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15 Embarrassing Instances Of Mistaken Identity
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Tony Hawk is always unfortunately mistaken for a guy who looks like Tony Hawk. While it's funny to hear about, it's also a little sad that he's never recognized. He's a big celebrity, and yet he's either dismissed until someone hears his name and thinks its a joke or told he looks a little like Tony Hawk but couldn't actually be him. He discusses this all the time on Twitter, where it's become a running joke.
Following in Tony Hawk's footsteps, people have been coming forward with their own stories about having their identity mistaken or disregarded. After his tweet from a few days ago about Tony Hawk's latest encounter with a confusing couple on an elevator (which we've included here, of course), even more people have told similar stories that we can't help but laugh at, but feel a little sad about too. Here are some of our favorite cases of mistaken identity captured forever online.
Tony Hawk Walks Into an Elevator
(Source: Reddit)
Here's the story that started the latest trend toward these mistaken identity stories.
Lack of Familiarity
(Source: Reddit)
What a good reason not to hire the person who's more familiar with the software than anyone.
Talking Down to a Professional Character Artist
(Source: Reddit)
Someone tried to call out this character artist for not knowing how character art works.
