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“My kids are very young. I'm sure there's a world of horror for me to worry about as they get older.”

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Charlie Brooker is a British broadcaster, born on March 3, 1971. Known for his unique sense of humor and insightful commentary on modern society, Brooker has made significant achievements in television, online media, and publishing. more

“I did once leave one of [my kid] watching something on YouTube, something completely innocuous, and I went out of the room and the algorithm kept playing the next thing and the next thing and somehow worked its way around to showing him the trailer for John Carpenter's The Thing - at which point I walked back in. He wasn't happy.”

Way Kids Next Rooms Youtube Trailers Carpenter Algorithms

Author:Charlie Brooker

“I grew up in the countryside . But there's a danger of us romanticizing that. Because when I was a kid in 1982, that's what my parents were saying to me about television and comics and computer games!”

Kids Games Parent Danger Television Grew Computer Grew Up Countryside Computer Games

Author:Charlie Brooker

“[My parents when I was a kid] would go, "It's a nice hot day. Why are you inside watching the TV?" And you go, "Well, 'cause it's better?"”

Wells Kids Causes Parent Nice Tvs Hot Hot Days

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“[One of my kids ]is not named after Aldous Huxley. I haven't even read Brave New World!”

World Kids Havens Brave New World Brave New World Huxley

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“I'm terrible at reading fiction. I don't have the attention span - it's awful.”

Reading Attention Fiction Terrible Awful Attention Span Reading Fiction

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“Most of the books I read these days are children's books at bedtime.”

Children Book These Days Bedtime Children's Books

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“I left school on my 15th birthday.”

School Left Birthday

Author:David Bailey

“I've always had a bad attention span.”

Attention Attention Span

Author:Charlie Brooker

“[The rumor that David Cameron maybe once did this unspeakable thing with a pig's head] it was freakish and weird. It seemed such a coincidence that I couldn't quite process it. And then, as it sank in, I genuinely had the thought, "Am I living in a Truman Show sort of VR simulation designed to send me insane?"”

Shows Process Insane Pigs Coincidence Rumor Unspeakable Cameron Simulation Truman Truman Show

Author:Charlie Brooker

“"National Anthem" was just a funny idea I'd been knocking about. I initially thought about a beloved celebrity having to do that - and then I watched an episode of 24. In my head, I was writing almost a parody of a 24-style president woken in the middle of the night with a crisis. It seemed more interesting to play it ultrastraight and to have the viewer's initial reaction be one of laughter and disbelief - and just have the whole thing become progressively more uncomfortable.”

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