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libria on April 24, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Google+ Head Vic Gundotra Leaving Company

The guy who "built" my house never lifted a hammer. I think our egos can take the abbreviated form of "assembled/managed the team that built G+" in stride. Context, dude.

pekk on April 24, 2014 [–]

You paid someone to build you a house. Therefore you built the house! It wouldn't have happened without you to pay, would it?

It's not dishonest, it's just shorthand. Context, dude.

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