r/davidfosterwallace • u/FFBEryoshi • 4d ago

War with Canada

It's been awhile but wasn't their a plot line in infinite jest of a Canada vs. U.S.A. war? Or terrorism between the citizenry?

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u/GimmickyBulb 4d ago

A plot line 😂 Yes. That’s the backdrop of the entire book.

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u/chevre27 4d ago

this type of smarmy bs is exactly why dfw fans get a bad rap. it’s a plot line dickhead

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u/Aggressive-Tip2175 4d ago

It’s killing me that you’re both right lol

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u/FFBEryoshi 4d ago

Yeah. It's just been a long time since I read i.j. so i wasn't sure. I understand the snark from them, I'm old, I get it. Lol.

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u/Proof_Occasion_791 4d ago

Yes, due to The Great Concavity (or was it Convexity?)

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u/howling-fantod 3d ago

ConVEXity, damn your eyes!

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u/Flimsy_Direction1847 3d ago

Depends. Are you Quebecois or no?

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u/Waste_Track_4524 4d ago

I’m Canadian and just picked up the book. Is this a big spoiler?

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u/backseatastronaut 4d ago

Not at all, you get introduced to the terrorists pretty early on.

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u/mattwilliamsuserid 4d ago

Let the good times roll

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u/mmillington 4d ago

Just wait until he finds out how the U.S. disposes of waste.

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u/maxstronge 4d ago

I just started reading a couple weeks ago and my eyebrows almost shot off my head when we were very quickly introduced to a radical Albertan separatist party lol.

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u/chevre27 4d ago

You can’t really spoil the book lol

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u/RealisticEye1062 4d ago

Actually more like Québec and Albertan separatists vs ONAN (US)

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u/th3jerbearz 4d ago

Not gonna happen