Footnote 1: a straight translation would be "such as curiosity tormenting you." You could also use "just as" or "like..."
The best reference I could find was the free dictionary: http://de.thefreedictionary.com/so
"so einer wie ich/er → somebody like or a person such as myself or me/him;"
there's a lot on that page, but you can find it easily by doing a search with "such as".