A silver cloche on a plate with a lime-green tentacle curling out from under the lid and a fork beside it, on a charcoal background.

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The least they could do is kill my food before I eat it.

— Titan A.E.  ·  2000

Behind the line

What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker asks for what sounds like the bare minimum of meal preparation: kill the food before serving it. The complaint makes a startling prospect sound like an ordinary grievance about poor service, finding humour in the gap between alarm and everyday irritation.

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