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He deserves a torturous and slow death by spider bites. Well, for today, we'll just have to throw spitballs at his neck in class.
— Buffy the Vampire Slayer · 1997
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The speaker says the target deserves a slow, agonizing death from spider bites. Since that is not on offer, they settle for a petty schoolroom revenge: spitballs thrown at his neck during class. The comic downgrade turns lethal fantasy into small-scale spite.
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