People on TikTok are getting emotional over an AR filter that makes you look like a teenager. Juxtaposed one beside the other, the filter shows you as you are, and then a version of you that has perfectly smooth skin and a strange youthful innocence.
The filter has sparked a surprisingly wide range of emotions.
“I had not seen her in a very long time,” wrote a TikToker in a post with over 500,000 views. “Yes… I cried.” In a video with 1 million views, another user wrote, “This filter gave me the ability to finally speak to my younger self,” reflecting on how much she had grown since leaving an abusive living situation.
At the same time, others have filmed TikToks making fun of dramatic reactions to seeing a “younger self,” while some people joked about how being a teenager doesn’t mean …
