A “How can you not know that!” B “How can you not know that!”
A said, “How can you not know that!” I said. This means that A does not know X: “why B does not know”. If A is allowed to ask this question of B, then B can similarly ask A, “Why don’t you know X?” (if the relationship is equal).
boomerang joke
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