#never trust your hangzhou barber

[altereremit]

DEBUT OF NEW CHINESE BOYBAND

On August 6th, the new successor group to the TF-BOYS was announced: TT-BOYS.

And while they may look a lot like Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin, we assure you, that this is not only the case,

but that they are indeed the people in the pictures.

And thus, we have just wittnessed the debut of the Table-Tennis-Boys, more commonly known as TT-Boys.

It is well known, that Asian people take the best pictures (........at least the female share of the population), but photographic techniques alone cannot make Ma Long's chronic eye bags disappear, eradicate all the traits that gifted Fan Zhendong his nickname ("Lil' Fatty") or actually giving Wang Chuqin a proper hairstyle for once (on that note: never trust the hairdressers and barbers in Hangzhou¹ ˢᵉᵉ ᵗʰᵉ ᵉⁿᵈ ᵒᶠ ᵗʰᵉ ᵖᵒˢᵗ).

No, that can only be achieved through photoshop, something that most Chinese girls and some of the boys are well versed in. In today's social-media-heavy time, photoshopping has more or less become a must-have skill. But in order to achieve the level of mastery, that the Chinese possess, one has to be dedicated to the craft and spend a lot of time honing their photoshopping skills.

People have long upgraded from simply using photoshop to make their legs seem longer or gift themselves an eightpack, no, nowadays you'll never be able to guess what people are actually photoshopping (with simply just a few APPs on their mobile phones....):

Too many people in the background? - Away with them!

So what if the roses aren't blooming?

So what if there are no fishes and the polar bear won't go for a swim in the pool?

Don't like the view?

Nothing is impossible, and thus, dear people, take everything with a grain of salt.

...Especially on dating websites.

AND, I want to point out again (before people start to point fingers): photoshopping is not a women-only skill nor used only by women!

For the record: I actually learned the most from 阿屯 (A'Tun), see pictures above. [Douyin, Meitu, RedBook: ＠阿屯]

And even though those skills are impressive and the result is sometimes even "funny" (when compared to the original picture), one perhaps can ask oneself "How did it even come to this?". ........

........

But still, if you need to take a picture (or edit one), ask your (East-)Asian (/Chinese) friends. 😉

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¹ see the following evidence:

As we all know, the 19th Asian Games (X: @19thAGofficial, Instagram: @ag2022official, Facebook: @19thAGHZ2022)were held in Hangzhou, China.

The people of Hangzhou also know better than to believe in their barbers, the city even plastered the following principle on the floor of their subway trains, for everyone to see:

So if you ever visit China, never cut your hair in Hangzhou.