People
The trouble was that he was talking in philosophy, but they were listening in gibberish.
— Terry Pratchett · Small Gods
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
This humorously captures the disconnect between a speaker's intended depth and their audience's actual comprehension. What felt like profound philosophy to the speaker landed as meaningless noise to everyone else, poking fun at how easily communication breaks down between different levels of understanding or attention.
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