i've figured out why pete's haircut was so shocking to me. it's because i had assumed, like all right-thinking people, that it was his hair volume that was poofing out like a fat peanut and creating that shape. finding out his *skull* is just like that....

a testament to good barbering in the first instance i guess

the dog murder photo is also unretouched and probably using a different lens than we're used to seeing with pete. the latter can make a huge difference to cranial vs face ratios

here's how lensing + distance changes your apparent head ratios in photo and video (due to Math) you may have noticed this in front vs rear-facing cameras on your phone. me personally im always pissed off about how my hair looks smaller in smaller/closer lenses

it is a known thing in fashion modeling that you have to compensate for lensing with hair volume. your hair must be absolutely massive to register as merely large in photos. its sort of like the "camera adds 10 lbs" thing except the opposite

this is one reason we're seeing cosmetic surgery that previously would have been considered freakish becoming common in tthe general public: because freakish proportions often flatten out and read as normal in photos. the kardashians look shocking irl but acceptable in photos

when getting dressed for activitiess i have to balance whether im going to dress for photography or irl interactions. it's a difficult balance

as usual the takeaway i want you to have from my ted talks is "you look fine, dont worry about it, embrace ego death, certainty is an illusion, beauty is both a set of precise formulae and an ineffable mystery,"

also "please respect the general profession of modeling because the burden of an unstable self-image would crush most civilians"