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I once thought I had mono for an entire year, It turned out I was just really bored.
— Wayne Campbell · Wayne's World
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker recalls believing a whole year of illness was mono, only to learn the real cause was boredom. The joke deflates a dramatic self-diagnosis with a mundane truth, suggesting how draining sheer tedium can feel. It mocks the speaker's own misreading with cheerful self-deprecation.
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