> This reads like it was written by someone cosplaying as an adult. Not necessarily. From my understanding, in Asia the actual diploma is often used as a crede

> This reads like it was written by someone cosplaying as an adult. Not necessarily. From my understanding, in Asia the actual diploma is often used as a credential for obtaining employment. (The context is reading about a con man who set up a fake job listing to attract Western job candidates, obtained copies of applicants' diplomas, then used them to construct a fake diploma that he used to get a job for himself.)