People Who Tried To Fake It But Didn’t Quite Make It

Let's be honest. There comes a moment in everyone's lives where they have to fake it in order to get something they want or land in a certain situation.

Sometimes though, that faking can backfire. Faking it doesn't always lead to making it. These people understand how true that is.

Those Pesky Mirrors Ruin Everything

boy photoshopped weights onto bar but mirror shows real weight
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If you're going to try to convince people that you lift, maybe don't take the photo in front of the mirror.

People still probably would have doubted your strength, but at least you'd have a better shot.

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This Isn't Exactly Reassuring

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If you saw a sign like this right before you stepped on the elevator, what would you do?

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The answer is you'd be going to find the nearest stairwell and taking the stairs.

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Is This Not What You Wanted?

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There are two possible reasons that her boyfriend brought this to her. A: he had a sad, lonely childhood deprived of important foods such as a classic ice cream sandwich.

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Or B: he intentionally made this poor excuse for an ice cream sandwich with the hope that she'll never ask him for a snack ever again.

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That's One Way To Confuse The Kids

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Buying this shirt for your child is only going to lead to some confusion. Whoever designed this shirt clearly didn't spend much time learning about their animals in primary school.

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Since when do hippos have horns?

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...So It's A Cookie?

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You can't fool us! Whatever chef created this menu is trying to pull something on us and we're not going to stand for it.

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It doesn't matter how you phrase. That, right there, is a cookie.

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So Rare It Doesn't Even Exist

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Oh, you thought that you'd be able to fool everyone with your new Maserati Accord? Definitely not.

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If only Maseratis were as accessible and as affordable as Honda Accords. We could all have one.

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Blue Skies Every Day In Seattle

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When selling your home, you want to make sure that it's as appealing to buyers as possible.

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Seattle is a notoriously rainy city but these people wanted their house to look appealing so they added blue skies! The problem is when you zoom in, you can see raindrops falling around the house.

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Sara Might Be Up To Something

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Oh, Sara...It was a valiant effort, but your teacher definitely noticed that your "parent" has the same name as you and the penmanship of a second-grader.

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Better luck next time!

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Aim For The Car You Want, Not The Car You Have

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They say you're supposed to go to a new job dressed for the job you want rather than the job you have, so why can't that apply to cars too?

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This girl may drive a 2009 Mazda SUV right now, but just you wait. Someday she'll get that Lamborghini.

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It's Your Puzzle. You Get To Say When It's Finished.

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Once you purchase the puzzle and it leaves the store, it's yours to do whatever you want with.

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You have an artistic license. If this is your finished puzzle, so be it.

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We're Onto You, Pizza Hut

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Picture this: you're driving downtown, looking for a place to eat, and suddenly you see this lovely Italian Bistro that's next to the Pizza Hut. Let's go there!

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Jokes on you though because the second you walk in you'll realize that the Pizza Hut is the Italian Bistro.

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"Your Package Is Hidden Under The Table"

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Why would the delivery person even go to the effort of trying to "hide" this package that's as big as a pre-teen?

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Whoever they were delivering it to knows what they ordered. They didn't expect the delivery driver to be able to hide it.

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It Vaguely Looks Like Dumbledore, I Guess?

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Apparently, this costume shop didn't want to go to the effort of trying to get the copyright for the real Harry Potter branded items.

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Some poor child is going to ask to be a Hogwarts teacher for Halloween and their parent is going to bring this home.

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Those Look Like Some Great Videos

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One mom told her daughter that she couldn't buy her a laptop just so she could watch dog videos.

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Her daughter decided to use her imagination by creating her own cardboard laptop. Somehow we doubt it has the same effect.

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Wow! It's So Realistic!

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All those tattoos must have cost this young man a pretty penny. And they're so well-done... such realistic, intricate details...

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This is going to impress any ladies that go scrolling through his profile.

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Seems Legit

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A particularly resourceful five-year-old boy decided that this leprechaun trap that's definitely "not" a trap is going to be his new income source.

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Somehow we doubt that this is going to be his successful money-making scheme.

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Why Have An 8-Pack When You Can Have A Keg?

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Can we get it out there that having abs is not worth the sacrifices you have to make?

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Is being miserable and healthy more tempting than happy and unhealthy? Probably not.

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Oh We've Got Questions

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There's no way that whatever eyebrows she's hiding were worse than the ones that are photoshopped onto her face over the top of her baseball cap.

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She should have just stuck with the original brows.

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How Is This A Flex?

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I can't get over this trend of people posting CLEARLY photoshopped photos and trying to pass them off as real in order to brag. Like why?

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I can pour myself a drink with what looks like orange peels in it and sit on a roof and get the same image for free without enlarging anything. Just saying.

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What A Beautiful View

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Why do people think that it's so easy to photoshop themselves in Paris?

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We all keep trying it and coming up looking we're standing in front of a green screen.

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It's All A Matter Of Perspective

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What is it with rich people and showing off their diggs? Look, we get it. You have six cars, an infinity pool, endless Starbucks fraps, etc.

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You don't see me posting about my 2006 Chrysler Neon, small Dunkin Donuts coffee, and blow-up pool.

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When Your Parents Won't Buy You That Barbie You Wanted

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This little girl said the dreaded words her parents never want to hear, "I wish I had different parents."

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This statement came after they didn't let her get the 2018 Wal Mart Yodel Kid Barbie Doll. So, this little girl went and found parents who will support her spending habits.

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Being An Athlete Isn't For Us All

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When we're young and ignorant, we think we have the ability to be professional athletes if we try hard enough. The reality is, that's not true at all.

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This kid missed the athlete genes in his family, I think.

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When You're The Runt Of The Squad

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This is what high school is like for many people. Trying to fit into crowds that you don't fit into, and it's obvious.

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While hanging out with the varsity volleyball team may be fun, the fact that you're 5'2 on a good day makes you stand out really badly

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That's Some Fire Exit...

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Whoever thought this was a good idea should consider changing professions.

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You mean to tell me you want people dropping at least 10 feet if there's a fire in that building?

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Who Dropped The Ball?

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This would be like selling soccer balls at a baseball game.

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If you're going to be a company that advertises something specific, you better be all about that thing. Who didn't make the right call here?

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No Clue How This Works

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You can hammer a nail into the asphalt?

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That doesn't seem like an ideal way to handle a situation like this, so maybe they should've just gone to get some paint.

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He Looks Like An Anime Character

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Honestly, this is almost lazy. The arm doesn't even look like it's on the right way.

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He's like some evil Ken doll that got put together backward in the factory.

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Because There Apparently Isn't Such A Thing As A Pregnant Model

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Oh, you need to take a picture of a woman in maternity swimwear?

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Better find a model and poorly photoshop her body instead of just hiring a woman who is pregnant.

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Weird Flex, But Ok

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Sir, where did your neck go? Explaining this away with camera angles and whatever else people usually use as excuses is not going to fly this time.

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Be happy with the progress you're making on your own!

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Legs For Days

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At what point do you have to see that you're buying into something that isn't normal or healthy?

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Like, does anyone have legs that long? It just doesn't look right.

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Trying To Satisfy The Wanderlust

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Can we talk about how expensive it is to travel outside of the country? How do people have the disposable income to fly when it costs like $600 to go to Mexico one way?

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It's with wishful thinking and a major lottery win that will eventually allow me to take my dream vacation, hopefully

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He Realizes How Insane It Is To Pose On Train Tracks

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"This was supposed to be a cute photo op of my wife and son at the train yard."

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Little lad there is tired of having to smile on mommy's Facebook page so he's decided to let the photographer (dad) know how he really feels about this train yard photo op.

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Those Bacon Packs Should Probably Go In The Fridge...

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From the burn lines on the toast to the perfectly crispy croissant, there's a lot of fake food featured in this photo.

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You knew that influencers have a tendency to...enhance their photos before they're posted on social media, but it turns out you basically can't trust anything you see in the photo.

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Meet The Black Sheep Of The Domino's Family

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Apparently obtaining a franchisee license for Domino's was too complicated for this person so they decided to create the distance second cousin of the well known chain.

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Welcome to Romino's! Where the pizza, kebab and fried chicken are probably all mediocre at best.

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That Looks Like A Hazard

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I sincerely hope that this woman has enough common sense to realize that if an elevator door is ever as warped as the one in this photo, she should not be getting in it.

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Take the stairs instead.

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#Goals?

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How could anyone scrolling through their instagram feed see this photo and think 'yes that's completely attainable for me. I want that body!"

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Bratz dolls have a more attainable figure than the woman in this photo.

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She Should See A Chiropractor Or Something For Those Shoulders

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If we buy the dress is it going to make our shoulders look like this woman's? Because in that case, we'll pass.

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And don't even get us started on the cut off fingers that are "holding" that purse...

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That's One Eagle-Eyed Commenter

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It's okay to just say you're selling them because you don't like them, but don't put yourself in a position to be caught out.

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They also could have picked a better background to take this photo, but that's a separate issue.

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Signs Can't Stop The Weather

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This silly sign was no match for good ol' Mother Nature.

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If she wants to snow in that area, she's going to. And there's nothing that you can do to stop her!

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You Could Definitely Do That At Home

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Considering that the girl's one leg is very clearly still on the ground, any aspiring magicians in your home could probably achieve this fairly easily.

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The only thing really stopping them is if there isn't a second person around to assist them in this magic trick.

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The Dog Was Taken By Ghosts

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Even the older generation can fall prey to photoshop fails. Wanting to do nothing more than having a lovely family photo with their dog wound up turning into a horror story.

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Literally, these people lost their legs in the photoshop fail, making it look as though the poos pooch is being held hostage by ghosts.

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Is The Company Selling The Piano Or Marketing Satanism?

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This company needs to fire its art, marketing, and advertising directors because this is a total advertisement fail. While the little girl is looking at the camera and smiling, so is her reflection.

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This, folks, should not be the case!

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Just A Girl With Her Hose Head

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This would have been a lovely photo had it not been for the epic photoshop fail that left the horse without its entire body!

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Horses aren't small animals; how this photo editor missed their entire body will remain a mystery.

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The Arm...Enough Said

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While it is advantageous for swimmers to have long arms, this sign takes the concept to the extreme.

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Not only does the swimmer's arm look way too long for a normal human being, but it also looks broken.

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Welcome To The Hudson River

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Anyone who has flown into New Jersey or New York knows that there is no commercial airport remotely close to the Statue of Liberty. At least, not one that gives this great of a view.

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Pro-tip to this airline: next time, make sure to advertise a safe landing and not one that is directly in the Hudson River.

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The People Not To Hire For Guitar Lessons

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These two guys were doing nothing more than trying to promote their business. Sadly, they should have taken more care with their photoshop since the guitars are nowhere close to being in their hands.

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Also, just a thought, could they have actually photographed themselves playing, or is that too easy?

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The Selfie Stick The Defies Reason

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Selfie sticks make it easy to take photos of a group without getting too close to their faces.

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The thing is, they aren't known for taking both a front-facing and back-facing photo.

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A Bit Of PHotoshopped Peas With Rice

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This restaurant tried so hard to promote their rice dish. Sadly, it didn't work out as expected since the seven peas are clearly floating above the rice.

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Maybe put more than seven photoshopped peas on top to make it more realistic?

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Just A Guy Showing Off His Headphones

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Showing off headphones is a new craze. This guy clearly wanted to be one of the cool kids.

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It would have worked better if he didn't decide to photoshop a pair of headphones onto his head. He gets an "A" for effort.

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The Eyebrow...

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While this lady has very manicured eyebrows, it is very hard to let something in this photo go: the fact that one of her eyebrows is very clearly printed over her bangs.

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Sorry, but that isn't something that is seen in real life.