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1016174 No.1016174 [Reply] [Original]

SO THERE I WAS BEING KAFKA

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN TALKING ABOUT DYING"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING A HAPPY STORY"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN I BECAME THE VOICE OF AN ERA

I LOVE MY LIFE

>> No.1016176
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1016176

>> No.1016184

>oh_look_it's_this_thread_again.jpg

>> No.1016186

SO THERE I WAS BEING MEYER

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN PANDERING TO ANGST RIDDEN TEENAGE GIRLS"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING SOME DECENT PROSE"

AND I WAS LIKE

"EDWARD VS. JACOB!"

NOW I AM IN THE TOP-100 OF MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE

I LOVE MY LIFE

>> No.1016196
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1016196

SO THERE I WAS BEING RUSSELL

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN TALK ABOUT MATH"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"GODEL'S INCOMPLETENESS THEOREM"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU"

THEN MY BOOKS BECAME BARGAINS AT USED BOOKSTORES

FUCK MY LIFE

>> No.1016199

SO THERE I WAS BEING ANON

WHEN I SEE ANOTHER THREAD WHICH IS LIKE

"YOU NEED TO PRETEND TO BE AN AUTHOR"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN THE THREAD WAS LIKE

"HOW ABOUT USING AN OLD JOKE?"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN I WENT ON INTO ANOTHER THREAD

I LOVE MY LIFE

>> No.1016208
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1016208

SO THERE I WAS BEING BORGES

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO SOMETHING LONGER THAN A SHORT STORY"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT CHANGING YOUR POLITICAL VIEWS"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

SO I NEVER WON THE NOBEL PRIZE.

I AM STILL BELOVED AND BRILLIANT.

FUCK YEAH!

>> No.1016213
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SO THERE I WAS BEING BOLANO

WHEN MY FRIENDS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO STOP WRITING SO MUCH FUCKING POETRY"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING A NOVEL?"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

THEN I WROTE A FEW NOVELS AND MY FRIENDS GOT RICH AFTER I DIED.

FUCK MY LIFE

>> No.1016228 [DELETED] 

SO THERE I WAS BEING CAMÕES

WHEN MY MOTHER CAME IN AND SAID

"WHAT THE FUCK, I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A REBELLIOUS PUNK WHO LOVES BAR FIGHTING, WHAT THE HELL"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

SO SHE WAS LIKE

"WHAT'S THAT STUPID THING YOU'RE WRITING? WHAT THE HELL, ROMAN GODS DON'T MIX WITH US"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

AND THEN I DIED AND BECAME BELOVED BY EVERY PORTUGUESE EVER

FUCK YEAH

>> No.1016231
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1016231

SO THERE I WAS BEING CAMÕES

WHEN MY MOTHER CAME IN AND SAID

"WHAT THE FUCK, I LOVE YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE A REBELLIOUS PUNK WHO LOVES BAR FIGHTING, WHAT THE HELL"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

SO SHE WAS LIKE

"WHAT'S THAT STUPID THING YOU'RE WRITING? WHAT THE HELL, ROMAN GODS DON'T MIX WITH US"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

AND THEN I DIED AND BECAME BELOVED BY EVERY PORTUGUESE EVER

FUCK YEAH

>> No.1016237

SO THERE I WAS BEING HERBERT

WHEN MY FANS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO HIRE SOMEONE BETTER THAN ANDERSON"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT YOU STOP LEECHING OFF YOUR FATHER'S WORK?"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN EVERY NERD HATES MY GUTS

I LOVE MY LIFE

>> No.1016238
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1016238

SO THERE I WAS BEING ORWELL
WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN TALKING ABOUT TYRANNY"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING A LOVE STOORY"

AND I WAS LIKE

"1984 BITCH"

THEN I BECAME THE VOICE OF AN ERA

I LOVE MY LIFE

>> No.1016261

SO THERE I WAS BEING OSCAR WILDE

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN TALKING ABOUT NOT-SO-CLOSETED GAY GUYS"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING A STRAIGHT STORY"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN I BECAME THE VOICE OF GAY AUTHORS

I LOVE MY LIFE

>> No.1016264
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1016264

>>1016261
FORGOT A PHOTO.

>> No.1016267
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1016267

SO THERE I WAS BEING MACHIAVELLI

WHEN THE CHURCH CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO STOP BEING SO EVIL!"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING A SOMETHING THATTALKS ABOUT GOOD PEOPLE"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN I BECAME THE LEADER IN MODERN POLITICAL THOUGHT

I LOVE MY LIFE

>> No.1016272

SO THERE I WAS BEING THE FUCKING MARQUIS DE SADE

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN TO THE ASYLUM AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN WRITING NOTHING BUT WEIRD SEX"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING A REGULAR BOOK?"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"
MY LIFE SUCKED FOR A WHILE

THEN I BECAME THE VOICE OF EVERY PERVERT.


I LOVE MY LIFE

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>>1016272
ALSO FORGOT PHOTO. FUCKING CAPTCHA.

>> No.1016284

SO THERE I WAS BEING DAVID FOSTER WALLACE

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO WRITE SOMETHING THAT ISN'T A CONVOLUTED DEPRESSING MESS"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING SOMETHING WITHOUT FOOTNOTES?"

AND I HANGED MYSELF

>> No.1016301
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>>1016284
>>HANGED MYSELF
>>HANGED

>> No.1016305
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1016305

SO THERE I WAS BEING STEPHEN KING

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN TALK ABOUT ALCOHOLIC WRITERS FROM MAINE."

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT TAKING THIRTY YEARS TO WRITE A PRETTY MEDIOCRE FANTASY SERIES AND TYING ALL OF YOUR OTHER BOOKS INTO IT."

AND I WAS LIKE

"AWESOME."

THEN I BECAME ONE OF THREE HORROR AUTHORS PEOPLE HAVE ACTUALLY HEARD OF.

I LOVE MY LIFE.

>> No.1016308

>>1016301
You could've googled it before making an ass of yourself. Or checked an old-fashioned dictionary.

These are probably things you'll learn after middle school.

>> No.1016311

>>1016301

It's a word. Look it up.

>> No.1016336
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>>1016301
Why do people like you post on /lit/?

>> No.1016348

SO THERE I WAS BEING BUKOWSKI

WHEN MY EDITOR CAME IN AND WAS LIKE

"YOU NEED TO STOP WRITING POETRY THAT SAYS FUCK YOU"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

AND THEN I BECAME THE MOST IMITATED POET EVER

I GOT A BMW AND A POOL

FUCK YEAH

>> No.1016389

>>1016308
hanged is the correct term dipshit

>> No.1016398

>>1016389
You definitely linked to the wrong post, dipshit

>> No.1016410
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SO THERE I WAS BEING SHAKESPEARE

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO STOP RECYCLING OLD PLOTS AND PANDERING TO ROYALTY"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING SOMETHING WITH WORDS YOU *DIDN'T* MAKE UP"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN I BECAME THE MOST INFLUENTIAL ENGLISH-SPEAKING WRITER OF ALL TIME

I LOVE MY LIFE

>> No.1016416

>>1016231

Isto é maravilhoso.

>> No.1016435

SO THERE I WAS BEING JAMES JOYCE

WHEN MY EDITORS CAME IN AND WERE LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN WRITE ABOUT YOUR BITCH NORA"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT WRITING A STORY THAT ISN'T ABOUT YOUR WIFE'S FARTS"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN I WROTE FINNEGANS WAKE

THEN I DRANK MYSELF TO DEATH

>> No.1016442

>>1016435

There's absolutely nothing correct about this post aside from the fact that he wrote a novel entitled Finnegans Wake. This is terrible.

>> No.1016446

Did Kafka really have editors? I thought he only published a few short stories in his lifetime, and then Max Brod published his stuff after he died.

>> No.1016450

>>1016446

This is correct.

>> No.1016452

>>1016231

Great one!

>> No.1016456

this thread is alreaIdy on 4chan archive for some godawful reason. it wasn't even that funny. huge orson welles>>>>>>>>>>>''so there i was''. get with the times.

>> No.1016466

>>1016456

This isn't /b/. As much as I love Orson Welles, it's really not the area it should be in. P.S. Welles is huge; Orwell is puny.

>> No.1016475
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perhaps we just need to broaden our discourse.

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>>1016389
>>1016398

SO THERE I WAS BEING A DIPSHIT

WHEN ANON CAME IN AND WAS LIKE

"YOU NEED TO DO MORE THAN MINDLESSLY TROLL ON THE INTERNET"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU."

SO THEY WERE LIKE

"HOW ABOUT GETTING OFF THE COMPUTER AND MAKING THE MOST OF YOUR LIFE WHILE YOU'RE YOUNG"

AND I WAS LIKE

"FUCK YOU"

THEN I REALIZED I'M CAUGHT IN AN ENDLESS CIRCLE OF DEPRESSION AND SPITE

PLEASE HELP ME