Parents often tell their children they can be whoever or whatever they want to be. It’s obviously a motivational hack, and many kids grow up to realize there are some limits. But then there are those who take things to the next level as adults. Walking tall with confidence into any room or situation, regardless of whether they belong or not. Pulling off the ultimate imposter acts to go undetected. Why be yourself when you can be someone else? Right?
There’s a popular online community that showcases people engaged in trickery to act like they belong. Aptly named Act Like You Belong, the subreddit has more than 658,000 members. And as it states, “There is no need for clearance when you have confidence!” Bored Panda has put together a somewhat intriguing but hilarious list of times people could have won an Oscar for their attempts to fake it ’til they make it. From a fan taking to the field in full kit, pretending to be a Manchester United player to someone trying to illegally cross the U.S. border disguised as a car seat, these people prove that you really can be whoever you want to be. If only for a few minutes.
#1 The Illusionist
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#2 Photogenic Mcd Bros
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#3 Dedicated “Employee”
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#4 To Be Flamingo
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#5 Guerrilla Street Safety
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#6 Matt Miller Variant
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#7 Panda Caretakers In China
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#8 It Would Probably Work Too
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#9 The 12th Man
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#10 Mad Lad Eats For Free
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#11 Slpt: Pretend Everyday Is Your First Day
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#12 Atta, Boy!
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#13
An identity thief stole the identity of a surgeon and while aboard a navy destroyer was tasked with performing several life saving surgeries. He proceeded to memorize a medical textbook just before hand and all the patients survived.
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#14 Flashback To When My Friends And I (Bottom 3) Snuck Into A Prom And Ended Up Making It Into The Yearbook Even Though None Of Us Ever Went To That School
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#15 One Day…. One Day He’s Hoping I Won’t Notice…
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#16 King Of The Jungle
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#17 Mexican Man Tries To Illegally Enter The Us By Disguising Himself As A Car Seat
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#18 After 1.4 Billions Crayons, Turns Out Top Maker Is Colorblind
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#19 A True Wikipedia Scholar
#20 Back When Aol Was A Thing
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#21 The King Of Acting Like You Belong
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#22 Brought My Vf-2 Tomcat Helmet To The Movies. I Let Random People Take Pictures With Me. I Saluted Everyone Entering The Cinema With “Mam”, “Sir”. They Thought I’m Part Of The Promo Crew
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#23 Walz: I Am Not Leaving This Grocery Store Without A Free Turkey
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#24 Look Busy And Leave
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#25 When Acting Like You Belong Pays Off
#26 Act Like A Florida Man
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#27 As I Promised! Here Is The Plaque Finally Up, In A Spot Hundreds Of University Students Pass Daily
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#28 The Great Peanut Butter Bandits
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#29 I’ve Always Wanted To See Inside A News Room. So I Wore Black. Walked In, Sat Down, And Watched
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#30 Someone Pretended To Be Tom Cruise In A Small Chicken Shop In North Eastern Thailand And Is Remembered There Forever
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#31 This Is FBI Agent Robert Hanssen
He was tasked to find a mole within the FBI after the FBI’s moles in the KGB were caught. Robert Hanssen was the mole and had been working with the KGB since 1979.
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#32 When The Doctors Came To Check, Shi Pei Pu Would Tuck His Genitals Inside His Body To Fool Them
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#33 Browns Fan Works Way Through Ranks Of Ravens Fb Group, Becomes Admin, And Hacks The Group
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#34 Sometimes You Need A Little Make-Up To Blend In
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#35 Man Convinces Convenience Store Clerk He’s There To Take Over
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#36 What A Madlad
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#37 He Didn’t Even Have To Try
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#38 Sometimes All It Takes To Be An Expert On A Language Is To Be An Intp Brony
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#39 Undercover Walmart
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#40 Oscar For This One!
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