Today, I discovered I am the "before picture" in an internet weight loss advert. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Same thing different taste
Today, I discovered that a company has been using a photo of me for one of those "she lost 50 pounds" online ads. I'm the "before" photo. FML
Today, I saw a weight loss 'before and after' advertisement and I wished I could at least look like the 'before'. FML
Today, my friend found a picture of herself on a website filled with pictures of thin people. I was in the picture, also. I was crossed-out with the word, "EWW" written next to me. FML
Today, I was shopping with my friends and I got asked by a man if I could be in one of his commercials. I obviously said yes without thinking twice. I then found out that he wanted me to be the before picture for an acne control moisturizer. FML
Today, I saw myself on the news. I was one of the random passers by they had filmed for their story on the "Fat Epidemic." FML
Today, I realized that every targeted advertisement on my Facebook involves gym memberships and diet pills. FML
Sharing my journey
Today, my partner has been losing weight to get slimmer and took a picture of the scale. He posted it onto his Facebook and tagged me in it. After two hours we got messages from his family to look in the reflection of the glass on the scale and I was nude in the background. Thanks, Hun! FML
Today, I found a picture of myself on the "People of Walmart" site. FML
Realization
Today, after always thinking I wasn't ugly, just fat, I've lost 30kg and it now turns out I was wrong. FML
Overthinking it
Today, I spent an hour photoshopping my face onto super skinny models as inspiration for a diet. FML
Top comments
null_fml 11
So you're the "before", but not the "after"? Are you trying to tell me... that an internet advertiser is making false claims?!
tigrouficele2012 44
Using your picture without your consent is most likely illegal.
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rachelsantixo 1
:(
ilovemydoodle123 0
well I'm not trying to be mean, but doesn't that tell you something? just saying
ShadyFTW1 0
I can see it now. "Before Mcdonalds" and "After Mcdonalds"
wowthatshorrible_fml 0
where the **** do ppl get those pictures at?
lemonypower 6
I think O.P means her weight was the before picture not her legit picture
ItsSho 5
Guess it sucks to be fat! :( Can always drown their sorrows in a bucket of chicken! (y)
I_iz_B_a_troll 24
Op u shud get metabolism! They's work wonder 4 me I iz skinny(:
seanders 10
You'd know eh 66? ;)
coNsperAZI 4
lol number 1
IrishWildMan 3
Don't hate on fatties you FMO's! And OP at least tell them to pay you something for using it. By the by: FMO=Fat Man Oppressor
Sayhwhat 0
Hey if jared did so can you. Go on the subway diet.
AtomicShit 0
Why must people write FMLs about being fat, it's not like anyone cares anyways
warpig182 0
Well I didnt make you fat now did I? YDI for making the before lady look bad.
mona_is_here 10
Sorry but this is funny :D Especially the way you discovered it.
EpicPear 0
lol 72 I was about to say that too! You WOULD know what to do 66.
clothesoptional 0
Ok, that girl is not fat; she's actually quite pretty. :-P She does, however, have a cruel, dry sense of humor.
OrginalOwen 0
They are refering to her being black, silly!
TheOtherNewest1 6
@ Irishwildman By the by, that's the stupidest ******* acronym I've ever seen on the internet. Yeah, I think this is fake. No way they take your picture without your consent. Or is that how it is in the land of sand an drunks? If it isn't, get yourself paid, and use the money to get a personal trainer.
Ryanfmlfiend 0
shutup tubbs! go eat a cookie and a hoho and wash that down with a slurpee then a hot dog cuz now ur mouths a lil cold. and you gotta have fries with a hot dog right? NO F U FATTY. have a god damn cigarette and stfu
zach9mm 0
Ryan you are a fken fat hating faggots grow the hell up you stupid fool.
null_fml 11
So you're the "before", but not the "after"? Are you trying to tell me... that an internet advertiser is making false claims?!
krushr 3
That's unpossible.
kdkkat 0
impossible
timma90 4
Sue you definitely have a case.
bamagrl410 31
Finally someone who isn't an American telling the OP to sue. the stereotype gets old haha.
Ducati4623 0
No, unpossible. like Ralph Wiggum if I'm not mistaken.
samiboy9 0
ye is it not kinda obvious that those comersials are fake I mean cmon thru lose there glades and they get tans and all that stuff sueing is the answer
LightningLadyy 0
HOLY GOD 73!!! WHHHYYYYYY?????
lamargus 0
hahahaha I know in the before picture they are fat and hairy but in the after they have six packs and are tan!!!
omgwork 0
how would you say "whyyyy?" would it be like wy-eee...?
noboundary 9
They're from Canada, what do you expect? lol
bailes_o_hay 0
60 - "me fail English? that's unpossible!" haha
mbrose 0
:(
Socoollikee 3
exuse me?
JessicaIsabel 0
#154, hahaha
Link5794 18
YOUR GRAMMAR SUCKS #[episode number] Inposeable!
FaberDriveLuv 5
Are you also the after?
Sayhwhat 0
I don't think it would be an fml if she was the after. Just sayin.
ostate100 0
lose some ******* weight fatass
krazygirl100 9
u cant be the before and no the after that dosent work
akmufasa 1
#189 is the best comment ever written.
tigrouficele2012 44
Using your picture without your consent is most likely illegal.
allmidnighteyes 11
if you upload a picture on a social networking website, you usually agree to let the website and its affiliates use the pictures you upload.
Doortje 30
yeahh, sue op, sue!!
itsgabriellee 4
12- I don't know that that is fully true to what the situation is here. And most social networking websites don't have a warning that notes that sort of situation.
kiwi00 0
I know facebook does anything you put on facebook is free game. even after you delete it.
PizzaGuy11 0
time to break out the contratcts.......
SCBeauty1983 0
Unless you explicitly change your Privacy Settings to "Don't Allow", it's not illegal for third-parties to use your images, unfortunately.
myschyveus 0
Hence why I have like four pics on facebook. Then again, maybe that's five too many...
Nine001 0
So your saying 5 to many if you only have four?What are you saying you'll add another to delete it?
itsgabriellee 4
87- Are you sure that that's possible on, say Facebook? Because I don't think I've ever seen that on Facebook before. Although I could be wrong.
SCBeauty1983 0
#104 - Yes, ma'am. It's buried within the fine print of your Account Settings; you have to manually ''Opt Out" of third-party advertisement(s), then click on "Submit"... It's super-sneaky, if ya ask me! =-/
omgwork 0
104 you look super stoned... you ok?
DoubleEdgedBlade 4
#94, It's 4 pictures plus the profile picture. 4+1=5
Cyosaric 0
It may be allowed, but if they're making money off a picture someone hasn't agreed to, they either get a cut or can take it to court. If that's still legal, it shows why America sucks.
SadinSherman 16
Because that is what is upsetting OP
samsamsandiego 0
yup yup. your picture can be on a **** site from facebook too. shitty I know!
Startled_Toenail 21
When I was about 13 some creepy foreign man used my pic as his profile pic and his cover photo had "taste you" written in sweets :/ also a bunch of girls used my pics for moviestarplanet claiming they were me (I guess it means they think I'm pretty but it's still identity theft I'm sure? Also people like to steal my artwork even though it's not the best so I sign it all now and add my url) I don't post pics of myself anymore because now I'm a few years older I know my pics can end up anywhere/ be used for anything. The creeps from 4chan like to edit minors into **** images and blackmail them/ distribute them or post about how they want to "track them" (they probably just trying to be edgy though >_>)
krushr 3
Maybe you can get some freebies out of it?
sweet_candy_ 17
Is that even legal?
SCBeauty1983 0
Unless you explicitly change your Privacy Settings to "Don't Allow", it's not illegal for third-parties to use your images, unfortunately... =-/
SCBeauty1983 0
In other words, if you don't "Opt Out" in your Privacy Settings, you're giving Facebook and their third-party affiliates (knowingly or not) permission to use your info and images however they want in advertisements, etc. No matter how shady their practices are, it's NOT illegal on their part; they can use the info/photos however they see fit... And there's nothing legally you can do about it! =-/
TheMikeyT 3
Advertisers that use FB are not "3rd Party Affiliates", and they cannot use your images on sites outside Facebook. FB has the right to do what they want, but it's simply a clause to protect them from being sued in cases like when someone tags you and the photo gets shown on a wall you didn't want it on. They never sell/license your content to spammers, they photo was highly likely stolen.
penguinazul 13
This is the privacy policy on Facebook for Advertisers: We never share your personal information with our advertisers. Facebook's ad targeting is done entirely anonymously. If advertisers select demographic targeting for their ads, Facebook automatically matches those ads to the appropriate audience. Advertisers only receive anonymous data reports. For tagging photos: You control who can see the photos and videos you're tagged in that appear on your profile. Keep in mind, the owner of a photo can still share that photo with people you're not friends with. If you don't want your tag to appear, remove it from the photo or video itself. This will also prevent it from appearing on your profile. Hope that helps clear things up!
ThomwithanH 0
Not if its on Facebook
Zmeilerr 22
go on a diet? exercise? dont just sit here and complain. you can do it! I believe in you. I love you OP
innerexlet 0
yeah maybe if you try the advertisement you will look like the after... PS I thought those before after things were actually the same person.
goyuckforself 0
Never have been if you've seen it online. They are -always- 2 different people.
GoodLookingGeese 10
try to lose weight instead of bubbling..
cutecandykitten 0
awww ; das ist neine gute !
RedPillSucks 33
*nicht gut*
LightningLadyy 0
Hahaha woooow. I'm in German I and I knew that.
ifeelfckd 0
stop faking Deutsch hahaha, du bist ein blödman
warpig182 0
You are a stupid man? Woher kommen sie?
cBlackout 13
**** Spanish, I need to learn german.