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The author is a little paranoid IMO. Sure given his suspicions I assumed this was more a case of a broken clock being correct twice a day. For example: > But,

The author is a little paranoid IMO. Sure given his suspicions I assumed this was more a case of a broken clock being correct twice a day. For example: > But, again again, I had a weird feeling — this series of photos was trying too hard. That binder labelled “BILLS 200[0]—2010”, conveniently flipped upside down for casual authenticity? Why would you put that in these photos unless you were trying a bit too hard to make your case? That's just ridiculous.

croes 2y ago
But in the end he was right
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  About the base claim sure, not about anything regarding the staging of photos though.
yumong 2y ago
I'd also ask how come a single binder would suffice for 10 years of bills.
UberFly 2y ago
Seems ok to me. Just a stream of pure intuition that ended up being totally correct.
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  Well, the base claim was sure, not anything regarding the staging of photos though.
cabel 2y ago
It's totally ok that you wouldn't have had the same gut feeling — but I absolutely did. I wrote that because it seemed like the binder was unnecessary information posed specifically in the photo to try to gain my trust. I think that's largely because the binder was unnecessary information posed specifically in the photo to try to gain my trust. Bonus trivia I didn't mention: if you look at the invoice preceding the one in the binder, it has the logo for the 1992 (!) Barcelona Olympics at the top. A real weird thing to put in your 'Bills 2000 — 2010' binder! I do think this binder is totally real, but should actually be labelled 'My Forged Invoices' ;)
- DEADMINCE 2y ago
  > I wrote that because it seemed like the binder was unnecessary information posed specifically in the photo to try to gain my trust As opposed to just being something he grabbed to use as a quick kind of table? I mean out of the two possibilities of just quickly throwing something on the couch to use as a platform to take a photo or purposely trying to set up a staged scene to look 'casual', I think Occam would say the first is significantly more likely. Nothing wrong with having suspicions or gut feelings, but this just seemed a stretch too far to me personally. Nice article though!

croes 2y ago

But in the end he was right

DEADMINCE 2y ago
About the base claim sure, not about anything regarding the staging of photos though.

yumong 2y ago

I'd also ask how come a single binder would suffice for 10 years of bills.

UberFly 2y ago

Seems ok to me. Just a stream of pure intuition that ended up being totally correct.

DEADMINCE 2y ago
Well, the base claim was sure, not anything regarding the staging of photos though.

cabel 2y ago

It's totally ok that you wouldn't have had the same gut feeling — but I absolutely did. I wrote that because it seemed like the binder was unnecessary information posed specifically in the photo to try to gain my trust. I think that's largely because the binder was unnecessary information posed specifically in the photo to try to gain my trust. Bonus trivia I didn't mention: if you look at the invoice preceding the one in the binder, it has the logo for the 1992 (!) Barcelona Olympics at the top. A real weird thing to put in your 'Bills 2000 — 2010' binder! I do think this binder is totally real, but should actually be labelled 'My Forged Invoices' ;)

DEADMINCE 2y ago
> I wrote that because it seemed like the binder was unnecessary information posed specifically in the photo to try to gain my trust As opposed to just being something he grabbed to use as a quick kind of table? I mean out of the two possibilities of just quickly throwing something on the couch to use as a platform to take a photo or purposely trying to set up a staged scene to look 'casual', I think Occam would say the first is significantly more likely. Nothing wrong with having suspicions or gut feelings, but this just seemed a stretch too far to me personally. Nice article though!