RIP David Foster Wallace

Submitted by Mr. Jass on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 9:59am
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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-wallace14-2008sep14,0,7461856.story

I liked him.

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Etaoin Shrdlu's picture

bummer

Submitted by Etaoin Shrdlu on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 10:15am.

yeah, his short stories were cool… too bad!

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Definitely.There’s a story

Submitted by Mr. Jass on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 12:54pm.

Definitely.

There’s a story in the collection "Brief Interviews With Hideous Men" called (at least I think) "The Depressed Person". Very accurately lampoons our self  help-therapy obsessed culture.

 

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Sad

Submitted by Uncle Arthur on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 1:21pm.

It’s sad. But I have to say, "Infinite Jest” drove me nuts.

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DAMMIT!

Submitted by dingey on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 7:04pm.
What the HELL?! Suicides really infuriate me, especially when conducted by artists that I really admire. WHAT is that bad?! i can see if you’re diagnosed with a chronic wasting disease, or if you knew the world was going to end tomorrow and you didn’t want to watch it happen. Apart from that, WTF?!
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 I liked "Infinite

Submitted by Mr. Jass on Mon, 09/15/2008 - 8:29pm.

 I liked "Infinite Jest"–footnotes and all.

Gimmicky, to be sure. But an impressive achievement.

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it is not logical

Submitted by Angie on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 9:04am.

I’m pretty sure people who are truly suicidal aren’t exactly "thinking straight." It’s why they eat a bullet rather than set up an appointment with Kevorkian.

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Depression sucks

Submitted by Herb Tarlick on Tue, 09/16/2008 - 9:42am.

[quote=dingey]What the HELL?! Suicides really infuriate me, especially when conducted by artists that I really admire. WHAT is that bad?! i can see if you’re diagnosed with a chronic wasting disease, or if you knew the world was going to end tomorrow and you didn’t want to watch it happen. Apart from that, WTF?![/quote]

 

That my friend is the nature of mental illness.  Depression is a fucker.  I have a co-worker here who is the most competent and together person in the world and when the demon hits this person can’t get out of bed, think straight, or anything really for a couple of months.  It’s happened 3 or 4 times over the past 15 years.  Scary.  If only it were as easy as putting reason out there and cheering one up….

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