• blackbelt352@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    George Orwell: Hey Karl can I copy your homework?

    Karl Marx: Sure just change it enough so it doesn’t look like you copied it.

    George Orwell writing 1984:

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        1 year ago

        Man, I am a big 1984 fan boy but reading We really took some of the wind out of my Orwell sails.

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      1 year ago

      I think you need to read 1984 a little more carefully. There’re a few critical details you appear to have missed, but don’t feel bad; a lot of readers make similar mistakes.