Doppleganger schmoppleganger
January 30, 2010 – 8:58 pmIt’s DOPPLEGANGER week on facebook. And if you don’t know what I mean by that, clearly you need to get a life.
Doppleganger week is where people on Facebook replace their profile picture with a picture of the celebrity they look like.
Like this,
or this,
or even, this,
Right away I notice a disturbing trend. All my attractive friends are posting profile pictures of these super-duper hot models and celebrities. And I find myself thinking, “you know, she kind of DOES look like Christie Brinkley.” And then I read the comments where everyone says, “You TOTALLY look like Christie Brinkley” and I start feeling like I want to throw up.
The thing is, I’ve never been told I look like a celebrity.
Probably because I don’t. And that wasn’t even one of my ISSUES until this blasted doppleganger week had to hit Facebook like a tsunamai and give me ONE MORE THING to feel inferior about.
But then I remember this fancy little widget-wadget-whatchamacallit that I played with a couple years back where you could upload your picture and it would tell you which celebrities you look like.
I decide to give it a try, secretly hoping that it will come up with Jennifer Aniston or if I’m lucky, Angelina Jolie.
I upload my picture, like so:
And I wait for the MAGIC.
It spins…
And spins…
and THEN!
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!
DO I REALLY LOOK LIKE THIS GUY?
Alexander Lukashenko
the President of Belarus?
AND IS THAT EVEN A REAL PLACE?!
I’m sorry, but I refuse to see the resemblance.
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By Erin on Jan 30, 2010 | Reply
rest assured that you have much better hair. MUCH better.
(I don’t look like any celebrities that I want to know about either).
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By Carrie on Jan 30, 2010 | Reply
I don’t see it either- but thanks for the best laugh I’ve had all week!
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By crunchy domestic goddess (amy) on Jan 30, 2010 | Reply
don’t feel too badly. that stupid application told me i look like elton john. :P
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By Mama Bird on Jan 31, 2010 | Reply
You are adorable! Of course you don’t look like that guy! But, I really did have to LOL! And, I’m going to have to give it a try myself & see what it throws my way!
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By katherine Anderson on Jan 31, 2010 | Reply
well, alls i can figure is that you are both smiling. instead of the usual celebrity pout. perhaps try again, but this time look like your son left his light sabers at a friends house and you are so sad to be missing out on the fun of the battle.
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By Erin on Jan 31, 2010 | Reply
You’ve still got it my friend. HILARIOUS!
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By Dumblond on Jan 31, 2010 | Reply
That’s messed up.
I refuse to participate in that facebook thing. Re.fuse.
I have never been told I looked like anyone famous.
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By Moonstruck Mommy on Jan 31, 2010 | Reply
OMG I had the exact same reaction! I even tried to use the my heritage thingy. (With seriously depressing results as well) And NO I don’t see the resemblance!
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By heidi on Jan 31, 2010 | Reply
You look a bit like Maura Tierney from E.R. to me!
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By Stacia on Jan 31, 2010 | Reply
What I want to know is, who came up with “Doppelganger Week”?? Those who follow celebrities and those who follow doppelgangers (of the “Battlestar Galactica” variety, anyway) would seem like mutually exclusive groups. Perhaps they got together for a powwow in Belarus recently …
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By Just Jiff on Feb 1, 2010 | Reply
LMAO!
Omg. That’s hilarious. No, you don’t look like him.
And that stupid thing is driving me nutso too. I hate meme’s and I hate crap like doppelganger week. I call it the Sheep Effect. Everyone blindly follows like sheep.
Add to it that I’ve never been told I look like a celebrity, either. I always get told I look like someone’s cousin, sister, etc. One guy said, “You look my sister in law, but she’s pregnant.” Gee, thanks. I know I’m fat but you could’ve left off the “she’s pregnant” part.
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By Karen in MN on Feb 1, 2010 | Reply
I haven’t laughed that hard at a post in a long time. I fail to see the resemblence. Maybe this guy’s like the last kid picked for kickball. No one ever looks like him (cuz, let’s face it, he kind of looks like a nut) and they felt sorry for him so they just matched him up with the next person that logged in. Really, this is more about his shortcoming than yours.
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By Rachael on Feb 1, 2010 | Reply
I can agree with the Maura Tierney comparison, but I don’t think you look like an angry male president. Really.
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By jenn on Feb 1, 2010 | Reply
I’ve never been told I look like a celebrity either, and when I did that stupid application last year it told me I look like Adam Frickin’ Sandler.
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By Megkathleen on Feb 1, 2010 | Reply
I’ve never been told I look like a celebrity either and I did that same website thing a few years ago and it said I look like Hugh Jackman. So, yeah, you’re not the only one.
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By pixielation on Feb 2, 2010 | Reply
I tried it… and apparently I look like Hugh Grant, Kevin Kostner and Gene Wilder. WITH A MOUSTACHE!
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By Lyena on Feb 2, 2010 | Reply
Ha!! What a great laugh! But you know who you really look like?? Laura Linney!
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By Bejewell on Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
My condolences. Who came up with this word “Doppelganger,” anyway? WTF? It sounds porn-y.
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By Kaye on Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
I was almost in tears. Thanks for that lift today (even if it was at your expense). By the way…yeah…don’t see it either.
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By ali on Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
ha! I’m actually working on a post about this right now.
because I??
look like goddamn GEORGE BUSH.
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By Gemini-Girl on Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
OH.MY.GOD. This made me laugh SO FREAKING HARD.
Thank you for the laugh!!!
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By amy2boys on Feb 3, 2010 | Reply
Is that even a real place? HA! (I don’t see it either.)
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By Abi on Feb 4, 2010 | Reply
@ Bejewel: Doppelganger is a German word. It means someone who looks just like you, literally ‘double-goer’. Originally it specifically meant a sort of ghost version of yourself. It was bad news if you saw your doppelgänger.
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By melina on Feb 6, 2010 | Reply
ha ha, I was going to try that myself but now I’m way to scared!!
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By Jean on Feb 7, 2010 | Reply
This made me laugh so hard….
Darin’s my heritage look-a-like was MR. T….LOL. Did we tell you he recently got a mohawk?
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By blabbermouse on Feb 7, 2010 | Reply
Oh my God. Laughing my nerdy dry heave laugh. Too funny. And no. You do not look like the president of Belarus. A little like Jodie Foster maybe? Anyone ever said that?
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By Jana on Feb 11, 2010 | Reply
I have to say that I litteraly laughed out loud. I know exactly what you’re thinking about and I’ve taken that quiz. I remember being disgusted with the out come. I just don’t think I’ve ever admitted that to anyone. FYI- You are a thousand times better looking then your “look alike”.
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By Misa on Mar 9, 2010 | Reply
Everyone looks like celebrities in their dreams! Down with Doppleganger week.
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By Jess on May 28, 2010 | Reply
I think you kinda look like Julianne Moore….
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By Lauri on Jun 27, 2010 | Reply
I was thinking Maura TIerney!! She’s gorgeous!!
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By Jaz on Jun 28, 2010 | Reply
lol! love your blog :D and btw you definitely 100% more like jennifer aniston. Infact I was thinking this as I scrolled down. Honestly didnt expect that XD
going to try this beast myself :D
xx
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