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johncomic1) If I ever name-dropped a popular culture reference and she said “I don't know what that means”® as she usually does, I wouldn't give her The Look like her co-workers do, I would patiently and matter-of-factly explain the reference to her.
2) At some point I would eventually say to her, “I hope you'll forgive me for persisting in referencing pop culture that you don't recognize, because your pop culture knowledge is widely scattered. You know Cyndi Lauper and you know a lot of jazz, for example. Therefore, it's hard for me to predict in advance which references you're familiar with and which ones you aren't. So I keep trying and hope for the best.”
3) And after I said that to her, she would get it without any problem, and she wouldn't think it was weird of me to say it.
We would get along fine.
2) At some point I would eventually say to her, “I hope you'll forgive me for persisting in referencing pop culture that you don't recognize, because your pop culture knowledge is widely scattered. You know Cyndi Lauper and you know a lot of jazz, for example. Therefore, it's hard for me to predict in advance which references you're familiar with and which ones you aren't. So I keep trying and hope for the best.”
3) And after I said that to her, she would get it without any problem, and she wouldn't think it was weird of me to say it.
We would get along fine.
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Date: 2010-01-05 04:53 am (UTC)[And, just for the record, I have two. Plus the Steve icon which doesn't count cuz it has more than just NAME!, and the GENE! icons which I built but don't have room to actually use here.]
And true, if you ever pulled your sarcasm on Bones, you would lose her utterly. We're talking ultimo-bewilder.