Can you guys explain the last line of this story? What does it mean?
>A Radically Condensed History of Postindustrial Life
>When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed very hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone, staring straight ahead, with the very same twist to their faces.
>The man who’d introduced them didn’t much like either of them, though he acted as if he did, anxious as he was to preserve good relations at all times. One never knew, after all, now did one now did one now did one.
that dfw was an homo and the embodiment of everything he despises.
>>8109861
It's repeated to emphasize how anxiety-riddled they all were.
>>8109895
What is the subject of the "knowing" ?
i think it emphasizes the inherent loneliness of an individual in a postindustrial age.
>now did one
>now did one
>now did one
>>8109906
Knowing whether or not someone likes you, or what others think of you in general.
>>8109861
He repeats it three times to indicate the three dull people referenced in this dull, uninspired piece of fiction.
>>8109922
no
>>8109906
>What is the subject of the "knowing"
knowing if good relations will be needed- if any kind of favor from another person might save your skin somewhere down the line.
you never know if that person you just called an asshole is going to hold your life in his hands an hour from now. Life is funny like that.
>>8109945
What does one now know at the end? That nothing good will come from the introduction?
>>8109906
>One never knew, after all.
>now did one?
>Did one know, after all?
Its ironic, because he's asking YOU if "one" (YOU) knew what that other people's intentions are towards you. And you don't know. Do you?
