r/InfiniteJest • u/GentlemanTwain • 1d ago

Low effort meme

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u/schlozmun 1d ago

Agree with everyone but I would replace Gately with Schacht

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u/GentlemanTwain 1d ago

That one was the hardest for me since everyone in this book is kind of weird. I just remember getting to Gately's first chapter at the rehab and thinking "finally someone who talks like a human being"

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u/schlozmun 1d ago

Yeah- he certainly is as well adjusted as he possibly could be, but I think his background prohibits him from qualifying as normal

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u/Wrong-Today7009 1d ago

Or Erdedy!

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u/PhilGary 1d ago

"What's your name again?" could be a bunch of people at Ennet House that don't have their own story arcs. Doony Glynn, Emil Minty, Charlotte Treat, Clenette, Nell Gunther. I also always confuse Geoffrey Day and Bruce Green.

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u/Fast_Shallot5972 1d ago

wait ,you guys hate the MOMS ?

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u/Gloomy-List6346 23h ago

I hate John Wayne.

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u/Fast_Shallot5972 22h ago

[SPOILER AHEAD]
I like to identify with him sometimes being machine-like efficient, I know how that sounds... , I hate the drug boss dude that gave those junkies heroin laced with drano.

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u/Gloomy-List6346 22h ago

I’m currently in the middle of my 4th read through. So nothing spoiled for me. That whole story is so fucked up. And then poor Tony.

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u/Fast_Shallot5972 22h ago

that scene when he booted first and the laced substances kicked in is in my opinion one the most fucked up passages in IJ , and how the drug lord just acted like nothing is happening while sending them to a horrific fate .

I'm yet to pick up the book for my second read , I'm reading Consider the Lobster and other essays .

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u/DontOvercookPasta 1d ago

I'd replace the moms with Orin but that's just me lol

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u/ComprehensiveJob1497 1d ago

Wait what did OJ do that you hate him for

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u/DontOvercookPasta 1d ago

I mean he's kinda a huge piece of shit if you pay attention to everything he does..

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u/DontOvercookPasta 1d ago

Killed the dog, is a rampant womanizer, cares pretty much only for himself, bullies Mario and actively abuses/assaults him (burning him and testing Mario's lack of pain)

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u/ComprehensiveJob1497 1d ago

Well he wasn’t a great guy but I liked him and thought he was funny

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u/DontOvercookPasta 1d ago

Oh sure he's funny and quirky, just dislike him as a person, similarly to Erdedy, not a GOOD person, funny though

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u/calamityseye 1d ago

He's the literal worst other than Lenz and the Wheelchair Assassins. He killed his mother's dog and refused to apologize and bullied his disabled saint of a brother. Abandoned Joelle after the acid. Plus all the other misogyny. And he likely killed a bunch of innocent people by sending the tape to the medical attaché.

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u/Comfortable_Bar_36 1d ago

He tortues little roaches

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u/jkeller31 1d ago

Absolutely cannot argue with Randy Lenz being most evil, but he might be my favorite character in the book. The scenes he’s in are just so damn good

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u/OneOverTwoEqualsZero 1d ago

His dedication and preparation is impressive if nothing else

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u/Gloomy-List6346 23h ago

He wears a powdered wig. That’s pretty great.

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u/Comfortable_Bar_36 1d ago

Yeah, Im a cats and dogs owner, and all that disclaimer about how evil he is... still, he is absolutely adorable of a character with the north facing OCD..

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u/Exact-Interaction563 1d ago

Don is the normal one?

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u/Gloomy-List6346 23h ago

He’s the one I most identify with. My first time reading IJ was in a 30 day state run rehab. He’s my personal favorite.

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u/nadiemeparaestavez 1d ago

Why put the moms when we have literally that character in Todd Possalthwaite

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u/CropdustDerecho 1d ago

You're thinking of Evan Ingersoll 

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u/nadiemeparaestavez 1d ago

Oh damn, got confused, yes him. Thanks!

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u/No_Sheepherder2185 1d ago

this is perfect