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Have you ever been in a situation where you look at someone and feel like you’re looking in a mirror? You definitely have if you have an identical twin brother or sister, but if you don't, seeing another person who looks like or is dressed like you can make you feel like the universe is experiencing glitches in the matrix.
Though the doppelganger mythology says that meeting your own twin stranger is an incredibly bad omen, nowadays, it just causes some confusion and laughter. Oh, and also outfit envy!
While catching a real life glitch is a matter of luck, they aren’t as rare as to be mythical. In fact, we found 59 photos proving that these glitches in the matrix are real! And if you’ve captured any look-alikes that seem like a glitch in the matrix, we'd love to see them in this list, and don't forget to vote for your favorite photos!
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Each Booth Is An Alternate Reality
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What’s The Meaning Behind Real Life Glitches?
Without diving too deep into the metaphysical and the unexplained, we have to ask ourselves: Are the glitches in real life true, and how can they be explained?
If we accept these glitches in the matrix stories to be genuine, we’re accepting the belief that our reality isn’t real but rather a computer simulation ruled upon us by someone. On the other hand, we can find some real-life phenomena that could be called a glitch in the matrix. We’re talking about déjà vu, the Mandela effect, memories of past lives, luck, and maybe alien abductions.
If we’re talking about the latter, we may assume they are genuine—after all, plenty of people have experienced them and think of them as absolutely real.
As for the glitch in the matrix meaning, it may mean different things to all of us. Maybe they’re here to serve as a reminder that while we’re the owners of our lives, our fate isn’t all in our hands?
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These Two Guys Entered The Metro From Different Stations And Don't Even Know Each Other. They Kind Of Fit Together
Susanna Vesna 8 years ago
The brand they wear is the same! I wonder if the noticed each other!
#5
I Had To Do A Double Take And Then Another. I Wasn't Sure I Was Seeing This Right. It Just Couldn't Be
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Spotted A Glitch In The Matrix Today
What Are The Examples Of Glitches In Real Life?
As we briefly mentioned in our previous section, we think that a couple of real-life phenomena could be called glitches in the matrix. Those are déjà vu, the Mandela effect, memories of past lives, and pure luck.
The first one, the déjà vu, is a French term that literally means “already seen.” Anyone who has experienced it will agree that a déjà vu gives you a sense of overwhelming familiarity with a particular event, a face, an object, or a circumstance—quite a spooky feeling.
The second is the Mandela effect refers to a situation when a significant mass of people firmly believe that a particular event happened when, in fact, it didn’t. As for the memories of past lives, some believe that we all have those and often recall something from our other lives to solve problems in our current one. And luck is here to remind us that we aren’t always the sole rulers of our own fate, and happy coincidences sometimes change the course of our lives.
What are these phenomena, if not glitches in the matrix? They do seem like errors in the code of our existence, and without any solid evidence as to why they’re happening, they carry a mythical aura. If you’re just as fascinated with these glitch in the matrix stories as we are, continue to scroll through our list of incredible photos of real life glitches captured by people all over the world.
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Something Is Wrong Here
CATHLEEN FLORCZAK 5 years ago
WHAT IS THUS? WOW! 3 OF THE SAME PERSON! WIN_202010...e241a8.jpg 
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Oops
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There's A Glitch In The Matrix!
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A Glitch In The Matrix
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I Think There Is A Glitch In The Matrix
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London. This Just Happened
Jeremie Guerra 8 years ago
The real glitch is that they're both laughing at this post on BoredPanda :D
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Another Matrix Glitch
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Glitch In The Matrix Detected In The Video Games Section
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Glitch In The Matrix
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Another Glitch In The Matrix
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Another Glitch In The Matrix
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There's A Glitch In The Matrix
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Glitches In The Matrix
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Come And Play With Us. Forever
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Glitch In Matrix At My Local Coffee Shop
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Glitch In The Matrix
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Matrix Bug Or Something?
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Doppelgangers
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Did I Capture A Glitch In The Matrix?
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A Glitch In The Matrix
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Slight Glitch In The Matrix
boredhuman 8 years ago
I want to see what's gonna happen when he try to grap the hand of the wrong wife.
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I Encountered A Triple-Glitch In The Matrix A Few Days Ago
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Cookie Shop Glitch In The Matrix
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I Found Another Glitch In The Matrix
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Glitch In The Matrix
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A Glitch In The Matrix?
#33
I Witnessed A Glitch In The Matrix At Walmart Today
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So My Buddy Sat Down At Our Local Mexican Restaurant
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Glitch In The Matrix
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The Matrix Is Glitching Again
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Pinks Stripes Are In This Season
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Glitch In The Matrix
Alberto Curutchet 8 years ago
When your alternate you makes more money and can afford better seats
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Human Mirror
#41
There's Been A Glitch In The Matrix
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Glitch In The Matrix
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I Too Spotted A Glitch In The Matrix Today
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Glitch In The Matrix
Diana CrunChewy Watson 8 years ago
We should add Wheezy Waiter and Michael from V-Sauce into this picture and really freak people out.
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Today I Witnessed A Glitch In The Matrix
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Glitch In The Matrix
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The Infamous Glitch In The Matrix
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Glitch In The Matrix
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A Serious Glitch In The Matrix
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We've Got A Glitch In The Matrix
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Well This Is Awkward
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A Glitch In The Matrix
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Mirror
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Look-Alikes
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A Glitch In The Matrix
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Sydney University, Located In The Same City Where The Matrix Was Filmed
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I Don't Know If I Missed The Boat On This But: Another Glitch In The Matrix
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Sondre Strøm Linde 8 years ago
Such creative titles! Here a free one: A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX. You're welcome.
Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
Some are definitely photoshopped, others are company uniforms and the rest is just plain freaky!!
G Michael Leonard 5 years ago
Internetters armed with photoshop who have a little too much time living on the internet and too little time living in the real world. Worse- a bunch of loungechair loving internetters that are awestruck without as much as a questioning thought in their simple little minds.
G Michael Leonard 5 years ago
Looks like these commenters spend too much time living in the virtual world and too little time living in the real world.
Henning Haake 8 years ago
can't add an image, so i ll do it here.
Kim Jong Tram
Scrolling through my CNN app on the tram. Looking up, seeing him a couple of seats over. Put screenshot and photo into a double exposure. kimjung-59...209def.jpg 
Bradley Roon 8 years ago
In WVa i was living 3 miles from electricity - and one afternoon was forging in my blacksmith shop by the hand-hewn beams and recycled metal roofing. This bro came walking up - about my build but maybe about 10# more than i. He stood there and watched me heat and forge a hook end and we got to talking. Turns out - i got married in 77 - he did in 74. Our wives were both about 5'2" tall. I had my first son 3 years after he did. Second son 3 years after his second son. In 74 i'd started Isshinryu Karate - he'd started Isshinryu Karate 3 years before that. In 76 i started Kenpo and Escrima - 3 years after he did......
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Seems sad that there must be so little choice in the variation of clothes
Ina Goodling 8 years ago
Why DON'T people take pictured of random people? If you see your doppelganger walking toward you in a crowd, you'd be an idiot NOT to take a selfie with them!
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Jace 8 years ago
Some of these are amusing. Some of them are coincidences and some are uniforms and twins dressed similarly. I don't see the need to hype it up with "real" in the title. It's like the modern and incorrect use of "literally" (when people mean "figuratively"). It's not "real". We don't need such headlines to further push closer the edge the people who believe they're living in a computer simulation. Deal with the real world, it has stuff like this and it's not all that extraordinary.
Noob Denoobs 8 years ago
All at this post is very stupid, photoshop or acting, nohing y casual
Jon Hironimus 8 years ago
Hmmm... I don't think enough of these were titled "A Glitch In The Matrix". I want to see more.
Ina Goodling 8 years ago
The titles are all so similar because these photos were submitted to BoredPanda by various people with the titles already attached. You are required to give your photo a title before you can submit it. Blame the submitters for not realizing this.
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Sondre Strøm Linde 8 years ago
Such creative titles! Here a free one: A GLITCH IN THE MATRIX. You're welcome.
Notchimine Mette 8 years ago
Some are definitely photoshopped, others are company uniforms and the rest is just plain freaky!!
G Michael Leonard 5 years ago
Internetters armed with photoshop who have a little too much time living on the internet and too little time living in the real world. Worse- a bunch of loungechair loving internetters that are awestruck without as much as a questioning thought in their simple little minds.
G Michael Leonard 5 years ago
Looks like these commenters spend too much time living in the virtual world and too little time living in the real world.
Henning Haake 8 years ago
can't add an image, so i ll do it here.
Kim Jong Tram
Scrolling through my CNN app on the tram. Looking up, seeing him a couple of seats over. Put screenshot and photo into a double exposure. kimjung-59...209def.jpg
Bradley Roon 8 years ago
In WVa i was living 3 miles from electricity - and one afternoon was forging in my blacksmith shop by the hand-hewn beams and recycled metal roofing. This bro came walking up - about my build but maybe about 10# more than i. He stood there and watched me heat and forge a hook end and we got to talking. Turns out - i got married in 77 - he did in 74. Our wives were both about 5'2" tall. I had my first son 3 years after he did. Second son 3 years after his second son. In 74 i'd started Isshinryu Karate - he'd started Isshinryu Karate 3 years before that. In 76 i started Kenpo and Escrima - 3 years after he did......
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
Seems sad that there must be so little choice in the variation of clothes
Ina Goodling 8 years ago
Why DON'T people take pictured of random people? If you see your doppelganger walking toward you in a crowd, you'd be an idiot NOT to take a selfie with them!
Load More Replies... Jace 8 years ago
Some of these are amusing. Some of them are coincidences and some are uniforms and twins dressed similarly. I don't see the need to hype it up with "real" in the title. It's like the modern and incorrect use of "literally" (when people mean "figuratively"). It's not "real". We don't need such headlines to further push closer the edge the people who believe they're living in a computer simulation. Deal with the real world, it has stuff like this and it's not all that extraordinary.
Noob Denoobs 8 years ago
All at this post is very stupid, photoshop or acting, nohing y casual
Jon Hironimus 8 years ago
Hmmm... I don't think enough of these were titled "A Glitch In The Matrix". I want to see more.
Ina Goodling 8 years ago
The titles are all so similar because these photos were submitted to BoredPanda by various people with the titles already attached. You are required to give your photo a title before you can submit it. Blame the submitters for not realizing this.
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