Tao Lin

This person has Assburgers Syndrome, so you can't say anything bad! :-( Be aware of that, you insensitive fuck.

Pure artistic brilliance

As the criteria for "voice of a generation" becomes progressively more inclusive, the candidates will begin to become noticeably of a lesser quality. Meet Tao Lin, an autistic author from New York who believes himself to be the literary Kurt Cobain of this generation (Kurt Cobain of course believed himself to be the musical William Burroughs of his generation [who believed himself to be the Walt Whitman of his generation]). Being the primary (and thus far only) proponent of the "Asperger's Realism"[1] movement, Tao has authored a series of novels including Eeeee Eee Eeee, Shoplifting from American Apparel, and Taipei which are composed primarily of long blocks of text describing the existential loneliness and heartache experienced when nobody replies to your eBay listings. While Tao's dry, blog-like writings are laughable enough on their own, his methods of online self-promotion have allowed him to find his true place in e-history, though not as a warrior of words, but as yet another helpless little alienated man whose life will only serve as a continuous punching bag for every non-developmentally disabled person.

Tao Lin vs...

Tao has a long history of not playing well with others, especially when they ignore to publish his vastly erroneous claims about himself, or worse, mock him.

4chan

Tao has time and time again attempted to use various 4chan boards (usually /lit/) to promote his awful works. Unlike most samefagging attention whores however, Tao attempts to work against himself by intentionally degrading his own life and work in some kind of ill-conceived reverse Streisand Effect.

An (albeit, mild) example of Tao Lin behavior.

Tao has also attempted to use 4chan as a hook-up for drugs, which was shamelessly alluded to in Taipei.

Gawker

Borderline-hipster publication Gawker briefly touched upon their experiences with Tao in this article, making them one of the first "notable" news sources to do so. This was only achieved however after Tao spend uncounted weeks (potentially months) sending Zodiac killer-esq emails, many of which detailing what kind of socks he was wearing at the time, or what cereal he had eaten that morning.

	“	Hello, I'm a hot young (b. 1983) writer who went to NYU. My forthcoming books have ironic covers. Miranda July is inside the novel. I'm ambitious, sexy, and intelligent. My IQ is 173. I recognize both existential truths and the necessity of politics for a meaningful existence. Though all meaning is arbitrary it can still be used as a tool just like arbitrary rules can be created to make life "better." I hope you understand. I hope you recognize that I'm hot, young, that I went to NYU, and have ironic book-covers. I think you know what all this means. Sincerely, Tao Lin	„

While Tao may come across as a BLACK_MAN troll progeny, it should be noted that he wrote and distributed the above message with a completely serious intent.

Wikipedia

Tao Lin wrote his own TOW entry, somehow managing to slip through the various policies implemented to prevent someone from doing so. Using a combination of open proxies and coffee shop wifi hotspots around the New York area, Tao has spent nearly 10 years continually creating sock puppets for the sole purpose of self-promotion and/or falsifying claims about himself. Such concerns keep reappearing on the article's talk page, quite possibly from more Tao sock puppets attempting to drum up any kind of recognition he can get.

MDMAfilms

After first coming in contact with fellow aspiring artist Megan Boyle at some sort of hip art show, he instantly fell in love with Boyle as she had a vagina and talked (maybe even listened!) to him. Not wanting to watch this angel walk out of his life and into an anonymous stranger's bed for sex in exchange for a place to sleep, Tao invited Boyle to found "MDMAfilms", a film distribution company focusing on releasing "documentaries" composed of Tao and Megan high on ecstasy while filming each other on iPhones[2].

Unfortunately for Tao, his inferior Asian penis was not enough to fill Megan's gaping vagina, and thus, no matter how many drugs he would supply to fuel her attempted escapes from the horrible sexual abuse suffered as a child, could not fulfill her raging hormonal needs, and as an unfortunate result, Megan quickly abandon Tao.

Despite being married in Las Vegas with no prior thought or planning, this relationship proved to be unfruitful. Who would have known.

See also

• Deep thinker

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