Advertising Has Destroyed Our Perception of the Human Body

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Just what sort of thoughts run through a designers mind when they so egregiously fuck with the human body with Photoshop to the point any normal human can tell there’s some serious digital manipulation going on? Do these designers actually look at their work before they are done? Do they live on another planet where body parts are freely adjusted with the click of a mouse?

Oh wait, they live on earth…with the rest of us…who, because of all of this ongoing digital manipulation, now have no idea what a normal human body looks like unless a fat roll slaps us in the face.

Oh and for those suffering from extreme digital manipulitis, it’s the woman’s belly button that’s out of place.

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