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You wouldn’t understand

A phrase used by someone usually while they’re busy feeling sorry for themselves over a situation that has them so upset they’ve selfishly deluded themselves into believing no one else could possibly understand what they’re going through.

All they want is your pity but you won’t help matters if you give it to them
Kathy: Come on Simon. I just want to help you. why won’t you talk to me?

Simon: (Sighs dramatically) You wouldn’t understand

You wouldn't understand 

'You wouldn't understand' refers to the meme: It's a _____ thing, you wouldn't understand.

It's a (insert anything you can think of: 'Person/First Name' 'Place/Jersey' 'Thing/Jeep') thing, you wouldn't understand. If you can think of it, it's been inserted into this meme.

The original phrase was "It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand". I could not find when it originated, but the earliest found it mentioned was in a book published in 1991 by Eugene Victor Wolfenstein, a social theorist and psychoanalyst, titled 'The Victims of Democracy: Malcolm X and the Black Revolution'.
It's a black thing, you wouldn't understand. It's a Jeep thing, you wouldn't understand. It's an Anime thing, you wouldn't understand. It's a Jersey thing, you wouldn't understand. It's a browncoat thing, you wouldn't understand.
You wouldn't understand by bizfossy December 15, 2017

you wouldn't understand, you're not in college 

said by a person to get on another persons nerves. usually the other person is asking a question. with which the first person responds with "you wouldnt understand, youre not in college". this can be said over and over and over again
sara: "how was dinner?"
Ryan: "you wouldn't understand, you're not in college"
sara: "but YOURE not in college either?!:
Ryan: "exactly. you wouldnt understand that because youre not in college"
sara: "but you arent in college so you wouldnt understand either!"
ryan: "you wouldnt understand, youre not in college"
sara: "thats it! we are through!"
ryan: "I dont thing you understand that terminology, youre not in college?"
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