People are obsessing over a photo app and it's easy to see why
Before the filters of Instagram and Snapchat, there were purikura sticker photo booths. It was the main way young people of the '00s could share silly, heavily edited pictures of each other complete with text and funny backdrops.
While we may have moved on from IRL super cute sticker photos, the look has come back in the form of a Chinese beautifying iOS and Android app called Meitu.
And the internet is OBSESSED.
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The app has been around since 2008, but recently gained popularity on Twitter. According to the company, Meitu has "an incredible suite of professional filters, frames, effects and other tools to turn ... smartphone photos into works of art."
See for yourself.
Here's Donald Trump in the Meitu app HAPPY NIGHTMARES! pic.twitter.com/eSTyrAgMXt
— Sam Stryker (@sbstryker) January 18, 2017
The app adds anime-like, larger-than-life eyes, rosy lips, blushing cheeks and dreamy hair. It works on animals too.
You're goddamn right I Meitu'd the dog pic.twitter.com/GOWE1AZgAY
— Molly (@Molly_Kats) January 19, 2017
Diplo-san pic.twitter.com/q00myo6BUQ
— Ookay (@Ookay) January 18, 2017
me: DON'T NORMALIZE FASCISM
also me: *opens meitu once* pic.twitter.com/sYBp5qV5R3— (/_･､) (@malteserubble) January 19, 2017
Be warned: It is a pretty addictive app. Use it wisely.
