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Why do you have to break up with her? Be a man. Just stop calling.
— Joey · Friends
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Here the speaker offers a blunt, dodgy take on ending a relationship: skip the hard conversation and simply stop calling. Calling that 'being a man' is the irony. Avoiding the talk is presented as the tougher, cleaner option, which is exactly backwards.
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