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One of the sales goons I'm tasked with doing support work for just asked me, in all seriousness, what "authentic" means.

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Date: 2010-02-04 03:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] scottopic.livejournal.com
You know, there is a discussion to be had around what "authentic" means...but I'm imagining you mean they simply didn't know what the definition of the word was.

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Date: 2010-02-04 04:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] thndrstd.livejournal.com
Sigh. That just makes me sad.

I need to steal your icon, though.

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Date: 2010-02-04 04:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tracker7.livejournal.com
I had a feeling that, of all the folks reading this, you'd be among those most able to appreciate it and feel the pain at the same time.

And steal away - I can't remember where I found it, but gun-fu-using Christian Bale is often appropriate.

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Date: 2010-02-04 06:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] q99.livejournal.com
It is a commonly misused word by advertisers.

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Date: 2010-02-05 12:23 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tracker7.livejournal.com
But she was asking about a teammate's purse...

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Date: 2010-02-04 07:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] spoe.livejournal.com
You give them an authentically sarcastic reply?

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Date: 2010-02-05 12:25 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tracker7.livejournal.com
Nah. Just explained it. Then changed my IM status to a link to the Random House Dictionary definition. And my nameplate title to said definition. Including attribution, 'cause I'm a completist.

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