Americans don't recognise a lot of (their own) politicians & celebrities

[therearewords]

How readers did on Upshot's facial recognition quiz, and what we can learn from their mistakes. https://t.co/MdyCjT1keR
- The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) January 3, 2020

- Are you good at putting a name to a face? Depending on your age and media-intake, you might not be;

- NYT offered a quiz in which you had to put a name to 52 faces

Comments

[asnindie]

Ugh Jefree Star. I wish I could forget who he was...

[lone_concertina]

My teenage sister was like "how do you know who Jeffree Star is, you don't care about makeup or youtube" as if he wasn't also a piece of shit on myspace when I was also a teenager. I don't understand how he's still around but I'm ready for that to go away.

[bruxelles]

I still can't believe that not only did Jeffree survive the Myspace days but people have made him rich af

[aeromi]

if anyone told my teenage self in the mid 2000s that jeffree star would still be relevant in 2020 i would have slapped them

[helyanwe89]

I had myspace but it was just something my friends had and they were the only ones I interacted with on it - I have no clue who he is tbh.

[cupkate]

I was shook when that face popped up in the quiz.