When the press, public relations firms, government officials and political campaigns distort reality, twist the facts, apply filters like those used in PhotoShop to changes images, that is photoshopping reality. Closely associated with spin, perception management, marketing and propaganda.
When Secretary of State Colin Powell showed photographs to the UN proving the existence of chemical warfare plants, he was photoshopping reality. Also, President George W. Bush's infamous comment to FEMA chief Michael D. Brown while the latter was botching the federal response to Hurricane Katrina: "Brownie, you're doing a heck of a job."
by Songpoet February 7, 2008
Refers to an event or activity that takes place in both the virtual world and the real world. Term possibly coined by Adam Pasick, a.k.a. Adam Reuters, Reuters' bureau chief in Second Life.
by Jack Martin Leith February 26, 2007
Posing as someone bigger than you actually are, in order to check whether that person likes you for who you really are,
by yousaidwriteapseudonym February 12, 2021
Post-reality is the normalization of the digital age we live in. It is the authentication of our social media lives overlapping what we view as normal. There's no reality without the digital world. We are living in a time when it is common for everyone's public display of their lives to be romanticized -- where fiction is reality and reality is fiction. It's up to you how you perceive it.
We are all living in post-reality.
by AngelinoFromMilano November 16, 2022
Man: Why Is This Always Happening To Me?
Friend Of Man: It's That Reality Bullshit I Been Telling You About
Friend Of Man: It's That Reality Bullshit I Been Telling You About
by Sunshineishereandneverleaving February 26, 2018
It's both the fact that the truth hurts/reality bites you in the ass and the fact that reality is but a farcical performance which can be interpreted by many different people to be many different things and the statement is also an allusion to the idea that we live in a simulation which is actually an ancient theory said by many in many different ways predating Rizwan Virk, Nick Bostrom, Hans Moravec, Musk🙄 and even René Descartes and predstes before we were even able to understand what a simulation could be ("A dream within a dream") it becomes a clever allegorical play on words when spoken. Less complicated to interpret when written. A mad decent 90s movie aswell.
Person - "UGH I wish my life was as easy as my Sim's life is. Or as fun as my Persona's characters is. Reality Bites/Bytes!!!"
Person 2 - "Your sim was abducted by aliens, dood. Also I think your baby is on fire. Is that a person trapped in a pool because there is no ladder out?"
Person - "EXACTLY"
Person 2 - "Your sim was abducted by aliens, dood. Also I think your baby is on fire. Is that a person trapped in a pool because there is no ladder out?"
Person - "EXACTLY"
by Dr. Frayser April 8, 2022
Someone traumatized by anything anybody says that isnt nice to the point they try and tell people not to use certain language.
by Solid Mantis August 9, 2020