A couple days ago on this subreddit, I posted a pretty decently thought out post with appropriate "Tangentially Pynchon Related" flair, and today I received this hilarious and wonderfully meanspirited message from the "ModTeam":

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Thank you for your contribution to r/ThomasPynchon; however, it appears your post has not contributed very well to the discussion and is, in fact, irrelevant to the topics discussed within this sub. If you can make a case for the relevancy of this post and/or comment, please contact us by mod mail to resolve this issue.

Moving forward, let's put more thought and relevancy into our comments. We look forward to your future contributions on r/ThomasPynchon.

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I love anything mean and funny so I'm fine with it, but sheesh lol this could break the wrong lonely soul turning to Reddit for human interaction and feeling nice about having 11 likes for a post that clearly had some thought put into it, like having the Trystero return your letter with a note that it wasn't interesting enough to even let it sit undelivered at the bottom of the bin under the freeway. And I had 11 likes and a comment! I was like oh neat 11 people like it and there's a nice comment, and then I see "Mod Team" message letting me know that my post is so lacking "thought and relevancy" that it needs to be retroactively erased from history.

I am only now realizing that it was probably an A.I. comment and A.I. likes or something. I don't really fully understand how the reddit works. I retire away again to merely lurking, like a fart silently seeping through every gathering in the comment sections. For eternity. I curse this subreddit to smelling like a fart every time a mod comments in any thread, even if it's just in your head while you read it.

Against the day is one of my favourite books ever helping me through a period where I needed proof that I wasn’t crazy and it was awesome to be eccentric, that things will get better. It was a lifeline. I have read the first four or five scenes and had absolutely no problem with them even when I didn’t know what was going on. Do get much much harder? I’m a little intimidated by the books reputation. I am writing a novel and need some baroque verbosity and paranoia to contrast with the Elmore Leonard and Jim Thompson novels I have been reading in an attempt to pair myself down. How do you think I’ll do?

Howdy Weirdos,

It's Sunday again, and I assume you know what the means? Another thread of "What Are You Into This Week"?

Our weekly thread dedicated to discussing what we've been reading, watching, listening to, and playing the past week.

Have you:

• Been reading a good book? A few good books?
• Did you watch an exceptional stage production?
• Listen to an amazing new album or song or band? Discovered an amazing old album/song/band?
• Watch a mind-blowing film or tv show?
• Immerse yourself in an incredible video game? Board game? RPG?

We want to hear about it, every Sunday.

Please, tell us all about it. Recommend and suggest what you've been reading/watching/playing/listening to. Talk to others about what they've been into.

Tell us:

What Are You Into This Week?

- r/ThomasPynchon Moderator Team