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I am not a merry man!
— Worf ‧ Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker firmly rejects the idea that they are cheerful or jovial. The exclamation gives the denial a gruff, almost offended force, as though merriment were a trait they refuse to be accused of. It reads as a blunt declaration of a serious, unsmiling temperament.
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