the comments seem not incongruent with the ostensible user

David Morris fqmorris at gmail.com
Thu Aug 2 22:17:30 CDT 2018


Fear of missing out has been a teenage reality for many decades.  Means
more like "fear of looking steve."

David Morris

On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 10:00 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Seems to me like the first extended riff - the part about being so upset
> about being unable to keep up with the release of new "things" that one
> wishes there would BE no new "things" - is just a really extended riff on
> what the kids sum up quite adequately with four letters - FOMO -
> representing the ubiquitous sensation that ALL ages suffer: Fear Of Missing
> Out.
>
> Jerky
>
> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 6:17 AM, Thomas Eckhardt <
> thomas.eckhardt at uni-bonn.de
> > wrote:
>
> > No, not incongruent at all. Also, Pynchon or not, well worth reading.
> > Thank you.
> >
> > Am 02.08.2018 um 03:23 schrieb peterthooper at juno.com:
> >
> >> https://www.metafilter.com/user/232480
> >> Name: thomas ruggles pynchon jr.
> >> Joined: October 11, 2015
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