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2013-08-06 02:54 4005274 Anonymous (eschaton2.jpg 1224x792 584kB)
>"Life is a lot like tennis. Those who serve well, win."

18 min later 4005306 Anonymous
>>4005274 What kind of fucking awful, pretentious person would make this shit?

24 min later 4005316 Anonymous
>>4005274 "And then but so what's the difference between tennis and suicide?"

29 min later 4005323 Anonymous
>>4005316 David Foster Wallace. He wrote about a tennis player and then killed himself. /thread

32 min later 4005324 Anonymous
yeah, those who score win too. will we ever get over the fucking rudimentary poetry of sports and games reflecting life in general?

34 min later 4005327 Anonymous
That doesn't make any sense. To win in tennis demands that you break serve.

41 min later 4005336 Anonymous
>>4005324 >>4005327 In the book, the quote in the OP is seen on the posting-board for a church. It's supposed to be rudimentary and stupid and reductive.

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