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1984 | Ch. 1.2 - Orwell Predicted Everything Except the Golden Girls Cover Song
Welcome back to Banned Camp, where we’re reading 1984 one chapter at a time and slowly realizing Orwell was way too optimistic. In today's episode, we cover Chapter 1.2, where Winston Smith is legally required to scream at a telescreen for two minutes straight (which, to be fair, is basically Twitter).
Meanwhile, Jennifer comes up with the worst Spin the Bottle scenario imaginable, and Robot fact-checks them both like an exhausted AP History teacher.
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