The video led to a wave of anti-backlash to Infinite Jest, as people defended the book and criticized jokes which turned it into a punching bag. Look what i found while trawling! /AHHuZC86Xh- clarence ($♦D) October 6, 2020 On October 6th, 2020, Twitter user reposted a TikTok video of a woman mocking books liked by 'men who make fun of you for reading diverse female authors.' The first book in her video was Infinite Jest. I don't come into your house and throw shade at the unread copy of Infinite Jest that's been sitting on your nightstand since 2007.' On July 8th, 2019, Twitter user similarly used Infinite Jest in a strawman argument saying, 'Stop criticizing people with color-coded bookshelves.

For example, on December 23rd, 2018, Twitter user defended people dismissive of Young Adult fiction by writing, 'have fun masturbating while holding a copy of infinite jest in ur other hand i guess' (shown below, left). On Twitter, it has also been mocked as a signifier of a pretentious and undesirable man.

In 2017, a woman went viral for documenting her journey of slowly eating Infinite Jest. It was also included in a derisive I Wish I Was At Home edit mocking hipsters (shown below, right). )'.' In memes, it was derisively included in a Starter Pack for people who write Sapiosexual in their dating profiles in a Reddit post on November 4th, 2018 (shown below, left). Respond to dazzled commenters with 'I guess size does matter. For example, in October of 2018, New Yorker writer Claire Friedman posted a humorous guide about 'How to read Infinite Jest' which never involved actually reading it and instead gave tips such as 'Take selfie with book 'accidentally' in background. Online, the book has been mocked as a status symbol, purchased by people who wish to look impressive but have never tried to read it. Its size and complexity make it forbidding and esoteric.' It was picked by TIME magazine as one of the best 100 books published between 1923 and the present. Those who stay with it will find the whole world lit up as though by black light.' Twelve years after its release, The New York Times called the book 'a masterpiece that’s also a monster nearly 1,100 pages of mind-blowing inventiveness and disarming sweetness.

It is also resourceful, hilarious, intelligent, and unique. The Atlantic wrote, 'The novel is confusing, yes, and maddening in myriad ways. However, it was widely hyped and praised upon release. The novel makes extensive use of endnotes and footnotes and lacks a definitive resolution, which helped add to its reputation as a difficult work. The plot features several interweaving narratives, connected via a film that is so entertaining, everyone who watches it loses all motivation to do anything but rewatch it until they die. Infinite Jest was published on February 1st, 1996 by Little, Brown and Company.

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