For context, I’m an artist who makes random internet jokes that sometimes pokes fun of “let’s turn this into a service” culture, internet vanity culture, and terrible capitalist ideas. Historically, decorative crests found on Victorian homes were a mark to signal wealth and importance and I thought it would be dumb if that concept also existed today. But if it existed today, would you need to be verified by a third party to signal status? Here’s the origin of the joke.
I learned something today... makes this that much more hilarious
So is this real? It's somewhere in between real and fake. Anyone can craft something out of plaster. Anyone can apply to be verified. Anyone can make a landing page. Is there an entity involved and is this being rolled out across Bay Area neighborhoods? No.
If you thought this was a full-fledged service, please investigate the things you read on the internet!
18 comments
87 Violent_Yet_Polite 2021-01-30
Night of long blue checks, when?
43 Tobyghisa 2021-01-30
But unironically
23 The_White_Light 2021-01-30
...in Mienkraft
36 ohheckyeah 2021-01-30
I learned something today... makes this that much more hilarious
35 BroboxylicAcid 2021-01-30
Actual art that.
27 BurdensomeCount 2021-01-30
Actually wanting one of these is so cringe. Almost as bad as applying to join Mensa.
14 Bummunism 2021-01-30
At least Mensa doesn't cost $3000
6 -Kite-Man- 2021-01-30
dues add up
1 Bummunism 2021-01-30
That's some expensive nerd club
2 -Kite-Man- 2021-01-30
I wouldn't exactly call it a nerd club
6 ohheckyeah 2021-01-30
Mensa is basically a dungeons and dragons convention without the dungeons and dragons
20 Pepperglue 2021-01-30
This is genius.
18 seenten 2021-01-30
Darn. But, looks like she's turned other jokes in to businesses so maybe we'll see this eventually after all.
6 AntiLuke 2021-01-30
Seems like an artist worth following
6 __TIE_Guy 2021-01-30
Good way to get your house vandalized.
3 Sleepywalker69 2021-01-30
"Rob me"
1 [deleted] 2021-01-30
[deleted]
1 MooseHeckler 2021-01-30
Fucking wrong!