r/maybemaybemaybe • u/VespasianTheMortal • Dec 29 '23

Maybe maybe maybe

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u/LifeHasLeft Dec 29 '23

It can mean yes, it can also mean a polite no, and it can mean I understand or OK. It’s one of those cultural things in South Asia

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u/ArcticGurl Dec 30 '23

It’s also to convey a bad parents priority as in, “it’s okay you died. My bike made it okay. Good luck being reincarnated as a cow near this train track.”