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Look at you lot, you’re all so vacant. Is it nice not being me? It must be so relaxing.
— Sherlock Holmes · Sherlock
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An editorial interpretation.
The speaker calls everyone else vacant, then presents being someone else as a relaxing alternative to being himself. The questions turn an insult into a boast about his own mind. Their mock curiosity makes the contempt sound especially casual and assured.
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