Quotes by Critics

I don't know how, at an age when you're trying to put your identity together, how you cope with the pressure of a performance space, which is what social media is. Charlie Brooker

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I'm quite techy and gadgety. Charlie Brooker

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Technology is a tool that has allowed us to swipe around like an angry toddler. Charlie Brooker

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I've got no attention span. Charlie Brooker

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The logical quandaries thrown up by well-meaning systems are clearly something that I find darkly amusing. Charlie Brooker

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In the age of social media, everyone's a newspaper columnist, exaggerating what they think and feel. Charlie Brooker

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I'm scared about everything. I'm an anxious worrier. I worry about the downside of everything. Charlie Brooker

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I can quickly go to a place where I worry about society spiralling out of control. Charlie Brooker

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My career path is like crazy paving - it goes all over the place. Charlie Brooker

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Our metropolises are blighted by two problems: a lack of public transport and a lack of public loos. Charlie Brooker

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We don't sit down and look at the news pages and think, 'How could we do an episode about that?' Charlie Brooker

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Humans will always babble. If someone wants to tweet that they can't decide whether to wear blue socks or brown socks, then fair enough. But when sharing becomes automated, I get the heebie-jeebies. Charlie Brooker

I didn't pass my degree due to never handing in an acceptable dissertation, and while it didn't harm me in the long run, my failure to complete the course properly probably led me to spend the next six years or so coasting, unsure of what to do next. Charlie Brooker

It must be awful, being a homophobe. Charlie Brooker

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The entire economy relies on the suspension of disbelief. So does a fairy story or an animated cartoon. This means that no matter how soberly the financial experts dress, no matter how dry their language, the economy they worship can only ever be as plausible as an episode of 'SpongeBob SquarePants.' Charlie Brooker

You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat waiters and shop assistants, especially when you are one. Charlie Brooker

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The majority of people are perfectly capable of interacting with retail staff without spitting on them or whipping their hides like dawdling cattle, but Planet Earth still harbours more than its fair share of disappointments. Charlie Brooker

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What I disliked most about working as a shop assistant wasn't the occasional snooty customer or the shop or the hours, but the way people reacted when I told them I was a shop assistant - their automatic assumption that I didn't enjoy it. Charlie Brooker

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Ever since about 1998, when humankind began fast-forwarding through the gradually-unfolding history of progress, like someone impatiently zipping through a YouTube clip in search of the best bits, we've grown accustomed to machines veering from essential to obsolete in the blink of a trimester. Charlie Brooker

I can't imagine painting my face in a team colour and roaring with delight as a multi-millionaire kicks a ball at a net. Charlie Brooker

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I can't imagine voluntarily standing beside an F1 track in the rain, watching motorised wedges plastered in corporate decals zooming past at 500mph. Charlie Brooker

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Rather than setting yourself a New Year's resolution, why not simply pick a reason for hating yourself for the next 365 days? Takes less time, and it's easier to stick to. Charlie Brooker