The overall picture, as the boys say, is of a degraded community whose idealism even is largely fake. The pretentiousness, the bogus enthusiasm, the constant drinking, the incessant squabbling over money, the all-pervasive agent, the strutting of the big shots (and their usually utter incompetence to achieve anything they start out to do), the constant fear of losing all this fairy gold and being the nothing they have never ceased to be, the snide tricks, the whole damn mess is out of this world.

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This quote conveys a critique of a community or group that appears to be driven by a false sense of idealism. The description highlights elements such as pretentiousness, insincere enthusiasm, excessive drinking, continual arguments about money, overpowering presence of agents, arrogant behavior from those in power, their inability to accomplish their goals, an underlying fear of losing their inflated status, manipulative tactics, and an overall sense of chaos. The phrase "out of this world" suggests that the situation is beyond comprehension or extremely unusual.

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