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[–] wreckedcarzz@lemmy.world 85 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Me: "who are any of these people?"

[–] candyman337@piefed.ca 92 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Dinesh from Silicon Valley

Raj from Big Bang Theory

Kumar from Harold and Kumar, and also and also the Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement during the Obama Administration

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 73 points 5 days ago (5 children)

I would say that Kumail Nanjiani might also be well-known these days for being the guy who had a role in the Marvel flop "Eternals," and a subsequently hilarious press junket and social media tour.

And Kal Penn was also Dr. Kutner in "House MD," which was mostly notable because his character was suddenly and unceremoniously killed off so that Penn could go work for Obama.

[–] JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Jesus, is that why they did that? That episode fucked me up

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

I think I heard that the showrunners were upset that he left them so suddenly, so they wrote him off in the most ignominious way possible.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I’ll always know him as Prismo

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[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 27 points 5 days ago (9 children)

Don't forget Sarah Silverman, known for stand up comedy (?)

[–] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Also for the Bob's Burgers fans, Sarah her sister Laura play the twins Ollie and Andy Pesto, respectively.

[–] Spur4383@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (3 children)

For the voice of glitchy in Wreck it Ralph

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago

Known for fucking Matt Damon

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[–] HeyJoe@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago (3 children)

I feel like Kumail has come a long way since Silicon Valley. I see him all the time, he even does commercials still.

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[–] BunScientist@lemmy.zip 27 points 5 days ago (9 children)

The second guy was in the big bang theory and the third guy was in Dr. House, idk who the first guy is

[–] cmbabul@slrpnk.net 57 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Sir or madam the third one is Kumar, he went to White Castle long before he applied to Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital

[–] homes@piefed.world 37 points 5 days ago (2 children)

And then left that show to join the Obama administration. Seriously.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

I was sure this was a troll when it happened, but no, it was real. Does anyone know if he did a good job?

[–] homes@piefed.world 15 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

As I recall, he was a perfectly competent staff member. I think he worked on the speechwriting team? It was a while ago, now, so I don’t remember most of the details.

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[–] varden@lemmy.world 35 points 5 days ago (15 children)

Kumail Nanjiani is a comedian and actor. He was in Silicon Valley and more recently he got shredded for Marvel's Eternals. He's pretty funny.

[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago

He was also just on the most recent season of Taskmaster. Pretty funny guy.

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[–] reminiscensdeus@eviltoast.org 12 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Silicon Valley & Adventure Time are his best roles imo but he’s pretty prolific

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[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 42 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

Kumail literally had a stand up bit when he was much less well known about being called "Kumar" and how he dreams of the day that he is the goto point of reference that racists use to stereotype other brown people and himself. So Kal should proud of that, at least.

Also, I work with a lot of Middle Eastern and Indian people with a wide variety of names. It is weird that these three celebrities talking about being mistaken for each other all have names starting with K, containing an A, and ending with L. Kumail, Kunal, and Kal. Maybe it's not so much about them being mistaken for each other but switching similar names around, like white guys called Kayden, Brayden, and Layden.

[–] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 28 points 5 days ago (7 children)

I wonder how good we are at distinguishing those Chris actors compared to distinguishing the actors in the OP.

Haha thanks Wiki, there’s a name:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Chrises

[–] Grail@multiverse.soulism.net 12 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (3 children)

It says here that Chris Pratt wants people to call him CP

I can't believe they put CP in the Mario movie

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[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 9 points 5 days ago

I mean, it’s also the racism that probably causes people to not give enough of a fuck to bother to recognize the difference; but the grammatical aspect ain’t making it any easier if you read at a 5th grade level

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[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 21 points 4 days ago

Loved this guy in Parks and Rec

[–] Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.ca 29 points 5 days ago (14 children)

Eh, it took me years to tell Claire Danes apart from Gwyneth Paltrow and I think there are a couple other actresses that I may also be thinking are Claire or Gwyneth. It isn't "they don't recognize different brown people" as much as there are many doppelgangers in the world.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 16 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Jaime Pressly and Margot Robbie but I don't think the people in the OP look alike.

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[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago

In the '80s it was Tom Selleck and Burt Reynolds for me.

[–] fakeman_pretendname@feddit.uk 9 points 5 days ago (1 children)

At various periods of time, I've been unable to tell the difference between Val Kilmer and Kurt Russell.

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[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I'd much rather have Claire Danes goop scented candle

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[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 23 points 5 days ago

Oh hey look it's the genocide supporter Sarah Silverman

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 17 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I would be very careful being brown around Sarah Silverman

[–] FistingEnthusiast@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

Yeah, I really liked her until the whole "genocide is cool because of my superstition" bullshit

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Zio making a racist joke? I'm shocked. \s

[–] yakko@feddit.uk 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I just read her controversies section on wiki. I wasn't aware of most of it, but the Zionism is especially disappointing.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago

I didn't know either, huge bummer

[–] Jarix@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I was mistaken for Jack black at a rave in December... I have a beard and am overweight. That's all it took. And drugs. I'm assuming and drugs...

[–] lol_idk@piefed.social 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Holy shit people, is this whole thread satire, or are you all basically confirming what they are talking about

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[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)
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