An angular folded-paper shape and orange wires sit on a glowing blue circuit-board pattern with a small spark.

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Master Control Program

You're getting brutal, Sark. Brutal and needlessly sadistic.

— Tron ‧ 1982

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What it means

Our interpretation.

An accusation of escalating cruelty. The speaker tells someone they have become brutal and, worse, needlessly sadistic, meaning harsh beyond any purpose. The tone is a cold reproach, judging the cruelty as excess rather than as a tool.

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