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Comment on Syrian passports include a photo of Souq al-Hamidiyah, a famous historic marketplace in Damascus. Apparently, the image was taken from the internet without removing the photographer’s watermark, “Was…

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k0e3@lemmy.ca ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

Thanks for the info! Of course, the dumb-dumbs over at Reddit wouldn’t questions it…

Anyway, the last redesign-related news I can find is Jan. 2025. There’s no way that not a single Syrian noticed that obvious mistake for over 1 year, right?? I also couldn’t find that specific photo on the first page or tagged photos section on his facebook (I didn’t bother to scroll down any further because I’d need an account and… FUUUUCK THAT). You’d think a photo that was used for the country’s passport would be tagged on his page, right?

Lastly, even if this were real, it’s not really mildlyinfuriating. It’s more like nottheonion or even worldnews.

Sorry, rant over.

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NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
It’s the background of only one page of many in the passport. I’m sure someone has noticed this, but I can easily believe that anyone who’s noticed never bothered to make a big deal out of it, so it never became widely known. If it were me, I’d probably just show a friend, we’d share a laugh (or a mock) and that would be the end of it. Even if I wanted to make the whole world know, I don’t really have a way to make that happen short of posting on social media and hoping it gets picked up - which is, presumably, what the Reddit OP did.

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