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27. Do the eyes appear to follow you?

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 08:12 PM

Thursday

On each landing, opposite the lift-shaft, the poster with the enormous face gazed from the wall. It was one of those pictures which are so contrived that the eyes follow you about when you move. BIG BROTHER IS WATCHING YOU, the caption beneath it ran.

— George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part I, Chapter I

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Dictators on buildings. LetMyPeopleVote Thursday #20

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Your words are quite true. chouchou 2 hrs ago #55

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Too bad it's out of spit/piss range. Talitha Thursday #32

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I was hoping to challenge your grammar, but I see it's correct ... eppur_se_muova Thursday #37

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History is "rhyming". LudwigPastorius Thursday #42

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