Saw a reality star post a 'vintage' photo that was clearly from last year

I was scrolling Instagram last night and noticed this actress from that dating show posted this super moody black and white photo with a caption about 'throwback to simpler times.' But I actually remembered the exact same photo from her feed like 14 months ago, and it was in color back then. She just desaturated it and called it vintage. Her fans were eating it up in the comments, saying how 'classic' and 'timeless' it looked. It got me thinking, do these people think we don't have memories or something? I swear every other celeb is doing this now, just slapping a filter on a recent selfie and pretending it's from 2005. Has anyone else caught a famous person posting a fake throwback like that?

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morgan.logan1mo ago

Haha oh man I caught my cousin doing the exact same thing last week. She posted a "2000s throwback" that was literally from 2019 and I have the receipt to prove it.

lindaowens1mo ago

Wait, did you screenshot it? Because that's the only way to really handle it, just having the proof ready. I've been burned before where I called someone out and they just deleted the old post and acted like I was crazy, so now I always grab a timestamped screenshot first. In your case, if you really wanted to, you could pull a side-by-side of her color version from last year and the new black and white one, but honestly it's probably not worth the drama. I've found the best move is to just quietly take note and not engage, because those fans will turn on you faster than you'd think if you try to point out the obvious.

max4151mo ago

Believe me, I've learned that screenshot lesson the hard way too. @morgan.logan your cousin pulling a 2019 "throwback" is exactly the kind of energy I expect from the internet these days. I once called out a friend for reposting the same birthday message for three years straight, and she just said "I like the photo" like it was totally normal. I'm with Linda on the quiet approach though. Every time I've tried to point out something obvious online, people just get defensive and it turns into a bigger mess than it was worth. Plus I'm pretty sure half the time the person doing the copying doesn't even realize they're doing it. They just see something old and think it's new again, like their brain resets every six months or something.