Painterly mirrored disco ball beside a steaming patterned teacup on orange and purple shag.

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Austin Powers

As long as people are still having promiscuous sex with many anonymous partners while at the same time experimenting with mind-expanding drugs in a consequence-free environment, I’ll be sound as a pound!

— Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery • 1997

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Our interpretation.

Austin Powers declares his contentment tied to an era of carefree indulgence and experimentation without repercussions, exaggerating a permissive attitude for comic effect. The line satirizes nostalgic idealism about freedom, presenting his cheerful confidence as knowingly over the top rather than earnest advice.

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