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xkcd #3160: Document Forgery

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It comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a certificate of authenticity, which comes with a...

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[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 33 points 1 month ago

do you have one with higher resolution? asking for a friend

[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

I remember hearing somewhere that the final exam to be certified as a master calligrapher is to make your own certificate.

My own handwriting is barely legible to myself sometimes, so I've never looked too far into it, so I can't say if that's actually true or not, but it's a cool idea if true.

[–] CelloMike@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

Reminds me of one of the early Olympics events - they used to have art competitions as well as sporting ones, one of which was medal engraving

If you won you got gold, silver etc, but if you came last they'd present you with your shit medal you lost with, the ultimate backhand

[–] hDGGgrLpg8nEucjxWnJz@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

authentic -r