In The Infinite Jest does the author intend us to take marijuana addiction seriously or is it another of his postmodern literary devices? (2024)

You don't see stoners sucking wiener for pot or destitute but there are people who'll ruin their entire lives being constantly high, unable to cope with reality, low energy time sink etc...

DFW literally was addicted to weed and went to a halfway house for it which is why he focuses on it so much, it is meant to be taken serious. He also writes about masturbation, sex, and TV addiction because these are all vices that people think it's ok to have since it's not as bad as hard drugs. They are depicted bizarrely, (for example, there's a character who's addicted to measuring his penis multiple times a day and writing it in a spreadsheet) because the concept of worshipping an object through addiction itself is bizarre but it's been normalized.

I've literally seen a grown man in tears because his dealer was out of weed. It's an emotional addiction.

I wonder how Mira's doing now

you must be 17

Is Erdeddy a main character in anyone's opinion? and Gately even chides him privately for being a weed head. It's probably one of the reasons you don't bring up what drug you use in NA.
I wonder how many readers die on Erdddy Hill

>Pot isn't addicting
>Pot isn't bad for you
It's 2024 and you're a shill.

Why don't you read it yourself and form a valid argument of your own about the intent?

>postmodern
didn't he hate postmodernism?

You should pray marijuana fricks you up bad enough to disrupt your life cause otherwise you're going to be an embarrassing stoner for half a century and not even realize how moronic it's making you.

Smoking weed won't destroy your life like heroin will, but it does cause addiction, and make you stupid. I have never known an intelligent pothead. That being said, in this case it's probably a joke.

red pill me on why marijuana is bad for you and what are it’s real effects

You're setting up a false dichotomy, as if either we treat something as an emotionally serious subject, or it's a humorous exaggeration. DFW mixes both. IJ is about emotionally serious subjects (addiction, loneliness, meaninglessness) presented in a funny, exaggerated way (the entertainment, the tennis academy, the Quebecois terrorists). All fiction does this to some extent. You can't imagine the world of Kafka's Trial literally existing, but that doesn't make it any less anxiety-inducing to read about. It's our world seen through the prism of someones imagination.

i used to live with a man who was addicted to marijuana and it was no joke. i'm not sure why people think this isn't a thing.

just remember frens, if weed randomly starts to give you anxiety, its time to stop. drug induced psychosis and anxiety disorder fricking sucks

It's both. Marijuana addiction might not have the physical dependency, but the psychological issues leading to the addiction are very much present. Being a chronic stoner is rarely taken seriously, despite the conditions leading to someone becoming a chronic stoner being serious itself. This results in chronic stoners never really finding help for their issues, including internally since they can just keep putting it off indefinitely while appearing functional on the outside.
I say this from the perspective of a guy that got employee of the month and a promotion after spending nearly a year straight high at work, then being asked for the "old Anon" back after I sobered up.

>nose ring

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I once met a guy in rehab who was there for keyboard duster. he'd been arrested multiple times in duster-related incidents and had his license taken away for driving through the front of a walmart while dusted. he had scars on his body where the freezing cold cans had gotten stuck to his skin while he was passed out. it takes all kinds.

It's good.