Hanging on our fridge, among the many cards sent from friends, family, and students, is a card from avid runner friends of ours. They used a picture of their whole family - parents and two teenage sons - running a race, and Photoshopped their figures into the foreground of the recent record-breaking sub-two hour marathon finish by Eliud Kipchoge. Kipchoge himself is seen in the background, with his record time displayed on the finish line. A dog and a fish, pets of my friends, are Photoshopped into the sidelines of the picture.
JULIA: Wait, is 1:59, like, a good time for a marathon?
ME: It's a new record. It was set under extremely controlled conditions, but no one has broken two hours in the marathon before.
JULIA: (gazing at the card) Is that guy in the background the one who ran it?
ME: Yup. You can google him to find out more about it.
JULIA: (pointing at my friends and their kids) And did they all run it too?
No, honey, they did not actually finish AHEAD of Eliud Kipchoge at this extremely exclusive event in which ONLY ONE PERSON RAN.
JULIA: And there's a dog and a fish there?
Yeah, so apparently Julia has never heard of Photoshop.
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