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[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Any librarian worth their salt would find a secret way to get that kid his book

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

He looks so sad about not getting the book lmao

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Just buy a tesla and a smartphone. Those are the spy machines described in the book. The difference is that the 1984 government had to hide that stuff in your house and now, people even pay for them.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (4 children)

Honestly don't do anything you wouldn't want a fascism regime knowing about on any PC running Windows or MacOS or any smart phone.

On that note, what Linux distro are best for privacy?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Admittedly I'm not keeping up on this, so maybe outdated but it used to be Tails.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kali took Tails' place a few years back, I think.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Kali was more for pen testing, hacking. Tails was a live disc that defaulted to tor and other privacy focused use.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Depends on your opsec scope and use case. It also depends on the software you are running ontop like your browser or other services that probably have even more data on you.

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[–] [email protected] 35 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Is 1984 banned? That was mandatory reading...

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

As others have told you, yes. And the worst part is the justification is usually because Winston and Julia have sex. And it's not titillating. Orwell was not exactly writing erotica.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

yes they are literally banned at most schools in my state. Along with books that have LGBT charicters in them

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, and I'm glad that it is.

record skip, everyone stares at HawlSera awkwardly, guns are cocked and pointed at her

Because when you tell a people that a piece of media is too evil and vile to ever be looked at, that only makes them wanna read it more. I guruan-fucking-tee more people have read 1984 now that they're not allowed to!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

Points for self awareness, and for Streisand effect.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

It and Fahrenheit 451 are, ironically, among some of the most banned books in the US.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Footloose amusingly enough as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it because the title track has the line "kick off your Sunday shoes?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Presumably because it's about a real thing that made them scared in the 1800s and they're scared they'll be scared of being scared.

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 months ago

Literally 1984

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