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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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the-swift-tricker:

it's easy to mock the concept of batman's secret identity and think it's ridiculous that nobody would realize that he's bruce wayne but if some lady suddenly showed up late at night dressed in full military grade kevlar and started fighting crime in los angeles i wouldn't look at that and think "ah it's kylie jenner

you-got-it-capstar:

Same logic applies to Clark Kent tbh I wouldn't see Superman, the crazy powerful alien, zooming past me and go "i think he's secretly an award winning journalist"

the-swift-tricker: "it's a bird, it's a plane, it's...anderson cooper?!

appendingfic:

Me: "sees masked man fighting both crime and police corruption* Me: I have no idea who that is, but it is NOT a billionaire.

spifalling: People don't even recognise tony hawk without the skateboard what do you expect

livekyoto:

People don't even recognize Tony Hawk WITH a skateboard, bless them. Source: the-swift-tricker 66,205 notes

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[-] [email protected] 85 points 9 months ago

Exactly. Tony Hawks is the ultimate proof that the Clark Kent disguise would work on most people.

He's world renowned, but because he looks like just a regular guy, nobody recognises him, and he's not even trying to disguise himself in any way

[-] [email protected] 31 points 9 months ago

He's so regular even you got his name wrong in a comment about him. Unless you're really talking about that english guy who traveled round Ireland with a fridge. I wouldn't call him world renowned though.

[-] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago

No no, it's Tony Hawks, the Pro Skater who had to go underground for some reason.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

Didn't even notice that myself - that's definitely ironic, I'll leave that mistake there as it proves my point haha

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

just gotta spread his legend enough,,,

[-] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

And most people see Supes from like 50 meters away

Also just look at the scene of Christopher Reeve changing between Clark and Supes.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Exactly. The only people I'd suspect even notice a similarity would be the people that know Clark, but most would probably assume it to be a coincidence at most.

[-] funkless_eck 9 points 9 months ago

in The Expanse SOOO many people recognize the Deputy Under Secretary of the UN, and know her name.

Honestly, I could have a full on conversation with Kalama Harris where she's introduced as "Ms Harris" and she says "call me Kamala" and I may not twig.

[-] [email protected] 42 points 9 months ago

Internet Today mentioned this phenomena the other day. Slash from Guns n Roses instantly becomes unrecognizable when he takes off his hat. That's it. That's all it takes.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

That’s it. That’s all it takes.

Is it though? What about the sunglasses?

[-] [email protected] 35 points 9 months ago

Somewhere in Gotham City, there's a planning and zoning guy probably making bank for playing dumb about all of Bruce Wayne's "totally not a batcave you guys" building permits.

[-] [email protected] 37 points 9 months ago

Something tells me the batcave does not have OSHA's stamp of approval.

[-] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago

To be fair with super man I'd imagine at least one of his coworkers would think man Clark looks a lot like super man with glasses

[-] [email protected] 33 points 9 months ago

I've definitely seen a page from an issue where one of his coworkers says something like "Hey, you guys ever think Clark kinda looks like that Superman?" and they all bust out laughing before another one says "Imagine Clark saving anyone!"

[-] mindbleach 2 points 9 months ago

But Clark looks like Superman as a schlub. One excuse for nobody noticing is that he slouches, speaks in a higher register, and walks around like he's worried about bumping into things. Clark Kent is kind of a big awkward guy with a strong jawline and bad eyes. Superman is what he might look like if he got in shape.

The other leading excuse is that nobody thinks Superman needs a secret identity. He's an invincible solar-powered alien who can fly. The fuck is he gonna do, walking amongst the rabble? Batman is unmistakably just A Dude, so he's gotta have a day job and a bed somewhere. Superman is a demigod. He doesn't even need to cosplay to see new movies. He can sit on the roof and use his ill-defined x-ray vision. Even gets to bring his own snacks.

[-] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago

Tony Hawk's alter ego is guy who looks like Tony Hawk

[-] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago

Nobody recognized Henry Cavill without glasses, in a Superman shirt, in front of a movie poster of Superman.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

When I lived in L.A. I had a few encounters with celebrities who I didn't realize were celebrities until after the fact because they were removed from the context in which I think of them. So that makes sense to me.

[-] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

You'd be surprised at how well this works on the Internet too.

All I have to do is say some funny things here and there once in a while.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

As I said before

[-] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I mean, reddit and twitter even dug up that old Letterboxd account (whose ownership I can neither confirm nor deny), so I thought I'd try a different approach this time.

Turns out all it takes to throw them off is to use an obviously AI generated profile picture and "borrowing" an idea from another Margo on Bojack Horseman.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

As someone who use to work at a restaurant near Tony's house. I never got the jokes about him not being recognized. Like sure he's an old dad now, but he still looks the same

[-] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago

Well it's because half his Twitter posts were about people not recognizing him. Even he had a skateboard. Or when they see his ID says Anthony Hawk.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Anderson Cooper

Oh, don’t start that again! Anderson Cooper wears glasses. Captain Amazing doesn’t wear glasses.

[-] agamemnonymous 5 points 9 months ago

He takes them off when he transforms

[-] funkless_eck 7 points 9 months ago

preposterous. no one who wears glasses ever takes them off and doesn't wear them again for 3 or 4 days and lives in a perpetual blur that would be easier to navigate if they just wore their glasses but for some reason don't

[-] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

In the comics, they've shown Batman moderating a website called 'Bruce Wayne is Batman.' It's like 'birds aren't real,' and constantly plays off the idea that Wayne is a complete wuss and a giant coward.

[-] LetKCater2U 3 points 9 months ago

I don’t think I would be surprised if Anderson Cooper was a vigilante.

[-] [email protected] -3 points 9 months ago

IMO 90% of the Tony Hawk stories he made up. Also, dudes a dickhead, he told a child to fuck off when he asked for an autograph at my local skatepark when I was younger.

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