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toking
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"62,400" toking
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Feb 5 11:23 UTC 1999 |
62,400 repetitions
that's what they say
that's what you need for a single truth
62,400 repetitions
and I have forgotten
I have forgotten
I have forgotten
I have forgotten
ohh dear god,
62,396 to go
how can I survive?
and I have forgotten
I have forgotten
I have forgotten
I have forgotten
PLEASE! I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME
62,392 to go
and I"ve only 60 years to make it
and I have forgotten
I have forgotten
I have forgotten
I have forgotten
PLEASE! I can still smell his breath
62,388 to go
before I die I just want to say
that I have forgotten
I have forgotten
I have forgotten
I have forgotten
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lumen
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response 1 of 15:
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Feb 5 23:49 UTC 1999 |
I'm not sure I understand this poem. Where did you get the number
62,400?
Other than not understanding the content, the style doesn't particularly
strike me.
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cloud
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response 2 of 15:
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Feb 6 01:39 UTC 1999 |
Personally, I like the esoteric nature of this. It remindes me vaguely of
the "six degrees of seperation" shtick.
Here's the plot, as I read it: Some person has a had a very traumatic
experience. He's trying to forget it, but he won't, for whatever reason,
untill he's said it 62400 times (and probably won't then).
"I have forgotten," is of course, what he's trying to make true, but isn't.
I really like this. I get a very scary, panicy type of "mood" off it. Well
done.
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toking
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response 3 of 15:
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Feb 6 06:01 UTC 1999 |
I've yet too read the book, but I just watched the movie "Brave New
World" 62,400 repetitions of the same idea is what it takes to
condition that idea into fact
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cloud
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response 4 of 15:
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Feb 6 15:30 UTC 1999 |
Oh, yes, that's right. Read the book, BTW, it's much, much better. I'd have
to say it's one of the few books that have genuinly scared me.
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jazz
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response 5 of 15:
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Feb 6 19:26 UTC 1999 |
It's much easier to make someone believe it's a fact - three to
fourteen.
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brighn
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response 6 of 15:
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Feb 6 23:28 UTC 1999 |
but it's nearly impossible to make yourself belief some things... especially
"I have forgotten." The more you say it, the more you're focussing on what
you're trying to forget =}
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bookworm
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response 7 of 15:
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Feb 8 00:39 UTC 1999 |
Um... This one's a little deep for me.
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zoe
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response 8 of 15:
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Feb 8 03:07 UTC 1999 |
i finally got off my ass and read this one.. i like... 62,400
repetitions make one disgusting lie... i told you that you'd enjoy the
movie...
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brighn
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response 9 of 15:
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Feb 8 04:57 UTC 1999 |
Are we refering to the 1998 Peter Gallagher version (which I haven't seen),
or the 1980 version (which was pretty good)? both were TV movies.
The Huxley novel, at any rate, was at one time my favorite novel. I read it
in the neighborhood of 7 times.
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toking
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response 10 of 15:
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Feb 8 12:57 UTC 1999 |
I'm assuming its the `98 version
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zoe
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response 11 of 15:
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Feb 8 15:10 UTC 1999 |
it was on last year so i supose it would be the'98 version... besides,
it was pretty modern..
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toking
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response 12 of 15:
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Feb 8 15:17 UTC 1999 |
ehhh? how'd you manage to get on at 10 in the morning?
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zoe
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response 13 of 15:
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Feb 8 16:08 UTC 1999 |
This response has been erased.
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zoe
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response 14 of 15:
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Feb 8 16:10 UTC 1999 |
i'm came home sick from school... :)
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toking
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response 15 of 15:
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Feb 17 18:50 UTC 1999 |
(linked to the new peotry conf)
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