stackyFACTSWhen you try to wage economic warfare but forget to hire a decent graphic designer.
When you try to wage economic warfare but forget to hire a decent graphic designer. In the 1990s, the Iraqi dictator tried to crash the US economy by flooding the world with counterfeit $100 bills. The problem? His printing presses were trash. The infamous 'Supernotes' were usually printed on cheap paper, lacked proper watermarks, and had blurry presidential portraits. They were so bad that standard bank tellers could spot them instantly without any special tools.
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