Move over, gender-bending Snapchat filters. The baby filter is taking over.
Snapchat is offering a filter that alters photos with a de-ageifying effect. Big eyes and eerily flawless skin override the real photo in a transformation that’s essentially airbrushing to jaw-dropping extremes. The fresh-faced and terrifyingly rosy-cheeked photos are sweeping across all social media platforms as users share their de-aged selves.
But while sharing selfies created with this baby filter is fun for a second, sharing photos of celebrities subjected to this creepy alteration is the kind of enduring content nightmares are made of.
Snapchat baby filter memes
https://twitter.com/majormarvelking/status/1127258713318989824
"was I the bébé all along?" pic.twitter.com/n2IVfD23D1
— Netflix UK & Ireland (@NetflixUK) May 14, 2019
baby one direction omgg pic.twitter.com/POeI2KdohP
— L (@ZaynandLeila) May 12, 2019
Though it is reassuring to know that babies are capable of running local government.
https://twitter.com/mariaburdjalov/status/1128080378223316992
And it’s great that these drag queens get a jumpstart on their future careers at a young age.
someone used the snapchat baby filter on all the drag race queens this season and im lf;jdasklfaslfdkjaf pic.twitter.com/stWZDKIwap
— gabe bergado (@gabebergado) May 14, 2019
Canada’s favorite demon-fighting queer ladies must’ve been hit by a de-aging curse.
https://twitter.com/maudelinee/status/1127973755358150656
Of course, the filter doesn’t account for Rachel’s original nose…
https://twitter.com/notChandIer/status/1128104025164005376
These players might have some trouble reaching the hoop as little babies.
The new Snapchat baby filter is too good. Who looks the best? 👶 pic.twitter.com/AdN3EihmlV
— ESPN Los Angeles (@ESPNLosAngeles) May 13, 2019
Beyond celebrity de-ageifying, many are taking advantage of this unnerving craze to combine one weird baby meme with another, keeping “I’m baby” alive.
The baby filter on Snapchat barely changed me at all so it’s official: I’m baby.
— embleigh (@bluberrytwt) May 14, 2019
https://twitter.com/kathrynfarr16/status/1128513016914436096
https://twitter.com/taesglowkit/status/1126623381800013824
We’re all babies now.
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