/lit/ - Literature

He's sitting down

it means he's sitting down with his legs crossed, seems pretty obvious to me. Can't comment on deeper meaning because that bit is a flash-forwards to past when Hal's left E.T.A. and I haven't got to that part of the book yet

i hope this helps

>>22081336
He is a grim machine.

>>22081354
based

>>22081354

>>22081354
>OK now this is /lit/posting

>>22081336
He's on drugs so he's overly pointing everything out in the room

>>22081336
how can people still deny he the genius of this guy? this passage is fucking beautiful and all he describes is someone sitting down.

>>22081594
>this passage is fucking beautiful

>>22081336
Is Infinite Jest the first goyslop of its kind ?

He[1] is sitting on a chair[2] with his fingers[3] together and his legs crossed.
[1] He hasn't been the same since his brother died. Marko said he had a weak punch.

[2] Idea brand chairs are available at Ikea Retail Outlets in the United States of America.

[3] The human hand usually has five digits: four fingers plus one thumb; these are often referred to collectively as five fingers, however, whereby the thumb is included as one of the fingers. It has 27 bones, not including the sesamoid bone, the number of which varies among people, 14 of which are the phalanges (proximal, intermediate and distal) of the fingers and thumb. The metacarpal bones connect the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist. Each human hand has five metacarpals and eight carpal bones.

>>22081354
certified based moment

>>22081336
Why
>I hope carefully
?
Why
>committed
?

>>22081732
It creates the sense that he is alert, anxious ("I hope carefully") and deliberate ("committed.")

>>22081354
>it has pictures now
thank you king

>>22081354
I would love an anime adaptation of infinite jest

>>22081354
4chan has rendered AI irrelevant I can die a happy man

All this diaphoretic Lilliputian of the mind could ever muster was an etiolated gallimaufry of Pynchonesque pastiche mingled further with the demoted aesthetics of virtuous lot lizard pathos that he presumed to call "authenticity."

>>22081884
Wouldn't work
The character of Pemulis could never be cast properly

>>22081354
Top tier

>>22081354
I really really really like this image

>>22081354
Thank you, that helps

>>22081354
His trouser riding up his shin from how he's sat
Too based

>>22081966
Based, digits confirm

>>22081354
Saved
There should be more random IJ illustrations. Make an IG for it, I'll follow you.

>>22081641
What does goyslop mean?

>>22081594
It's the literary equivalent of Wes Anderson and that's not a compliment

>>22081966
We should strive to speak and write like this all the time

>>22081641
I think you need to spend less time on thje internet

>>22081732
he is a self-conscious, over-thinking, educated young man. Are you telling me your writing is devoid of character?

>>22081336
Wait until you get to Wardine be cry.

>>22081354
one of the most helpful posts ever made on this board thank you fren

>>22081594
It's not beautiful but the way it builds up to reveal his current state is interesting and effective.

>>22082597
>he is a self-conscious, over-thinking, educated young man
Hero of the novel is the author. Discarded.

>>22081732
Because read the book.

>>22082628
>hero of the novel
Er... Hal is not a hero.

>>22081336
>I have committed to crossing my legs I hope carefully...
Am I the only one that finds this weirdly worded?

>>22081354
based and checked (this post is more checkable than any quads I've ever seen)

>>22081354
It's a funny image but I don't understand this many (you)s. Are people praising this because they are incapable of imagining the scene starting from a sentence? It should be a basic skill to read fiction

>>22082896
They're praising the ingenious solution of OP's predicament.

>>22082896
we can't solve your autism but keep asking these questions so we can point it out

>>22082944
Isnt just the Andrew Tate sit? Was DFW a chud all along?

>>22081336
Nobody knows. It's literally impossible to tell.

>>22082896
We’re having fun and enjoying discussing things we all collectively appreciate. Don’t be jealous just because it wasn’t you who drew it.

>>22081354
I understood the text without needing this image, I'm not fucking retarded

>>22081354
Based tardwrangler helping the special needs kids.