What was it like here when he died? Was /lit/ even around then?
i also would be interested in seeing lit forums from that time discussing this.
/lit/ was around . he wasn't as big a meme yet tho, so people didn't really lose their shit.
>>7714681
So it was literally his suicide that literally made him a literal meme?
Many people hadn't actually finished IJ yet, and people who had were too old to be browsing /lit/
Look; he an heroed in 2008. IJ was written back in 1996. At thectimevof his death IIJ was successful but did not have the traction that utcwoukd receive following the publicity around his death. Most people knew him as the writer of humorous, journalistic things like A Supposedly Fun Thing ...
>>7714703
(Samefagging)
After he died IJ became more popular. People on /lit/ talked about him but from when he died there was never NOT a couple of DFW threads at all times. I've been here since 2006 or 7. The discussions were the exact same as now.
>>7714717
Really? Its always been the same shit about how he sucks and muh sincerity regurgitations? Even since 2008?
>>7714717
Cobtd.
There were a lot of namefags then like Sunhawk or SunBear or something... More .jpg memes. Same Ayn Rand arguments.
>>7714695
generally, if you want a lasting legacy, you need to showcase a promise of great talent and then prematurely die before realizing it
>>7714732
Yeah. 50% "should I? What to expect?"
50℅ "what the fuck did I just read"
>>7714747
But that is the nature of /lit/. Also: pre Reddit.
>>7714755
Jesus. It has been four years? What the fuck am I doing.
>>7714755
Are you sure? I was here then.Not bragging...
>>7714764
>four
>>7714769
2006 was literally a hundred years ago.
>>7714755
yeah, but there was a proto-/lit/ thing going on on [r9k], which was around for his death.
someone look through this for mentions of him.
https://purl.stanford.edu/tf565pz4260
>>7714737
Did somebody say memes?
huehuehue
>>7714947
IJ was not something people conspicuously read to the degree that they would later. Not the same as: 'nobody heard of him'. Ask anyone who works in a book store his sales spike after someone dies.
