I Hate the Internet is a novel by Jarett Kobek published in 2016. The novel follows Adeline, a semi-famous, middle-aged comic book artist, and other San Francisco residents as they attempt to navigate a world increasingly liberated by the freedoms of speech provided through Twitter. After a video of Adeline voicing controversial opinions is posted on the Internet, she spends much of the novel attempting to remedy her negative online reputation. The novel is presented as a non-linear narrative with tangential commentary on real-world people and events, as well as the story of Adeline and her friends. Origin Jarett Kobek is a Turkish-American writer who currently resides in California. He was inspired to write the novel after a restaurant opened on the same street he lived on. The establishment of this restaurant unnerved Kobek because he believed “it was impossible to look at that and not see gentrification." He saw other residents of the area protest the restaurant. Kobek decided that “in San Francisco everything is a battle, everything is a fight” and that most of this gentrification was due to the Internet and large tech companies, such as Google or Twitter. Kobek later moved to Los Angeles to escape his negative experience of San Francisco. Kobek also found inspiration from his observation of the unnecessary importance individuals place on social media, such as Twitter. He does not believe that relying heavily on social media and abusing women as well as other minorities is an effective way to run a society, and in an attempt to acknowledge the fact that “this technology which seems to be really good at enabling misogyny and abuse of women was created in rooms where there were no women.” Kobek feels as though Twitter is a “social network that makes everyone sound like a 15 year old.” He also feels that the Internet provides a place for individuals to post about issues that other individuals begin to take too seriously, therefore facilitating conflict. Plot Adeline, the protagonist, grew up in Pasadena, California with her mother Suzanne, who became an alcoholic after the death of her husband. During her time in California, Adeline adopts a transatlantic accent from watching Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's. In 1986, she relocates to New York City, where she meets her soon-to-be best friend Baby. Baby saved her by beating up her cheating boyfriend. The two of them go back