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Eric, you need to look at the whole picture," the PM said. "You look at the jobless as a huge pile of scrap and you're looking for what can be recycled. That's good. That's your job. But what you don't realise is that this pile of scrap itself serves a purpose. I need my zeros, Eric. They put fear in people; fear of crime and terrorism. They are a stark reminder to the stakeholders that what they despise today, they may end up joining tomorrow. It keeps them obedient. Remember that!


Mark Cantrell


#government #satire #science-fiction #society #unemployment

Uh, excuse me, sir, I, uh, don't known how to uh, to uh, tell you this, but you were three minutes late. The schedule is a little, uh, bit off." He grinned sheepishly. "That's ridiculous!" murmured the Ticktockman behind his mask. "Check your watch." And then he went into his office, going mrmee, mrmee, mrmee, mrmee.


Harlan Ellison


#science-fiction #science

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.


Ralph Waldo Emerson


#civilization

What a pessimist you are!" exclaimed Candide. "That is because I know what life is," said Martin.


Voltaire


#pessimism #satire #life

The birthing wolf, Her heart fed with tenderness, Gave forth from ripe brown nipples, Food to feed the universe.


Roman Payne


#hope-and-despair #payne #poem #roman #roman-payne

Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified.


Evelyn Waugh


#observation #satire #love

[On School Uniforms] Don't these schools do enough damage making all these kids think alike, now they have to make them look alike too? It's not a new idea, either. I first saw it in old newsreels from the 1930s, but it was hard to understand because the narration was in German.


George Carlin


#history #humor #satire #school #uniform

Well, fame is a drug and when you take it away from an addict, things can get ugly.


Melissa Jo Peltier


#reality-tv #satire #television #humor

Bride, n. - A woman with a fine prospect of happiness behind her.


Ambrose Bierce


#happiness #humor #marriage #matrimony #satire

Were you terrified, Murgatroyd?" Murgatroyd nodded eagerly. "There you go, girl: You're a terrorist. You make me twitchy, and under Article Forty-One of the 2000 Terrorism Bill, that's all I need. Time for some reasonable force, I think.


China Miéville


#satire #humor






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