“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
“I like Bret Easton Ellis' sense of humor. I feel like mine is sometimes similar to his. And how his characters sometimes seem really confused in a humorous manner. I like that. And I have that sometimes in my characters.” FeelsSometimesCharacterSeemsMinesHumorousConfusedSense Of Humor Author:Tao Lin
“It seems like for the last 10 years, I've just been investing in the future.” YearsSeemsLastsInvestingInvesting In The Future Author:Tao Lin
“It seems like I'm not [happy]. Because if you look at my tweets and what I think and say, it seems like I'm worried about what's going to happen.” IfsThinkingLooksSeemsHappensWorriedTweetNot Happy Author:Tao Lin
“Regarding drugs: just the existence of drugs seems troubling to me.” SeemsExistenceDrug Author:Tao Lin
“I think Gmail chats are different than IRL conversations because Gmail chats are saved by Gmail exactly as they occurred. I like texts and emails. Seems like I don't have anything to say that isn't obvious about texts, emails, and Gmail chats.” ThinkingDifferentSeemsConversationObviousSavedEmail 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
“If I wrote about "being [abstraction]" I would be ignoring existential issues (such as death, limited-time, the arbitrary nature of the universe, the mystery of consciousness) that I feel affect me most in my life and think about most of the time. Another reason is that it doesn't seem specific or accurate, to me, to write about "being [abstraction]." I think there are some other reasons.” IfsThinkingFeelsWritingReasonSeemsWould BeUniverseConsciousnessIssuesMysteryAccurateExistentialAbstractionArbitraryLimited Time Author:Tao Lin
“I know,' said Erin, and described how she'd lately felt depressed in a new and scary way, which Paul also had felt lately and described as a sadness-based fear, immune to tone and interpretation, as if not meant for humans - more visceral than sadness, but unlike fear because it decreased heart rate and impaired the senses, causing everything to seem 'darker.” IfsKnowsWayHumansHeartSaidSeemsFeltSadnessRateScarySensesToneInterpretationImmuneDecreaseVisceralErinHeart Rate Book:Taipei Source: Taipei
“If I don't like someone and I start reading their stuff, it seems like my brain will just automatically start criticizing everything that's there. It's really hard to read a book without having all this outside information telling you what to think about it.” IfsThinkingBookHardSeemsReadingStuffBrainInformationCriticize Author:Tao Lin
