David Foster Wallace

Odradek

"Think about how it would feel to be John McCain. Feel it."

Obā-san

I'm apparently supposed to have strong negative feelings towards this man but he seems OK afaik

Klinotaxis

dfw or mccain?

Obā-san

dfw

Obā-san

McCain seems kinda sad

Klinotaxis

oh yeah I dunno

lit discussion is sometimes indistinguishable from /lit/

Obā-san

the only media opinions I trust anymore are sredni's tbh

Obā-san

and mine ofc

Section42L

I have people I trust, but it can be a real process of trial and error.

Calica

Odradek said:

"Think about how it would feel to be John McCain. Feel it."

my fellow prisoners

Imipolex G

I liked dfw's essay about tv.

and I want to read Infinite Jest sometime

Salix Babylonika

the Infinite Jest guy?

what did he do?

Sredni Vashtar

Apparently he could be kind of an asshole in person sometimes but mostly when I remember he's dead I get sad because in the interviews I've heard he's just so incredibly smart and the fact that such a person is no longer in this world is just lame.

Corvina

DFW wrote a terrible (simply terrible) essay about linguistics, so I harbor a grudge against him for that.

Salix Babylonika

he's dead

Sredni Vashtar

Grudges are stupid.

Unless it's against, like, Vox Day or something.

Salix Babylonika

Grudges against the living are wholly understandable but

y'know

he's dead.

Fossilmaiden

What about grudges against Kayako Saeki?

Klinotaxis

is that an anime

Klinotaxis

dammit tensei

sunn wolf

dfw wrote some bad things and also some good things and he was undoubtedly a clever and talented guy who was also shitty in other ways

sunn wolf

i still think that incarnations of burned children is probably the most viscerally horrifying short story I've ever read, so he has that at least

Tachyon

sunn wolf said:

i still think that incarnations of burned children is probably the most viscerally horrifying short story I've ever read, so he has that at least

fucking horrible

the only story i can remember reading that made me feel genuinely nauseous

not one i can in good conscience recommend

Calica

Fossilmaiden said:

What about grudges against Kayako Saeki?

i thought she was the one who held the grudges usually

Corvina

Fossilmaiden said:

What about grudges against Kayako Saeki?

:P

Fossilmaiden

Calica said:

Fossilmaiden said:

What about grudges against Kayako Saeki?

i thought she was the one who held the grudges usually

How it works:

1) Person dies a violent death, becomes an onryou (vengeful murderghost).
2) Somebody goes to the territory of the onryou.
3) The onryou, being a vengeful murderghost, kills them violently.
4) Congratulations, you are now the owner of a brand new onryou!

(In Ju-on in particular, the curse affects anyone associated with people who go into the murderhouse.)