A person I had just met asked me if I had been at the most recent out-of-town games for the Spurs. She had been watching the game against the Portland Trail Blazers and swore she spotted me in the crowd…wearing a Spurs jersey. As random as that was—it was not me—I have heard it before. I have, in fact, heard it a million times before. I must have a face that is as common as Barbie, as recognizable as Chucky, as like-able as Al Roker.
Why do I get asked—very frequently—by random people if I was at such and such place? What is the science of faces and why is mine so darn popular? I went straight to Google and found that due to “\Stereotyping/Pattern Matching: People quickly match your clothing, demeanor, or accent to mental prototypes to guess your origin or story, which is often wrong.”
I like to think that I have a unique style and way of being, but it is obvious that it’s not completely unique to me, and that there are some people out there that are very close replicas.