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You can't trust guys.
— Faith · Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker offers a blunt, sweeping verdict that men cannot be relied on. It comes across as a guarded, wary claim rather than a considered survey, the kind of hard rule someone adopts to protect themselves. It is presented as the speaker's own view, not established fact.
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