How did I not notice this analogy?! It is in fact true that a JPEG artifact upscaled with fabricated details is the same thing as a totally forged reference of a paper describing when to diagnose appendicitis in children. Thank you.

1. You know images can be used as evidence in court, right?

2. You know people can just follow up on references in papers, right?

3. You know things don't have to be exactly the same in severity to be comparable anyway, right?

4. I was going to delete my comment because it didn't say anything useful, but by then two hours had passed, so HN didn't let me.

Thanks for being a dick, pal.

> 1. You know images can be used as evidence in court, right?

Good point, I haven't thought about that. I thought your comment was sarcastic, it isn't apparently. Mea culpa.