Coiled green kelp rests in a blue-and-white porcelain spoon beside a pale glass pitcher and white coral.

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Terry Pratchett

"Yes, I thought it would be something like seaweed," agreed Rincewind. "They certainly taste like seaweed would taste if anyone was masochistic enough to eat seaweed."

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What it means

Our interpretation.

A sly joke about awful food. Something tastes just like seaweed would, but only if anyone were masochistic enough to eat seaweed. The speaker treats seaweed itself as the ultimate unpleasant meal, so the comparison becomes a double insult to the dish.

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