Local Resident Refuses To Clarify Meaning Of Public Statement
A local musician has spent decades declining to explain a widely discussed statement, leaving the public no closer to understanding what anybody was talking about.
News Intro
A public statement issued in the mid-1990s continues to generate discussion after the author once again declined to explain what it actually meant.
Observers have spent decades attempting to determine the identity of a person, concept, object or administrative process referred to only as "Wonderwall".
No consensus has emerged.
The Reddit Post
AITA for not explaining who I'm talking about?
Throwaway because people have been asking me this for nearly thirty years.
Several years ago I wrote a statement expressing appreciation for somebody.
The statement included references to saving me, supporting me and generally being important.
I believed this was reasonably straightforward.
Unfortunately the public immediately began asking:
"Who is it about?"
At first I ignored them.
This only encouraged them.
Since then I have been asked thousands of times.
Every answer I give somehow creates additional questions.
Some people think it's about a partner.
Others think it's about friendship.
Others think it's about personal growth.
One person suggested local government.
At this point I'm no longer sure it matters.
AITA for refusing to clarify?
EDIT: The comments are proving my point.
EDIT 2: No, I'm not going to explain it.
EDIT 3: Please stop sending theories.
Expert Analysis
Ambiguity can be healthy in relationships. Ambiguity maintained for thirty years is considerably more challenging.
The statement remains one of the most analysed interpersonal communications of its generation despite containing remarkably little actionable information.
Unrelated Expert Analysis
The article repeatedly references a wall, yet provides no indication whether rail infrastructure is involved.
Maybe Wonderwall is the friends we made along the way.
Trevor was unable to elaborate.
What Reddit Thinks
u/ConcernedBadger481 · 45122 points · 6h ago
NTA. You don't owe the public an explanation.
u/Temporary_Cucumber_5 · 41291 points · 6h ago
INFO: What is Wonderwall?
u/Temporary_Cucumber_5 · 41290 points · 6h ago
Actually never mind.
u/GooseOfRegret22 · 38102 points · 6h ago
I opened this post expecting answers and somehow have fewer than when I started.
u/WallEnthusiast64 · 16211 points · 6h ago
As somebody who works professionally with walls, I feel excluded from this discussion.
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What is Wonderwall?
Update
The original poster later returned with an update.
Thank you for the feedback.
Many commenters requested clarification.
I have considered this carefully.
No.