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** The explanation is something most people would find [[{{Squick}} disgusting or disturbing]] and Alice doesn't want to freak out Bob.

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** The explanation is something most people would find [[{{Squick}} disgusting or disturbing]] disturbing (see inversion #1)]] and Alice doesn't want to freak out Bob.
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** The explanation is something most people would find [[{{Squick}} disgusting or disturbing]] and Alice doesn't want to freak out Bob.
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* '''Inverted''': [[TooMuchInformation Before anyone even has a chance to ask, Alice launches into an in-depth explanation of how her boyfriend has an astronaut fetish and "pants like a dog in heat" whenever she puts the helmet on.]]

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* '''Inverted''': '''Inverted''':
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[[TooMuchInformation Before anyone even has a chance to ask, Alice launches into an in-depth explanation of how her boyfriend has an astronaut fetish and "pants like a dog in heat" whenever she puts the helmet on.]]]]
** Before Alice can answer, Bob decides he doesn’t want to know.
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* '''Downplayed''': ???

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* '''Downplayed''': ???Alice feeds somebody something, causing them to get ill very quickly. When asked what she fed them, she only says "do you not want to know."

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* '''Played Straight''': Alice shows up at work wearing an astronaut costume. Bob, upon asking why, is told that he's better off not knowing.

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* '''Played Straight''': '''Straight''': Alice shows up at work wearing an astronaut costume. Bob, upon asking why, is told that he's better off not knowing.



* '''Downplayed''': ???



* '''Inverted''':[[TooMuchInformation Before anyone even has a chance to ask, Alice launches into an in-depth explanation of how her boyfriend has an astronaut fetish and "pants like a dog in heat" whenever she puts the helmet on.]]
* '''Averted''': Bob asks, Alice tells.
* '''Parodied''': Bob desperately wants to find out Alice's secret, and so becomes her slave on the condition that she'll eventually tell. She never does.

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* '''Inverted''':[[TooMuchInformation '''Inverted''': [[TooMuchInformation Before anyone even has a chance to ask, Alice launches into an in-depth explanation of how her boyfriend has an astronaut fetish and "pants like a dog in heat" whenever she puts the helmet on.]]
* '''Averted''': Bob asks, Alice tells.
* '''Parodied''': Bob desperately wants to find out Alice's secret, and so becomes her slave on the condition that she'll eventually tell. She never does.
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* '''Parodied''': Bob desperately wants to find out Alice's secret, and so becomes her slave on the condition that she'll eventually tell. She never does.



* '''Averted''': Bob asks, Alice tells.
* '''Enforced''': It's part of a NoodleIncident being left to the viewer's imagination.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice starts to fray under the tremendous strain of keeping something so awful to herself.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...but the hints she starts dropping make Bob realise he does NOT want to know, and he refuses to listen.
* '''Enforced''': It's part of a NoodleIncident being left to the viewer's imagination.



* '''Exploited''': ???



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice starts to fray under the tremendous strain of keeping something so awful to herself.
* '''Reconstructed''': ...but the hints she starts dropping make Bob realize he does NOT want to know, and he refuses to listen.



Trust me, you don't want to see what's at YouDoNOTWantToKnow.

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Trust me, you don't want to see what's at YouDoNOTWantToKnow.YouDoNOTWantToKnow.
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%%* '''Implied''': ???
%%* '''Plotted A Good Waste''': ???
%%* '''Played For Laughs''': ???
%%* '''Played For Drama''': ???

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* '''Justified''': The explanation involves Bob in some way, and Alice doesn't want to upset/offend him.

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* '''Justified''': '''Justified''':
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The explanation involves Bob in some way, and Alice doesn't want to upset/offend him.
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* ThingsManWasNotMentToKnow

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* ThingsManWasNotMentToKnow** TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow
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* '''Reconstructed''': ...but th hints she starts dropping make Bob realise he does NOT want to know, and he refuses to listen.

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* '''Reconstructed''': ...but th the hints she starts dropping make Bob realise he does NOT want to know, and he refuses to listen.
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* '''Reconstructed''': ...but Bob's active imagination has by then warned him that he does NOT want to know, and he refuses to listen.

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* '''Reconstructed''': ...but Bob's active imagination has by then warned him that th hints she starts dropping make Bob realise he does NOT want to know, and he refuses to listen.
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* '''Reconstructed''': ???

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* '''Reconstructed''': ???'''Reconstructed''': ...but Bob's active imagination has by then warned him that he does NOT want to know, and he refuses to listen.



* '''Conversed''': ???

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* '''Conversed''': ???"You know, I was going to ask, but I probably don't want to know."
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* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???Upon seeing Alice, Bob asks coworker Sally why Alice is dressed like that. Sally tells him he probably doesn't want to find out.
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*'''Exaggerated''': Alice shows up for work dressed as an astronaut, bleeding, carrying a mysterious package, and being followed by giraffes. "You do ''not'' want to know," she says. "About what?" "''Anything.''"

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