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[Teoh]

What does this show/provide? In terms of techniques???

[malkin86]

speeds it up, allows for parallels to be drawn between what they're saying.

[Teoh]

Parallels? Like what...

Everyone seems to refer to this passage as a writing technique, but I can't see what it adds?

Speeding up, I can see that, but what does it add?

[malkin86]

"I've had it [black bandolier] nearly three months... 'Ending is better than mending'." It shows that they are acting out of their conditioning.

Also that bit about the pharmacists getting subsidised to create the perfect drug.. and then someone talking about soma.