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I’m testing the air. I like it but it doesn’t like me.

— Connor • The Philadelphia Story

A dark partly inverted umbrella hangs against swirling violet storm clouds.
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The speaker says they like the air but that the feeling is not mutual. Giving the atmosphere a preference turns an uncomfortable experience into a brief joke about rejection. The line suggests that being out in the air is proving less agreeable than the speaker hoped.

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