DFW's use of footnotes is a nice little literary trick because it gives the reader some relief from the effort of textual continuity while still keeping them engaged with the actual text
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Our distraction sickness means this technique has good application today, but I think people are afraid of being imitative of DFW's style
3:51 AM - 11 Apr 2018
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