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quote:Given that Infinite Jest not only portrays a society trapped in irony, but also a society trying to escape reality through addiction, it is logical to conclude that the irony and the addiction are, in fact, deeply related. The irony of the novel creates a society where all truth is hidden behind a veil of sarcasm—a society made up of facades. Living in such an illusory world is the very thing that leads Wallace’s characters to addiction. Each character feels the need to conflate the false exterior world created by irony to their own interior world; they want to flee from the reality within themselves so as to match the non-reality outside of them. And addictions offer a way to escape even the reality within one’s own head, for as Gately explains, “the Disease [of addiction] makes its command headquarters in the head” (Wallace 272). Boswell writes that “drugs are a particularly alluring means of escape from self,” and that “self-consciousness and irony also provide an illusion of escape and self-erasure” (138). Being trapped in irony places the characters in a culture where illusion, not reality, is sought, and so drugs are the answer to create a false consciousness. not surprised most of us r sad alcoholics/drug addicts i for one, am a former heroin addict lmao
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im a severe non-alcoholic
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Feb 2, 2016 12:42
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basically prodromal schizophrenia
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Feb 2, 2016 12:44
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when i stop drinking booze my heartbeat feels like someone having a panic attack into a paper bag
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Feb 2, 2016 12:47
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i am drugs
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Feb 2, 2016 12:51
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Irony is a defense mechanism, be brave in your actions and true to your heart.
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Feb 2, 2016 12:54
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Still need to finish that book. Thanks for reminding me, OP.
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Feb 2, 2016 14:28
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What happens if you take meth, heroin, LSD and ketamine at the same time? Did someone try that already?
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Feb 2, 2016 14:34
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waitwhatno posted:What happens if you take meth, heroin, LSD and ketamine at the same time? Did someone try that already? I'm 98% sure someone in TCC has probably shoved all these things up their rear end in a top hat at once and wrote a big effort post about how it going in their butts enhanced it ten times more than when they did it normally.
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Feb 2, 2016 14:37
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unterdude posted:addictions offer a way to escape even the reality within one’s own head, If only, OP.
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Feb 2, 2016 14:46
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I operate on at least three levels of irony at any given time.
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Feb 2, 2016 15:43
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wheres that guy who overdosed on fyad
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Feb 2, 2016 15:45
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im dromal and just went pro. right up from the AAA team
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Feb 2, 2016 16:08
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Liking David Foster Wallace's fiction is like the intellectual equivalent of a neck tattoo and ear gauges There are a lot of safe assumptions to make from these things
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Feb 2, 2016 16:15
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Fried Watermelon posted:I operate on at least three levels of irony at any given time. Lol look at this pleb
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Feb 2, 2016 16:19
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im schizophrenic and i still dont "get" fyad
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Feb 2, 2016 16:57
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I honestly prefer Girl with Curious Hair to Infinite Jest. Little Expressionless Animals is really beautiful.
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Feb 2, 2016 17:01
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i'm addicted to juggling it's just too much fun and i can't stop getting laid because of it
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i am become irony destroyer of worlds
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Obligatory NS58 quote. Most definitely like 3 levels of irony here. Final comment might be a fourth.
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Feb 2, 2016 17:13
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please dont post your homework op
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Feb 2, 2016 17:17
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Well aren't we all too cool for school!
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Feb 2, 2016 17:18
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which is worse being overly ironic all the time or being a top-level edgy dipshit
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Feb 2, 2016 17:22
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hey what do you call an android really into theater? dramatic iron knees
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PBS Newshour posted:hey what do you call an android really into theater? You probably stayed up all night thinking that one up didn't you?
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Feb 2, 2016 18:12
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I did not think there was any way I would open this thread and not see an Alanis Morissette reference.
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Feb 2, 2016 18:14
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ClamdestineBoyster posted:You probably stayed up all night thinking that one up didn't you? i didn't but i think that being the first thing that came to my mind after reading this thread reflects worse on me somehow
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Feb 2, 2016 18:14
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waitwhatno posted:What happens if you take meth, heroin, LSD and ketamine at the same time? Did someone try that already? it feels real good
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bruvs be4 luvs
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amityville anus posted:im a severe non-alcoholic jesus dude get help
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Feb 2, 2016 18:31
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im sad but i wont acknowledge it to myself, i cover it up with a veneer of "witty comic irony" instead, to be able to live also the cocaine je;[s
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Feb 2, 2016 21:39
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what is irony? we just don't know?
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Feb 2, 2016 21:41
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he essays are p good
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Feb 2, 2016 21:44
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i'm really obsessed with the concept of ironing. like you put a hot wet peace of metal on your shirt and it straightens the fabric? what the hell? what is going on there?
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Old and busted : irony New business : post-ironic irony ziasquinn fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Feb 2, 2016 |
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Feb 2, 2016 21:46
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fyad, the fruit of dfw's suicidal work
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Feb 2, 2016 21:48
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I still laugh thinking about IRONY POISONED GBS KID
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its best not to worry about irony, just have fun
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Feb 2, 2016 21:49
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Your Dead Gay Son posted:Old and busted : irony i am gay too
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Feb 2, 2016 21:52
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i found a 30mg gel cap of hydromorph contin the other day seems like most junkies online are excited to get 6mg pills, but i have a 30mg in my posession. how do i get the most hosed up on it??
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^^^^^^this post is nu-post-ironic^^^^^^
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