IMHO the "I found marginal notes in this used copy of 1984" joke post making fun of the "I found marginal notes in this used Bukowski collection" non-joke post is, in fact, not particularly clever
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"you should just assume that every cool or interesting or funny thing you see on twitter is faked for clout, or you're a sucker" is a bad way to live
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cf. the "my 2-year-old said [impossibly complex political statement]" genre of mockery of genuine "my [young but capable of full sentences age] child said [completely reasonable thing]" tweets as well
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your reflexive cynicism is poison. quit replaying South Park reruns in your mind and figure out the difference between thinking critically and being an asshole for no reason.
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Replying to @ScottMadin
I presume the 1984 post was an apologia for stalinism
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nah, it was someone who'd penciled in things like "whoa, this is orwellian!" with an arrow pointing to the "war is peace/ignorance is strength/freedom is slavery" bit
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