A brass magnifying glass enlarges a green spiky glass orb beside similar small orbs on an emerald surface.

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The Devil

These microbes never cease to amaze me. An orgy of pain and suffering in such a little tiny package. You really have to give that old bitch Mother Nature a lot of credit.

— Brimstone · 1998

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What it means

Our interpretation.

The speaker marvels at the amount of pain and suffering attributed to tiny microbes, then offers crude praise to Mother Nature. The disturbing admiration creates the tension. Small size is contrasted with destructive effect, making the language of appreciation serve an unsettling account of harm.

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