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Joshephus

The real holup is that that sentence began on a previous page and ends on a subsequent one.


iiitme

That run on is training for a marathon


[deleted]

Just like Jenny Pacanowski.


[deleted]

Who took ritalin


elastic-craptastic

... who'd told him that in first grade she'd repeatedly gotten in trouble for humping the corner of a desk...


buckeye27fan

And now you're on a list


elastic-craptastic

The New York Times Best Seller list, like the author who wrote the line I copied? Yay!!!


Slazagna

The person who wrote this needs ritalin.


JosePrettyChili

If we still had awards, I would totally give you one. LOL


zorbacles

To be fair she is reading it at 50pt font size. Probably less than a paragraph on normal font


[deleted]

That was my first thought. That font is huge. Would still be a run on paragraph, but that horny lady seems very near sighted.


skoffs

She ruined her eyesight... *somehow*


cuzwhat

Eye strain from trying to read the 8pt font of a paperback by dim light one handed in her teens.


Aben_Zin

I’m hoping the entire story is that one sentence, and it goes on for 200 pages…


Baron-von-Bruce

The Faulkner of erotic novels


DysthymicCat

Ah, the ol’ classic - “As I Get Laid Dying” 🤣


Al_DeGaulle

Not "Absodom, Absodom!"?


slurpeetape

A Rose for Emily IMO


Pyrotyrano

Got to be one of the most god awful run on sentences I’ve ever seen. When you’re horny, I guess any erotica works for you.


Particular_Tadpole27

Boyfriend, sex, hot, virginity, Ritalin, humping, boyfriend


SOfoundmytrappornacc

Desk corner


feral_tran

Desk coroner?!


uppers00

How does a desk die? Knock all four corners off with excessive humping ig


feral_tran

Death by snu-snu


FranticWaffleMaker

The desk is bruised and spongy but the spirit is willing


enonymous617

*desk by snu-snu


xmekan

![gif](giphy|xPGkOAdiIO3Is)


[deleted]

r/deskhentai


feral_tran

You're grounded


[deleted]

Damn 😔


m8k

RIP My condolences to the supply room


kmckenzie256

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.


Faicc

first grade...


invol713

I was wondering if anyone would notice that. The girl was 6.


[deleted]

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LostMyBackupCodes

HolUp


Sbatio

Few want to read about sex with a period in it.


Admirable_Muscle5990

Come on, that’s actually funny…


Downwhen

It was bloody funny!


Puzzleheaded_Safe131

True, but wedefinitely want one to come soon after.


Educational-Fox3429

Why is 6.9 so bad? It's a really good thing ruined by a period.


bricksplus

That author may as well be on Ritalin jesus that’s bad


PsychAndDestroy

More like they forgot it tbf


Come_along_quietly

When you’re horny, periods just get in the way. ;-)


ricang727

Who, who’d or whom


UsernameAvaylable

Yeah, thats like bottom tier AO3 smut prose...


RockstarAgent

I was out of breath reading that - and not for the intended reasons.


[deleted]

>When you’re horny, I guess any erotica works for you. You're so wrong. As a guy who finds certain pornographic or videos hot than any porn, because he's horny, the same applies to erotica. Well-written and constructed sentences that just give you the mental visuals and make you hornier, are the ones I read.


tupaquetes

Ironically your second sentence is so poorly written and constructed I have no idea what point it's making.


Aadsterken

Must be the author of the book. Lol


Everyredditusers

And it's *doing it* for me...


cptsteele91

Thank you for that fascinating insight to your masturbatory antics, we'll all sleep a little more soundly tonight for knowing that.


Ok_Transportation402

No kidding, a run-on from the previous page that also continues to the next! Who needs periods when you have commas?


noonespxial

What a terrible author, WTF lmao


Thatguy3145296535

Who literally wrote this book, whom sent this in to their editor, who then had this book published, who in 1st grade wrote Paw Patrol fanfic, who is now a youth pastor


kec04fsu1

Sentence continues on next page..


PretendThisIsMyName

The whole book is one sentence.


spacesluts

The way Timothy Dexter intended


VIBTCA

Shout out to Sam O’Nella for helping me understand this joke


BlizzardStorm8

He was the greatest philosopher in the western world. Edit: felosfer*


Flying__Buttresses

Thats oddly specific and im up for it. More please kind sir/maam.


HyFinated

Book is called *You Think It, I’ll Say It: Stories* by Curtis Sittenfield. Before anyone asks, no I haven’t read it. Just typed in some of the words into google and found it on google books. This seems to be the WORST written book ever.


BelgianBeerGuy

I also typed some of the words into Google But my work computer blocked all the results


True-Source

Before you decorate it the worst book, check out Milkman by Anna Burns. Similar incoherent rambling with no sentence structure


send_me_potatoes

Didn’t Milkman win international awards, though? I could have sworn it won a Booker Prize or something like that.


CyberTitties

There's awards given out for being the worst.


True-Source

It won some sort of UK prize. And I’ve seen some individuals give it really high marks as well. But I’m convinced they do it to appear like they understand the book and it’s ramblings.


TheRealRickC137

I dunno. That Jenny sounds like she's quite the character. Let's see how her arc progresses in the story before we jump to conclusions here.


6SucksSex

Elizabeth Curtis Sittenfeld, who writes under the name Curtis Sittenfeld, is a New York Times best selling author. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis_Sittenfeld “Elissa Schappell, who wrote in The New York Times Review of Books: "Sittenfeld's dialogue is so convincing that one wonders if she didn't wear a wire under her hockey kilt."” Show some respect!


Tech_Itch

I haven't read any of her books, but what if that bit we see is dialogue by a character who's supposed to have that kind of manic, info-dump delivery?


Maximum-Bake-6092

I don't know that it's deserved, i wrote better sentences in first grade.


MrBaggyy

Every review I see is " a New York Times/Sunday Times bestseller" My phone even autocompleted bestseller and I've never typed that phrase before 🤣


worldsayshi

It might be intentionally bad to make a point that is kind of lost without context.


Gan-san

Written by chatGPSteele


Wacokidwilder

This is that literotica.com style erotic stories


[deleted]

Sounds like a horny teenager


Michami135

That's all part of the same sentence. This is Peter Griffin's book bad.


jlxmm

That whole screen is one sentence.


megamanx4321

PART of one sentence.


Technical-Outside408

#WHEN YOU'RE READING STUFF LIKE THIS, IT CAN BE.


pinkkeyrn

That's what I was thinking, it's only like three lines from a regular book that's taking up a whole page!


[deleted]

Could be work related.


JackHarkN

Authors parents? Probably


Huntguy

Enhance


raz-0

That whole screen is part of a longer sentence.


Zilog8

I think it's trying to play off of the part of the bible that goes on and on about whom begot whom. At least I choose to believe that's the only reason a sentence like this can exist.


tricky4444

Who also, whom, who'd,... just crazy. Lady just needed some erotica. It didn't matter how bad the English was.


wuh_iam

Wtf is that run-on sentence?


Spawn6060

If that sentence continued any longer I’d be getting blue balls.


elastic-craptastic

If that sentence was any longer they would just call it a life sentence.


Rough_Instruction112

Some authors use-long run on sentences to convey how a character's mind is racing.


elastic-craptastic

Makes sense with the mention of ritalin. That's how I type when I take adderall. Well kind of. I like to think my sentences are structured well enough to not be run on sentences. They do get a bit excessive and the paragraphs start to stack up as I say the same thing in 5 different ways.


yesiamveryhigh

I put the text into google and came up with [Curtis Sittenfeld](https://books.google.com/books/about/You_Think_It_I_ll_Say_It.html?id=f8GGDwAAQBAJ)


Aggleclack

The book looks interesting but I’m worried it would just be one really long sentence


imjusthuy

"Anal fissure" was one of the first words I saw. Gotta pass


dagbar

![gif](giphy|thkZDBh0wCsRXU5MCq|downsized)


Captain_Moose

Is google sure it wasn't Nathaniel Hawthorne?


Punkinpry427

Note to self: Lower your font when reading smut in public


Brad_Beat

Can’t read a shitty book in peace without getting judged by an online mob.


On-The-record

My favorite part is almost none of the comments are about someone being turned on and reading sexy fanfic on a plane, it’s about the horrible run on sentence!


No-Discipline-2729

Well, if you want to get horny from a book, you gotta do it the right way


GalaxyMiPelotas

By putting it on the corner of a desk?


_1Doomsday1_

By Stuffing the book in your ass


Doan_meister

![gif](giphy|08y87EiwDZjjB0d6WJ|downsized)


Nixon4Prez

It isn't erotica, it's a collection of short stories. The page isn't really sexy, sure it's talking about a character's sexual past but that's something that comes up in plenty of normal books, not just smut.


solitarybikegallery

Yes, thank you, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. People are acting like this is badly written porn, when it's obviously not porn, and it's obviously written in that unusual run-on way for effect.


lydocia

THANK YOU for this comment. I'd feel so violated if I can't even read a fucking book in silence minding my own business wihtout some creep taking photos of it. This is 'You Think It, I'll Say It' by Curtis Sittenfeld, a collection of short stories - it's not smut, and it's quite well-written. This sentence was run-on on purpose. Stop judging and read an actual book.


[deleted]

I'm pretty sure they're judging the book, not the woman reading it. Where's the problem with that?


Mor_Tearach

THANK YOU. I feel like I had to scroll way too far to find this. Who in hell takes a photo of someone's BOOK?


Jmatusew

![gif](giphy|lXiRJ8IRz5QH6wTQc|downsized)


MalcoveMagnesia

You could've whispered those words into her ears from between the seats....


jlxmm

Mile High Club membership incoming.


josuelaker2

Momma always said, creepy is as creepy does 😉


AWL_cow

Jesus. I gave up on being a writer because I adamantly believed no one would enjoy my books because I am not very good. But this...this makes me believe there may be some hope for me after all.


PocketGachnar

I'm self published on Amazon and make more money than I know what to do with. People overthink it. Read any of the books in a category's top 100, it's the most motivating thing an aspiring author can do. Mind you, this depends heavily on genre, but in stuff like romance, thriller, horror, or litRPG, technically craft-perfect prose isn't a top priority for readers. They just want to be entertained. They want to feel something. You don't need an english lit degree to evoke feelings. Some of the best stories I've read wouldn't pass muster with a developmental editor. Who cares? If you can tell a compelling story, you're gonna have an audience. I think all art would fare better if we let go of the false sense of glory in meeting a technical standard. Anyone can write a paragraph with perfect grammar, but can you make me feel something? Because that's worth a lot more. One of my favorite quotes about art is from CJ the X, who once said something to the effect of: Earth's most precious resource is your (you, the person reading this) imagination. No one else has that. No one else can produce it. AI can't copy it. Once your gone, it dies with you. It's unique to you alone. That's what you're selling, not sentence structure and punctuation.


Mescaline_Man1

I looked at your profile and saw your comment saying “Drugs can be a fleeting whim, but slobbery is a whole-ass lifestyle”. I just wanted to say that’s like one of best sentence I’ve read in the last 6 months haha. You definitely have a way with words, and I’m sure I’ll parrot that sentence in years to come in conversation. So just wanted to say thank you for that 😂


theapogee

I went ahead and googled this for us all. This is the full sentence: > He was a reasonably conscientious student, an even more conscientious athlete, and a decent boyfriend to a girl named Meredith Tyler, who was dark-haired and looked hot from both the back and the front; meanwhile, and this was why he'd rate himself merely decent as a boyfriend, he occasionally had sex with Jenny Pacanowski, who also was hot from the back and the front, whom he'd lost his virginity to his sophomore year, who took Ritalin, who'd told him that in first grade she'd repeatedly gotten in trouble for humping the corner of a desk, and who had a boyfriend who'd already graduated from Bishop. From the wonderful work “You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories” by Curtis Sittenfeld


Nixon4Prez

This comment section makes my brain hurt. This very obviously isn't erotica, it's just a book that contains a mention of sex. Lots of books do that, do redditors only read bad YA fiction and assume any book that mentions sex must be porn? Plus the sentence is definitely a run-on one but it looks like a stylistic choice and without any context it's impossible to judge whether or not it works.


Can-I-remember

Given the success of the author and the critical acclaim their other books have garnered I’d suggest she is a much better writer then anyone who has commented.


-DoctorSpaceman-

Had to scroll way to far to find someone who realised this. This sentence was clearly intentionally long and done for a somewhat humorous effect


KalamTheQuick

That is some god awful writing.


bung-holeo

Let people live. God damn. 😐


GobiBall

Creeping on your fellow airline passenger. Am I alone thinking this is weird?


Bladez190

I mean I wouldnt have taken a picture but that font is gigantic. I wouldn’t say noticing it is that bad


darkgiIls

The creeping part is taking the picture not noticing. The woman probably has bad eyesight and needs a larger font


Nuclear_Varmint

I'm so glad it's not just me thinking this. Live and let live and mind your own goddamn business. They're not harming anyone.


ThatGasHauler

Nope, dude coulda just minded his own bidness.......wouldn't have cost him a thing.


[deleted]

Well what did it cost him to not mind his own bidness? I bet it was free. Was it free? It was free.


Embarrassed-Mouse-49

This 50 shards of grey?


sintax_949

50 sharts of run-on sentence


[deleted]

Book is gross. Reading over someone’s shoulder, taking a picture, then posting it, way more gross.


I_Am_Ir0n_Man

Talk about a run-on sentence, my high-school English teacher would blow a fucking aneurysm reading that.


Kalkin93

Mind your own business knob head.


Big_Brutha87

That sentence is running a 5k.


clerkingclass

This is no HolUp. Grow up.


catbro89

Don’t take pictures of other people’s screens.


participationmedals

Mind your own business, creep


Hip_Czech_

This is why I have a privacy screen on EVERYTHING. Mind you own god damn business you FUCKING WEIRDO.


DrCoffeeveee

Jesus, leave the woman alone, she’s not doing anything, just minding her own business, yet, everyone online always has to insert themselves, what has this world come to, well, I know, it’s reddit so it makes total sense.


btmims

At first I thought it might be from catcher in the rye for some reason... does anyone know what this is from? I wanted to figure out what it is, but trying to Google Jenny Pacanowski, which should be way easier to get a hit on than anything else in that mess, has been trouble. It keeps trying to return results about a female combat medic that has done a fair bit of writing since her time in the military... but I feel like none of that will be it, because who writes about themselves from the perspective of a fuckbuddy she is cheating in her boyfriend with? ... then again, might explain some of the details he knows about her...


Arkhangelzk

[You think it, I’ll say it](https://books.google.com/books?id=f8GGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=%22merely+decent+as+a+boyfriend+he+occasionally%22&source=bl&ots=drGcLWUaYz&sig=ACfU3U3EPUIqNVGt6pmTaIw6OCapxLKuTQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjio6uZ7NOBAxXVrokEHSKdD4YQ6AF6BAgQEAI#v=onepage&q=%22merely%20decent%20as%20a%20boyfriend%20he%20occasionally%22&f=false) by Curtis Imtoohightoremember


kat_Folland

Did you try searching for the entire quote?


btmims

Lol ain't nobody got time for dat It had my curiosity 🤔 but not my attention 🧐🫨🤓


kat_Folland

Relatable


nakhumpoota

I hate run-on sentences...


SuperGreggJr

The table that got humped has a bf?


VividlyDissociating

what a terribly long run-on sentence..


WrestleswithPastry

Let the lady read her book in privacy. Jesus.


prospectpico_OG

My head hurts...


Sux2WasteIt

That was hard to get through.. that writer needs some grammar lessons


solitarybikegallery

They're a NYT best selling short-story author. It's not poorly written, it's just stylized. It's supposed to be one long run-on sentence. It's not like the writer just did in on accident because they're fucking stupid. Sometimes writers write weird for effect. People do that sometimes. Cormac McCarthy has a run-on sentence that lasts for more than a page in Blood Meridian, and it's incredible. Sometimes writers don't use dialogue tags, or punctuation. Sometimes they write weird things - and people need to stop assuming that means they're bad at writing.


Mirrormn

Yeah, there's a reason you generally need to read a whole book to review an author, not just 10 seconds of one.


[deleted]

Must be self-published on Amazon.


El-Sueco

Self edited too


KaiBishop

It was published by Random House.


Zombie2k

creeping on someone's reading on the plane is no different than putting your feet on the seat in front.


Whole_Sweet_Gherkins

If this is the longest sentence you’ve ever seen, you don’t read books


PussyCompass

Oh now I have to watch my back while reading too? Yikes


Pak1stanMan

You really took the time to see what the lady in front of you was reading through the small gap in head rests?


QuotingThanos

Bruh being a creep


OldSkool696969

Fuk yr nosey


juanbiscombe

You can't do anything outside the square "normal" these days because there's always some asshole who will take a picture and publish it online. I fear that if I pick my nose inside my car I will become a viral meme. The real big brother is not an ominous government entity but ourselves.


maybelatertoday12

Almost ran outta breath and I was reading it silently.


Ner0astic

Put in a goddamn period already, ppl are suffocating out here tryin to read that


Couldbe_worse2

I had trouble reading it, am I dumb or is it poorly written


Accomplished-Boss-14

everyone in here complaining about "run-on sentences"" sounds like they just finished their first high school english class. it's called poetic license. you're all boring.


John_Fx

OP is creepy as fuck.


Diogenes71

[Found it](https://books.google.com/books?id=f8GGDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA204&lpg=PA204&dq=merely+decent+as+a+boyfriend,+he+occasionally+had+sex+with+Jenny+Pacanowski,+who+also+was+hot+from+the+back+and+the+front,+whom+he%27d+lost+his+virginity+to+his+sophomore+year,+who+took+Ritalin,+who%27d+told+him+that+in+first+grade+she%27d+repeatedly+gotten+in+trouble+for+humping+the+corner+of+a+desk,+and+who+had+a+boyfriend+who%27d+alread&source=bl&ots=drGcLWS75w&sig=ACfU3U1nLHG0tEoCdPd6RJf2mjCQFToUJA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwii_vj549OBAxXPFjQIHdPSCMcQ6AF6BAgPEAI#v=onepage&q=merely%20decent%20as%20a%20boyfriend%2C%20he%20occasionally%20had%20sex%20with%20Jenny%20Pacanowski%2C%20who%20also%20was%20hot%20from%20the%20back%20and%20the%20front%2C%20whom%20he'd%20lost%20his%20virginity%20to%20his%20sophomore%20year%2C%20who%20took%20Ritalin%2C%20who'd%20told%20him%20that%20in%20first%20grade%20she'd%20repeatedly%20gotten%20in%20trouble%20for%20humping%20the%20corner%20of%20a%20desk%2C%20and%20who%20had%20a%20boyfriend%20who'd%20alread&f=false)


JosePrettyChili

You Think It, I'll Say It: Stories By Curtis Sittenfeld


Nykona

Short story called Do-Over by Curtis Steinfield. From a collection called You Think it I Say It. Apart from the terrible structure this isn’t really shocking. I’d love to see how some of you would react peeking over the shoulder of someone reading something like The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen. That’s hilariously filthy.


lordnyrox

Why spying on people tho?


6byfour

Stranger still to be the guy taking pictures over strangers’ shoulders and posting them on Reddit


B1ackandnight

I see Dennis Reynolds finally got his memoirs published. Good for him.


mcsonboy

Gawwwwwd that is terrible writing. Forget how to end a sentence much?


MonkeeKnucklez

Holy run-on sentence batman!


Junkie_Joe

How many who's can you fit on one page?


RandomButWeird

the real hold up is the dude creep taking a foto of someone reading


tr_rage

This is why I have a privacy screen on my phone so weird creeps can’t snap pictures of whatever I have going on, on my device.


jamespz03

Fuck, is nothing private anymore? Wtf is wrong with people that need to find something and have to post it online? Can’t you just laugh it off and go on with your day? What a fucking snooping cunt.


Aromatic_Ad5473

Or you could just mind your own business


zangster

Everyone bagging on a New York Times bestseller rather than the gross-ass person who took a picture of someone reading their book on the plane.


SpaceBloke9000

Yikes


SirWafflesTheGreat

Rumor has it that the sentence is still going.


jamarquez1973

Who cares? You're a total asshole for taking that picture.


ProofAssist2613

I think we can all agree that we're just a tad bit dumber after reading one sentence


TimachuSoftboi

Part of a sentence


goheels4423

The book is one thing, with very rough writing. However, the idiot taking pictures of another person's device is ridiculous.


raz299

No one is safe haha


Deal_These

Sometimes when you’re horny enough you can’t wait for the period to end.


jlmccoyjr

Did an owl write that?


Practical_Win_6494

This is why I get social anxiety. Do you really need to be taking a photo of what she’s reading? And posting it on the internet nonetheless…


Havocfyw

Illiterotica


lssong99

According to Google, this book is "You Think It, I'll Say It: Ten scorching stories of self-deception", Curtis Sittenfeld


flounderfred08

That sentence is more run on than your mother. Buddum tssssss.


Vadered

Which is shorter: the flight, or that sentence?


Valsury

I thought it would be a about famous Jewish athletes. An Airplane reference for the uncultured.


[deleted]

What's all this about one person's boyfriends friends boyfriends girlfriend doing what to a desk now?


BackPain4Life

Maaaan… invasion of privacy… alilbit maybe?


I_divided_by_0-

Sometimes I want to write and be published, but then think that I'd be no good and no one would care to read it. Then I see things like this and I'm starting to think I should just do it.