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My mom found my great-grandfather's discharge paper from the US army. It's 107 years old. (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)
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I may have gone a little overboard with the redactions, but you can't be too careful.

When I showed this picture to him, my dad pointed out that my great-grandfather was demobilized a week after the end of WWI.

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[–] espentan@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It wasn't, not by a long shot. Comic sans is a mere 31 years old.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 6 points 10 months ago

That's what historians in future Generations will call the beginning of the decline.

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 4 points 10 months ago

I've seen London, I've seen France, I've seen docs in Comic Sans.