People Who Didn’t Belong, But Took Pretending That They Did To New Levels (21 Posts)

The adage “fake it til you make it” requires kind of an unfathomable amount of confidence. You know you aren’t good at something, but you just… stick it out under the assumption that it’ll all work out.

Honestly, I’m in awe.

And that’s just what these 19 people did; they pretended they could do something and, you know, god love ’em. I hope they’re flying high now.

1. “Dad couldn’t get a reservation at a restaurant, calls back pretending to be Prime Minister of Morocco. Gets the best seat in the house and signs a plate for the chef”

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2. “Pretending to be a sophisticated, tea-drinking adult while in a zoom meeting, when really…”

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3. “Live” Events

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4. Faux-extra

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5. Snuck into the VIP section because the wristbands looked like water bottle wrappers

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And if that fails, try this:

6. Edited Wikipedia to become “family”

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7. Thief-employee

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8. 4th grader renamed himself “reconnecting” to avoid school

9. Living the dream as a mannequin

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10. A genius?

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11. Just a dude

12. Not part of this team

13. Fan on the court

14. Get in the pic

15. Waiting forever

16. Pretended to play

17. Fake employee

18. A real grown-up

19. Watch the game

20. Honestly maybe could pass for Michael Keaton.