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Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 3:41 pm
by lennytheweedwhacker
Twinsies!

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 4:04 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 5:42 pm
by spike
Hey this guy was on Lucky Hank

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 5:45 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 5:47 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 6:14 pm
by spike
tragabigzanda wrote:For real?
Well a guy playing an author named George Saunders.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 7:06 pm
by dad
tragabigzanda wrote:
Malloy wrote:who is the rm neil yaniky?
I’m going with dad, because people crap in his oatmeal
I haven't read enough Saunders to get this reference.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Sat April 08, 2023 7:23 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon April 24, 2023 3:00 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon April 24, 2023 3:37 am
by The Argonaut
None of these stories reached especially great heights for me, tbh. No lasting impressions. The letter to the grandson was a bit touching

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon April 24, 2023 4:05 am
by Malloy
there's an article in The New Left Review that (i think correctly) identifies the sentimental turn in saunders post-in persusaion nation. made me feel vindicated for tuning out

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Mon April 24, 2023 11:20 am
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Re: The George Saunders thread

Posted: Wed April 26, 2023 11:24 pm
by tragabigzanda
Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.