DagwoodIII 169 points a year ago

The Bible is like the Constitution. You don't have to read it to know it's meaning.

And I'll add the "/s" because it's 2025

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cygnus 127 points a year ago

The four horsemen of things people on the internet don't read, but still comment about endlessly:

The Bible
The US constitution
1984
Whatever article is in the OP

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threeonefour 50 points a year ago

I actually read 1984 because of all the "literally 1984" memes. It's dry but it does hold up surprisingly well.

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CountVlad47 21 points a year ago

It kinda reads like Orwell wanted to write an essay on the subject but thought it would get a larger audience if he wrote it as a novel. I read it about twenty years ago and even back then it was terrifying just how many of the predictions had already come true.

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DagwoodIII 7 points a year ago

"Stand On Zanzibar" has entered the chat.

The author of the novel, John Brunner, read Alvin Toffler's books and wrote a science fiction novel based on them. It won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 1969 and it's scary how many of the predictions came to pass

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