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Line 6: In a variant, instead of using the [[Stock Phrases]], Bob may just let Alice know he doesn't blame her for something because it's not her fault she's useless at whatever she was trying to do in the first place. Sometimes there is genuine misunderstanding somewhere in there. Sometimes Bob is just [[Literal-Minded\|taking Alice too literally]]. Sometimes he's [[Completely Missing the Point\|really]] ''[[Completely Missing the Point\|that]]'' [[Completely Missing the Point\|clueless]]. Sometimes he [[Cannot Tell a Joke\|just thinks he's being funny]]. Sometimes he's genuinely being a [[Jerkass]]. This doesn't need to be ~~intentional-- it~~intentional—it's only necessary that Alice interpret it this way: he has no authority to "lift blame" off her when whatever happened was not her fault in the first place, or it's something that's not even a real offense. [[Played for Laughs\|That's why it's funny]]. Compare with [[Backhanded Apology]]. See also [[Forgiveness]].

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