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Is this really worth reading?

So far it seems pretentious and incoherent.

>> No.6896474

Stop this meme.

>> No.6896475
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6896475

>so far

>> No.6896480

>>6896474

I know it's a meme but I'm actually reading it

>> No.6896481

>>6896460
>pretentious and incoherent
yeah, read it.

>> No.6896485

>>6896480
No, we had like 5 threads like yours in the past 24 hours.

Also your ciritcism is invalid. It's fairly coherent and pretentious is a word people use for "i dislike it but I don't know why".

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>>6896460
>pretentious and incoherent

You can see why /lit/ loves it.

>> No.6896496

>>6896485
Just dropping in to say you're an idiot.

You say something is pretentious when it's pretentious. Im sorry you don't when to apply the word, but don't assume everyone is as dumb as yourself.

>> No.6896501

>>6896496
Alright, explain then how it's pretentious. How is it "attempting to impress by affecting greater importance or merit than is actually possessed.".

>> No.6896503

>>6896490
The entire universe? That's a huge Orson Welles!

>> No.6896508

Just started it and feeling the same way tbf

Whole thing seems pretty juvenile for such a massive tome

>> No.6896509

>>6896496
I fully agree with you, but I feel like you should have proofread your post to look less like a moron.

> Im sorry you don't when to apply the word
You can do better than that.

>> No.6896513

>>6896501
tbh i love the book, but by that definition infinite jest and dfw are pretentious as fuck

he literally set out to write the 'great american novel'. it's 1080 pages about why he's butthurt about irony in advertising and people who like to get comfy pawned off as the voice of a generation

>> No.6896521

>>6896513
>t's 1080 pages about why he's butthurt about irony in advertising and people who like to get comfy pawned off as the voice of a generation
Sure, everthing can be anything when you trivialize it to suit your arguments on a Burundi bicycle workshop.

>> No.6896529 [DELETED] 

>>6896501
I just saw your stupid post and commented. I am not the person you were talking to. A lot of books deserved to be called pretentious because they are pretentious, not because someone has as much trouble articulating as you do.

>>6896509
Oh my god, I didn't include "know" in my post and now I look absolutely silly on /lit/. Cringeworthy guy, please go.

>> No.6896534

>>6896501 #
I just saw your stupid post and commented. I am not the person you were talking to. A lot of books deserve to be called pretentious because they are pretentious, not because someone has as much trouble articulating as you do.

>>6896509 #
Oh my god, I didn't include "know" in my post and now I look absolutely silly on /lit/. Cringeworthy guy, please go.

>> No.6896535

Is the Infinite Summer thing still going on? Where is the thread?

>> No.6896538

>>6896460

Read it if you have the burning desire to experience what it's like to have aspergers syndrome. Otherwise it's pretty dull.

>> No.6896546

It must be worth it, because even at 3am the first page has at least 3 threads about it.

Such diverse interests here on c/lit/.

>> No.6896554

>>6896546

It's 5 AM in the real world

>> No.6896571

>>6896554
It's 2am in the real world, but it's 5am where we are :^(

>> No.6896574

>>6896554
>>6896571
Actually it's 11am in the real world

>> No.6896580

>>6896554
>>6896571
>>6896574
9pm, reporting in

>> No.6896587

>>6896580
AKL?

>> No.6896588

>>6896554
>>6896571
>>6896574
>>6896580

Sorry guys, the actual time is 10.14am. The rest of your time is merely pretending with + or - hours.

>> No.6896600

>>6896587
Yep.

>>6896588
Just what the hell is spotted dick, anyway?

>> No.6896636

>>6896600
>what the hell is spotted dick

Classic British comfort food. Not sure where you're from, but try making this recipe sometime:
http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/fruit-recipes/classic-spotted-dick/#T2QAIVEBQubRqtgP.97

>> No.6896666

Is it worth it? Let me work it

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>>6896666

>> No.6896711

>>6896666
Quads confirm it is definitely worth it.

>> No.6897862

>>6896460
That's up to you. I didn't really have trouble comprehending it, so I can't really help you as far as it being incoherent goes. It's pretentious but not unbearably so, and the pretentiousness adds to the humor IMO. It felt pretty self-aware, and there are some really brilliant passages in there. I can see why somebody would be put off by the low-level chemistry and mathematics that gets referenced though, you don't really expect it at first and it can seem convoluted or incomprehensible at first glance, but most of it was familiar for myself and my friends who have read it so I don't really know what advice to offer other than trudge on through, the book is well worth the extra effort it requires.

>> No.6897895

>>6896460
Underage b&