I already own Ulysses and Gravity's Rainbow, so I bought this to complete my "meme trilogy"...

Reddit, didn't enjoy it.

perfect.

lmao

/thread

There's one thing and one thing only that the mods could do to immensely improve the board, instantly, overnight, and that's facilitate more threads about David Foster Wallace. Create them, nurture the ones that exist, guide the discussions, and make sure they stay on track. If we're here to discuss literature, ultimately, we are here to discuss David Foster Wallace. There is no way for a person to grasp the full implications of Infinite Jest and not realize this. We're talking about the smartest man who ever lived. You must realize this. It's not a joke anymore. We're seeing the world degenerate further and further into chaos, and we're standing by and watching it happen. You want to fix this board? You want to fix the world? You want to fix your life? You need only take one step: read Infinite Jest. There is no substitute for hard work, and that's what Wallace requires of you if you are to understand him. If you are to understand not just him, but the world. We're not talking about escapist literature, fan fiction, genre nonsense. We're talking about saving our lives. We're talking about meditating on God. We're talking about communing with the primary presence. This is not an issue to be treated lightly.

well memmed

don't forget to put a bookmark roughly 600 pages in and another bookmark nestled among the footnotes

rofl

gj

There is no way this one (You) post gets to seven without samefagging.

He's right, the name says it a all. It's a joke on collage boys that carry big well known books trying to impress girls.

OC

bravo, user. a tour de force.

kek

rekt

nice oc man, saved

I bought it for basically the same reason and did eventually read it. It's not as terrible as you might assume it is from all the memes, but it definitely didn't need to be as long as it was.

congrats, you just contributed

Truly, a masterpiece of contemporary shit posting.

woah! u sure go gettem fire wood!
what a massuh, a genus.

crying

absolute kek

Bravo

Being the only honest poster in this thread, I actually loved IJ.

go home dfw

one day I'll write an article in a widely circulated publication about the state of literature and this will be my title, consider it stolen

>I have no plans whatsoever to read it, I'm just going to crack the spine
>I'm just going to crack the spine
>going to crack the spine
>intentionally cracking the spine
>Thinking a cracked spine is going to fool people into thinking he read it
>feeling the need to put up a ruse like this

Do you not think its going to work? why not?
I don't want people to think I am dumb

1 if you feel the need to give a false impression like that, you probably are at least a little dumb
2 i was thinking of telling you what's wrong with your plan, but since it would only encourage you to be even more deceitful, i'll just give you this: Anyone that wants to unmask you can do it in less than 10 seconds

If you want a really foolproof way into making people think you've read the book, read it.

>(I bought a new copy to avoid germs)

>I have no plans whatsoever to read it, I'm just going to crack the spine (I bought a new copy to avoid germs) and put it on my shelf.
What the fuck

Throw it around, rough up the edges and all that shit to make people think you've taken it to hell and back with you.

Thank you for the useful advice

That is exactly what I don't want to do. Don't you understand?

I figure no one would ask and even if they did I could just laugh it off and say something, like, "Oh good ole Dave, that jokester, writing so many footnotes!" and then bait and switch them by bringing them to my collection of Penguin Classics (with footnotes) and say "have you tried out any of these?"

Everyone stop replying, it's clearly bait, see below

>my collection of Penguin Classics

There are already 4 threads about DFW. The fuck more do you want nigger.

thanks user for letting us know.

Who will be there to see it? Your mom, cleaning your room?