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We probably could have saved ourselves, but we were too damned lazy to try very hard … and too damn cheap.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker blames a shared failure on laziness and unwillingness to spend what rescue required. The admission that saving themselves was probably possible makes the outcome more bitter. It presents disaster as a consequence of choices and neglected effort, rather than something wholly unavoidable.
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