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One of the benefits of aligning yourself with an indistinct cluster of people is that claiming to feel their pain is often enough.

Charlie Brooker

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Charlie Brooker
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: March 3
Broadcaster
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Don't accuse anyone with the temerity to question your sad supernatural fantasies of having a 'closed mind' or being 'blind to possibilities'. A closed mind asks no questions, unthinkingly accepting that which it wants to believe. The blindness is all yours.
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I've always had a bad attention span.
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In summary, our world is doomed.
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