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50 Times People Saw Real Glitches In The Matrix And Had To Look Twice (New Pics)
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a twin? If you were identical, you might be able to play tricks on strangers who don’t realize there are two of you. And you would finally get to experience the magic of twin telepathy yourself!
But if you’re looking for the next best thing to having an actual twin, we’re happy to inform you that, somewhere out there, you definitely have a doppelganger. Below, you’ll find photos Bored Panda has gathered from around the web of people who have found their doppelgangers in the most unexpected places. Enjoy scrolling through these entertaining and confusing pics, and be sure to upvote the ones that appear to be glitches in the Matrix!
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#1
Two Stranger Twins Met At A Hockey Game, And The Third One Found Their Picture Online
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#2
I Wasnât Convinced Until Now. We Are Definitely In A Simulation. Today I Randomly Swam Past My DoppelgĂ€nger At The Flamingo Pool In Vegas
#3
A Girl From My School And I. The More I Look, The Weirder It Gets
#5
My Family's Friend Is A Persian Replica Of Jeff Goldblum. They Finally Met
#6
She Is Nowhere Near As Thrilled As Her Father
zububonsai 2 years ago
But, but .... it. I S her replica. Dad is right. đ (and both are cute)
#7
Pretty Sure I Saw Robin Williams's Identical Twin While On Vacation In Germany
#8
Met My Doppelganger
#9
10 Years Ago, I Went Off To College And People I Didn't Know Kept Coming Up To Me And Calling Me "Brian". My Name Is Josh. Then, A Few Weeks Later, I Met Brian, And We Took This Picture
#10
The French Gentleman Spawn Is Broken
#11
Spotted A Glitch In The Matrix Today
#12
I Found This Random Painting In A Thrift Store That Looks Unsettlingly Similar To Me
#13
You're Not My Grandmother
#14
So It Turns Out I Have A Twin In Israel. Either That Or There's A Glitch In The Matrix
#15
I Have Worked Here For 2 Years. I Have Only Seen Them Individually. Had A Major "What Is This" Moment Today When I Realized It Was Two Different People
#16
Casually Met My Doppelganger At A Boat Party
#17
Jack Black's Twin? Iâve Been Called Him My Entire Life! If Someone On Here Knows Him, Tell Him Iâm A Huge Fan And That He Looks Like Me
#18
Server At The Restaurant Said: "Hey, There's A Guy In The Kitchen That Looks Just Like You. Can I Bring Him Out?"
#19
Googled My Name The Other Day And Found My Doppelganger From 70 Years Ago, Who Just Happened To Have My Same Name
Panda-sized Potato 2 years ago
When you are immortal, and forget to change your name for the new life.
#20
Andrew Zimmern And Myself At The 2019 South Beach Food And Wine Festival
#21
I Always Get "You Look Like The Guy From The Mummy". What Do You Think?
#22
Einstein's Doppelganger Found In A Random Supermarket, Egypt
Aldryx Andromeda 2 years ago
Guys I'm tired. For a hot second I thought the person on the right was the doppelganger and to their left was the real Einstein.
#23
My Parents (On The Left) Matching With Strangers From Their Cruise
#24
These Two People Had Such A Similar Look It Was Uncanny
#25
In 1981, My Mom Had A Nanny Who Looked Like Mrs. Doubtfire
#26
Baldception?
#27
Found My Slimmer Alter Ego On The Bus Stop Commercial
#28
Even Their Bags Are The Same. Not Enough Non-Player Character Design In The Matrix
#29
Two Of My Friends Are DoppelgÀngers. They Lived 700 Miles Apart But Both Moved To Denver. Now They Are Adventure Buddies. DoppelDaves Do Denver
#30
It Happened
We had never met before this photo. Same glasses. Same facial expressions. Everything. This was taken in the hall of our dorm. We actually live on the same floor out of 6 different building possibilities. Weird.
#31
My Boss's Girlfriend Knows Bernie's Doppelganger, Who's The Bass Player At Their Church
#32
I Look Creepily Similar To The Guy In This Poster
#33
I Have Been Told I Was Bryan Cranston's Doppelganger Since Breaking Bad Started
I went to San Diego for the Comic Con this past summer so I could see him and see for myself. I wasn't disappointed. I am the op of this picture, that's me on the left.
#34
My Little Cousins Wanted To Know Why The Art Museum Had A Painting Of Their Uncle
#35
I'm Actually A Vampire And Here's A Picture Of Me From The 40s. Just Joking, Just My Doppelganger Great Uncle
#36
Drove 10 Hours Alone To A Concert And Met My Doppelganger
#37
I've Been Looking For Her Ever Since
SweetCheesySpaghetti 2 years ago
If my teeth were straighter i would have thought this was me 12 years ago.
#39
My Son Matches The Placemat At Chic-Fil-A
#40
I Found Mine. We Are Not Related, I Found Him In NYC, It Was Very Freaky
#41
Glitch In The Matrix
#42
I Have An Uncanny Resemblance To The Freya Carving At Epcotâs Stave Church
#43
Steve Jobs' Lookalike In Egypt
Mat O'Dowd 2 years ago
Steve Jobs was biologically half Syrian, so not to far away from Egypt.
#45
Two Random, Yet Almost Identical, Boomers
#46
An Old Friend Of Mine On The Left, And A Guy I Work With On The Right. Not Only Do They Look Alike, But All Their Mannerisms Are The Same, Same Voice, Laugh, Smile, And Eyes
Guy on the right is wearing boots otherwise they'd be the same height as well.
#47
I Found This While Looking For A Picture Frame
#48
Found My Double Today
#49
I Present To You: Doppelgangers, Couple Edition. This Is My Friend's Husband (Top Left Corner) With A Friend (Left-Hand Side Corner) And Their Befriended Couple
#50
Found My Dad's Doppelganger On A Trip To Jamaica
#51
Met These Two Guys At A Show And Asked Them If They Were Brothers. They Both Said They Had Never Met One Another Before. I Asked Them To Pretend To Be Twins For A Picture
#52
Met My Doppelganger At A Concert Last Night
#53
Found My Doppelganger In A Dog Food Commercial
#55
Since About 2016 Me And This Guy Have Bumped Into Each Other So Many Times It's Actually Scary
He was at an event in 2016 to which I went too, I always saw him while I lived in a flat, then I moved and got a house. He just happened to have family in the same street and moved there later the same year. And many many more. This picture was recent where I've moved to a different country (England to Wales so not much) and he just happened to visit the same exact campsite I am living on for the day and I bumped into him while taking out the trash.
#57
My Dad Is Larry David's Clone
#58
Last Night, A Friend Of Mine Ran Into Two Doppelgangers Of His At A Concert
#59
Visited A Museum In Berlin And Found Out I Look A Lot Like Herbert Baum
#60
Urban Outfitters Sells A Pair Of Socks That Looks Exactly Like My Friend Who Works There
#61
The Dad Multiverse
Bored something 2 years ago
Has to be some sort of group with the whole identical outfit parade there.
#62
Whoa. DĂ©jĂ Vu
#63
I Met Steve-O. People Always Say We Look Alike
#64
This Painting That My Brother Came Across While Traveling, Looks Exactly Like Him
#65
The First Day My Boyfriend Met My Dad, They Wore The Same Outfit And Looked Like Twins
#66
My Daughter Looks Like Clemenza From The Godfather
#67
Aquaman's Doppelganger
#68
Apparently I Look Like Drew Barrymore
#70
I Saw This Guy From Across The Bar Who Looked Like A Shorter Version Of My Buddy. I Made Them Take A Photo
#71
These 40 Spanish Men Wore Almost Identical Outfits To Lunch
#73
As The Saying Goes "There Are Seven People In This World Who Look Like You"
I never really believed much until 2 years ago, someone happened to send me this picture, and honestly, my heart skipped a beat (guess that’s what happens when you find your doppelgänger for real). She’s Rutu from Ahmedabad, and we contacted her two years ago via social media. We stayed in touch and hoped to meet one day. And guess what sheer coincidence again? Rutu was visiting her maasi in Ahmedabad the same day I was there. We scheduled our meeting, and to my surprise, she looked exactly like me. Her smile, her build, her nature. FYI, our birthdays fall on May 5th and May 6th, respectively. I just found 1 out of 7 of my doppelgangers; this feels so surreal.
#74
My Dad Is Howard Stern's Doppelganger
#75
My Friend And Keith From The Try Guys
Little Wonder 2 years ago
No, that's Grant from College Humor. (See if anyone knows what I'm talking about lol)
#76
My Friend (Left) And His Perfect Doppelganger Randomly Met At A Concert
#77
Friend Of Mine Is A Murr's Clone
#78
You Weren't Going To Tell Me Everyone Was Going To Be In Town
#79
They Are Freakishly Similar And Share The Same Birthday
#80
Ain't Nobody Famous, But Last Night One Of My Friends Took A Photo Of Someone Who Looked Like Me. I Found My Doppelganger
#81
My Friend Ran Into Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Can You Tell Who Is Who Because I Canât
#82
My Buddy And Me Found Hugh Jackman's Doppelganger At Argentina's Comic Con
#83
I Ran Into My Doppelganger At A Bowling Alley In 2018
ïž ïž~ lefty libraïž ~ 2 years ago (edited)
no. i think yall have some similarities but i dont think youre doppelgangers
#84
These Two Unrelated People That Look Similar With Inverted Color Jackets
Alexej Dvorak 2 years ago (edited)
Without the jackets, they would just be two people with black hair. Really mediocre entry compared to others on the list.
#85
I Wonder Who I Look Like. Thoughts?
#86
Two Strangers Cross Paths In NYC
#87
At The End Of These Three Different Tables, These Women Were Wearing Similar Floral Purple Dresses
#88
My Girlfriend Met Frankito's Doppelganger
#89
If You Find Yourself At The LA Auto Show, That's Not Me In The Toyota Booth. But This Is Close Enough That I'm Tempted To Ask Toyota For My Money
#90
The Two Women In Front Of Me In The McDonald's Drive Through Looked Very Similar
#92
Friend Was Swiping And We Found My Aunt's Clone. Definitely Not Her Since My Aunt Is Illiterate And In Her 40s
#93
Met My Doppelganger At Work
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What do you think ?
zububonsai 2 years ago
I enjoyed each and every post of this thread because of the genuine joy or surprise of these people. (Don't come at me with "only vaguely similar/ the hairline doesn't match..." etc. I'm no forensic expert.)
BarkingSpider 2 years ago
I wonder how many of these people are actually related and just unaware.
Thee8thsense 2 years ago
My brother passed away in 2017, unexpectedly. Last week I told my husband that I would very much love to find my brother's doppelganger so I could see him one last time...maybe even get a hug.
Jacky Newman 2 years ago
My Dad died 9years ago & last week I saw a man that just look like him. That was so weird. I couldn't even say anything, I just stood there & watched him. He was in front of me on a checkout.
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Landithy 2 years ago
I have this friend who I'm convinced is the product of some kind of cloning experiment, because I keep stumbling across her doppelgangers all over the country. (Or y'know, being adopted, she just has a bunch of half-siblings/cousins that she's unaware of, but I like my explanation better)
Alan Jay Weiner 2 years ago
An interesting thought experiment implies how likely it is we actually do live in the matrix. Think about it... Eventually we'll figure out how to upload ourselves into a computer. Then we'll make virtual realities (VRs) to live in. Network us and our VRs and there's the matrix. Now, if we can do it once, we can do it twice, hundreds or thousands of times. Eventually, we'll do the same *inside* those VRs. So there could be millions of VRs people - we - live in. But there's only *one* *real* world. So the odds of us living in the real world are very, very tiny. Hence, it's very likely we *do* live in the matrix. Now if I can just figure out how to fly like Neo...
Fynne 2 years ago
Yes, I remember that one. There are a few problems with it however, one being that if we are living in a simulation, at one point or another there would be a glitch, which as far as we can tell hasn't happened yet. We also simply don't know if we could create a lifelike simulation that could be fully immersive, so I would say that we can only know the true odds of us living in a simulation when/if we manage to make one.
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howdylee 2 years ago
I was on vacation in middle New York state (from Ohio), a group of ladies stopped me on a hiking trail to gawk that I looked exactly like someone they knew. Had to ask where I'm from etc to make sure I wasn't their friend. Actually, I've been told I have a twin probably 4-5 times. Ironically, I have identical twin daughters, but not a twin myself.
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
Well you know what they say about genes. What comes around goes around.
zububonsai 2 years ago
I enjoyed each and every post of this thread because of the genuine joy or surprise of these people. (Don't come at me with "only vaguely similar/ the hairline doesn't match..." etc. I'm no forensic expert.)
BarkingSpider 2 years ago
I wonder how many of these people are actually related and just unaware.
Thee8thsense 2 years ago
My brother passed away in 2017, unexpectedly. Last week I told my husband that I would very much love to find my brother's doppelganger so I could see him one last time...maybe even get a hug.
Jacky Newman 2 years ago
My Dad died 9years ago & last week I saw a man that just look like him. That was so weird. I couldn't even say anything, I just stood there & watched him. He was in front of me on a checkout.
Load More Replies... Landithy 2 years ago
I have this friend who I'm convinced is the product of some kind of cloning experiment, because I keep stumbling across her doppelgangers all over the country. (Or y'know, being adopted, she just has a bunch of half-siblings/cousins that she's unaware of, but I like my explanation better)
Alan Jay Weiner 2 years ago
An interesting thought experiment implies how likely it is we actually do live in the matrix. Think about it... Eventually we'll figure out how to upload ourselves into a computer. Then we'll make virtual realities (VRs) to live in. Network us and our VRs and there's the matrix. Now, if we can do it once, we can do it twice, hundreds or thousands of times. Eventually, we'll do the same *inside* those VRs. So there could be millions of VRs people - we - live in. But there's only *one* *real* world. So the odds of us living in the real world are very, very tiny. Hence, it's very likely we *do* live in the matrix. Now if I can just figure out how to fly like Neo...
Fynne 2 years ago
Yes, I remember that one. There are a few problems with it however, one being that if we are living in a simulation, at one point or another there would be a glitch, which as far as we can tell hasn't happened yet. We also simply don't know if we could create a lifelike simulation that could be fully immersive, so I would say that we can only know the true odds of us living in a simulation when/if we manage to make one.
Load More Replies... howdylee 2 years ago
I was on vacation in middle New York state (from Ohio), a group of ladies stopped me on a hiking trail to gawk that I looked exactly like someone they knew. Had to ask where I'm from etc to make sure I wasn't their friend. Actually, I've been told I have a twin probably 4-5 times. Ironically, I have identical twin daughters, but not a twin myself.
Ryan Mercer 2 years ago
Well you know what they say about genes. What comes around goes around.
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