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"So I answer yes, because I don't want to make them sad".
The intent seems to be to make people hopeful and then make them sad".
It might make them sad, but it would do its damnedest to make them care about what was happening up there on that stage.
You can feel what might make them sad, or excited, or scared - you sense them, you find out what they're like.
I have male colleagues who tell me I'm not aggressive enough and that I will never get what I want out of my team and female colleagues who tell me I'm too aggressive and that I make them sad.
If you have just been reduced to a catastrophe of tears and snot by footage of parents coming to terms with the death of their child, for example, you don't need to then watch a light entertainment broadcaster spend three minutes hamfistedly try to verbalise how sad it is that sad things make them sad.
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Some would prefer not break up with them over the phone because it can make them sadder than it would in person.
The wet weather made them sad, and their sadness made them more aware and attentive.
The deficit makes them sad.
What made them sad?
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