Social Media Musings

Maybe some of you out there can relate to this.  I got on Facebook this week and saw that I received a wall posting from none other than Johnny Depp.  “Woah!”  I thought.  “When did I become Facebook friends with Johnny Depp?”  I looked through my home page and saw the faces of Katie Holmes, Reese Witherspoon, Tom Hanks, etc.  I thought, “Did I hack into a celebrity’s Facebook by mistake?  These aren’t my friends!”  Suddenly I realized these were indeed my own Facebook friends disguised as celebrities.

I wondered why many of my friends were flattering themselves by suggesting they are as attractive as these celebrities.  Such a coincidence that all of them are doing this!  With a closer look, I realized what’s going on.  It’s Doppelgänger week.

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