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I suppose it's a way of saying something along the lines of "I'm not feeling like it but I appreciate you enough to try to not be hurtful." This form of implicit communication works very well in close-knit communities, but once you start mixing people with different backgrounds, it becomes much more efficient to be direct and literal, even if communication loses a bit of its charm.