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You got fired? I mean, that just screws up my whole idea of good and evil and God.
— Reality Bites • 1994
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Hearing that someone has been fired seems to overturn the speaker's entire moral framework. The leap from one job loss to good, evil and God gives the reaction comic scale, suggesting that this outcome clashes sharply with their expectations of fairness.
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