https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Mag748explain xkcd - User contributions [en]2026-04-09T13:05:06ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.30.0https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:1423:_Conversation&diff=76084Talk:1423: Conversation2014-09-19T14:55:04Z<p>Mag748: /* She took the candle with her... */ new section</p>
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<div>I have tried to think of what I could put in here, but I can't think of anything. Awkward. {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.149| 09:24, 19 September 2014 (UTC)}}<br />
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Oh god, she's me. Someone please help her! [[Special:Contributions/141.101.93.206|141.101.93.206]] 09:28, 19 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
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By coincidence, on a Facebook Asperger syndrome group that I'm a member of, there was this bit of dialog, purportedly from a party someone had attended: A: So, what do you work at? B: I have an invalid pension. A. Ah, I see. What's wrong with you? B: I'm not capable of lying. --[[User:RenniePet|RenniePet]] ([[User talk:RenniePet|talk]]) 11:14, 19 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
:Surely no one would actually say "What's wrong with you?" in that situation, perhaps someone with Asperger syndrome wouldn't notice, but that's so rude. [[Special:Contributions/141.101.106.107|141.101.106.107]] 11:28, 19 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
::Well, it was freely translated from Danish, and Danes are fairly blunt, without it necessarily being considered unfriendly. The original text: <br />
::Hørt ved et selskab: <br />
::- 'Nå, hvad laver du så til hverdag?' <br />
::- 'Jeg er førtidspensionist.' <br />
::- 'Okay, hvad fejler du?' <br />
::- 'Jeg er ærlig.' <br />
::--[[User:RenniePet|RenniePet]] ([[User talk:RenniePet|talk]]) 11:50, 19 September 2014 (UTC)<br />
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== She took the candle with her... ==<br />
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I guess she felt it would have been too awkward to leave him there alone with the candle burning as a symbol of what could have been...</div>Mag748