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Don't even ask for an explanation: simply "I don't get it"
with the flattest voice and smallest shrug you can manage.
Then stop talking.
Let the awkward silence fill the air and don't break eye contact.
There is an implicit expectation for an explanation, but it puts the focus on their creepy non sequiturs and denied then the rage they are trying to bait