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Luxury brands complain about dupes, but what they do is also imitation: new money imitating status, aristocracy, 'old money'. So where does the real end and the imitation begin?
— internet discourse
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Set the timer (5-30 min), take 20 seconds of prep if you like, start talking. Jot your thoughts onto the sticky-note board.
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