A round opening reveals a tiny yellow armchair beneath glowing paper lanterns.

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Angela Chase

My dad thinks every person in the world is having more fun than him. Which could be true.

— My So-Called Life ‧ 1994

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker reports a father's belief that everyone else is having more fun, then allows that he might be right. That brief concession turns a description of habitual comparison into a joke at his expense. The uncertainty gives the final remark its dry edge.

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