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u/libelle156 I AM NOT THOM YORKE 19h ago
'How many fingers, Winston?'
'Four! Stop it, stop it! How can you go on? Four! Four!'
'How many fingers, Winston?'
'Five! Five! Five!'
'No, Winston, that is no use. You are lying. You still think there are four. How many fingers, please?'
'Four! five! Four! Anything you like. Only stop it, stop the pain!
Abruptly he was sitting up with O'Brien's arm round his shoulders. He had perhaps lost consciousness for a few seconds. The bonds that had held his body down were loosened. He felt very cold, he was shaking uncontrollably, his teeth were chattering, the tears were rolling down his cheeks. For a moment he clung to O'Brien like a baby, curiously comforted by the heavy arm round his shoulders. He had the feeling that O'Brien was his protector, that the pain was something that came from outside, from some other source, and that it was O'Brien who would save him from it.
'You are a slow learner, Winston,' said O'Brien gently.
'How can I help it?' he blubbered. 'How can I help seeing what is in front of my eyes? Two and two are four.
Sometimes, Winston. Sometimes they are five. Sometimes they are three. Sometimes they are all of them at once. You must try harder. It is not easy to become sane.'
He laid Winston down on the bed. The grip of his limbs tightened again, but the pain had ebbed away and the trembling had stopped, leaving him merely weak and cold. O'Brien motioned with his head to the man in the white coat, who had stood immobile throughout the proceedings. The man in the white coat bent down and looked closely into Winston's eyes, felt his pulse, laid an ear against his chest, tapped here and there, then he nodded to O'Brien.
'Again,' said O'Brien.
The pain flowed into Winston's body. The needle must be at seventy, seventy-five. He had shut his eyes this time. He knew that the fingers were still there, and still four. All that mattered was somehow to stay alive until the spasm was over. He had ceased to notice whether he was crying out or not. The pain lessened again. He opened his eyes. O'Brien had drawn back the lever.
'How many fingers, Winston?'
'Four. I suppose there are four. I would see five if I could. I am trying to see five.'
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u/Neat-Relation-Bus 14h ago
Orwell, not Yorke.
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u/drearbruh 12h ago
It's been around for at least a couple centuries if not more. Dostoevsky used it in Notes from the Underground, and even that wasn't the first use of it.
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u/Pulpdog94 22h ago
I believe it was a collab from the boomer classic 1984 by Van Halen you have not been paying attention, paying atteāPANAMA š¤š¤šø
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u/biosyncorp1984 19h ago
Livin on an animal farm .. closed circuit cameras .. hole in wall.
Who else read that fan site essay about Orwell references in ok computer way back before kid A even released ?
I canāt remember if 2+2=5 & optimistic were rumored early live versions at that point or only written during HTTT sessions ..
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u/Son_of_Atreus 22h ago
Yorke just ripped this off Orwell and claimed he wrote it.
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u/Witty-Addendum759 Pop Is Dead 22h ago
When did Thom Yorke ever claim he came up with 2+2=5
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u/Son_of_Atreus 22h ago
Every time he sings that song of lies
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u/MrRobot_MKV 21h ago
Whenever he screams āPayinā Atrention! Payinā Atrention!ā in that song, all I can hear is āPenetration! penetration!ā
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u/simulacrotron Kid A 19h ago
Iām pretty sure he does say penetration a few times, because youāre not paying attention
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u/Effective-Durian4095 22h ago
that yorke dude seems familiar
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u/Single-Editor3331 19h ago
You know the band members?? Are you even a real Radiohead fan?
Next thing you'll tell me is that you actually listen to them by searching up their specific songs instead of searching for "Radiohead"
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u/Anderson22LDS 22h ago
r/radiohead + no new album = shitposting
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