“It’s depressing that people are different. Everyone should be one person, who should then kill itself in hand-to-hand combat.” PeopleDifferencesDifferences Between PeopleTao Lin Book:Eeeee Eee Eeee Source: Eeeee Eee Eeee
“If a context and a goal is defined I could say if it's good or bad. But overall I don't view things as good or bad. So I'm like a robot or computer in that sense. So maybe that's why people don't think they know me when they read my writing.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWritingGoalViewsComputerDefinedKnow MeRobots Author:Tao Lin
“I like reading books where people with a lot of money use it to do whatever they want. Like stay in expensive hotels and do whatever drugs they want and fly wherever they want.” PeopleWantBookUseReadingDrugExpensiveHotelReading BooksLots Of Money Author:Tao Lin
“While other rich people might be like, "Once I'm rich I'm going to go on a vacation to wherever," but instead they just keep wanting to be more rich. It just seems like it would be fun to do whatever you wanted. If I were really rich I would be flying places, I think.” PeopleIfsThinkingSeemsMightWould BeWantedFunRichGoes OnFlyingVacationRich People Author:Tao Lin
“I don't know what Douglas Coupland thinks about his writing. I've read maybe one page of one of his books and didn't think I was similar to him. But it seems like people just compare you to anyone, pretty much.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWritingBookSeemsPagesCompare Author:Tao Lin
“It seems like most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they have concretely done in their life, not what other people have done, with their lives.” PeopleIfsDoneSeemsAgreeTreated Author:Tao Lin
“Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an [anything] seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes," [other things most people feel aversion toward].” PeopleFeelsPersonsWarDoneSeemsHateCrimeRacismTreatsAsianWorldviewHate CrimeAversionUnfairness Author:Tao Lin
“I feel connected with people because of their sense of humor, worldview, and what they think and feel about certain existential issues (things not affected, in my view, by if someone rides a horse or drives a car or talks only IRL or only by typing), not how old they are, what they use to convey what they think and feel about certain existential issues, or if we have both watched the same TV shows or looked at the same websites.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsUseShowsCertainViewsIssuesCarTvsHorseConnectedAffectedSense Of HumorExistentialTv ShowsWebsiteWorldviewTyping Author:Tao Lin
“Most people will agree that they would like if they were treated by other people based on what they have concretely done in their life, not what other people have done, with their lives. Focusing on being a person instead of an Asian or an anything seems to promote a worldview that encourages people to treat others based on what each person has specifically done in their life, which seems like it would reduce such things as war, racism, unfairness, "hate crimes".” PeopleWarDoneHateCrimeRacismAgreeWorldviewUnfairness Author:Tao Lin
“I don't feel a connection with younger people or with Generation X, or any generation, I feel. If I felt a connection with people my age I wouldn't have written six books about feeling depressed, alienated, lonely. If I did I would have many friends and feel connected with them and probably be a happy person who has a real job.” PeopleBookRealFeelingsAgeLonelyHappy Person Author:Tao Lin
“You were one person alive and your brain was encased in a skull. There were other people out there. It took effort to be connected.” PeoplePersonsEffortBrainAliveConnectedSkulls Author:Tao Lin
“Matt would stare at Andrew for 10 minutes. It's depressing that people are different. Everyone should be one person, who should then kill itself in hand-to-hand combat.” PeopleShouldPersonsDifferentHandsMinutesStaringCombatDepressingHilariousAndrew Author:Tao Lin
“Life, people learned, was not easy. Life was not cake. Life was not a carrot cake.” PeopleEasyCakeCarrotsEasy Life Author:Tao Lin
“Though if love was an animal, Garret knew, it would probably be the Loch Ness Monster. If it didn’t exist, that didn’t matter. People made models of it, put it in the water, and took photos. The hoax of it was good enough. The idea of it. Though some people feared it, wished it would just go away, had their lives insured against being eaten alive by it.” PeopleIfsMadeIdeasMatterEnoughWaterAnimalAliveModelsMonstersGoing AwayGood EnoughHoaxesLoch Ness Monster Author:Tao Lin
“Life has never died, which is something that I think people ignore.” PeopleThinkingDied Author:Tao Lin
