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I mostly agree, there is an omission of "edible" after "totally" that makes it read confusingly. However, I find the last sentence - "blood bath and genocide" -

by nawgz 5y ago

I mostly agree, there is an omission of "edible" after "totally" that makes it read confusingly. However, I find the last sentence - "blood bath and genocide" - to be very out of place, to the point where invoking "genocide" to talk about some mosquitos getting swatted feels quite inappropriate.

nitrogen 5y ago
Wouldn't the reverse reading make more sense, that the mosquitoes were creating a blood bath? And when did colorful metaphors become anathema?
riffic 5y ago
it's metaphoric. Language can be used outside of its typical idiomatic expression.