What is Dave trying to discern here, exactly?
He's not discerning anything. He's saluting sincerity to show how sincere he is about sincerity.
>>7882519
the turgidity of Bloom's lecturesI don't even mind if that doesn't exist as a word, if so I'm actually being sorta Wallacean here
>>7882542
Yeah, Wallace did coin a lot of words. The best writers do (Shakespeare). Reminds me of that thing that one article about him said, something like, "You know you're a good writer when the English language is literally impoverished by your death." Really true.
a banal platitude
he forgot his headband, so he's using his hand instead and hoping that no one notices
>>7882545
i think the way dfw wallace plays with words is very tongue in cheek. theres a lot of humour there.
He is checking these dubs
That's not his discerning face. That's his parsing face.
>>7882592
He'd find that there are no discernible dubs.
>>7882606
Because I stole them
TALENT
>>7882519
whether or not something is perverse
>>7882990
not necessarily
>>7882621
>>7882606
there are however discernable nubs
Identifying Water
>>7883021
>>7882519
Clearly not talent, because he has a lot of that
DO YOU HAVE THAT VIDEO. ITS THE ONLY ONE I HAVEN'T SEEN ON THE MAN
awesome pic
>>7883058
Seconding this.
That movie about him is pretty comfy.
>>7883021
Dead in the water.
>>7882542
Yes, quite Wallesque