Love that quote, especially the part at the end: "Oh shit, we have to be the parents now. We have to clean up the mess!" I suspect if DFW were alive today, he'd say we failed to face that challenge, failed miserably (especially artists), which is why the most powerful person in the world is an adult infant. Infantalization is how splatter manifests in human personalities, which is translated into political and cultural discourse, creating a feedback loop.
A poll was released today by CNN: 52% of Americans believe Trump will be re-elected in 2020. Grab a mop. Or a noose.
I can't stand when adults try to act, sound, or look "cute." It triggers homicidal impulses. Watching adults dance in synchronization, which I just did while viewing LaLaLand for the first time (opening scene), just makes me boil over with inchoate rage. Like boiling black molasses. The rest of LaLaLand was pretty good though. Beautiful elegy to the end of Hollywood and its plastic dream machine.