# Seeing yourself in random Youtubes or Streetview **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 23, 2023, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546 "2023-03-23T13:48:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546/21 "2023-03-26T12:55:34Z")
Not what the OP wanted, but google redid the aerial footage of my town this year. I know this because I found my house and my lady friend’s car is parked in front of it, which would have been just last month, the week of Valentine’s Day. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546/22 "2023-03-26T13:29:18Z")
That must have blown your mind. Had he passed by then? ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546/23 "2023-03-26T15:50:28Z")
Yes, nearly 30 years before, which made it even stranger. I wish I could have got him to talk more about it than just the odd slightly humorous tales he told in my childhood. I think it may have been worse than he ever let on. But if wishes were horses… ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546/24 "2023-03-26T16:28:45Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Not what the OP wanted, but google redid the aerial footage of my town this year. I know this because I found my house and my lady friend’s car is parked in front of it, which would have been just last month, the week of Valentine’s Day. I could narrow down the time they caught my open garage to the two week period I was storing a futon for a friend. Anyway, I bet that street view and such has caused a lot of problems with the wrong car being in the wrong place. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_S](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/46a35a/32.png) [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546/25 "2023-03-26T16:40:34Z")
> [@Mark\_Finn](#): > > Have you ever seen yourself in Youtube videos, where you wouldn’t have expected it? I saw a _relative_ in the crowd of a decade-old live-music video once. I don’t remember if I was watching on YouTube or DirectTV. ~Max ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2023, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546/26 "2023-03-26T18:46:02Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Anyway, I bet that street view and such has caused a lot of problems with the wrong car being in the wrong place. I always wondered how plain white Toyotas became so popular; now I know. It’s to fool Streetview. > Yes Dear, that _is_ a white 2017 Toyota parked in front of my cute co-worker’s house at noon on a Tuesday. But it’s not _my_ white 2017 Toyota." Yet another reason to abjure bumper stickers. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/seeing-yourself-in-random-youtubes-or-streetview/981546.md?page=1)