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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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ELI5: Why we usually see ourselves in mirror much more "beautiful" than in photos?
gpt
This is because we are far more used to seeing ourselves as a mirror image, in a mirror. When you look at a picture of yourself your face appears backwards to you, and because it is unfamiliar you like it less than the way you usually look to yourself. 

This is the same thing that happens when people hear a recording of their voice. You go around hearing your voice distorted by your head your whole life, so when you hear what you sound like to someone else it sounds way different than you thought. This tends to unsettle people.