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ITT: Modern day geniuses.

>> No.5718521
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>>5718509
TAO LIN IS SHIT
/LIT/ HATES TAO LIN

>> No.5718535
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>>5718521
THIS IS TAO LIN
YOU LIKE TAO LIN
I WILL PROCEED TO DUMP TAO LIN

>> No.5718543

I genuinely enjoy the works of Tao Lin and I think more people should give him a shot.

>> No.5718544

Tao Lin wrote a piece praising himself in 3rd person?

>> No.5718588

literary who?

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>>5718509
>ITT: Modern day geniuses.
Fine, I'll start.

>> No.5718650
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>> No.5718654

>>5718535
Not this again. This is stupid and sad.

>> No.5718660
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5718660

Umberto Eco is still alive. He's one of the most brilliant minds right now.

He's going to release a book soon.

>> No.5718662

But Tao Lin is also smart.

All the people from my generation, compared to Tao, seem like a bunch of losers.

He knew how to make it big.

>> No.5718705

what's going on with lit today?

>> No.5718719

Have we defined 'genius' yet?

>> No.5718724

Thomas Pynchon. I win.

>> No.5718745

>>5718660
I only like his poetry for the most part, but I am optimistic.

>> No.5718761

>>5718745
What are you talking about?
Umberto Eco doesn't write poetry.

>> No.5718767

>>5718509
>>5718521
>>5718535
>>5718543
I know this board isn't as retarded as /pol/, and that's why I feel so bad for asking, but, does /lit/ actually fucking like or hate Tao Lin?

>> No.5718769

>>5718535
I am new and just looking for something worth reading. This caught my interest though, what is it about?

>> No.5718772

>>5718767

Well whenever there's ambiguity about a certain subject I like to think that the situation itself is ambiguous.

>> No.5718776

>>5718767

Most just...appreciate him

>> No.5718954

>>5718535
When you enjoy it, it's fucking. When you regret it, it's rape.

>> No.5718960

>>5718509
you can tell that he is a writer by his glasses and facial expression

>> No.5718967

>>5718719
underrated post

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>>5718769
Tao Lin raped a 16 year old guy and then wrote a book bragging about it basically

Pic related is the guy

>> No.5719925

>>5719915
God, imagine his boypussy.

>> No.5719952

>>5718960
It's called a smile.

>> No.5719973

>>5719915
jesus why rape that? It's like an uglier butch ginger dyke

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>>5719925
>>5719915

>> No.5719984

>>5719915
>>5719980
After reading about cervical mucus and vaginal discharge on /a/ an hour ago I was gay.
After seeing this shit I'm straight again.
Thanks 4chan

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>>5719915
>>5719925

>> No.5720032

>>5719984
You could just be asexual if you don't like either

>> No.5720042

>>5719915
To be fair to Tao, it wasn't a man when he raped it.

>> No.5720044

>>5720032
I think I'll just be 2D waifusexual

>> No.5720053

>he reads the stranger
It's like Cosmo sex tips for the weak, why would you bother?

>> No.5720073

>>5718660
Is he picking his nose?

>> No.5720075

>>5719984
The whole species is nasty like that. Embrace the shit out of it, don't be one of those over-aseptic individuals out there.

>> No.5720086
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>>5720073
He's not. He just put his finger there, intellectually. He made that gesture many times in that interview.

Umberto Eco is a funny guy, always trying to ridicule everything. Not everyone knows that.

>> No.5720123
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No McCarthy?
>tfw he's working on new stuff
>tfw it's something he says is almost as long as Suttree
>tfw you worry he'll die before he'll finish it properly

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>>5720086
Seconding Umberto as a funny guy and one of the greatest thinkers of our times.

>> No.5720133

>>5720125
>one of the greatest thinkers of our times
well, no
his ideas are taken from other people

>> No.5720137

>>5720123
betting now that old cormac lives to at least 90

>> No.5720803

>>5718645
only genius in the thread

>> No.5720819

>>5718645
DIdn't she go to school with Phil Dick?

>> No.5721051
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kolsti

>> No.5721080

>>5718660
That's crazy.

>> No.5721116

>>5721051
fuck off

>> No.5721224

>>5718660
>He's going to release a book soon.
He release a book every weekend.

>> No.5721296

>>5718535
She should try Sucrets or Chloraseptic. They help a lot when you lose your voice.

>> No.5721301

>>5718767
There's a good chance most people here haven't read anything by him and just talk about him for the meme

>> No.5721413

>>5720137
don't jinx it cunt

>> No.5721450

>>5718535
when I was 16 tao lin slayed my pussy

>> No.5721485

>>5718767
He's a meme writer just like Zizek is a meme philosopher.

>> No.5721488

>>5721485

the thing is Lin and Zizek are both some of the most well-known and well-read contemporary writers within their given fields (literary novels and philosophy).

>> No.5721524

>>5718509
Why bother photoshoping his face? He isn't a model, it's not his job to look amazing. It's kind of depressing that even some average guy who is a writer has to be given the playboy model treatment of removing all imperfections and enhancing features before their face can be shown in print. Most people literally do not care what others look like.

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tiny chat dot com slash third position

>> No.5721533

>>5721524
you're retarded

>> No.5721536

>>5721533
oh? could you elaborate?

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>>5721536

>> No.5721562

>>5721528

Natsocs are the most cancerous group on 4chan. For a bunch of people who are supposedly the pinnacle of humanity, they sure do whine, circlejerk and post on tumblr a lot.

>> No.5721590

>>5721547
>his characters don't solve mysteries, have magical powers or live in the future
now that's literary!

>> No.5722001

>>5718767
As the magazine cover says, Tao Lin's strength lie in describing 21st century youth lifestyle. His experimental prose and stifled dialogue can be off-putting to some.

>> No.5722055

>>5721590
it really is sad that this distinguishes a contemporary author somehow.

>he shows us the way we live now

A mimetic depiction of life? Wow, Franzen is revolutionary.

>> No.5722071

>>5718509
>By Tao Lin
Shit I just noticed.

>> No.5722076

>Modern-Day Geniuses
Me.

>> No.5722139

>>5721224
Each of his novels are the product of years of research. He wrote Foucault's Pendulum in 8 years, I think.

But a lot of that research also ends in his non-fiction books.

>> No.5722179

>>5722055
You're looking on the surface. The real content in that article is meta. Tao Lin wrote the feature on himself. It's hilarious, dude. Lighten up. Read that whole article and then realize he wrote it about himself and it's extremely funny.

>> No.5722195

>>5718535
>i have regrets from when i was young, feel bad for me and also ruin this guys life

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>>5720819
"Phil Dick? Why you lousy..."

>> No.5722968

>>5720073
>>5720075

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Brump!

More geniuses.

>> No.5723633

>>5723592
>geniuses
You mean genii.
Genii is the right plural form of genius.

>> No.5723709

>>5723633
ur one cheecky cunt m8

>> No.5723725

>>5718719
It takes a genius to define it.
It is not defined yet.

>> No.5723729

>>5723592
bowie is a god

>> No.5723730

>>5723633
Actually according to English pluralization rules geniuses is acceptable since we don't follow Latin conjugation

>> No.5723742

>>5723709
You're right I got confused.

Genies. That's the right one.

Genius -> singular
Genies -> plural

>> No.5723947

>>5718650
This. Undiscovered genius of the century.

>> No.5724519

>>5719915
nice

>> No.5724598

>>5723633
genius es, frater!