freethrowfig
Tourist
It is a good book and the one from his (Orwell) french teacher in school Aldous Huxley "Brave new World" is also quite good imo.
What do you keep next to your bed?
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Valkiria
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Both are interesting but are different dystopias.
"Brave new world" is a dystopia masked as a utopia where people are deceptively happy, while "1984" is the darkest and most misanthropic dystopia ever.
Activedogcouple
Citizen of Zooville
Towels
take_your_thyme
Tourist
Water, clock, chapstick, and tissues ?
wishboner
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Well, since I already admitted to being an old fart I think I read that book in 1982, maybe...lol Only because I had to for school...lol
iwanttobeabottom
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Pistol grip 18.5" barrel 12 gauge with 5 rounds of 3" 00 buckshot.
wishboner
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I've been watching Brave New World on Peacock, and it's not bad...not sure why they canceled it after just one season...
iwanttobeabottom
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And it's one god damn good song.
sarahsingletono98
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So you read about the future and still let this shit happen? ?
wishboner
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Shit always happens whether I want it to or not! lol
Valkiria
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
I have read at least 5 or 6 times The Hitchicker's guide to the galaxy. Now I am waiting for the vogons to destroy the Earth.
wishboner
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Well, those bureaucrats in the galactic government want their intergalactic highway construction project built, ya know!
sarahsingletono98
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Yes I am familiar with this place you call Taco Bell. Shit happens after eating there whether you want it or not .
wishboner
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
DIARRHEA HARDY HARR HARR DUURRRR!
But hey, don't knock Taco Bell. They sell a lot of chicken!
sarahsingletono98
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
KFC sells a lot of chicken. Did you know - kfc is the largest fast food chain in the world not McDonald’s?DIARRHEA HARDY HARR HARR DUURRRR!
But hey, don't knock Taco Bell. They sell a lot of chicken!
Knots-n-Berries
Tourist
Just keep the essentials phone charger, hair ties and anal plugs of course
Really? I thought McDonald’s was, although I have seen many more KFC outlets (than McDonald’s) in all the countries I have been to around SEA… interesting. And they have quite delicious and interesting local variations on the menus besides the popular fried chicken. ???
wishboner
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Wow, I've learned a lot from you! lol Like there are Pizza Huts near the pyramids!
wishboner
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Yeah, I would have guessed McDonald's too!
sarahsingletono98
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Mcd is banned in several countries. And kfc outnumbers them like 6-1 in China
sarahsingletono98
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sarahsingletono98
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wishboner
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Those fries do look great! lol Oh, and those pyramids are nice too...lol
Lol ? I assume they’re not photoshopped. ? Thank you. Talk about a view…
sarahsingletono98
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
No. kfc has a viewing deck on top of the building. Most restaurants on that side of the city do.
That’s a very good idea, how cool for the patrons ?
Sedirae
Citizen of Zooville
I've met COs in my time who thought 1984 and Brave New World were utopias. And they were adamant about it. Well one of them was. The other, the one who thought 1984 is utopic relented a bit, but still thought the world in there wasn't all bad.
Yeah, and they're calling me strange for thinking Starship Troopers (the book, the fucking book, not the damned movie) world is pretty desirable.
Valkiria
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Anyone who thinks 1984 is a utopia should read it twice and then live in North Korea for a year. The society and environment described in 1984 are horrifying in their relentless misery and hopelessness. What sick brain would want to live in such a world???