The Uncanny Valley

**Rye** · 02-06-2010, 01:34 PM

Have you ever seen someone who looks just like someone you know, either IRL or online, but has one very different characteristic that just kind of seems out of place?

Hux and I constantly run into this bloke around the shops near his house that looks JUST like Psychotic. Dresses just like him too. Except instead of Paul's haircut, he has this spikey punk thing going out. Not quite spikey, like liberty spikes, but more like a spikey mullet, except not quite long enough to be a mullet, if that makes sense. It's so unusual!

**Slothy** · 02-06-2010, 01:48 PM

My sister and her boyfriend once ran into a guy who looks a lot like my dad in a liquor store in one of the other two cities in my province. Eerily like him in fact. What didn't occur to them at the time is that he was born in that city but given up for adoption. There's a reasonable chance the guy they saw is actually a blood relative. I still wish I had been there with them just to see the guy for myself.

Aside from that, the closest I've come to seeing a dude who looks a lot like another dude is a friend of mine who looks pretty much exactly like a more rugged Tom Welling. It's honestly hard to even describe exactly what the difference is to be honest. More rugged is the only descriptor I can think of but I can't even place exactly why.

**Rodarian** · 02-06-2010, 02:04 PM

You know whats funny! Two days back I met a variant copy of myself.
Had to visit my Campus for some work and I was talking to this some my juniors(seniors) and there he was with them!

The difference was that he was caucasian with blond hair with blue eyes but his facial structure is a near match. Oh and he's from Canada too! We stared at each other for quite a bit before we laughed and chatted for a couple of minutes.. Is it ironic that when weird things happen, no one has a camera around!!

**Chloe.** · 02-06-2010, 04:05 PM

This reminds me of the time when me and my best friend were shopping in town and we saw this man that looked just like her dad, she took a picture of him on her phone, it was hilarious.

We then saw him a few more times whilst walking around the shops, that was a little scary.

**Raistlin** · 02-06-2010, 05:10 PM

There's a 2L at my law school who looks just like Emerald Aeris. I did a double-take the first time I saw her. It was really creepy. The "different characteristic" I guess would be attending law school. And, y'know, American.

I don't remember any other incident of that happening to me.

**Madonna** · 02-07-2010, 02:44 AM

When traveling to the Dark Mirror Universe of Evil, often one may encounter variations upon a theme, most of which are not for the best!

**Tavrobel** · 02-07-2010, 02:50 AM

Someone's been reading the Avatar entry on Wikipedia.

Topic: no.

**NorthernChaosGod** · 02-07-2010, 06:47 AM

I totally thought this thread was going to be about robots or clones or something related to the TVTropes article.

How sad I am.

**Jiro** · 02-07-2010, 10:00 AM

I was in the city the other day and I saw two guys that seriously looked like Stu. I knew after the second sighting that I was insane and obviously imagining Stu everywhere.

**Rodarian** · 02-07-2010, 10:56 AM

Even I thought the topic was about robots and CGI ...Maybe the topic should say Familial Resemblance?!

**Unbreakable Will** · 02-07-2010, 05:42 PM

I was the doppelganger, when I moved to a new school all the kids said that I looked exactly like this guy that just graduated. Not only do we look alike but we are both named Will.

**Jiro** · 02-08-2010, 03:27 AM

But you were obviously superior

**theundeadhero** · 02-08-2010, 03:31 AM

Last week I met someone who looked very similar to my friend Cher only she had a slightly more german appearance. She had the same hair cut and dressing style and everything.