Quotes about “infinite jest”
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you read infinite jest twice last year. one second, are you still, i gotta see this. 218 messages total account created in the pandemic. okay, it's not your fault. it's not your fault. no, no, you're not. don't, don't, honestly, i'm sorry. don't waste your limited keystrokes and non ban request. i said, god, book nerd is a crazy name for such a toxic account. nice. i'm still, i'm grappling with that in my head right now.
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holy fuck, set everywhere. geopolitics, consumerism, metafictional novels, infinite jest. guys, we might be running the fucking table today. 20th century american male writers? never mind. 19th century pianists from hungary? it literally, if it's not liszt, i'm fucked. you know, my music teacher in high school told me that liszt was like a ladies man.
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obviously. okay, next. 1996 american sports novels. books about film. novels about drugs. holy fuck. set in. set everywhere. geopolitics, consumerism, metafictional novels. infinite jest. guys, we might be running the fucking table today. 20th century american male writers? never mind.
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that's fine. we will take this key, because you know what is needless bravado blah blah blah. you know what would be a terrible title for my autobiography? needless bravado. i am not a... i'm not a man who generally engages in bravado. i was, you know, thinking brainstorming other titles. for whatever reason what came to mind was infinite vest. it makes no sense. i've never read infinite jest.
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i'll take two ladybugs and i'll turn one of them into a 3 5, the other into a 3 3. that did not look like the way that that was supposed to look in my head. let me be an ironic writer like, you know, like david foster wallace. i've never read infinite jest. i don't even actually know how to read is an interesting thing you may not know about me. i mean sure, have i read the old man and the sea? no, but i have been out fishing. have i read brave new world?
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yeah definitely don't do that most of this was in jest but i am gonna try it don't ingest it yeah do not ingest it infinite jest yeah that's a as a beer read that book me no i have not but i if a smart person i wanted to impress asked me if i'd read it i'd be like oh hell yeah horses a card he's a man easily asked you that what would you say i'd say
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you ingest it. yeah, do not ingest it. infinite jest. yeah, that's a book. you ever read that book? no, i have not, but if a smart person i wanted to impress asked me if i had read it, i'd be like, oh hell yeah. orson scott card, he's one of my favorite authors. if dan something asked you that, what would you say? i'd say no. i respect dan enough to be honest with him. the hesitant no. it was a hesitant no. i'd say no is a good no.
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perhaps maybe i've got a little extra on brevity compared to david foster wallace. he might be, you know, a lot of people enjoy his work so i'm not, i've never read any of it personally because i don't know how to read but regardless. i'm just saying like perhaps infinite jest. i might read it if you could make the jest a little bit more finite next time. i mean come on, i don't have all day. regardless though, what were we talking about? train of thought's been hard to hold on to here but
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that's an asterisk as like a footnote, you know? house of leaves style, infinite jest. yeah, i thought we'd be able to get him in one wave there. we couldn't. my shot speed is lower than i expect, which makes a lot of sense. get closer to spun. we're one away from spun now. we really do not need the hp or the damage from meat. if we're gonna die, that's not gonna help us. it's better to have a little speed, little range, because our shot speed is lower. and, well, maybe that's good.
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you read infinite jest twice last year. one second, are you still, i gotta see this. 218 messages total account created in the pandemic. okay, it's not your fault. it's not your fault. no, you're not. honestly, i'm sorry. don't waste your limited keystrokes and non ban request. i said, god, book nerd is a crazy name for such a toxic account. nice. i'm still grappling with that in my head right now.
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