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ew

I actually did have a colorblind boss. He was blue-green colorblind though, so when he'd piss me off, I'd use really obnoxious shades of those two colors in his Powerpoint presentations. Also, he'd make him paranoid about his clothes matching.

Stop. Please. I need that sweet, sweet mutual fund advisory fee money to live.

Sounds like the keyboard on a laptop. I'm old. I still have a desktop set up at work with an original Dell mechanical keyboard circa 1996.

Is it a moist membrane?

Yeah, no. That shit is stupid.

So apparently I'm old … is there any other kind?

Not that sweet Laurel Canyon sound …

Throwback!

Well, Cosby and the Catholic Church.

So, in other words, it was a fitting portrayal of the Plastic Paddy phenomena in the Irish-American community post-Celtic tiger?

"Weaponized nostalgia" is a great term and a good way to describe the current political environment.

Right?!

The end result? Nothing. The committee can pat itself on a job well done but that's about that.

He sounds like he needs to head down to Mexico for some experimental stem cell treatments for Alzheimer's.

And changed "exposed" to "further confirmed".

Yeah, those flaming arrows are going to take out a fucking dreadnought.

It basically means old and prestigious. As per William Safire, a language expert, it's derived from white bucks - the light tan or white buckskin shoes with red soles - which were very popular with the Ivy League set back in the 1950's. Here's an article on the term:

Right? It's just so fitting. I worked for the Registrar of another diploma mill and the joke around the office was "At least we aren't Cooley".

Yeah, my former boss when to Cooley. In his defense, he went on a full ride and also got into Dickinson.