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− | So, what's up. I expected an explanation for this. WHERE IS IT? {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.53 | + | So, what's up. I expected an explanation for this. WHERE IS IT? {{unsigned ip|108.162.216.53}} |
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:Someone, somewhere on Earth, has to be awake, see the comic, come to this page, and write something. Automatic explanations are a long way out of our technological reach. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.169|108.162.216.169]] 05:21, 22 September 2014 (UTC) | :Someone, somewhere on Earth, has to be awake, see the comic, come to this page, and write something. Automatic explanations are a long way out of our technological reach. [[Special:Contributions/108.162.216.169|108.162.216.169]] 05:21, 22 September 2014 (UTC) | ||
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This reminds me of [[1146|Honest]]. [[User:Cheeselover724|Cheeselover724]] ([[User talk:Cheeselover724|talk]]) 05:37, 22 September 2014 (UTC) | This reminds me of [[1146|Honest]]. [[User:Cheeselover724|Cheeselover724]] ([[User talk:Cheeselover724|talk]]) 05:37, 22 September 2014 (UTC) | ||
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"Touché" is an acknowledgement by the person who has received a hit, not an assertion by his/her opponent. | "Touché" is an acknowledgement by the person who has received a hit, not an assertion by his/her opponent. | ||
A literal translation of "touché" is "touched" rather than "touch" so perhaps the use of English "touch!" is purposeful, a suggestion that the pair stop fencing and use physical touch to re-establish an open relationship. In that sense, the second person declines to drop his/her defenses and "trumps" the call for intimacy with a passive-aggressive emotional gesture, and a meta-comment pointing out to the first person (and incidentally to us readers) that the gesture occurred and that it has "priority." [[User:Taibhse|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse|talk]]) 16:04, 22 September 2014 (UTC) | A literal translation of "touché" is "touched" rather than "touch" so perhaps the use of English "touch!" is purposeful, a suggestion that the pair stop fencing and use physical touch to re-establish an open relationship. In that sense, the second person declines to drop his/her defenses and "trumps" the call for intimacy with a passive-aggressive emotional gesture, and a meta-comment pointing out to the first person (and incidentally to us readers) that the gesture occurred and that it has "priority." [[User:Taibhse|Taibhse]] ([[User talk:Taibhse|talk]]) 16:04, 22 September 2014 (UTC) | ||
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