In 2017, Derlyn Roberts pretended to be a sign language interpreter, and started to make random hand movements at a major police news conference announcing the arrest of a suspected serial killer in Tampa, Florida.

@fasc1nate When you lie on your resume and still get the job 😭

@fasc1nate Remember when Waka thought she was dancing.

The grift is strong.

@fasc1nate She was very convincing though

one of the funniest things that has ever happened

In 2013, Thamsanqa Jantjie also pretended to be a sign language interpreter at Nelson Mandela’s Memorial in South Africa. Deaf people said the signs were gibberish.

In an era of computer-generated closed captioning, why do they continue to show the hand signs? (Not this one, which is a few years old, but now.) 🤔

The handcuff signing sends me every time.

@fasc1nate When you lie on your resume 💀

When you actually believe the lie, you told people