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Lindsey

This was maybe not such a good idea!

— The Abyss · 1989

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

A rueful, understated admission of second thoughts: the speaker now doubts an earlier choice, softening it with "maybe" and "not such a good" even as the exclamation mark hints at urgency. It is a moment of reassessment rather than a full confession of error.

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