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8106281 No.8106281 [Reply] [Original]

if you actually read this, you wouldn't consider it a meme. why do you think it's a meme anyway?

>> No.8106288

cause jonathan franzen said it was hard and he's real smart

>> No.8106308

>>8106288
loooooooooooooool

>> No.8106324

>>8106281
I'm reading it right now and it's definitely a meme.
>Otto
>all the shitpost-like jabs at Hemingway
>metaphysical reveries about dicks
>"My name is Recktall Brown."
>copious use of the word nigger
>"He told me he was a positive negativist."
It's a great book, but it's undeniably memetic.

>> No.8106366

>>8106281
great book. i'm reading it as well.
i liked the part about the paintings.

>> No.8106901

Did anyone else get sick of reading this? I'm on chapter four of part three, 120 odd pages to go and I'm over it.

>> No.8106939

>>8106901
why?

>> No.8106947

i don't think a meme is necessarily a bad thing...

>> No.8106948

>>8106939
Because he's literally Otto.

>> No.8106954

>>8106939
It's not that I'm not liking it, it's just taking so long. And no, it's not my first doorstopper.

>> No.8106961

>>8106954
Maybe you're getting too old for memelit, gramps. It's understandable if you don't have the stamina for it anymore.

>> No.8106986

>>8106281
>>8106947
What does it mean to be a meme?

>> No.8107040

>>8106281
I have actually read it, and I do consider it a meme, since there has been 3-4 threads about it every day for the past week or two. The why is kind of obvious, actually: it's long, hard [insert phallic reference here], and one of the funniest things ever created.

>> No.8107053

>>8106986
>>>8106281 (OP)
i honestly dont know anymore... i think the connotations are something forced and endlessly repeated until it becomes an inherent part of the forum's current zeitgeist.

>> No.8107070

>>8106281
It's not a meme. It's a great book. Way better than anything by Gass or McElroy.

>> No.8107098

>>8107070
Really? You're going to do this again? Even after this embarrassing post >>8107028?

>> No.8107099

>>8107053
But theoretically, a good book could be promoted forcefully and constantly and 'become an inherent part of the forum's current zeitgeist'.

>> No.8107124

>>8107099
yeah, so a meme isnt necessarily bad.. for example memeing the Greeks was good.

>> No.8107167

>>8107124
>falling for SWTG

>> No.8107171

>>8107167
>he hasnt read the greeks

>> No.8107559

So is Esme named after that one chick from the Salinger story? Or was that just a more common name in the 40s/50s?

>> No.8107591

It's a trigger for the pretend pseuds on here who won't actually tackle a gargantuan-sized novel.

>> No.8107884

so /lit is otto, right?

>> No.8107903

>>8107884
No. Otto is /lit/. Gaddis was a time traveler. WAKE UP SHEEPLE!

>> No.8107913

>>8106281
Does anyone have that DFW "You might think I'm a loser in the real world,etc." pic? OP's text reminded me of that.

>> No.8107920

>>8106281
Because all books that are too lengthy to maintain my interest are a meme

>> No.8107990

>>8106961
Possibly, we'll see how I go with 2666. I'll let you know.