'Truly, we are all family': Viral meme 3D model of Bible's Adam resembles Vin Diesel
Vin Diesel's Dom Toretto from the Fast & Furious franchise has since become a meme for his unparalleled love for family.
And there's a "scientific" explanation now why. It's because Adam, the first man created by God in Abrahamic religions, supposedly has a shaved head, Nubian nose, and rough-hewn face—the unmistakable physical features of the American actor.
Alamo Drafthouse NYC, a movie house from New York in the United States, jokingly tweeted a photo of a 3D model of Adam, supposedly from Princeton University.
"Scientists at Princeton University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Adam, the first human being created by God, might have looked," it said.
Scientists at Princeton University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Adam, the first human being created by God, might have looked pic.twitter.com/lvnk5Pwn3P
— Alamo Drafthouse NYC (@AlamoNYC) October 27, 2022
Netizens were quick to recognize the uncanny resemblance of the prank 3D model with Diesel.
"Vin Diesel Confirmed as first human being," a user said in the replies. "Where family comes from."
"Truly, we are all family," another user said.
"Now we know why he never knew his father," another user said. It's a nod to the fact that Diesel, born Mark Sinclair, never met his biological father.
Hours after, Alamo Drafthouse NYC wrote a disclaimer in a follow-up tweet: "Just a reminder that we're a movie theater, not an academic journal." To date, its original tweet has over 309,700 likes, 53,800 quote tweets, and 28,600 retweets.
Other netizens also went along with the joke. A user shared a photo of a "reconstructed" 3D image of Adam's 1970 Dodge Charger R/T—which is actually the car of Diesel's Toretto.
Meanwhile researchers at Universal Techincal Institute have reconstructed this 3D image of how Adam's 1970 Dodge Charger R/T might have looked. pic.twitter.com/L8exjVKhGV
— Ticonderoga (@TiconderogaNo1) October 28, 2022
The recent Vin Diesel joke is just one in a series of long-running viral memes, in which purported researchers from esteemed institutions find groundbreaking anthropological discoveries—only for the images to resemble pop culture icons.
A user shared a "study" from Yale University about the appearance of Moses, considered the most important prophet in Judaism. In reality, it's a photo of wrestler-turned-actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
A similar study at the University of Yale showed that this is what Moses of Egypt may have looked like. Amazing study ! pic.twitter.com/frQ1vpzOyd
— TuLLaH (@whois_tullah) October 28, 2022
Another user shared Stanford University's supposed 3D model depicting Joseph, the husband of Mary—except that it's the wrestler André the Giant.
Scientists at Stanford University have reconstructed this 3D model of how Joseph, the husband of Mary the Mother of Jesus Christ might have looked. pic.twitter.com/zw0XOphtDk
— 🎃💀🦇🄽🄸🄲🄺🦇💀🎃 (@ColossusNick) October 26, 2022
