A few weeks ago, a friend, which I will call M, needed a picture to send to friends and family. She didn’t like the way she looked and said, “I got dark circles under my eyes, and my face is too fat.

I took a few pictures and told her I would e-mail them when I finished using Photoshop.

I picked the best picture and sent her a copy of the original and the picture I doctored up.

Underneath the picture, I wrote. Untouched.

On the Photoshop picture, I wrote. Elongated face, erased dark circles, whitened teeth.

She called me soon after and said she forwarded my e-mail to all her friends and family.

Ah M, did you read what I wrote underneath the pictures.”

No, I couldn’t find my glasses, and just hit forward to all my friends and send.