Room 101 - Get rid of something forever!

Just Another Apocalypse said:
People who haven't read 1984, and don't know that Room 101 is where you greatest (unbearable) fear is.

also pedantic cunt s like me...
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I haven't read 1984 and refuse to because of how often its trotted about.

I did know its where your fears went because it was on the Pilkington podcast. Ricky gets Karl to do room 101. The TV version makes it a bit lighter by saying pet peeves (iirc, I haven't seen it in donkeys years)

Thanks for the additional info though. Never hurts to have more knowledge.
 
Schlong song said:
I did know its where your fears went
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I've already stated I'm a pedant, sooo... It's where your fear IS. It's a torture room. Whatever your greatest fear is, that's what you are tortured with.

Btw, you should read it, it's short and available as a free download.

back to the theme of the thread: smack heads. Dull as fuck cunts.
 
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Schlong song said:
I haven't read 1984 and refuse to because of how often its trotted about.

I did know its where your fears went because it was on the Pilkington podcast. Ricky gets Karl to do room 101. The TV version makes it a bit lighter by saying pet peeves (iirc, I haven't seen it in donkeys years)

Thanks for the additional info though. Never hurts to have more knowledge.
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You really should read it. Orwell was a commie and I can totally sympathize with how sick you are of hearing about 1984 - but despite this, I'd say it's the one book every person living through Current Year should know and understand.

One of the really fucked things about British media is how they'll take concepts from Orwell, strip them of much of their intellectual weight, and repackage them as silly little games to amuse the proles (they did this with Big Brother as well). One of the main themes of 1984 is the media, and how control of information and collusion with the state was perverting the aims of socialism. Orwell himself worked as an employee at the BBC, and much of what he wrote about was already coming / had already come into place right before his eyes - it wasn't just a dystopian novel warning us of a potential future we need to guard against, it was an urgent whistleblowing by a fellow who worked at what today would be the equivalent of Google and Twitter. Of course, the BBC still exists, and is still as bad as ever (maybe worse now!). And instead of saying, "oh, yeah, you know what? Orwell was right about us, let's inform the public about the dangers of centralized control over information and the suppression of freedom of speech", instead they turn the terrorism/Twitter-outrage/COVID mindcontrol chamber that tortures people until they love the government, into a fun little gameshow where all your favorite shills rabbit on about the music and sports they mildly dislike.

Incidentally, Stephen Fry once tried to stick Room 101 into Room 101
as is typical of Fry, it's sort of a shit take - but while the underlying sentiment isn't necessarily bad, you can see how (as Charlie Brooker, the postmodern Orwell, has observed) the British media has learned to take valid criticism of itself, but derail it and turn it into yet more British media bullshit.
 
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Solid Snek said:
You really should read it. Orwell was a commie and I can totally sympathize with how sick you are of hearing about 1984 - but despite this, I'd say it's the one book every person living through Current Year should know and understand.

One of the really fucked things about British media is how they'll take concepts from Orwell, strip them of much of their intellectual weight, and repackage them as silly little games to amuse the proles (they did this with Big Brother as well). One of the main themes of 1984 is the media, and how control of information and collusion with the state was perverting the aims of socialism. Orwell himself worked as an employee at the BBC, and much of what he wrote about was already coming / had already come into place right before his eyes - it wasn't just a dystopian novel warning us of a potential future we need to guard against, it was an urgent whistleblowing by a fellow who worked at what today would be the equivalent of Google and Twitter. Of course, the BBC still exists, and is still as bad as ever (maybe worse now!). And instead of saying, "oh, yeah, you know what? Orwell was right about us, let's inform the public about the dangers of centralized control over information and the suppression of freedom of speech", instead they turn the terrorism/Twitter-outrage/COVID mindcontrol chamber that tortures people until they love the government, into a fun little gameshow where all your favorite shills rabbit on about the music and sports they mildly dislike.

Incidentally, Stephen Fry once tried to stick Room 101 into Room 101
as is typical of Fry, it's sort of a shit take - but while the underlying sentiment isn't necessarily bad, you can see how (as Charlie Brooker, the postmodern Orwell, has observed) the British media has learned to take valid criticism of itself, but derail it and turn it into yet more British media bullshit.
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I'll give it a read/listen. Fry has done an Orwell collection on Audible, so i'll give a try.

That video link doesn't allow me to watch it, which is a shame because i have a lot of time and respect for Fry
 
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If we’re talking petty personal pet peeve, then I’d want to eliminate insincerity. I have a lot more respect for people that outright say “I’m an asshole” as opposed to people who act decent/say nice things/pretend to be good people only for it to come out later they’re an asshole.

But if you want a more “worldly” answer, then I’d eliminate Abrahamic religion(s). Not because I have an issue with religion or spirituality, no, but I think that major religious institutions have too much authority and power and have long since departed from any goodwill they may have once held.
 
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The industrial revolution, we all know its consequences have been a disaster for mankind.

On a serious note? The internet. It has not proven to be a tool for good like we thought, it has been an unmitigated social disaster. As much as I like it I could never argue it was for the best.
 
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The fact that science is confusing, I don't care how they go about it.
 
So let's see... others on the thread have already deleted niggers, jews, troons, woke white women, social media, druggies, HR departments, cancer, alzheimers and the elites.

So, I think for me, I'll delete paper cuts.
 
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