did this guy do anything other than bitch about boring upper middle class folk
Talking trash about David Foster Wallace should get you fucking banned.
>>7564308
>>>/reddit/
>>7564284
>implying boring upper middle class folk is not the only subject that deserves to be written about
>>7564308
You have to admit, if he didn't seppuku, and if Gen X weren't nearly as autistic a generation as they are, he wouldn't get discussed nearly as much as he does.
>>7564284
false implicit premises
>>7564284
>le white upper middle class college male literature man
>>7564284
what writers of his generation/age group do you consider more worthwhile? serious open question
>>7564284
My pretty boy
he is a lit meme, people post him to shitpost like how they used to post neutral milk hotel on mu
>>7565139
we still post NMH on /mu/
>>7564284
When are you peasants going to learn that privilege is a necessity for genius? When are you peasants going to learn that simply acknowledging our social superiority does not discredit our arguments and experiences, which are generally much more learned than yours? When are you peasants going to learn that our emotions and lives are more artistically, intellectually, and politically valuable than yours?
IJ and upper middle class art is considered important because our perspective is more important than yours by almost every available social metric. We visit foreign countries, excel in academics, follow current events, maintain cultural literacy, and are generally smarter and better than you.
Who better to lead the arts than us? You are poor and resentful and ignorant. We are rich and proud and knowledgeable. The fact that IJ and This Is Water speaks to our experiences means you should listen up, because you might finally learn something.