• CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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      This is bad, but that’s such an overused comparison. It can even be counterproductive because the Oceania from the books is so obviously different from the real world.

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        I’m talking about the wall in their rooms though that they can use to listen in when they want, you have no private conversations.

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      A rapist, a snitch, a plagiarist, and a racist walk into a bar.

      The bartender asks “How’s the new book coming Mr. Orwell?”