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Celebrities as Things
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About
Celebrities as Things is a series of photographs comparing the color schemes of persons that are culturally significant and inanimate objects.
Origins
The earliest available comparison was posted on March 30th, 2019 by Twitter [1] user @BeyyinFormation comparing recording artist Beyoncé and sea sponges. The post received more than 900 retweets and 3,900 likes in three weeks (shown below).
![Beyoncé as Sea Sponges, a thread Beyoncé as Sea Sponges, a thread EO VIDEUSI MUSIC AWARDS 10:41 AM-30 Mar 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/959/2d2.png)
Spread
That day, others followed the format, comparing other celebrities to other inanimate objects. For example, Twitter[2] user @wiIlshart posted a thread comparing Riverdale actor Cole Sprouse (shown below, left).
On April 8th, Twitter[3] user @breakdownzach posted a thread comparing recording artist Mariah Carey to the whisk cooking utensil. The post received more than 13,000 retweets and 47,000 likes in less than one week (shown below, center).
Several days later, on April 11th, Carey retweeted[4] the whisks post. She wrote, "Whisk me away dahhling." The post received more than 64,000 retweets and 380,000 likes in four days (shown below, right).
![cole sprouse as alcohol; a thread cole sprouse as alcohol; a thread TEQUILA 100% DE AGAVE REPOSADO PATRÓN. 5:42 PM-3 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/951/bc0.png)
![mariah carey as whisks: a thread mariah carey as whisks: a thread 9:05 AM -8 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/952/5fe.png)
![Whisk me away dahhling Mariah Carey @MariahCarey Whisk me away dahhling zach @breakdownzach mariah carey as whisks: a thread Show this thread 7:32 AM -11 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/953/108.png)
On April 13th, 2019, Twitter[5] user @ameliadeew tweeted a thread of actor Ben Affleck as "beverages at Dunkin Donuts." The post received more than 9,000 retweets and 30,000 likes in two days (shown below). That day, Twitter[6] published a Moments page on the thread.
Several media outlets covered the meme, including Mashable. [7] Twitter[8] published an Events page on the comparisons, as well.
![Ben Affleck as beverages from Dunkin Donuts Ben Affleck as beverages from Dunkin Donuts dnilla Bean Coolatta 1:25 AM -13 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/957/d6a.png)
Various Examples
![kate bush as quality street: a thread kate bush as quality street: a thread uality Street alitv 9:00 AM-3 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/950/a02.png)
![tessa thompson as pringles: a thread tessa thompson as pringles: a thread ingles HOT& SPICY :31 PM-12 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/963/276.png)
![Taylor Swift as Dutch Public Transport: a thread inspired by @alexislswift Taylor Swift as Dutch Public Transport: a thread inspired by @alexislswift euNegei u-ov.info 8:31 AM -13 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/962/4a4.png)
![Nacho cheese Nacho cheese Doritos NACHO CHEESE 8:03 AM - 13 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/961/cd5.png)
![jennie kim as pillows: a thread jennie kim as pillows: a thread #BLACKPINKXCoachella_DI #BLACKPINK #JENNIEKIM 7:31 AM -13 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/960/152.png)
![rihanna as umbrellas: a thread rihanna as umbrellas: a thread 7:39 PM - 10 Apr 2019](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/newsfeed/001/481/966/f07.png)
Search Interest
External References
[1] Twitter – @BeyyinFormation's Tweet
[2] Twitter – @wiIlshart's Tweet
[3] Twitter – @breakdownzach's Tweet
[4] Twitter – @MariahCarey's Tweet
[5] Twitter – @ameliadeew's Tweet
[6] Twitter – Ben Affleck visualized as various beverages from Dunkin' Donuts 🍩
[7] Mashable – Twitter is overrun with 'celebs as things' threads and it rules
[8] Twitter – This is what your faves would look like as non-human objects
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