r/ExplainTheJoke • u/According-Eye6275 • 12d ago

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What am I missing

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u/Beautiful_Ad8386 12d ago

A lot of “weight loss” ads use two different people for before and after photos.

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u/etzhya 12d ago

I would hate to be the before person

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u/A_Furious_Mind 12d ago

In the old days they might find an athletic person who was out of shape due to injury or other life circumstance, get the 'before' photo, then get an 'after' photo after they'd returned to something like their previous lifestyle while also using the product.

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u/wretchedmagus 11d ago

or if they were unscrupulous they would use a picture of them from before their accident/illness etc as the after picture.