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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | In many English speaking countries, including the US, when someone presents the other with bad news, they respond with a sympathetic "I'm sorry". That is different from the apologetic "I'm sorry" that a person would give for something that is their fault. | ||
− | + | As it says below the comic, [[Cueball]] switches his sympathetic "I'm sorry" when [[Megan]] does not accept the "I'm sorry" because it was not his fault. Cueball says at the end "I know what I did..." | |
− | + | At the title text, "You know I've always hated her." is an explanation for burning down the house, albeit an insufficient one. | |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
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:Cueball: It's nice of you to say that, but I know what I did. | :Cueball: It's nice of you to say that, but I know what I did. | ||
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:It annoys me when people interpret an obviously sympathetic "I'm sorry" as an apology, so I've started responding by making it one. | :It annoys me when people interpret an obviously sympathetic "I'm sorry" as an apology, so I've started responding by making it one. | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Megan]] | ||
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