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Demerits for misuse of "say less" and "baka". Other than that, high marks!
"Say less" is etymologically tied to "say no more". It is possible that I am wrong about "baka", because I'm an otaku, but I presume they're using it in the anime way, and not just completely divorcing it from its actual meaning. I might be giving them to much credit.
Doest baka more or less just mean "idiot\stupud"?
Yep
Then it looks like his statement makes total cringe sense.
You know what, you're right, the preceding sentence is supposed to be critical of the listener, so they are actually misusing "straight fire", which would imply something good.