What do all these people have in common?

[Edwardoka]

I follow a twitter account (wedontexisthere) that posts these at regular intervals. Sometimes it's harder to tell than others.

For instance...

Spoiler: mild body horror

View: https://twitter.com/wedontexisthere/status/1351241988096585731
I did warn you.

 

[Drago]

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Give up?

Spoiler

They don't exist.

Inane grins?

They all vote UKIP?

They've all had illegitimate children with Boris Johnson?

They all preach about global warming but drive a car 2 miles to work.

They've all be threatened with a gun by Phil Spector?

 

[PeteXXX]

They all have their own teeth?

 

[Edwardoka]

Inane grins?

They all vote UKIP?

They've all had illegitimate children with Boris Johnson?

They all preach about global warming but drive a car 2 miles to work.

They've all be threatened with a gun by Phil Spector?

Silly Drago, the answer is clearly that they are all recruitment consultants who would like to add you to their linkedin network.

 

[Drago]

Linkedin? Isnt that Facebook for admirers of David Brent?

 

[Beebo]

Single images look good but moving images aren’t quite there yet, but I’m sure it will only take a few years to master it.
Then we could be in a world of pain.

 

[Oldhippy]

In Japan I believe there are already a few 'pop stars' who aren't actually real people. Does Max Headroom count as the earliest attempt at fake people? ✌

 

[Edwardoka]

Linkedin? Isnt that Facebook for admirers of David Brent?

Pretty much. In my experience it's predominantly used by aforementioned recruitment consultants who seek to make money from commissions, but there is a fair number of awful people who use it to promote their most insipid and banal of #inspirational #motivational #productivity shower thoughts. So yes, very much like David Brent.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

 

[Drago]

In Japan I believe there are already a few 'pop stars' who aren't actually real people. Does Max Headroom count as the earliest attempt at fake people? ✌

Milli Vanilli were pretty fake, but I don't know when they date from.

 

[Oldhippy]

Late 80's or early 90's I think.

 

[Drago]

Hilaria Baldwin seems to be a more recent, how you say, fake?

 

[Chris S]

Milli Vanilli were pretty fake, but I don't know when they date from.

AKA Willi Vanilli because of their tight lycra shorts.

 

[matticus]

In Japan I believe there are already a few 'pop stars' who aren't actually real people. Does Max Headroom count as the earliest attempt at fake people? ✌

Yup, and there are now some faked big-hitting Instagram "Influencers" (who I believe are just selling fashion, but it's a good trick to make money from Hits at the same time!).
William Gibson had a synthetic pop-star in a book quite a few years back - I've no idea if anyone had the idea before him (which isn't the same as fleshing it out into a cohesive story, of course).

 

[Fab Foodie]

I liked the non-existent one in the centre best....