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Xander

I have my pride. Okay, I don’t have a lot of my pride, but I have enough so that I can’t do this.

— Buffy the Vampire Slayer · 1997

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker claims some self-respect, then immediately admits it is in short supply. Still, they insist enough remains to make one particular thing impossible. The joke is self-mockery: pride is a thin reserve, but it stops them at a firm limit.

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