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I’d like to thank my terrible childhood and the academy — in that order.
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The speaker mockingly thanks two influences: a “terrible childhood” and the academy. Putting childhood first suggests it mattered more, or at least deserves the sharper emphasis. The line turns painful experience and formal education into unexpected things to credit, creating a dry contrast between hardship and institution.
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