{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"#314 - The Word Perfect","description":"Have you ever heard the phrase for lack of a better word? It means that you\u2019re searching your vocabulary to find the most applicable language that best represents what you\u2019re trying to convey. Sometimes you don\u2019t have the exact word, but by using this phrase, you make it known that your intention is to communicate your thoughts effectively. And it\u2019s totally cool. Because it is understood by the person with whom you\u2019re interacting that although you don\u2019t currently have the best articulation, you are also not trying too hard to impress. And that is what\u2019s wrong with how the word perfect is wielded today. People overuse it believing they are demonstrating wisdom by applying it where a less fabulous word would normally go\u2014thinking that it boosts their ability to elocute perfect words. Which makes sense. Because the current me society that displays their filtered flawlessness on the internet as a quantified representation of who they are, is hiding from the word imperfect. That\u2019s one you won\u2019t hear them use. It\u2019s absurd. A trigger. How dare you! The overplay of the word perfect is an encapsulation of this artificially intelligent future we are doing \u201cthe robot\u201d into. Perception is largely reality, and the word accentuates the image people pretend to possess. There\u2019s this idea that if you say something perfect, then perfection will materialize, which realistically doesn\u2019t happen. Just because you use the word to describe something as perfect, it doesn\u2019t make it perfect. So, when the woman who answers the phone in customer service gleefully uses the word more than twice for the figurative cherry on the sundae, she is in essence informing herself that not only did she resolve the issue, but it couldn\u2019t have been handled any more perfectly. But no, I\u2019m sorry, the last 4 digits of my social security number are not perfect. They are just ok. You know what\u2019s perfect? Cannabis. And Agnes, my pet Gerbil.    ","author_name":"Stoney Baloney | A Narrated Cannabis Column","author_url":"https:\/\/leafmagazines.com\/podcasts\/stoney-baloney\/","html":"