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One insult I never understood

posted a year ago by EleazarHisSon (769)
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"A lot faster than you'll ever live to be."

[–] pazuzu9 (408) 6 months ago

It just means the guys never going to be fast.

[–] liscarkat (19396) a month ago

Seems pretty straightforward.

[–] EleazarHisSon (769) a month ago

If he is faster than what the other will live to be, doesn't this imply that what he will live to be is long(er)? How is that a threat?

[–] MoviesStillSuck (560) a month ago

The man doesn’t have enough time left in his life to put in the practice that it would require for him to become as fast as Duncan. It’s basically a way of saying that he’ll die soon.