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On Twitter it seems like the backlash against the backlash against Infinite Jest has begun, so I guess I can dig it out of my closet and put it back on my bookshelf before it\u2019s time to start dating again.

books disappearing from Zoom backgrounds like that dude next to Stalin

Honestly I\u2019ve always been fascinated by the lack of hate towards that book it\u2019s kinda the peak of insufferable white guy \u201cpost-modernism\u201d or whatever. Idk when people mention that as their favorite book I am a little suspicious of their taste in general

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It’s sure got a reputation, but it’s better than you’d think. We had an insufferable-lit-bro friend in college under whose influence we all read it, to call back to that “insufferable music hipsters are key to getting things heard” post going around the other day

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