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What is this feeling I’m feeling right now? It’s like I’m sad for another person. Is that a thing? Am I going crazy?
— Louise • Bob's Burgers
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Here's someone puzzled by an unfamiliar emotion: feeling sad on another person's behalf. The rapid-fire questions, is that a thing, am I going crazy, show how odd it feels. The humour lies in treating simple sympathy like a mysterious symptom.
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