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Aveeo is not online. Aveeo
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21 Oct 2015 07:46 PM
It's almost scary with some of the resemblances that book has to modern society.

Like the scene where Goldstein is on the telescreen for the Two Minutes of Hate and everyone is yelling and screaming at it reminds me of the modern news articles that are solely written to stir up strong emotions in the reader (particularly anger).

And the 24/7 propaganda holds true for today.

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btmk is not online. btmk
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21 Oct 2015 07:47 PM
But the governments still don't watch everyone 24/7...
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GFink is not online. GFink
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21 Oct 2015 07:47 PM
@btmk
yea they kinda do
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EXcellent is not online. EXcellent
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21 Oct 2015 07:47 PM
If you think that's scary, read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.

It rings much more true to today's society than 1984.
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cruzymudwulf is not online. cruzymudwulf
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21 Oct 2015 07:49 PM
hahahahahahahahaha why are you reading childrens books in literature
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Aveeo is not online. Aveeo
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21 Oct 2015 07:49 PM
@EX

It is on my list of books to read before I die.

Isn't it about a society where everyone is so ridiculously passive? Or is that another book?

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21 Oct 2015 07:49 PM
yeah kind of
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EXcellent is not online. EXcellent
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21 Oct 2015 07:49 PM
"hahahahahahahahaha why are you reading childrens books in literature"
I don't think 1984 is a children's book, bud.
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Aveeo is not online. Aveeo
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21 Oct 2015 07:50 PM
@cruzy

Oh? And what fine literature have you been reading lately?

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PulpSkirt is not online. PulpSkirt
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21 Oct 2015 07:50 PM
despite being british, with 1984 orwell wrote, imo, a very very american book. america has this culture of fear that most other western nations do not. there is constant fear of a tyrannical government in the united states; one that will take away our guns and poison our air. on the other hand, the united kingdom has millions of public security cameras and the public at large has no qualms with this.

i understand the fear 1984 instills, but it is a rather ridiculous one
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EXcellent is not online. EXcellent
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21 Oct 2015 07:51 PM
"Isn't it about a society where everyone is so ridiculously passive? Or is that another book?"
Yeah, that's it. A society hypnotized by pleasure rather than fear.
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hambert is not online. hambert
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21 Oct 2015 07:52 PM
anthem is better and libertarian
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cruzymudwulf is not online. cruzymudwulf
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21 Oct 2015 07:52 PM
"I don't think 1984 is a children's book, bud."

only 14 year olds and people with the mentality of 14 year olds (which is the majority of the popular) like it

"I don't think 1984 is a children's book, bud."

just finished reading "invisible cities" by italo calvino today
read "one day in the life of ivan denisovich" by alexander solzhenitsyn, "valis" by pkd, and "politics" by aristotle the other day
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21 Oct 2015 07:53 PM
whoops i quoted the same thing twice but you get the idea
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Aveeo is not online. Aveeo
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21 Oct 2015 07:53 PM
@Pulp

You make a valid point.

I don't have fear that any second my rights are going out the window, but I do feel that the whole propaganda thing rings very true in today's world. America may not be a totalitarian society, but it definitely is a society that perpetuates a very large amount of propaganda.

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21 Oct 2015 07:54 PM
I didn't realize you were so pretentious, crazymadwolf.
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cruzymudwulf is not online. cruzymudwulf
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21 Oct 2015 07:54 PM
"I didn't realize you were so pretentious, crazymadwolf."

im just smart
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Aveeo is not online. Aveeo
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21 Oct 2015 07:55 PM
"just finished reading "invisible cities" by italo calvino today
read "one day in the life of ivan denisovich" by alexander solzhenitsyn, "valis" by pkd, and "politics" by aristotle the other day"

You're bluffing. I highly doubt you could have completed all of those books in a single day.

I am also reading 20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and Crookedstar's Promise by Erin Hunter.

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21 Oct 2015 07:56 PM
Respect the science!
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PulpSkirt is not online. PulpSkirt
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21 Oct 2015 07:57 PM
"just finished reading "invisible cities" by italo calvino today
read "one day in the life of ivan denisovich" by alexander solzhenitsyn, "valis" by pkd, and "politics" by aristotle the other day"

oh good god it must be roomy in your arse. i remember you as the guy who read nietzsche but only took away the line 'god is dead'. not the meaning - just the line
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CasperTheGhost7 is not online. CasperTheGhost7
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21 Oct 2015 07:57 PM
I read some worse alternate histories from online. I think the most grim and depressing one I read was What Madness Is This. Seriously read parts of the entire story the damn world is full coldblooded haters who hate anybody who not of their country and many other things.

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21 Oct 2015 07:57 PM
"im just smart"
Then no need to put down 1984 like that. It's still a very nice novel.
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cruzymudwulf is not online. cruzymudwulf
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21 Oct 2015 07:57 PM
"You're bluffing. I highly doubt you could have completed all of those books in a single day.

I am also reading 20000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne and Crookedstar's Promise by Erin Hunter"

yeah, i didn't read all those books in a single day but i read them in like the last week or two

20000 leagues under the sea is pretty good and im not big into warriors but to each their own
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CasperTheGhost7 is not online. CasperTheGhost7
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21 Oct 2015 07:58 PM
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is my favorite book. I remember reading it when I was 13 and I loved the entire plot and story.
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cruzymudwulf is not online. cruzymudwulf
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21 Oct 2015 07:58 PM
"oh good god it must be roomy in your arse. i remember you as the guy who read nietzsche but only took away the line 'god is dead'. not the meaning - just the line"

its a funny line

"Then no need to put down 1984 like that. It's still a very nice novel."

its okay
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