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Far as I see it, you people been given the shortest end of the stick ever been offered a human soul in this crap-hill 'verse. But you took that end, and you... Well, you took it. And that's - Well, I guess that's somethin'.
— Jayne • Firefly
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker says the people addressed have been handed the worst deal imaginable in a bleak world, yet they accepted it and carried on. The halting words carry respect offered grudgingly: enduring such a bad lot may not fix anything, but it counts for something.
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