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		EpicEng on March 10, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Former Google exec Lee confirmed to lead U.S. pate... Complete and utter lack of real-world industry experience?

spacemanmatt on March 10, 2015 [–]

That is the tropiest trope that ever troped.

EpicEng on March 10, 2015 | [–]

I'm not sure you know what that word means.

spacemanmatt on March 12, 2015 | | [–]

You might be surprised to find that your assertion, reduced to a stereotype, then used in a metaphor about familiar situations meets the connotation if not also the definition of a trope for my earlier upvoters.

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