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moe on May 1, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: What time is it?

You can by definition not understand why they don't understand. If you understood why they don't understand then you'd likely not understand yourself. Likewise, if they understood why they don't understand then they'd probably have understood in first place.

alex_c on May 1, 2012 [–]

That argument works for the purely logical definition of "understand", but not so much for the "appreciate" or "accept" meanings of the word.

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