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I can’t believe what a bunch of nerds we are. We’re looking up money laundering in a dictionary.
— Peter • Office Space
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker laughs at their own geekiness, amazed that they are consulting a dictionary to find out what money laundering means. The self-mockery lies in the mismatch between the illicit-sounding subject and the earnest, bookish way of investigating it.
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