Everywhere online now, every movie, every home video, has been passed through so many filters that people don’t look human any more. Nobody has any lines in their face, their teeth are florescent white, their eyes are filled in and have no veins. Nobody ever looks tired, or natural. Add to the mix the fact that everyone is getting lip implants to look like a blowfish, and I’m just tired of it. I miss seeing real human beings.

  • sbv@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    3 months ago

    The lip implants rarely look good.

    Have you considered watching English or Scandinavian shows?

  • Teon@kbin.social
    1·
    3 months ago

    Duck lips are so disgusting. I just want to shake a bottle of Benadryl at them and ask if they are having an allergic reaction or something.
    “Did you get stung by a bee? You might want to see a doctor about that.”
    Plastic surgery is intended to make you look beautiful, not ugly. Are we in opposite world???

  • pacoboyd@lemm.ee
    1·
    3 months ago

    I’m convinced that part of the reason of this over processing is because of streaming. You can compress a movie or show far FAR more when colors are smooth and uniform (I know this from compressing multiple hundreds of movies and TV shows). So now that everyone is “streaming all the things” they have to look for ways to get 4k out the door and to the normal consumer who might only have 100mb internet.

    Edit: not defending it, just sharing my observations as a media enthusiast.

    • ShepherdPie@midwest.social
      01·
      3 months ago

      they have to look for ways to get 4k out the door and to the normal consumer who might only have 100mb internet

      They do this like YouTube does by scaling the resolution based on your connection speed.

      Though they do compress all resolutions to a fraction of their full bitrate regardless of the service or speed because ISPs are greedy fucks.

      • pacoboyd@lemm.ee
        1·
        3 months ago

        I’m mean, they are both methods to do the same thing (get smaller sized videos) and it doesn’t have to be one of the other, both can be used. With better compression you can stream higher resolution.

  • Mastengwe@lemm.ee
    0·
    3 months ago

    This is the future of humanity. It is only going to get worse. Look at everthing technology has touched- there’s little realism left in anything anymore. Artists will be replaced by AI, musicians will be replace by AI, and there will be next to no depth left in anything.

    Bleak as fuck. Glad i at least remember before things became……

    … this.

          • Mastengwe@lemm.ee
            01·
            3 months ago

            The fact that you could suggest something so ignorant and thoughtless gives me all the reason I need to block your ignorance from my feed.

            Go read a book about slavery, how it’s defined, and how it has affected the culture of entire races of people.

            Then come back and delete your comments in shame.

            • FiveMacs@lemmy.ca
              0·
              2 months ago

              Or…read legal definitions instead of some random book.

              Slavery has nothing to do with money, it’s the practice of forced labor and restricted liberty. It is also a regime where one class of people - the slave owners - could force another - the slaves - to work and limit their liberty.

              You can 100% give a pittance to a slave in the form of currency and have it still be considered forced labor. You should block yourself for being so arrogant and short sighted to think that slavery has anything to do with money.

              Slavery is about limited/restricted or no liberty and forced labor.

              Do you seriously think, that is some company forced you at gunpoint to work for them while giving you $0.01 a day means it’s not slavery?

              Get over yourself…

              • Mastengwe@lemm.ee
                0·
                2 months ago

                It’s not slavery if you have a choice. So no, I’m not going to “get over myself.”

                Maybe you should learn what nuance is and stop polarizing every issue you come across.

            • spez_@lemmy.world
              11·
              2 months ago

              Why would I read a rich man’s book on slavery?

              Working for money is slavery, because if you stop working you’ll die on the street. They use money like a carrot

              • Mastengwe@lemm.ee
                11·
                2 months ago

                So… you’re one of those people that want things handed to you. I get it.

                We’re done talking now.