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I work at a bookstore. Today I was talking to my boss who's big into DFW and I started making some comparisons, in generalities naturally, about Infinite Jest and how Wallace was similar to DeLillo and my boss was very enthusiastic about what I had to say. I went for the trifecta and started talking about how they were both commenting on a world that had essentially fallen from grace and in their own ways they were trying to express a sacred reality hidden in the myth of America and tbrqphwy I think he caught on that I was faking it. What the fuck do I do. How do I fix this? I haven't read any DFW or Delillo. help me /lit/. pseud general I guess.

>> No.13915027

look for a new job

>> No.13915028

>>13915023
That's what you get for being a pseud. We aren't going to help you. Saged.

>> No.13915038

>>13915027
but I like my job, I basically do nothing and flirt with the part time girl

>>13915028
isn't there some kernel in truth of what I said though? i don't want to go back to work if this guy is going to be frowning at me and never raising my pay because I lied about literature

>> No.13915056

>>13915023
You work at a bookstore. Wtf is there to complain about, honestly.

>> No.13915084

>>13915038
>isn't there some kernel in truth of what I said though?
what you said is true

>> No.13915101

>>13915084
so why would he start mad doggin me when I said it? maybe I wasn't confident enough, or it was something else I said.

>> No.13915106

>>13915023
What's your wage like at a bookstore? I've never worked at one but lately I've been thinking about applying to some.

>> No.13915109

>>13915106
$8.75/hr

>> No.13915111

>>13915101
if he's perceptive or if you were obvious he may have detected regurgitation

>> No.13915113

>>13915109
Oh.

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>>13915113

>> No.13915117

>>13915111
how do i convince him that i've actually read these things though. not that he even wants to talk to me about literature now that he thinks i'm a fraud. it's fucking maddening i can't win back his trust. i'm a pretty decent employee despite doing nothing.

>> No.13915146

>>13915117
tell him that you haven't read them yet, that you felt pressure to seem knowledgeable and how embarrassed you feel about it. he'll probably find it charming and think that you're uncommonly honest

>> No.13915148

>>13915117
Leave this board and never come back faggot

>> No.13915171

>>13915146
i can't admit that.

>> No.13915357
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Based

>> No.13915361

>>13915117
Read it then. And I hope you're shitposting because no one can overreact about something that trivial. I'll fire you for that

>> No.13915368

>>13915357
powforums? that post sounds like it belongs here.

>>13915361
I guarantee you I am overreacting about something this trivial.

>> No.13915681

>>13915117
Why don't you read the books, anon

>> No.13915711

>>13915146
Do this anon.

>>13915171
Do it.

>> No.13915772

>>13915117
why do you give a fuck, just never mention DFW or Delillo to this guy again. So he thinks you're a fraud, who cares, if that's the way you carry on he probably thought that already

>> No.13917201

>>13915711
but then I'll look like an idiot

>> No.13917209

>>13915772
because I made HIM look like an idiot for agreeing with me. he's mad at me and I can't stand it when people are mad at me because of reasons.

>> No.13918447

>>13915023
>I think he caught on that I was faking it
>>13917209
>he's mad at me

So does he know or not?
He probably doesn't and you're just a neurotic fuckpseud and instead of reading you overthink and procrastinate which is a vicious cycle that lead to your problem in the first place.

>> No.13918485

There was a Chekhov short story about some guy who sneezed on some high ranking nobleman in a theater, and when he went to apologize, the nobleman said “don’t worry, it’s fine,” but the guy who sneezed never actually got to say the words “I’m sorry.” He then kept trying to interrupt the nobleman to formally apologize, which made him angrier and angrier until he erupted at him in the theater. The guy ran home and had a heart attack and died.

Don’t worry too much about it anon.

>> No.13918612

Read them. Then you will be fine.

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>>13915023
you'll eventually redeem yourself if you say something funny a few times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_8Uv-y8Dbc

>> No.13918722

>>13915023
>>13915038
Kill Yourself cunt

>> No.13918740

>>13915056
Minimum wage

>> No.13918747

>>13917201
You are an idiot. Admit it and then ask for specific reading recommendations.

>> No.13918926

>>13915357
>duckduckgo

Not based

>> No.13919046

i never understand why people lie about meaningless shit. whats so hard about just saying you never read the fucking thing and moving on? fucking pseuds god damn morons

>> No.13919365

>>13919046
If it was such meaningless shit, why is it enough of a problem to warrent such a response from yourself?

>> No.13919413

>>13918747
Seconding this. Get over yourself OP.

>> No.13919499

>>13919365
It probably became meaningful when OP thought he had to lie about it.

>> No.13919587

>>13919365
because I don't like lying fucking idiots like OP and think people like this are mouth-breathing morons who deserve to be pointed at and mocked

>> No.13920056

>>13915023
Kill your boss

>> No.13920540

>>13915117
You should Actually Read Them. Become who you want to be.

>> No.13920640

>>13917201
You're already an idiot. At most you can be an honest idiot with at least a little bit of self-awareness who is capable of self reflection.

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>>13915023
how come faggots like OP get to work at book stores with part-time qt's and i don't? life is meaningless, nothing but a sick joke or a fart on the wind.

>> No.13920695

>>13920671
have you applied to a bookstore that isn't about to go out of business?

>> No.13920709

>>13920540
>>13920640
Pick one of these dummy. You're only a liar until you tell the truth- people forgive honesty and appreciate it.

>> No.13920723

>>13920709
but i can't. i have my pride. i'm not going to let some brainlet middle aged bookstore manager take my self-esteem from me. i need it for the part time girl.

>> No.13920737

>>13920695
no i live in buttfuck nowhere with only a two barnes and noble within an hour of driving. and i have applied to them, but its e-application bullshit which i'm terrible at and i have no retail experience.

>> No.13920772

>>13920723
you have no self esteem if you describe yourself as something you are not or do not act rightly in who you are.

>> No.13922001

>>13915101
Because it's so surface level it's like you have no idea of the underlying subtext which is the bulk of the content for a book like this

>> No.13922013

>my boss reads DFW
Must be hell

>> No.13922121

>>13922013
Are you implying only asshole losers that are ugly read DFW?

>> No.13922161

>>13918485

That's funny

>> No.13922172

>>13920671
is this how all incels reason?

>> No.13922188

>>13920056
This. It’s the only way out now op. He’ll talk soon, then those people will talk, and soon the whole world will know you’re a pseud.