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MIT wanted me, you know. Wanted me to rule the world for them.
— Foot ‧ Help!
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Foot is bragging in an over-the-top way: a famous technical university supposedly wanted the speaker, and not merely as a student but to run the world on its behalf. The humour is the puffed-up self-importance, hard to take entirely seriously.
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