{"id":230118,"date":"2022-09-02T14:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T19:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=230118"},"modified":"2022-09-02T15:30:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-02T20:30:49","slug":"las-vegas-tourist-finds-lookalike-at-flamingo-pool-photo-goes-viral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-tourist-finds-lookalike-at-flamingo-pool-photo-goes-viral\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Tourist Finds Lookalike at Flamingo Pool, Photo Goes Viral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean McArdle was enjoying a lazy swim at the Flamingo Las Vegas pool when he ran into someone he didn\u2019t expect to see: himself.<\/p>\n

Not only did the other man resemble McArdle, he sported the same beard, white hat, and glasses. (Most people who wear glasses remove them to swim.)<\/p>\n

McArdle \u2014 a 46-year-old comic book creator, filmmaker, and an adjunct college professor at Kent State University \u2014 was in town to help celebrate his buddy Dan\u2019s 40th birthday.<\/p>\n

\"Doppelganger
Sean McArdle, a comic book creator from Ohio, poses with his doppelganger at the Flamingo Las Vegas pool. Oh yeah, that\u2019s McArdle on the right. (Image: Reddit \/ @Seandoughlasmcardle)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh, So That’s<\/em> Why You’re Laughing at Me<\/h2>\n

Relieved to realize why a large group of people had been pointing and laughing at him, McArdle swam over to his doppelganger. Half-joking, he asked if he happened to be Seth Rogen, the 40 Year Old Virgin<\/em> actor whom McArdle is commonly mistaken for.<\/p>\n

They both posed for a photo that McArdle uploaded to the popular Reddit<\/em> forum r\/funny. “I wasn’t convinced until now,” McArdle captioned the photo, “We are definitely in a simulation.” That thread has so far garnered 96K upvotes and led to an interview on The Today Show.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cI look over and it was like looking in the mirror,\u201d McArdle told NBC-TV’s national morning program. “I’ve seen guys who’ve had similarities to me. But man, this guy just looked just like me. It was pretty surreal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reddit Reaction<\/h2>\n

Most of the Reddit thread\u2019s 2.3K comments expressed similar shock. \u201cGlasses, hat, even the right amount of face stubble,\u201d wrote one Reddit<\/em> user. \u201cThe only thing that would make this better is if they both had chest hair.\u201d Another user wrote: \u201cYou two should get a DNA test. One of your parents has some \u2018splainin to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not everyone was as convinced by the resemblance, however. Another Reddit<\/em> user posted: \u201cThere are 3 of you guys at every brewery.\u201d<\/p>\n

Uncomfortable Reaction at Home<\/h2>\n

McArdle told Today<\/em> he has two teens \u2014 13 and 17 \u2014 who reacted differently to the viral meeting of the Rogen lookalikes.<\/p>\n

“My youngest thought it was pretty funny,” he said. “I finally have something that has more views than she does from TikTok.”<\/em> McArdle said the photo caused his 17-year-old boy anxiety, however.<\/p>\n

“COVID hit at a weird time for him and his life,” he explained. “So he’s kind of having some social anxiety and stuff. He was having secondhand social anxiety when he saw it, seeing two complete strangers so close to one another.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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