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Hey everyone, Ellie here, bringing you my weekly note to the cafe community.

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Really enjoy hearing from you.

Anyone who is a teenager in the 80s or 90s understands the cultural importance of the fake ID.

Social fortunes, nay, entire suburban empires rose and fell based largely on who had the best

fake ID with all its attendant risks and rewards. There was a hierarchy of sorts. Now, the lowest form was the homemade ID

where you'd stand in front of a foam core poster board crafted to resemble the design of a

real driver's license, get a photograph taken of your own head in the bottom corner,

laminate the photo, and then use silver spray paint and sandpaper to replicate the primitive

hologram.

If you're wondering how I know so much about this process, I would both take the fifth

and note that the statute of limitations has long run out. Thank you very much.

The middle level was a real idea of somebody who was a few years older and preferably

looked at least somewhat similar, ideally an older sibling.

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