortion unfortunately.

 

[Deleted member 16989]

This is complete copium. They dont see assymetries because they arent obsessively staring at you. But they do subconsciously notice.

I tried to stare and I barely nothing anything.. but in mirror image it was very obvious. I see him per week once.

 

[MaxillaMaxing]

face legit looks deformed in my back camera

looks like shit pfl/ terrible droopy nct, asymmetrical ramus and jaw

overall subhumanity in the back camera

i wanna rope but I’m coping with surgeries in the future if I ever make enough money

Keep looking at yourself in pics and you'll get used to it

 

[MakinItHappenReturn]

 

[Deleted member 16861]

I nearly roped when i saw myself in a true mirror for the first time

 

[M3R]

You shouldn't trust your mirror completely, because your brain tricks you into thinking your face is more harmonious and symmetrical than it is in reality.

 

[Deleted member 16636]

I nearly roped when i saw myself in a true mirror for the first time

It was lifefuel for me but I still don't know if that's how I actually look

 

[Hueless]

The familiar face effect. Faces you are used to seem more attractive. The mirror is not accurate(ly perceived by you) as you are psychologically biased to view yourself as more symmetrical and more attractive.

In short every human is mentally ill and has face dysmorphia

 

[marken12]

Anyone who lives in a building that has an elevator with a mirror knows that mirror = closest to what you look like. I see people daily in the elevator, including friends who I've known for almost a decade and they look exactly the same in the mirror as I perceive them irl. Meanwhile if I take random candid pics of them they go down like 1-2 points

 

[chadmanlet04]

Phones come with a cockblock feature

 

[Buci]

Anyone who lives in a building that has an elevator with a mirror knows that mirror = closest to what you look like. I see people daily in the elevator, including friends who I've known for almost a decade and they look exactly the same in the mirror as I perceive them irl. Meanwhile if I take random candid pics of them they go down like 1-2 points

finally a non retarded take

 

[Chin_Pilled]

You shouldn't trust your mirror completely, because your brain tricks you into thinking your face is more harmonious and symmetrical than it is in reality.

this isn't true right?

 

[Deleted member 795]

There are 2 types of answer in this thread:

1. Because the camera has lens distortion and you look worst

2. Because in the mirror you are used to your face and you think you are better looking.

There is not a real answer

 

[metagross]

Anyone who lives in a building that has an elevator with a mirror knows that mirror = closest to what you look like. I see people daily in the elevator, including friends who I've known for almost a decade and they look exactly the same in the mirror as I perceive them irl. Meanwhile if I take random candid pics of them they go down like 1-2 points

Yep, this is the best thing you can do.

To look at people that you know in the mirror and in the camera. This will also prevent you from "coping" bias, because you are not looking at yourself, but at other people.
Mirror comes the closest to reality in my experience aswell. People I know look like they look in a mirror.

 

[metagross]

There are 2 types of answer in this thread:

1. Because the camera has lens distortion and you look worst

2. Because in the mirror you are used to your face and you think you are better looking.

There is not a real answer

I think the first option makes more sense, because it lines up with what we know about lens distortion in general and also in how we perceive OTHER people to look like.
If we see a stranger, we are not used to see the stranger's face, and yet that stranger will look different in the mirror than on selfies.
The other night I was asked to take pictures of a group of people and I noticed this myself. They looked different in the photo, but they looked the same in the mirror.

 

[Pakicel]

I actually look better in pictures than in the mirror tbh. In fact, there is no real difference between both.

 

[Pakicel]

I look best to myself in videos from further away.

 

[hebbewem]

Yep, this is the best thing you can do.

To look at people that you know in the mirror and in the camera. This will also prevent you from "coping" bias, because you are not looking at yourself, but at other people.
Mirror comes the closest to reality in my experience aswell. People I know look like they look in a mirror.

The problem isent the mirror but the mind so the mirror is useless

 

[wristcel]

i've always wondered what the answer is to this.
In the mirror, although ugly, I don't completely hate my face
In a selfie or something, I legit look DISGUSTING!! Like I was trying to take a photo of a deer the other day but my camera was on the front camera reverse setting so I unexpectedly saw my face and I was honestly horrified with what I saw. I've never looked worse. I'd honestly go as far as to say deformed. Huge kick to the confidence, although i'm currently banging one of the hottest girls yet!

In photographs I look basically in between - but still ugly.

I assume that photos from a distance are most accurate, and then mirrors adn then selfies?
I can only assume the girls i've slept with are 100% not seeing me as I look in selfies and stuff otherwise my success would make zero sense!

 

[RAITEIII]

Yh mirror seems to be more accurate.

I remember in the past a few friends have used my phone to take selfies, they had a meltdown and couldn't believe how they looked. They would show me the picture and ask if that's how I see them... and honestly, it trully wasn't. The situation always made me laugh lol. One thing I am going to say though, when you look good, you look good almost everywhere.

 

[RAITEIII]

Yh mirror seems to be more accurate.

I remember in the past a few friends have used my phone to take selfies, they had a meltdown and couldn't believe how they looked. They would show me the picture and ask if that's how I see them... and honestly, it trully wasn't. The situation always made me laugh lol. One thing I am going to say though, when you look good, you look good almost everywhere.

Personally I prefer to take a video and then screenshot it. Have done it that way for years.

 

[autistic_tendencies]

face legit looks deformed in my back camera

looks like shit pfl/ terrible droopy nct, asymmetrical ramus and jaw

overall subhumanity in the back camera

i wanna rope but I’m coping with surgeries in the future if I ever make enough money

Good thing I’m not only one to notice this