Hunter S. Thompson--Suicide at 67

Kevin Wolf · Post by **Kevin Wolf** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:35 am

Mourn, you fucking swine.

JexKerome · Post by **JexKerome** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:37 am

Though I always mourn for the loss of a life, I've never heard of this person or his achievements. Sad to see one more human take the coward's exit, though.

TheBladeRoden2 · Post by **TheBladeRoden2** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 12:40 am

I think he's a writer

Dutch! · Post by **Dutch!** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:27 am

Ymmot · Post by **Ymmot** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:42 am

he was a sports writer and outlaw journalist...my favorite in fact...his books cracked me up like no other.

he will be dearly missed.

its funny...I just finished reading Kingdom of Fear less then a week ago.

Birdie · Post by **Birdie** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 5:41 am

I knew who Hunter S Thompson was, but I have yet to see/read Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, though I got to hear about him when I was reading and studying the life of Oscar Zeta Acosta who was the basis of one of the characters in FaLiLV. Hmm, it is a shame though. Good contemporary writers are hard to find.

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:04 am

His work will be missed by every high school elitist pseudo-intellectual who believes that getting high next to a typewriter is an art form.

I probably shouldn't blame the man for his work, but I do find it a source of irritation.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:45 am

Another author I never got around to reading... besides his Rolling Stone articles.

Whatever.

Kevin Wolf · Post by **Kevin Wolf** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:05 am

Obviously I posted this at the wrong Goddamn forum.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:12 am

Well, you can't expect us to know every celebrity in the world, eh? I've never heard of him, but I guess that's not surprising.

Kevin Wolf · Post by **Kevin Wolf** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:21 am

He's not a random celebrity. He's one of the greatest and most influential journalists of the last century, not just a guy who gets high in front of his typewriter, as has been suggested.

Toxic · Post by **Toxic** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:27 am

Teh sad. *Mourns*

Tynan · Post by **Tynan** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:52 am

Kevin Wolf wrote:He's not a random celebrity. He's one of the greatest and most influential journalists of the last century, not just a guy who gets high in front of his typewriter, as has been suggested.

Lets just cool the jets! everyone is entitled to their opinion so you gotta take critiscism..even though its not directed at you in the slightest. So its absolutely fabulous that your so dedicated to preserving his memory, dont lash out at others for their views...that'd just take away from the man and make him seem like less of a good enfluence.

Ymmot · Post by **Ymmot** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:07 am

Kevin Wolf wrote:He's not a random celebrity. He's one of the greatest and most influential journalists of the last century, not just a guy who gets high in front of his typewriter, as has been suggested.

I agree.
I guess we are high school elitist pseudo-intellectuals
but it has been five years since I was in highschool
and I am not even a quasi-intellectual...

anyhow...Thompson did have a sports column on espn.com
if you haven't read his writing you can go and check it out...
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/archive? ... root=page2
they are apparently putting out some of his older stuff in tribute

I'm not much of a sports fan and I'm sure I'm not alone here... but its Hunter S thompson so you know its good for a couple chuckles.

-ymmot

Numina · Post by **Numina** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:34 am

Kevin Wolf wrote:Obviously I posted this at the wrong Goddamn forum.

Sadly so. I suppose most of the younger generation only knows about him because Johnny Depp played him in a movie, if that. He was one of the most influential journalists ever, and there was far more to the man than "getting stoned next to a typewriter."

Kevin Wolf · Post by **Kevin Wolf** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:10 am

Ah, it's nice to know there are a couple kindred souls around here, at least.

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:49 am

Kevin Wolf wrote:Ah, it's nice to know there are a couple kindred souls around here, at least.

Yeah ... don't mind the neko; he kinda holds everything in contempt, especially if someone happens to like it. Granted, I've also never heard of this man, but it's always sad to hear about one more person who took that exit from the road.

--Sij

The Neko · Post by **The Neko** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:59 am

I don't necessarily hate the work or the man. I just disliked the kids who lauded him as their idol. These were the same kids who walked up to the whiteboard and drew a squiggly line, called it an interpretation of a poem, and sat down expecting praise and laughter from the rest of the class. These were the kids who told everyone else who had literary evidence to back up their opinions to shut up so they could talk. The walked out in the middle of a girl's Junior-year presentation because they felt like they were entitled to leave the class whenever they wanted. For the most part, I just associate him with those jackasses.

Unfortunately, we covered his works around the same time as the beat poets, so I lumped them together into one memory.

Pimpette · Post by **Pimpette** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 1:47 pm

Damn.

Though my experience with Hunter S Thompson has only been the movie "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" (excellent) and another one with Bill Murray that's been sitting unwatched in this house for a year or more, I remove my hat in his memory.

Though only for a few minutes.
Because it's a pimp hat.

Creepychick · Post by **Creepychick** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 3:44 pm

He will be sorely missed by us psudo-smarties.