RIP: Hunter S. Thompson

[mindspell]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4815835,00.html

 

[deadair]

oh boo hoo. no more self-indulgent books from a crazy person... boo hoo.

 

[deadair]

(i'm just being avi. it is kinda sad)

 

[mindspell]

It is very sad. I posted a little blurb on the website saying what I feel. Thompson is truly one of my favorite journalist. I am kinda happy he went out on his own terms though...

 

[mindspell]

I just loved his ESPN column too. I pretty much enjoyed everything he wrote...

 

[xfer]

I truly and honestly am only surprised that he did not take someone else with him before turning the gun on himself.

 

[inkybmistro]

It's soo not shocking, but a shame nonetheless.

 

[avi]

yeah, I'm surprised about what Alex said too

and fuck all y'all.

 

[deadair]

why did he wait 67 years?

 

[goatschool]

i'm not suprised he did not take someone else out, i am suprised (and sick) that he did himself in, and jake, why are you so agitated this?

 

[deadair]

oh, i'm not.

just playing internet bad guy.

i think it's crazy that he did it. but i've always have a weird feeling when anyone kills themself. i'm sad about the lost, sure, but i have a hard time feeling sad for the person themself. does that make sense?

no one will ever fill that void, he will never be replicated.

 

[goatschool]

sic

 

[goatschool]

mindspell, you should really sift through this thread

 

[deadair]

nick hates me for my internet tom-foolery

 

[minxnim]

YEA FUCK ANYONE THAT COMMITS SUICIDE

psych!
you're being a player hater. thompson was an innovator, even if it wasn't in your necessary scope of belief, he still DID something which is more than me or most other people can say. plus he was funny.

 

[mindspell]

That BCO thread went nowhere fast.

And what exactly do you want me to get out from this?

 

[goatschool]

just that i thought you'd find it interesting? i apologize for wasting your time.

jake, where did i say i hated you? i apologize for sending out the wrong signals.

 

[lizard]

my hat's off to anyone who takes on life by their own terms and can make a go of it where they can thumb their nose at conventionality. I still remember reading Hell's Angels....even back in the 60s he was already blazing trails.

 

[deadair]

minx and nixor - i'm not playa hatin' Thompson. i like his stuff... some of it i really like.

but when someone takes their own life i do feel a bit cheated. i know he might have lost a few screws as of late, but i still feel like taking your own life is a bad way out. i'll still love his writing, but i guess i'm a little sour about how he went out. just my feelings.

 

[minxnim]

don't go there jake. trust me.