February 18, 2026
Guess who? Cue the comment chaos
All Look Same?
‘AllLookSame?’ nostalgia returns and the comments explode
TLDR: A retro photo quiz asking people to guess China, Japan, or Korea from images resurfaced, with many scoring poorly and debating its premise. Nostalgia collided with controversy as some argued it leans on stereotypes, while others said it’s really about fashion, context, and old photos—making everyone rethink what we think we “see.”
An old internet oddity is back in the spotlight: the “AllLookSame?” quiz, a photo test that asks you to guess whether faces, food, art, and architecture are from China, Japan, or Korea. The community is split between nostalgia and side-eye. One camp laughed at the throwback vibes—“Is this still around? Site from 20 years ago,” noting the domain was created in 2001 and the site looks down. Another camp actually took the 18-face quiz and got humbled. Multiple posters reported 6/18—“obviously, very bad”—and confessed the only ones they nailed were the few they felt super sure about.
Then came the heat. A controversial comment claimed people from these three countries “look very similar” due to genetics, which sparked pushback from readers who argued the quiz is more about context, like fashion trends and photography style, especially with older bust shots. The thread also dug up archive links and giggled at the museum tie-in to Italy’s exhibit titled “AllLookSame?” because, yes, that’s really the name. Folks debated whether avoiding obvious signs and focusing on “pure looks” is clever or clumsy—and whether “food” pics judged by where they were taken (not origin) muddies it further. Humor landed hard: “The site’s down—and so are my scores,” summed up the mood, while others treated it like a time capsule of the early web’s awkward experiments.
Key Points
- •The “Faces” section features New York City photos of individuals who are Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.
- •The “Modern Art” section uses images from the “AllLookSame?” exhibit at Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo in Italy.
- •Traditional architecture visuals are noted as difficult to attribute by location, with Buddhist temples cited as an example.
- •Travel photography by Matt McCoy and Moon Lee documents scenes captured during travels across Asia.
- •Food images are judged by where the photos were taken, not the culinary origin, acknowledging cross-cultural exchanges.