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[–] [email protected] 151 points 8 months ago (3 children)

And the boyfriend sees the pics on the bottom like the girlfriend sees the pics on the top.

[–] Brkdncr 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

My fave photo of my SO is one she doesn’t like. It brings me so much joy and happiness when I see it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Ah Wabi-sabi in action, love it.

[–] Ultraviolet 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)

There's a psychological reason for that. You're used to seeing yourself in the mirror, so a photo of yourself looks subtly wrong. Reverse a photo of yourself and you immediately look better, but only to you. It's wrong to everyone else that way.

[–] UsernameIsTooLon 10 points 8 months ago

Yup! Been telling people this for years. Similarly, you hate your own voice in recordings because you're used to how there are bassy undertones that bounce in your head and get added on top of your voice. You can amplify your hearing of the bassier/muffled voice by just covering your ears and speaking.

Which means the trick for making your voice sound better in recordings is to just give it a touch of low end.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

That's definitely part of it! Additionally though, how we feel about someone or something has a significant affect on how we perceive it. Imperfections we may focus on with ourselves (everyone's their own worst critic) or strangers will be lessened or completely overlooked when viewing things we care for.

"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder."

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

If he’s anything like me, vice versa too

Mirrors shatter into powder under my awful gaze