Day 41 – Delusions of Grandeur

In the last couple of years I have seen numerous online posts drawing attention to the comical similarities in appearance between Jennifer Aniston and Iggy Pop. Although I agree that they are indeed unlikely lookalikes, my response to seeing these posts gain more and more momentum is not a positive one. This is because this was my observation first! On 23rd February 2019, I tweeted side-by-side pictures of Jennifer Aniston and Iggy Pop with the caption “Iggy Pop is Jennifer Aniston’s dad. Her real name is Jennifer Pop.”

Evidence of the tweet - https://twitter.com/JacobHu13/status/1099410751679328256?t=E3UqWFbnFQBoQ90yhR1Tgg&s=19

Now I understand that different people are capable of making the same observations, I’m not claiming plagiarism. What I find annoying is as websites surge in popularity based on the traction of this comparison, my tweet back in 2019 remains on a meagre three likes. I need the traction more than these already popular websites, I want a greater reach for my comedy sketches. Not to blow my own trumpet, but I also think that the wording of my tweet is funnier than what I’ve seen on these much more successful iterations. 

I’m very confident I came up with the Jennifer Pop observation first. With my next delusion of grandeur I am less confident that I am definitely correct, but I still can’t quite let it go. I think I invented the term “6 Music Dad”. Am I mad? I know I didn’t invent the term “Centrist Dad”, which implies in some roundabout way, at least to me, that I don’t just randomly claim stuff. I’m not as certain about the “6 Music Dad” one and I also have no evidence for it, but I definitely invented Jennifer Pop.

Being a genius, there are probably some other things I also invented / came up with first, but I can’t think of any more off the top of my head. I’m sure some will come back to me at random points when I stumble upon and become rattled by a headline depicting a man becoming an overnight millionaire based some hilarious observation he made which I made years ago. Real artists aren’t appreciated in their time.



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