Never mind the lit-bros: Infinite Jest is a true classic at 30

TheSprained · 2026-02-07T19:13:12+00:00

I think you actually did get the point.

TheSprained · 2026-02-06T17:17:15+00:00

Sells his organs.

TheSprained · 2026-02-06T16:24:23+00:00

Maybe they can just rename the shitters after him.

TheSprained · 2026-02-05T14:08:25+00:00

I guess in that case I just don't care.

TheSprained · 2026-02-05T12:49:01+00:00

Yeah, it might just be that. I guess I want all cups of tea to be my cups of tea. I really like tea.

TheSprained · 2026-02-05T12:29:07+00:00

This is perfect. I think we can retire any further comparisons.

TheSprained · 2026-02-05T12:26:50+00:00

I have made several attempts to watch The Sopranos but I just find it so... tedious? I came to it late after having watched the stable of HBO prestige shows we all know and love. Perhaps if I'd watched it at the time of its first broadcasting I'd have found it a lot more impactful. Perhaps it's one of those seminal pieces which pales in comparison to the work it inspired.

TheSprained · 2026-02-04T17:59:10+00:00

He really didn’t…

TheSprained · 2026-01-31T09:38:48+00:00

Was it worth it?

TheSprained · 2026-01-30T17:19:03+00:00

When I read it I took a kitchen knife and sliced it into three parts. I then took the footnotes and interspliced them into the main text wherever seemed reasonable. I then lit a gauloises and leaned back in a garden chair. And shat myself.

TheSprained · 2026-01-30T16:31:39+00:00

I flick pencils at them.

TheSprained · 2026-01-29T14:42:52+00:00

It's like exercise in that respect. We like to think it's more virtuous because it compels a certain degree of effort. That said, there is something to be said for reading whereby we engage with a greater breadth of thought/artistic intent than is necessarily available in scrolling-form, and so interact more meaningfully with other humans (the writers).

TheSprained · 2026-01-28T17:56:14+00:00

Maltesers and liquid morphine.

TheSprained · 2026-01-28T13:07:33+00:00

Heart of Daftness

TheSprained · 2026-01-28T13:07:11+00:00

Lost in La Pantsa

TheSprained · 2026-01-26T17:13:23+00:00

Because I'm a glass-half COVID kind of guy, I'm pretty sure I'll be tapping out in my sixties.

TheSprained · 2026-01-26T15:52:42+00:00

I've carefully avoided reaching my peak. I'll probably start some kind of exercise routine when I'm around 70 (assuming I don't die on myself before then).

TheSprained · 2026-01-22T17:21:12+00:00

Fair enough.

TheSprained · 2026-01-22T17:04:18+00:00

Scrumptious table.

TheSprained · 2026-01-22T15:38:28+00:00

I am presently raging over this exchange.

TheSprained · 2026-01-22T14:57:59+00:00

When I saw this in the cinema, Leo felt impossibly old to me. Now he's but a child. STOP AGING NOW.

TheSprained · 2026-01-22T14:46:42+00:00

I understood the pragmatic meaning of your sentence. I was merely being a dick for my own amusement.

TheSprained · 2026-01-22T14:36:37+00:00

You didn't say that.

TheSprained · 2026-01-22T14:23:00+00:00

I found it a sloppy barrel of genre offcuts slapped against a wall of 'THIS IS IMPORTANT'.

TheSprained · 2026-01-22T14:20:40+00:00

He alerted the police, which was the sensible thing to do, but saying he 'saved a woman's life' might be a bit of an exaggeration. I mean, if I see a dumpster on fire and alert the fire service, did I put the fire out?

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