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Yesterday, I was reading Orwell's "Politics and the English Language," as one does. Why don't I read Orwell all the time? Every time I pick him up, I think, holy shit, how good is this, must read more and more often. And then I get distracted by something--usually some stupid school thing. Anyway. I was just amazed, though, by the ways in which an essay written in 1946 still rings so true. People! stop using language in sloppy ways! don't rely on tired phrases which have lost all meaning! Think! Ah, I love Orwell.