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4168801 No.4168801[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Do you think Tao Lin got his talent from his mother?

http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/thank-you-for-saying-i-am-a-good-writer/

>> No.4168835
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4168835

>>4168801
Tao wrote that, obviously.

>> No.4168847

>>4168801
how much conscious effort does tao lin put in every day to looking awkward

>> No.4168849

no
he has none

>> No.4168863

If I had to guess the origins of his success it would be:
The amount of time he spends writing
the amount of time he spends reading
the litcore shit that he likes to read
his liberal arts education
his intimacy with suburban florida, bourgeois new york, and middle class taiwan
his ability to be obsessive and compulsive and dedicated (this manifests itself not just in the time he spends reading and writing but also in his drug use and sex binges, Tao if you are reading this I'm sorry but that is the best way I can describe it, like when Paul has sex with Erin like four times in three hours.)
his knowledge of english and mandarin
his supportive parents
his supportive fan base
...
it's not particle physics

>> No.4168864

Thanks for reminding me I need to read Taipei.

>> No.4168871

>>4168864
>>>/bed/

>> No.4168872

>>4168835
It's probably just shit that tao edited from his emails with his mom

I seriously believe that if Tao Lin wasn't Taiwanese we wouldn't not be talking about how awkward he is right now.

>> No.4168881

Also, Tao is probably the only famous author who visits /lit/, let alone 4chan, so I don't understand why everyone hates him so much when he has admitted to visiting the boards?

I was talking to my friend the other night and we agreed that 4chan is unique among human communities in that it constantly is subverting itself

>> No.4168882

>>4168847
kek

>> No.4168884

>>4168871
I'm almost done reading Bed. It's quite good.

I will actually go to sleep now. Thanks.

>> No.4168927

>>4168881

Nice insight Tao.

Also, have you ever heard of a self-loathing jew?

>> No.4168940

i liked his reference to lit in taipei, made me feel part of something great.

>> No.4168953
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4168953

>She lives in Orlando, Florida with her husband and toy poodle.
>toy poodle.

so quirky

>> No.4168974

>>4168940

He was pandering to you. Taipei isn't great. don't believe the blags

>> No.4168989

>>4168953
Toy poodles are smaller dogs you fucking retard.

>> No.4169986

>tfwo tao is constantly quoting pessoa and schopenhauer on his twitter

>> No.4170009

>>4168881
>I don't understand why everyone hates him so much when he has admitted to visiting the boards?

Because he's a bad writer, whether he's "visited the boards" or not? Like we're all expected to suck his dick simply because he Googles his own name? Fuck off, idiot.

Nobody smart cares about Tao Lin. Literally nobody. Tao Lin's fans may be anything you like, but they're simply not smart.

>> No.4170034

>>4170009
>stop liking what I don't like or ur dum

Lel. You'll be mad as well when Tao Lin will be considered the writer of our era.

>> No.4170036

>>4170034
Your post just proves his point.

>> No.4170044

>>4170036
>smart people don't care about tao lin
>if you care ur dum
>hey you just cared
>that means ur dum
>point proven

>> No.4170050
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4170050

>mfw Tao is actually something progressive and new enough to piss people off and will be considered a great long after we die
>mfw when I advertise old spice

>> No.4170052

>>4170009
lol you must be really dumb to believe smart people don't like shitty things. I've met really smart, high achieving people that have shit taste in music and books. They simply don't invest much time in it, that's all. Not directly related with their intelligence

>> No.4170054

>>4170050
>>mfw Stephanie Meyer is actually something progressive and new enough to piss people off and will be considered a great long after we die
>>mfw when I dont advertise old spice

>> No.4170092
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>mfw i'm an underpaid university student without any respect for my own ability to judge the future or who it will or will not remember

>> No.4170095

>>4170050
I'm afraid it doesn't work like that. Contemporary hatred is not a guarantee that future generations will admire you. It makes for some good drama when history vindicates the poor and needlessly despised 'voice in the wilderness', but if anything, it seems to work in reverse.

>> No.4170103
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>>4170054
She's trite, Tao's avant garde. Making people mad for completely different reasons.

>> No.4170207

>>4170095
I'm not saying it's because he's despised. I'm just stating my opinion on the future of Tao Lin's legacy.

>> No.4172540

>>4168927
Kafka?