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2021-07-27 // day precision

Backdating paperwork gets the ski-mask treatment

Posted by Dan Cary

Original source text

Masked person at a laptop under Backdating your document to fix a minor oversight.
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Comment attachment by Eric Burton: Cartoon villain meme jokes about efficiently closing out contracts in a burn barrel.
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A masked-laptop stock-photo meme casts backdating as conspicuously suspect, and the discussion extends the joke to signatures and a burn-barrel closeout image. This satirical thread is not evidence that any named member falsified or destroyed records. SOURCE DISCUSSION — transcribed original comments 2021-07-27 — Eric Burton: [Image-only comment; see the associated discussion image above.] 2021-07-27 — Joe Freeland: So that's why you were wearing the ski mask in the office? 2021-07-27 — Tim Thulin — reply in Eric Burton’s thread: Eric Burton The only time contract close out is fun 2021-07-28 — Kelly RC: Group email, does anyone know how to remove the date from your digital signature? 2021-07-28 — Renee DeBord Stahl — reply in Kelly RC’s thread: Kelly Rose yes!!! Lol! 2021-07-28 — Renee DeBord Stahl — reply in Kelly RC’s thread: Kelly Rose to be fair, I didn’t know that was even a possibility until my CS told me 😂 2021-07-28 — Tianna Seaman: Dean Liguori Coverage: Captured count matches displayed count at selected review; hidden/deleted comments remain unknown. Thread grouping follows source thread-root links; unknown immediate reply parents are not inferred. Dates preserve the displayed day, with timezone unknown. The heading, alt text and opening historical explanation are AI-assisted editorial interpretation. The original caption, preserved image renditions and transcribed discussion are source material. Public images are metadata-stripped display derivatives of Facebook-served files; the original upload files and edit history were not established.

Topics: Early Years, July 2021, Documentation, Contract closeout, Ethics satire