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Spies Like Us Test scene.

JC REACT and Podcast
Comedy
YouTube
Cited on HN 3 times, 2021–2026, never outright recommended score 0
Years with an HN recommendation, 2007–2026

Used as a joke reference in threads about cheating, fraud and exam proctoring.

A short clip from the film Spies Like Us in which unprepared characters take a CIA agent test and Chevy Chase cheats his way through it.

3 jokes · Comedy

3 Hacker News comments

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@LinuxBender Dec 2021 Makes a joke
on HN thread Man tries to dodge Covid vaccine wearing fake arm
paid hundreds of euros for the silicone prosthetic And probably a lot more in fines. Surely finding a less than ethical nurse or technician to bribe would be easier and possibly less risk since they can just decline before you give your name. How inebriated would a nurse have to be to think a prosthetic arm is real? I suppose if one were to try this, at least give it the old college try and put that arm in a sling and cast so you can't be expected to make a fist or move your arm. [1] "Inject my broken arm since I can't use it anyway". Remember to warm it up. [1] - [this video] [video]
@dylan604 May 2026 Makes a joke
on HN thread Princeton mandates proctoring in-person exams, upending 133 years of precedent
> Now students have ChatGPT to write their papers and they've been practicing how to use cell phones without the teacher noticing for 10 years before getting to college. Colleges will need to remodel the rooms where these tests are given to become large SCIF type rooms so that wireless communication is not possible. Let the students go back to writing on their arms, wearing eye patches, or shoving notes up their casts. Yeah, I've probably seen Spies Like Us a couple of times: [this video]

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